Roots & Culture Vinyl 1127 Items

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (X-Ray Production)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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New life for a tune that hold a special place in the discography of one of the greatest rub-a-dub and fast-chat specialists in the history of the UK sound system movement, here comes a fresh version of Tippa Irie's powerful “I’m An African” ! First making an appearance as the highlight of O.B.Fs album “signz” in 2020, this fresh reworked version of “I’m An African” features on Tippa’s brand-new album of the same name. To celebrate this, the track was pressed onto 7” vinyl alongside its dub version “African Dub” ! Rufffff

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Soom T

The Arch

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (X-Ray Production)

Bazbaz/Manudigital

#Lovebordel EP

23,79 €* 27,99 € -15%

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Long Beach)

The Offenders

Class Of Nations

19,99 €*

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Liquidator)

Oldians,The

Roots'n'soul Nice & Easy

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Alvaro S.S. & His Jamming Sessions

Volume 1

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Liquidator)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Badasonic)

The Appetizers

Listen Up!

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2022 | JP | Original (Jet Set)

Ghetto Priest

Smile / Nature Boy

32,99 €*

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2019 | EU | Reissue (Trojan)

Do The Moonwalk

19,99 €*

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Early Upsetter Singles

Lee Perry

Box | 2019 | EU | Reissue (Sanctuary)

51,99 €*

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2019 | EU | Reissue (BMG Rights Management)

Red Gold Green & Blue

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Baco)

Pablo Moses

A Song Remastered

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Love Don't Live Here Anymore

Sharon Forrester

12" | 2022 | UK | Original (Freestyle)

15,99 €*

No Easy Game / Show A Little Love

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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"Good music never dies!" - This was Diane Ellis' mantra when she set out to produce this, her first record, in 1979. She recalls hearing the Rose Royce classic Love Don't Live Here Anymore on the radio and instantly thinking it would make for a great reggae cover, immediately envisioning the sound she was looking for. Drafting in the legendary Boris Gardiner and vocalist Sharon Forrester they created this timeless version of a perennial classic - now available here in it's full extended discomix glory for the first time on 12" since it's original outing, and backed with hornsman cut placing Dean Fraser's sax front row center.

The record was made when Ellis was studio manager for the world-famous Tuff Gong studios, but wanted her outing as a record producer to be a totally independent venture - gaining the great Bob Marley & the TG team's blessings in the process. And so Aquarius Studio in Half Way Tree was where it was all laid-down. Diane credits the Legendary owner and pioneering producer, Herman Chin Loy, as also being of great help on the record, providing a guiding ear throughout the process.

Despite this the evident strength of this first production, Ellis would follow up with only one other production, Junior Tucker's cover of "One of the Poorest People" (this time one recorded at Tuff Gong studios, and releasing the 56 Hope Road subsidiery). While both records performed well on local radio and charts, Diane exited the music industry shortly after. Now 43 years later, Diane is overjoyed her production is having a comeback, saying that "the support and love felt during the project can never be replicated, and I give thanks to all who supported then and now".

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Patrick Andy / Yabby You

10" | 2022 | UK | Original (Pressure Sounds)

17,99 €*

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Pressure Sounds)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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A conscious roots celebration on the A side with Patrick Andy on lead vocal and Yabby You on harmony. A thumping rhythm with Tommy McCook leading the horns on a tasteful arrangement. The flip side is a plea to ’Show a little love’ You can hear all the familiar trademarks of Yabby’s production techniques, attention to detail on the rhythm and the recording. Yabby, like may top quality producers undoubtedly involved in the songs text as well as production. Quality music. Comes in a grey Pressure Sounds custom disco bag.

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Patrick Andy / Yabby You

Living In Mount Zion

King Stanley, Fikir Amlak, Autarchii

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The seed for this album comes from a tape compiled but never released by Vivian “Yabby You” Jackson, labelled “The Best Of Patrick Andy”. On the tape were three unreleased tunes, one unreleased dub, and stereo mixes of several singles which had only been heard in mono before. So “Living In Mount Zion” is in full stereo on the tape, as opposed to mono on the released 7”, with Yabby’s characteristic production trick of switching the panning of the horns and rhythm tracks back and forth from left to right, as also heard on several of his albums. “You Don’t Want Me” is also different to the 7” cut, presented in stereo and with extra horns overdubbed. The three unreleased songs are all well worthy of inclusion in this compilation, showing Patrick Andy’s spiritual side over some heavy rhythms. Together they form a fitting tribute to a fine singer and a legendary producer.

