Roots & Culture Vinyl 1107 Items

Release: 2024 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Reggae & Dancehall

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Operazione Sole - Italian Pop Reggae, Dub & Summer Love Affairs

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Maledetta Discoteca)

LP | 2024 | Original (17 North Parade)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall, Pop

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Operation Sole like the summer, hopefully, imminent; “Operazione Sole” like the 1967 song by Peppino Di Capri, considered, perhaps wrongly, the first ska in Italy, but certainly the first to talk about Jamaica and upbeat rhythms. The record you have in your hand is intended to be a testimony to how much the sounds born in Kingston between the '60s and '70s had a significant influence on local pop. With the first explosion of reggae in England between 1968 and 1970, as well as with the rise of Bob Marley to a worldwide cult phenomenon, parallel to the all-English phenomenon of Two Tone and the ska revival, Italy, always attracted by the new trends not only English, he certainly couldn't stay on the sidelines. Therefore these innovative and unknown upbeat sounds, derived from the blues of the 1950s and mixed with a Caribbean sauce, have also taken hold in the Bel Paese. It began as early as 1959 with the song “Nessuno” by Mina, considered to all intents and purposes a Jamaican shuffle, to arrive in a few years at blue-beat (I4 di Lucca, Claudio Casavecchi) and ska (Margherita, Peppino Di Capri , Silvano Silvi, Renzo and Virginia) and be exposed to the first reggae (for example Jo Fedeli and his Italian version of “Israelites” by Desmond Dekker). Thus, we quickly reach the end of the decade of the economic boom and the culture, styles, references change: everything becomes more busy (on a cultural, artistic and political level). After a stalemate phase that lasted more than five years, Bob Marley's reggae (considered a sort of new Messiah) conquers the planet, including Italy: the producers and artists, even at a high level, for a few years do not remain at all indifferent to this novelty and decide to introduce the "upbeat", primarily reggae, into the various pop repertoires: well-known names such as Loredana Bertè, Mario Lavezzi, Rino Gaetano, Ivano Fossati, Ilona Staller, Adriano Celentano, Edoardo Bennato throw themselves headlong into new sonic adventures, in a pioneering way, but often with excellent results. The "Operazione Sole" collection wants to take the credit, instead, of proposing and discovering lesser-known artists (with the exception of Gino Santercole, former associate and relative of Il Molleggiato), often real meteors in the Italian musical panorama, who have tried to achieve (or achieve again) success by adapting the pop that was so popular in those years to the new black sounds prevailing in the West. We are in the early 80s and we range from the most classic reggae, to Italo-disco contaminated by dub up to the true Neapolitan style which, on more than one occasion, in its being endemically "black" and full of groove, has wrung out the watch out for agreements made in Kingston and London. “Operation Sun”: a pleasant philological work, but surrounded by an equally pleasant aura of disengagement.

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Freddie McKay

Creation Limited

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Shella)

Nkrumah

Congo

King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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"Congo" by Nkrumah is a hypnotic slice of deep roots by Nkrumah aka Toronto's Kwame Salmon. The city that was home to Johnny Osbourne, Leroy Sibbles, Jackie Mittoo and countless other Reggae legends has produced another artist following this great lineage, a singer with a voice unlike anyone else. Originally released in miniscule quantities as a self produced dubplate/lathe cut, the 45 caused a sensation among Djs and sound system operators world wide. This official release features a different mix with an extended version and a spare, mesmerizing Dub version by Toronto's Heavy Manners crew reminiscent of late 90s/early 2000s Rhythm and Sound releases.

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Augustus Pablo

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Onlyroots)

19,99 €*

Outta Sync Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Greatest dub album ever. Combination between the "Far East" style of Augustus Pablo playing Melodica, Clavinet & Organ and Dub's master Osbourne Ruddock aka "King Tubby's". Featuring the finest Jamaican musicians, Aston & Carlton Barret, China Smith, Vin Gordon, Bobby Ellis...Mixed at King Tubby's Studio in 1976. Produced by Augustus Pablo. A must have !

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Don Letts

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Cooking Vinyl)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Cool Operator Limited

Delroy Wilson

2LP | 2024 | Original (17 North Parade)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Pork Pie)

Ska Ska Skandal No. 7

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Whp)

Burning Spear

Live At Coconut Groove

16,99 €*

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Irie Ites)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Winston Rodney aka Burning Spear, one of the greatest visionaries in Roots Reggae music, caught live in Santa Cruz, California in 1980, a fabulous year for Jamaican music. Backed by a solid seven piece band, Rodney delivers a highly dense, hypnotic array of songs including immortal Roots anthems such as "Slavery Days", "Columbus", "Old Marcus Garvey" and "African Postman".