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Call Out Riddim

12" | 2022 | EU | Original (Black Redemption)

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Now-Again)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Black Redemption presents another tuff combination with King Stanley on the ‘Call Out’ riddim. Three vocals each with a dub, showcasing the talents of Fikir Amlak, Autarchii and King Stanley himself. Word, sound and power galore!

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Boris Gardiner

Ultra Super Dub V.1

28,99 €*

Onkel Punk White Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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1970s Jamaica suffered an unprecedented stretch of political turmoil and violence, and as the country’s economy and morale collapsed, reggae and its offshoots exploded worldwide. Boris Gardiner enjoyed great success leading bands, issuing albums that mixed reggae, ska, soul and funk, and collaborating with the likes of Lee (Scratch) Perry and Herman Chin-Loy in their legendary studios and playing on hundreds of records. So many that he lost count. Sometime around the issue of his Boris Gardiner Happening Is What’s Happening album - a Loft classic, with David Mancuso favoring Gardiner’s take of Booker T. and the MG’s “Melting Pot” at his legendary gathering - and his soundtrack to Every N----r Is A Star, famously sampled by Kendrick Lamar and used as the introduction to the film Moonlight, two albums - Ultra Super Dub Vols. 1 and 2 - credited to The Boris Gardiner Happening - two albums so obscure that for the longest time Boris wasn’t even aware that they existed. Following classics such as King Tubby’s Dub From the Roots and Augustus Pablo’s King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown, Miami-based Alty East’s Ultra Records took instrumentals Gardiner created for a run of 45s, and created and issued these compilations of dubbed out originals and JA renditions of songs by Otis Redding, Clarence Carter, Betty Wright, Jimmy “Bo” Horne and Ultra label-mate Frankie Zhivago Young. Released in tiny runs in handmade, silkscreened, paste-on covers, they have become some of the most sought after Jamaican albums. Now, issued under Boris’ guidance, and with a detailed booklet by Jeff Mao, which delves into the deep scene which birthed these remarkable records, we can finally consider the last, unheard portion of this landmark musician’s career.

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Frau Doktor

LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (Rookie)

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Jamaicat Volume 2 Jamaican Sounds From Catalonia

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Liquidator)

26,34 €* 30,99 € -15%

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Harlem Shuffle)

The Slickers

Run Fattie / Hoola Bulla

Melodies From The House Of Levi

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Slickers were an exciting Jamaican Rocksteady and Reggae group in the late 1960s and 1970s. Although their legendary song JOHNNY TOO BAD was included in the Jimmy Cliff movie THE HARDER THEY COME, their story is mostly unknown and full of hearsays and contradictions.
Here is our "version" of the story:
Firstly, it is often assumed that The Slickers were just an alias for The Pioneers but it seems now clear that they were in fact two distinct formations.
In fact, the group was formed by Derrick Crooks (of The Pioneers) and Winston Bailey (not to misunderstand with Winston "Shadow" Bailey a Calypso singer) around 1965. It seems that Derrick was the only constant member and the line-up was constantly changing and overlapping with both The Reggae Boys and The Pioneers.
Other known members were Derrick's brother Sydney Crooks, Roy Beckford (not to misunderstand with U-Roy), George Dekker and Abraham Green (later known as Ras Abraham) who joined at the time "Johnny Too Bad" was recorded in 1970. Abraham is said to have been the lead vocal on "Johnny Too Bad". Besides being featured on the soundtrack for the 1972 Jimmy Cliff film, the song was covered by the British reggae group UB40 and countless more.
The Slickers have recorded about 40 singles during the 60's and the '70s. It seems they disbanded after recording their second album BREAKTHROUGH in 1979...
Although nothing is written in stone about The Slickers, one sure fact is that they were a brilliant Rocksteady and Reggay band… Many of their singles were outstanding such as NANA, YOU CAN'T WIN, MAN BEWARE, JOHNNY TOO BAD and of course the two hot shots on this single: RUN FATTIE and HOOLA BULLA!

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Addis Pablo

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Global Beats)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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It Ain't Easy Living In The Ghetto

Jimmy London

LP | 2022 | EU (Burning Sounds)

Release: 2022 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Recoup Colored Vinyl Edition

Toots & The Maytals

LP | 2018 | EU | Reissue (Burning Sounds)

Release: 2018 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Africa Unite)

Africa Unite

Non È Fortuna

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Climb The Mountain Top 2022 Mix / Dubwise

Mighty Massa

7" | 2022 (Scorcher Hi Fi)

Release: 2022

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Leroy Smart / Jah Life

You Don't Love Me / Dub

7" | 2022 (Jah Life)

Release: 2022

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Crying For Peace / The First Day

Ras Ico & The Shades

7" | 2022 (Darker Shade Of Roots)

Release: 2022

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Timbo Stewart / Food Clothes & Shelter

Message To The World / Dub

7" | 2022 (Coffee Walk)

17,99 €*

Release: 2022

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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West Molites

I See A Sign / Version

7" | 2022 (Big Dread)

Release: 2022

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Smoke & Mirrors Soundsystem

Mi Vida Sin Tu Amor / I'm A Man

7" | 2022 | US | Original (Liquidator)

9,74 €* 12,99 € -25%

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2022 | US | Original (Liquidator)

Ska Jazz Messengers

It's Alright

10,49 €* 13,99 € -25%

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2019 | US | Original (X-Ray Productions)

DJ Vadim & Jman

Likkle More

43,99 €*

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Gaz's Rockin')

The Trojans

Top Hits

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Soul Jazz Records presents

Disco Reggae Rockers Yellow Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Hornin Sounds)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Disco Reggae Rockers features wicked reggae disco versions of funk, soul and disco classics! This new album follows on from Soul Jazz Records" earlier highly successful "Hustle: Disco Reggae" and features reggae covers of classic songs by Earth, Wind and Fire, Michael Jackson, The Isley Brothers, Candi Staton, Curtis Mayfield and more as performed by Derrick Harriott, Devon Russell, Hortense Ellis, Glen Adams, Dave Barker and others.

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Timbo Stewart

Message To The World

Sink In Sand / Dub In Sand

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Oscure 80's Jamaican roots by Oswald 'Timbo' Stewart.

Talented singer who used to sing alongside Larry Marshall back in the 70's.

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Midnight Riders

12" | 2022 | EU | Original (Hornin Sounds)

15,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Unite Colored Vinyl Edition

Little John

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Burning Sounds)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Born John McMorris in Kingston, Jamaica in 1970 his nickname originally described this young man to a tee but, as time passed, his stature in the reggae music business continued to grow, Little John became more akin to his Sherwood Forest namesake. Little John first burst on to the Jamaican music scene in 1979 as a precocious nine year old on an un-credited combination with Captain Sinbad on ‘51 Storm’ for Sugar Minott’s Black Roots label . His ‘Unite’ album is a reminder of the continuing relevance of the dancehall style. Rough, raw and rugged they represent the real authentic sound of young Jamaica from nearly forty years ago when the youths “forgot their troubles and danced”.

Recorded At Channel One, Kingston, Jamaica Produced By Anthony Dehaney Mixed By Scientist Backing Band The Roots Radics Recorded 1984

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Greensleeves)

Greensleeves Reggae Gold

22,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Jacko / Agobun Riddim Section

All Life Long

12" | 2022 | EU | Original (All Nations)

Midnight Scorchers Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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All Nations Records comes back again with a 12" composed and mixed by established sound system and rising producer Agobun out of Lille, France. It features the sweet voice of Jacko, well known by the french sound system followers, here singing in his unique style, about the constant efforts and works that man and woman shall do all their life to be a better person. In a pure sound tradition, this record comes with two dub cuts and a mesmerizing guitar cut that comes in as the cherry over the cake

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Horace Andy

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (On-U Sound)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Harvest Moon Feat. Marter

Reggae Disco Rockers

7" | 2022 | JP | Original (Flower)

34,99 €*

Blue In Green / Blue In Green (Dub)

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Reggae Disco Rockers cover Neil Young's classic "Harvest Moon" with Marter on guest vocals. The coupling features a remix by Slowly! Reggae Disco Rockers, who had an exceptionally big hit last summer with their cover of F. Knuckles' "The Whistle Song", have now collaborated with male vocalist Marter. The band has now collaborated with male vocalist Marter, who is a member of Jazzy Sport and expresses his unique world view as a singer and songwriter, on a cover of 'Harvest Moon', one of Neil Young's best-known songs. As on the previous album The Whistle Song, Emerson Kitamura plays keyboards on this album, giving it an organic atmosphere. The coupling track is a remix by the ever-popular Slowly, with a ground-crawling bassline, and both the organic original version and the cool remix are perfect, again in full jacket!