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Linval Thompson

Ganja Man

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Reggae Anthology : Sweet Reggae Music

Barrington Levy

LP | 2013 | EU | Reissue (VP)

23,99 €*

Release: 2013 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Lion's Den)

Pensi Meets Dub Me Ruff

Generation Of Change

7" | 2023 | UK (Cry No More)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Here comes a special tribute to Hamburg’s dub and sound system history of the 90s - an important chapter for dub and reggae music in Germany on a whole. One of the local veterans, Pensi, also known as the man behind Ire Hi-Fi, meets Dub Me Ruff at the Sound Navigator Studio. An unearthed gem from that era entitled ‘Generation Of Change’. The infamous ‘Dub Me Ruff System’-dubplate-mixtape from the 90s, which was run heavily on cassette by fans and collectors alike, featured a vocal cut and one dub. This and some dances at the time were the only way one could hear the tune. We just had to get in touch with Pensi directly, and carefully inquire if there could be a chance to release it after all those years properly. To our joy he was excited about the project and went back into his archive and found the original DAT-tapes and some lost mixes. We are honored to now present to you, transferred from those DATs at Soon Come Studio (a project run by Pensi and a collective of Hamburg producers nowadays) and freshly remastered and cut at Star Delta in the UK, this first ‘90s salute’ from 1995 on 12inch vinyl. Vocal plus three wonderful dub excursions crafted by Danielle ‘Yell’ Mommertz, with her going heavier on the fx with each mix - from ‘gentle’ to ‘Iration style’. The lyrics could not be more fitting today and seem to not have lost any relevance almost 30 years after they were written. A powerful message on an uncompromising roots riddim à la dub me ruff.

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The Springtones

High On Your Love / Dub

20,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Hemsley Morris / Ernest Ranglin

You Think I'm A Fool / Heart Beat

7" | 2023 (Clancy's)

Release: 2023

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (X-Ray Production)

Manudigital

Digital Uk Session

7" | 2024 | US | Original (Easy Star)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The French producer, Manudigital, behind the now iconic "Digital Sessions," announces a new season which this time highlights the UK scene! After exploring the streets of Kingston, New York, Mexico, and even Trinidad & Tobago in search of ambassadors from the golden age of digital reggae and dancehall, Manudigital has now turned his attention to the vibrant metropolis of London.
Armed with the legendary Casio MT40 keyboard, or "Sleng Teng Keyboard," Manudigital has connected with singers and MCs who have written the history of the UK scene rooted in Jamaican culture: ragamuffin, jungle, grime, drum & bass, stepper, and more. All the developments in Jamaican music born in England over the last thirty years are represented here by a "who's who" of those who have shaped and continue to shape this exciting scene.

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Linval Thompson

Cultivator

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Robert Dallas / Dubsetters

Africa

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Dub & Sound International)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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'Africa' is the first release by Jamaican born singer Robert Dallas on Dub & Sound International, known for his releases on Roots Garden and Jamtone. Here he delivers one of his strongest vocal works, with lovely harmonies and the the theme of returning home to Africa, while B-side dub amplifies the rhythm and has electrifying energy that's perfect for the sound system. Dub & Sound International, a Finnish label, is quickly making a name for itself in reggae circles with its signature roots reggae sound and here again label boss Jaakko Penttinen handled the mixing in the best old school style. Stay tuned for more equally infectious releases later this year.

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Reggae Dub

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LP | 2017 | UK | Original (Burning Sounds)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Vintage sounds collection is well known for all the albums gathering the best of a musical style in a beautiful vinyl ! Theses two albums introduce two important trend part of huge Music Family - Reggae Dub and French Rap by introducing the best of the artists that create or influence each style.

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Revolutionaries

Green Bay Dub

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Dice The Boss Aka Pama Dice

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Limited edition for Record Stoe Day 2017!