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Jeremy Taylor

7" | 2022 | JP | Original (Think!)

17,99 €*

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Baco)

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Single cut from the album "Reggae Interpretation Of Kind Of Blue", reinterpreting the Miles Davis' masterpiece "Kind Of Blue" into reggae / dub covers. The front cover is newly designed with the Japanese title!!

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Omar Perry

Life

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Guitart Duet Tribute To The Great Ernest Ranglin

The Boix Oldians

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Liquidator)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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All You Need Is Love The Beatles Reggae Songs

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Burning Sounds)

Very Best Of - Storybook Revisited

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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As Beatlemania approached its peak, Jamaican music was undergoing a transition that started with ska, and then morphed into rocksteady, before assuming its ultimate form as reggae. Inevitably these cultures collided, with artists such as the Paragons and Marcia Griffiths establishing a tradition of creating dynamic reggae covers of the Beatles’ hits that continues to this day. This album extends this lineage, as some of the best reggae Reggae artists set out on a series of version excursions that include some of the Fab Four’s best loved bitter-sweet cuts.

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Barry Biggs

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Burning Sounds)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Prince Lincoln & Royal Rasses

Ride With The Rasses Colored Vinyl Edition

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Burning Sounds)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Chapter Two)

Tiken Jah Fakoly

Mangécratie

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Chapter Two)

Tiken Jah Fakoly

Cours D'histoire

32,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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King Scratchmusial Masterpieces From The Upsetter

Lee Perry

4LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Trojan)

92,99 €*

Original Chicago Reggae 1978-1996 Yellow Vinyl Edtion

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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4LPs and 4CDs

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Skanking Lizard

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Jump Up)

29,99 €*

Never Too Young To Learn / Opportunity Rock

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Chicago's first reggae band gets it's first proper anthology of rare and unreleased recordings. Twelve tracks of rock infused reggae ska that was light years ahead. Inc "jesse James" and "heart Full OF Soul" singles + "IT Happened", "strange Cargo", "tonight" & more. Yellow wax w/poster.

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Roman Stewart Big Youth

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (17 North Parade)

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Chapter Two)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Highly regarded deep roots nugget from ’73 now twin-spinned with the famed Big Youth microphone attack. A first time Glen Brown rhythm coupling and a limited one-time press only, 7-inch-single with Pantomine label prints in a grey/white sleeve, both tracks mixed by Osbourne "King Tubby" Ruddock. European pressing.

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Ken Boothe

Inna De Yard

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Iii Colored Vinyl Edition

Tropa Magica

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Green Cookie)

20,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Rise Jamaica:Jamaican Independence Special

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Trojan)

32,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Gregory Isaacs & Max Romeo

Showcase Volume 1

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Global Beats)

29,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2022 | JP | Original (Fashion)

Delroy Wilson

It's A Shame

35,99 €*

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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12" | 2022 | EU | Original (Dig This Way)

Abeng

Sun Will Rise

I'll Make It Up / Hot And Sticky

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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We are glad to present to you the 1st Abeng Maxi 12'' : "Sun Will Rise" and "Eastern Lights" are two instrumentals based on the same riddim, one a way style Roots & Culture Music done during the LockDown of 2020. Mix and Dubwises are handled by Roberto Sanchez at A-Lone Ark Muzik Studio (es) , ready to play loud on your HiFi or Sound System!

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Carl Dawkins

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Harlem Shuffle)

The Kingstonians / The Crystalites

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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About Carl Dawkins

Carl ‘Ras’ Dawkins was born on 1st August 1948 in Spanish Town, Jamaica, the son of a Jazz drummer… After moving to Kinston, young Carl attended Kingston Senior School where his classmates included the great Slim Smith and Jimmy Riley, two of the former “Techniques”. In 1967, at the tender age of 19, Carl recorded for Karl ‘J.J.’ Johnson some of his original compositions including ‘cBaby I Love You’, ‘Running Shoes’ and ‘Hard Time’ with the Carib Beats as a musical backing band. ‘Baby I Love You’ with ‘Hard Time’ on the flip were subsequently issued on two Johnson’s labels (JJ Records, Sir J.J.) in 1967 in Jamaica and on the Rio label (a Doctor Bird subsidiary) in UK the same year. While ‘Baby I Love You’ was popular, it was the great ‘Hard Time’ that propelled the single to the top of the Jamaican charts. After a spell in prison for possession of marijuana, Carl recorded a collection of singles for producers such as Clancy Eccles, Lee Perry and Leslie Kong. He returned to JJ and found success again in 1970, when he recorded one of that year’s best-selling singles, the superb ‘Satisfaction’, swiftly followed by two other major hits the same year, ‘Get Together’ and ‘This Land’ which sold heavily despite being banned by the government for its hard-hitting lyrics on the state of Jamaica at the time. During the 70s he recorded one album for Harry J - “Bumpity Road” - and many great singles for a variety of record labels and producers before gradually withdrawing from the scene during the 80s. Many years later, Carl is still very much loved by its many fans around the world. He is rightly considered being one of Reggae's all-time greatest vocalists…

About This Release

This killer double sider is the first reissue of two super rare and outstanding tracks by the great Carl Dawkins. Both tracks have never been reissued until now.

The very much in demand “I’ll Make It Up” was previously released as B side to One Dollar Of Music on Duke Du-3 in 1968. On the B side, the brilliant “Hot And Sticky” was previously released on Rio R138 in 1967.

Both tracks were produced by the Jamaican reggae producer, J.J. Johnson who ran two record labels Sir J. J. and JJ Records from his Kingston shop on Orange Street, next door to Beverley's Records, where he was shot dead in 1972.

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Sufferer / Sufferer

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Harlem Shuffle)

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Before Zero)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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These two avidly sought-after early Reggay tracks are quite rare. Splash Down is the instrumental version of Sufferer and both songs have been produced by Derrick Harriott. This is the first time these two wicked tracks are released together on a 7inch vinyl single.

THE Kingstonians Jamaican vocal trio, the Kingstonians were formed around 1966 by Cebert Bernard (aka Jackie Bernard) and his brother Lloyd "Footy" Bernard, along with mutual friend Lloyd Kerr. They began their recording career with producer J.J. Johnson, but had their greatest success between 1968 and 1970 with producer Derrick Harriott, who helped steer the singles "Singer Man" and "Sufferer" to the top of the Jamaican charts. An LP of the Harriott material was released in 1970 under the title “Sufferer”. The album was the career high point for the Kingstonians, who left Harriott to work briefly with producers Leslie Kong and Rupie Edwards before breaking up as the roots reggae era began.

THE Crystalites The Crystalites were the backing and studio band for legendary producer Derrick Harriott and included top 60s Jamaican musicians e.g. Bongo Herman, Bongo Les, Boris Gardiner, Gladstone Anderson, Karl Bryan, Winston Wright among others!

They were extremely productive between 1968 and 1974 and recorded 4 albums and countless singles covering many styles from Boss Reggae to Dub. More specifically, they recorded many wicked and awesome “versions” of hit songs of that time e.g. Sufferer by THE Kingstonians!

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Akae Beka & Zion I Kings

Portals

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Ramrock)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Akae Beka's inimitable style, developed over decades performing with St. Croix based band Midnite. At the point of his untimely passing in 2019, he had released over 70LP's. His prolific output coupled with his uniquely rich, deep, multilayered songwriting and uncompromising devotion to RasTafari has earned him a place amongst the reggae legends.
The production trinity, Zion I Kings have been involved collectively and individually in co-creating some of the most highly regarded contributions to the vast Akae Beka catalogue.
Now available on 12" vinyl courtesy of Before Zero Records, Portals was originally released on CD and Digital in 2016. It garnered critical acclaim and held position in the billboard charts top 10 for 2 weeks. Produced collaboratively between Zion I Kings and Vaughn Benjamin (Akae Beka), who co-produced & arranged 5 of the 13 songs himself, alongside the ZIK players in St. Croix's Aqua Sounds Studio. The album's sound continues a trajectory of textural, guitar-driven roots reggae that Zion I Kings and Padraic Coursey first explored on the track "Weather the Storm" on 2014's Beauty for Ashes.
Now available on 12" vinyl courtesy of Before Zero Records.