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Teahouse From Emperor Roscoe / Brixton Cat

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Harlem Shuffle)

The Upsetters, Junior Byles, I-Roy

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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“Tea House From Emperor Roscoe” by Dice The boss aka Pama Dice was first released as a B side of the early Reggae classic “She Caught The Train” by Ray Martell released in 1970 on the Trojan sublabel Joe (which we also release separately on the 22nd of March 2024) whilst “Brixton Cat” was released in 1969 on the Duke Label under a Joe logo. This is the original song with Dice The Boss/Pama Dice toasting on this striking organ driven Boss instrumental. It is strange but brilliant track as sometimes the best Boss tunes can be. “Brixton Cat, Big And Fat” was released in 1969 on the Duke Label under a Joe logo. It was also showcased on the 1969 eponymous Trojan album along with 13 other Joes All Stars tracks. This upbeat, syncopated track underpinned by aggressive organ riffs tells the story of a famous working “belle” of Brixton as illustrated on the L.P. Rare and brilliant Boss tune! Both titles are skinhead reggae killers that have never been reissued and are very much in demand.

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Got The Tip

7" | 2023 | Original (Skank & Groove)

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Soul Jazz Records presents

Rastafari:The Dreads Enter Babylon 1955-83 Blue Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (I Grade / Before Zero)

Akae Beka

Let Live

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Thompson Sound)

Roman Stewart

Give Thanks

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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10" | 2022 | UK | Original (Forever Living Originals)

Chronixx

Never Give Up

16,99 €*

Lee Perry / Ari Up / Dubblestandart

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Chronixx makes an overdue but welcome return to the airwaves with the soulful reggae track titled “Never GIve Up”. A rootsy, uplifting and inspiring song containing all the essential elements for a classic, Chronixx joins forces with award winning producer Inflo to create something very special!

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Return From Planet Dub

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Collision)

15,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

Ntski

7" | 2022 | JP | Original (EM)

6,74 €* 14,99 € -55%

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Onlyroots)

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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A single cut from the debut album "Orca" by NTsKi, a Kyoto-based electronic music producer/performer. It is a 7" single that couples "Takao Remix", which was previously available only on the Japanese CD version of the same album, and the instrumental version by Takao. Packaged in a semi-transparent paper inner sleeve which slides into the center of a semi-transparent triple-fold paper outer sleeve. Silver vinyl. Mastered and lacquer cut by D&M Berlin.

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Augustus Pablo

East Of The River Nile

19,99 €*

Legend: 30th Anniversary Edition

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Deep instrumental & dub album. Recorded in 1978 in the best Jamaican studios, including Lee Perry's famous "Black Ark" along (as always !) the cream of the musicians including members of "The Wailers". Pablo mystical & meditative sound take us far away, to the ethiopian roots.

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Bob Marley & The Wailers

2LP | 2014 | US | Original (Island)

45,99 €*

Release: 2014 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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When Will They Learn feat. Liam Bailey

The Dynamic Set

7" | 2011 | US | Original (Truth & Soul)

9,99 €*

Riding On A High & Windy Day

Release: 2011 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Four years ago, Liam Bailey visited NYC from his hometown of Nottingham, England to write and record songs with Truth & Soul (Jeff Silverman & Leon Michels), that could help secure him the ever elusive major label deal. Shortly after the group met, an instant chemistry led to a series of reggae and soul songs that have been long-time favorites at T&S headquarters. Soon after his visit, Liam Bailey signed to Polydor Records. This is the first 45 from an upcoming series of Liam Bailey singles on Truth & Soul.

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Breezy

7" | 2024 | EU | Reissue (Digikiller)

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Ronet)

Release: 2024 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Here's the inaugural release in a new series from the archives of the late great engineer & producer Philip Smart. Philip's resume is impeccable - early friend and collaborator of Augustus Pablo, radio host and dj, first apprentice of King Tubby, and founder, producer and engineer at one of the major reggae studios of New York City history, Hc&f. Many years back our brother label Goldshop did a series of 45 reissues of the dancehall classics from Philip's Eclipse label. We always wanted to go deeper, but time moves fast, and unfortunately, Philip left us in 2014. But everything in due course, and now with his estate we've gone thru the archives to assemble a fantastic series of releases. This first release is a must - produced by Philip during his time as engineer at Tubby's studio, this is an awesome rockers style take on the moody Paragons classic. The flip features a classic blueprint mid 70s Tubby's style dub, HPF in effect with the first Prince, Philip Smart at the helm. Originally released thru Brooklyn's legendary Keith's record shop back around the time it was recorded.

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Ekowmania

Kwameh Nkrumah

8,99 €*

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Lovedub Limited)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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First single from Ekowmania's upcoming album "Dr. Afrodub" is the grand Roots/Reggae track "Kwame Nkrumah". This Jimi Tenor production is simply a classic Roots track thatmight have it all; tight big horns, riding drums, a strong voice and magnificent backing choir support elegant and Class-A song writing rarely surfacing in our days. B-side of this 7" is a DJ Sotofett Mix where only the vocals, choir and horns are used for full effect choral version. Ekowmania aka Ekow Alabi Savage from Ghana is the drummer and percussion player in KabuKabu who plays with Jimi Tenor since almost 20 years. Also he is one of the founding members of one the first Afro-Reggae bands in Germany back in 1982. Album released by Ronet Records later in 2024.

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Prince Fatty

Black Rabbit

18,99 €*

You Can't Turn Me Away feat. Lady Gatica

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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With the fantastic 'Black Rabbit,' dub don Prince Fatty masterfully navigates the realms of dub and reggae, infusing each track with his signature vintage sound and infectious grooves. The single is a great trip through rich basslines, swirling echoes, and soulful melodies that all showcase Fatty's exceptional production skills and deep understanding of Jamaican music traditions. From the laid-back instrumentals to his lively vocal performance, this tune has timeless charm and undeniable authenticity so is a testament to Prince Fatty's enduring influence in the contemporary reggae scene.

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Mato

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Stix)

12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Shella)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Stix Records, a sub-label of Favorite Recordings, presents the 3rd release from its new Mellow Reggae Series project. Following two stunning covers of Bobby Caldwell and Player alongside label mates Ethel Lindsey, Mato is now taking over the famous hit by Sylvia Striplin, this time inviting his longtime friend and singing partner, Lady Gatica.
Produced by Roy Ayers in the early 80s , “You Can’t Turn Me Away” belong to this kind of title recognized by everyone, while Sylvia Striplin remains a name known by just a few. Like always, Mato production skills perfectly fits with the original and his Reggae rendition sounds like coming out straight from Kingston. While with her long experience singing Soul, Funk and Disco, Lady Gatica is also a perfect match for the vocals.
Starting his reggae production career in 2006, Thomas Blanchot (aka Mato) has released music through various projects on EDR Records, Big Singles or Makasound... In the meantime, he developed a real trademark: taking over classic French, Hip-Hop, OST, Classical or Pop songs, into roots reggae-dub new versions. His 15 years collaboration with Stix Records and label honcho Pascal Rioux gave life to many masterpieces and the story seems far from the end…

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Nkrumah

Rough & Rugged

12" | 2024 | EU | Reissue (Jamwax)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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"Rough and Rugged sees Toronto Reggae Don Nkrumah pairing up with the analogue production wizards behind the enigmatic Local Dish label for a wild, synthy Dub excursion. Sounding something between 80's Dancehall and a late 70's Cabe Verde grail, Nkrumah's cool baritone rides this deeply funky, synth soaked analogue riddim. Originally released as a lathe cut 7" in miniscule quantities this is an edition of just 500 copies. Just wait until you hear the Dub!"

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Wade Dyce

Money Mare

18,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Wade "Jimmy" Dyce was an original member of Cultural Roots. He was a vocalist and played a key role in shaping the sound of the group. Cultural Roots emerged as a four-part harmony group for producer Donovan Germain in the late 1970s, releasing « Revolutionary Sounds » and « Mr Bossman » which counts among ‘Jah Shaka's favourite tunes’. Then they released « Hell A Go Pop », one of the Greensleeves label’s lesser-known classics. In the early 80's, Wade Dyce produced alone three songs at Chris Stanley's famous Music Mountain studio. Wade Dayce surrounds himself with the best musicians of the time, namely the Revolutionaries, but does not remember the exact formation apart from Sly Dunbar on drums and Bongo Herman on percussion. « Humble », « Money Mare » and « Hide & Seek » are three forgotten songs that can be described as killer roots from the middle of the 80s and which you can (re)discover again through this reissue on the original Moving On label. For this release, Jamwax worked with Parade Studio for this original and unique Disco 45 cover graphic creation. Today, Wade, now sixty-seven years old, is living in Salem, Massachusetts, where he graduated in 2010 as a mental-health specialist. Long live to the Cultural Roots !