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Ghetto Priest

Big People Music

22,99 €*

David Hillyard & The Rocksteady 7

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Ramrock Records are hugely excited to announce the forthcoming release of Ghetto Priest’s ‘Big People Music’ LP, the long awaited follow up to his 2017 album, ‘Every Man For Every Man’. The idea for this LP was originally floated in 2018 and was intended to be a 6 track EP called ‘Songs for my father’. However, once Ghetto Priest got in the studio, the idea expanded as he went the extra mile adding his personal favourites, conjured up from childhood memories of his father’s tunes being played on the family radiogram with additions from his youthful excursions. A magical mixture of tracks associated with the greats – Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Slim Smith, Ken Boothe, Aaron Neville – ‘Big People Music’ can lay claim to being the 21st century’s equivalent of John Holt’s ‘1,000 Volts of Holt’ – an absolute essential on every Blaupunkt radiogram on a Sunday and a blues party staple. The combination of standards and righteous releases were mixed down by the Bishop of Dub, Adrian Sherwood who blessed the project with the title ‘Big People Music’, a powerful acknowledgement to those tunes which filled many a Caribbean household with immeasurable sentiments that echoed down through subsequent generations. Please be upstanding for Ghetto Priest and ‘Big People Music’. 'In memory of the Right Honourable Arthur Beresford Townsend - My Father'

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Plague Doctor

LP | 2022 | US | Original (ORG Music)

Ulemu: The Lost Zambian Tapes '84-'85

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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David Hillyard & The Rocksteady 7 are back with their first LP since their 2018 album, The Giver. The new album, "Plague Doctor," blends the Rocksteady 7's signature sound, which combines elements of American jazz and Jamaican influences, with classic Brazilian rhythms and themes. The Rocksteady 7 features some of the best players in the current ska and reggae scene, including members of NYC ska staples The Slackers and percussionist Larry McDonald (Toots & The Maytals, Gil Scott-Heron. Lee "Scratch" Perry).

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Larry Maluma

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Ulemu)

13,29 €* 13,99 € -5%

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Zed2dizee Music)

Jah Jah Time Riddim

22,09 €* 25,99 € -15%

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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12" | 2022 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

Brown Sugar

Black Pride

Walking The Proud Land Orange Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Black Pride' is the seminal Lovers Rock tune from Brown Sugar pressed loud for the first ever time on this new one-off press limited-edition (just 1,000 copies worldwide) 12" on Soul Jazz Records! Brown Sugar formed in London in 1976 made up of teenagers Pauline Catlin, Caron Wheeler and Carol Simms. After Brown Sugar Caron Wheeler became known worldwide as the vocalist in Soul II Soul and Carol Simms launched a successful solo career under the name 'Kofi'. "Black Pride" was originally released on the Lovers Rock label, a fledgling reggae label formed by musicians Dennis Bovell and John Kpiaye and producer Dennis Harris. Brown Sugar were unique - not only were they one of the most important of the first wave of lovers rock groups, they were the only group who managed to successfully blend together a reggae roots consciousness with a lovers rock sensibility. The classic 'Black Pride' perfectly reflects this unique sound.

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Bob Marley

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Pearl Hunters)

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Real Rock)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Recorded live at the Record Plant Sausalito CA, October 1973. 180gr

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Black Roots

Blackheart Man

10,49 €* 13,99 € -25%

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Baco)

Groundation

One Rock

33,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Pay It All Back Volume 8 Blue Vinyl Edition

LP | 2022 | UK | Original (On-U Sound)

27,99 €*

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Old School Reggae

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Ina Roots & Truths Showcase

Israel Movements

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Hornin Sounds)

Travelling Man / Chakatack

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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80's roots reggae band from Birmingham. The album is reissue with previously unreleased dub version taken from the original master tapes.

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Major Yo

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Sound Of Thunder)

The People Need To Be Free / Version

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Recut By The SOA Band of Freddie McKay's tune "Travelling Man". Dub on the flip side.

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Uwe Banton

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Ancient Mountain)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Clean Race / Version Train

Scotty, The Crystalites

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Skank & Groove)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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I Am The Upsetter / Fire Corner

Lee Perry , King Stitt

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Skank & Groove)

18,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Ancient Mountain)

Prince Allah

Fight For Your Right

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2022 | EU | Original (One Camp)

Mike Brooks

I`M A Superstar

8,99 €* 11,99 € -25%

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Sub Pressure Band, Yugo Taguchi, Tonto Addi , Longfingah

No Mafia

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (GuerillJah Productions)

10,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Proville)

The Black Seeds

Love & Fire

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Golden Gems)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Love & Fire is the seventh full-length studio album from the multi-platinum selling reggae hybrid band The Black Seeds. It was developed over the past few years, beginning with a series of creative sessions in 2018 at the band’s creative incubator The Surgery in Wellington, New Zealand.

The original plan was to then do a classic “band in a room recording,” which got thrown out the window once the pandemic hit and lockdowns began. At that point, the group got creative, working remotely between various home studios of the band members, and the result is as strong a record as they’ve ever done, managing to capture the feelings of the past few years in a cohesive set of new songs.

The Black Seeds continue to evolve musically while defying expectations, yet still always seem to sound like no one else but themselves.

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Mike Brooks

Jah Jah Loving / Dub

10,99 €*

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Golden Gems)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Released in the UK as part of Brooks’ ‘One Love’ album in the early 1980s, ‘No War Over Woman’ was originally recorded at Channel One around 1975, with musicians apparently including Sly & Robbie rhythm section, Ansel Collins on keys and Deadly Headley on saxophone, and mixed at King Tubby’s. It is arguably the first time it gets issued as a 7’’ single including a version on the flip side. Extra tip: roots fans will recognise the riddim from Knowledge’s monumental ‘Stumbing Block’, which appeared on the Tamoki Wambesi label.

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Mike Brook

No War Over Woman / Dub

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Golden Gems)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Black Uhuru

African Love / Dub

10,99 €*

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Happy People)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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"Grammy-winning outfit Black Uhuru is one of the most known and beloved reggae bands of all times. The group was formed in 1972 in Waterhouse, Kingston. Initially known simply as ‘Uhuru’ (the Swahili word for ‘freedom’) it was formed by the likes of Garth Dennis, Don Carlos and Duckie Simpson. But it wasn’t until 1977, when Errol Nelson and Michael Rose joined Duckie to replace Carlos and Dennis, that they started to build a solid reputation both in Jamaica and the UK with a stream of now legendary albums. African Love is part of Black Uhuru’s debut album ‘Love Crisis’, produced and mixed by Prince Jammy in 1977. The somehow ‘raw’ production quality of this early versions allows the listener to sink into the band’s unmistakable talent."

We are happy to unveil a new collaboration with prolific Jamaican singer and producer Mike Brooks. Born in the Westmoreland parish in the early 1950s, Mike Brooks’ journey in music kicked off around the legendary Channel One studio where he was involved with Lloyd Park’s Skin Flesh and Bones band for some time, before devoting himself to singing and producing, mainly through his own ‘Teams’ label.

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Captain Accident

Wings

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Cuttings Colored Vinyl Edition

Flying Vipers

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Jump Up)

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Jump Up)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Debut vinyl album from Boston's top roots dub reggae band, whose sound is truly of another time and place. Deeply in debt to the original Jamaican engineers of the 70s who turned mixing consoles into the lead instrument, the Vipers drop steady drum & bass rhythms w/ post punk attitude.

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Loving Paupers

Lines Red Vinyl Edition

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Dig This Way)

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Debut album from DC roots reggae / lovers rock band mixed by VICTOR RICE. Formed by current and former members of THE PIETASTERS, feat lush vocals of KELLY DI FLIPPO. Think THE BEATLES meets DENNIS BROWN, a must for fans of THE FRIGHTNRS, HOLLIE COOK or THE SKINTS. Songs of heartbreak...

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Abeng

Run Come Rally

Happy Hour Pink & Orange Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Following the inspiration of the great 70's Roots, Abeng drop this brand new Heavy Weight Roots track " Run Come Rally " spreading Gathering and Unity Vibes. After a long time of de-socialization "locked in Babylon, it's time to gather and be free" he sangs.