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Treasure Isle: Solid Gold

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Charly)

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (La Panchita)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Charly Records have done plenty of leg work here thatmeans you can save yourself lots of time and effort and immediately make yourself out to be a font of dub and reggae wisdom. Treasure Isle Solid Gold is a well curated selection of the most vital club hits produced by the legendary Jamaican label owner Arthur ‘Duke’ Reid. You will know plenty of the artists he worked with from the opener John Holt via Rolando Alphonso Baba Brooks Band, Don Drummond & The Skatalites and U-Roy & The Pargons. The sounds are varied but never less than sensational across both sides of wax.

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Manu Chao, Chalart58

Me Provoca Te Ver

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Wilbur's Meets Rankin' Alpha

Message To The World

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Nun.Ki.Rec.)

8,39 €* 13,99 € -40%

No Woman No Cry / What You Won't Do For Love

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Knifeplay’s sophomore full-length, and first ever studio album Animal Drowning is a sprawling landscape of shoegaze and lofty slowcore. The album finds the band in a blend of folk instruments, walls of distortion, orchestral strings and delicate vocals, all carefully organized by Philadelphia engineer/producer Jeff Zeigler, known for his work with Nothing, Kurt Vile, and more. Though their sonic palette is vast, Knifeplay craft a cohesive aesthetic to carry frontman Tj Strohmer’s thematically heavy songwriting, which touches on loss of all kinds against the backdrop of a nihilistic world. These songs cry out with urgency no matter their ever-varied tempo and dynamic, each painting a unique vignette of tragedy. Yet the band’s dense, meticulously composed instrumentation exudes beauty, creating a lightness to balance the subject matter. With Animal Drowning, Knifeplay goes deeper into the sonic experimentation and brutally honest lyricism so beloved on their early bedroom recordings, creating an enrapturing experience that deftly builds on previous work.

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Mai Yamanaka

7" | 2024 | US | Original (Jet Set)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (La Panchita)

Manu Chao & Chalart58

Inna Reggae Style

23,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Johnny Osbourne Roots Radics

Love Is Universal / Dangerous Match One

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

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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High ranking anthem from 1982 with the Roots Radics in full effect and backed by world cup winning Scientist dub. Sampled countless times in drum and bass, this is the first time legit seven inch pressing for this original ruling version. Both tracks produced by Henry "Junjo" Lawes, recorded at Channel One and mixed by Scientist at King Tubby’s studio. Limited one-time press only, 7-inch-single with Jah Guidance label prints in a grey/white sleeve with Johnny Osbourne and "Junjo" images. European pressing.

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Biga*Ranx

Eh Yo

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Leon Dinero / Screechy Dan

If You Ask Me / Bandits

7" | 2019 | US | Original (Daptone)

10,99 €*

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2015 | EU | Original (Only Roots)

Donovan Carless

Be Thankful

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2012 | DE | Original (Downbeat)

Seeed

SEEED

Release: 2012 / DE – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall, Pop

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The Legendary Studio One Records - Original Classic Recordings 1963-80

2LP | 2011 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

Soul Jazz Records presents

Release: 2011 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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This album here is a lightning roller coaster musical journey through the music of Studio One, the most important record company in the history of Jamaican reggae music. Ska and Rock Steady feature from the greatest names in reggae: The Skatalites, The Maytals, Marcia Griffiths and The Heptones alongside vocal and roots styles from Horace Andy, Willie Williams and Wailing Souls; DJ and dancehall styles from Michigan and Smiley, Prince Jazzbo and Lone Ranger; plus some wicked instrumental and dub. It's all here! 100% essential foundation style.

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Studio One Soul 2 Yellow Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Digikiller)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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18th anniversary edition of the long-out-of-print Studio One Soul 2, the long-awaited second volume of one of the largest selling Soul Jazz Records" Studio One collections.Studio One Soul 2 takes us deep into Jamaica"s long-standing fascination with American Soul and Funk music.This selection features a mixture of classics, super-rare and unreleased tracks from Studio One all lovingly digitally re-mastered for this release.

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Judah Eskender Tafari

Rocky Road

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Dig This Way)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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We've been overdue to let off a modern gem from the Wackie's vaults, so here we go. Another of our favorite 12 Tribes related artists, the late great Judah Eskender Tafari, on a hard and moody but uplifting digital stepper straight from the Bronx. B-side features a great ghostly raw rhythm version from Bullwackie.