Abeng, the multi-instrumentalist "roots-head" arranges, plays and sings the whole track. This project signs a new co-operation for our label in order to follow our ideal of worldwide connections!!! Flip side "No Botha Dub" is the dub version coming from our friend Michael Exodus at the Dub Basement Studio in Rome.

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Hollie Cook

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Merge)

Happy Hour Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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With Happy Hour, her ravishing new LP, Hollie Cook matures into the queen of modernday "lovers rock"... the lush girly harmony reggae style beloved in Britain since the 1970s. Evolution rings from the bittersweet opening title track; tender yet assertive, Hollie's voice caresses evocative lyrics through the arrangement's tumbling changes. Hollie dares to invite listeners into her true personality through these alluring songs, which she co-produced with her General Roots band members Ben Mckone and Luke Allwood, and executive producer Youth. "Particularly with the songwriting, I was trying to really push myself and be open, to not be restricted in any way. I have always been a fan of theatrical pop music and wanted to experiment more with the song form." Indeed, the dizzying arrangement of "Gold Girl" shows Hollie as boldly orchestrated, cinematic. "Now I don't shy away from it when I want to be dramatic," she declares. Full of emotion, leaning into healing and understanding, Hollie's lyrics on Happy Hour speak directly to our pain and confusion and steer us towards resolution on tracks like "Moving On," "Unkind Love," and "Love in the Dark." Touring as a teenager with punk legends The Slits encouraged the fierceness within her sweetness. Hollie's mentor was Ari Up, the band's lead singer and a lifelong friend of Cook's parents (Sex Pistols drummer Paul and her singer mother Jeni). "My father always said I would be a singer. But I discovered lovers rock on my own. I heard it on pirate radio and at friends', and I was bewildered, enchanted," she recalls. "The Slits are the reason I have pursued this career. I was surrounded by powerful women at a young age, and when my time came, I was never fazed by male dominance. They were my wall of courage." From those feisty roots, Hollie has only grown. Her soulful directness on Happy Hour is relatable and authentic.

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Hollie Cook

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Merge)

23,99 €*

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Franco Nero Record Store Day 2022 Vinyl Edition

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (17 North Parade)

LP | 2022 | EU | Reissue (Law)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Limited Edition for Record Store Day 2022.

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Black Uhuru

New Day

Release: 2022 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2019 | UK | Original (Shoestring)

UB 40

For The Many

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Emotional Rescue)

King Sporty

Concrete Jungle

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The second 7" in the Konduko series reissues this mega-rarity, Noel Williams aka King Sporty's own version of Bob Marley's Concrete Jungle. The connection between Marley and Williams was long-standing, both living in the tenements of West Kingston and gaining their musical foundations as part of the Studio One, that would reach fruition when they later co-wrote Buffalo Soldier together.

Clement Dodd's organisation was more than a label, running a sound system, studio, pressing plant and its own distribution. As Deejay on the system and later releasing his debut single on the label, William's learnt his craft, taking this knowledge to Miami and replicating much - expanding the Konduko label to encompass studio, plant and distribution.

First recorded with Lee Perry, Marley's 1971 original was famously rerecorded for The Wailers move to Island Records and their 1973 album, Catch A Fire. Here, a rare Williams' vocal is backed with horns atop a reggae-funk groove. The songs message of struggle is universal and everlasting, even with a touch of Miami swing.

This is backed by Young Girl, a single in its own right, from the same period. A rocksteady, breakbeat shuffle bely the songs roots in late 60s soul, with a powerful counterpoint vocal from wife and partner, Betty Wright. A collector's item itself, together they are essential.

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Sampled Reggae

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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12" | 2022 | UK | Original (Archive)

Leroy Smart

Be Conscious / Jah Light

16,99 €*

On Divination In Sleep Feat. Dove Takao Remix / Remix Instrumental (By Takao)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Channel One production, Discostyle double header as originally released on the J & J label in 1980.

Both sides come complete with extended mixes running into the version.

On limited red vinyl and housed in Channel One's Super Charge inner sleeve in a quality art board spined sleev

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Ntski

7" | 2022 | JP | Original (EM)