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Dig This Way All Stars

Sata

9,99 €*

2LP | 2024 | CA | Original (17 North Parade)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Years ago we were lucky enough to get an incredible and uncredited Acetate with a deep instrumental cut of Satta Massagana , long story short after few weeks we got it the plate totally cracked and became unplayable. We managed to send the plate to Rome at Vinyl restoration who made a little miracle and somehow fixed it well enough for us to export a digital crackling recording of it to keep in our archives. Few years later , we played the noisy recording to the great musicians from Dig This Way All Stars and we decided it was absolutely the case to attempt a modern remake of it. Thats how Abeng , Sere and Monz made the structure of the Riddim , than Rootikal Horns handled the Trombone and Sax version , Nicola Gallo did the Organ part and Jonny De Ambassador played the percussions! The final touch is done by Yakka who mixed a couple wicked dubwises of it and Pressure Mastering that made it sounds proper! The 45rpm is pressed in 250 black copies.

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Delroy Wilson

Cool Operator

57,99 €*

Release: 2024 / CA – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Love Don't Live Here Anymore

Sharon Forrester

12" | 2022 | UK | Original (Freestyle)

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Sticky Buttons)

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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Natacha Fink

Pirarublue

Disco Deception Feat. Shniece

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Irresistible Brazilian blues reggae from the heart of the Amazon rainforest. A psychedelic guarana induced trip and ode to the fading indigenous cultures and shifting hegemony in Brazil. This one-off release by Manaus native Natacha Fink was originally written in 1986 as the lead track on Nossa Musica - a compilation celebrating regional music from the Amazon. Emerging out of the dictatorship, Natacha and her fellow artists rejected the aesthetic standards driven by internal colonialism and sought out new ways to express themselves away from the styles of the dominant Rio-São Paulo axis. What surfaced was a melodic blend of genres, with Natacha’s haunting vocals and playful lyrics gliding over an arrangement of guitars and double bass. Vocal backing is led by Torrinho, well known for his layered composition style, whose song ‘Porto de Lenha’ is recognised throughout Amazonas as an unofficial anthem. Hidden within the Amazon, Pirarublue lies in that wonderful space between innocence and honesty. Proudly exploring cultural and ecological spaces through a refreshing, ghostly infectious groove. For fans of Gal Costa, Elis Regina, Chico César, Jorge Ben Jor and Joni Mitchell.

Accompanying Natacha’s beguiling single is the field recording “Unseen Songlines” by artist and academic Nimalan Yoganathan. The composition immerses the listener in the soundscapes of Mamori Lake, a remote village inside the Brazilian Amazon. Nimalan explores the ambiguous perception of sounds emanating from the dense rainforest and deep beneath the Amazon River, where we hear the sounds but cannot see their sources: an acousmatic concert performed by the rainforest itself. Processed field recordings of birds and frogs, as well as underwater hydrophone recordings of dolphins and fish subtly weave throughout electroacoustic textures and beats. The listener is invited to hone in on the musical subtleties hidden throughout the environment. The compositional methods employed in this piece draw on the concepts of sonic rupture, presence, absence and memory found in the dub music tradition.

This limited edition 7” by Sticky Buttons puts these two outlying works together for a unique listening experience, combining the human and more-than-human experience of life at the heart of Brazil. Both uniquely Amazonian but with a universal appeal.

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Prince Fatty

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Lovedub Limited)

Cry Tuff Chants On U Gatefold Record Store Day 2024 Edition

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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With his Disco Deception album, Prince Fatty (who links up with Shniece for the occasion) delivers a captivating blend of disco-infused reggae and soulful grooves. Each track resonates with his signature low-end energy, and is fuelled by Fatty's impeccable production and Shniece's soul-stirring vocals. From funky basslines to shimmering horns, the album captures the essence of classic dub and ska while infusing it with modern flair and plenty of hooky horns and melodies. Shniece's dynamic range and emotive delivery elevate each song to really create a magnetic atmosphere that keeps listeners engaged from start to finish, all with character to spare.

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Prince Far I

2LP | 2024 | UK | Original (On-U Sound)

50,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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I Am A Robot 2024 Repress

Pupa Jim

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Jahtari)

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Sudar)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Obscure digi dub gem from 2010 by French one-of-a-kind vocal scientist Pupa Jim, available on wax for the first time since its initial short run 14 years ago.

Programmed by the Maffi crew, the Copenhagen riddim experts of the myspace era, this relentless 7″ module aged oddly well, with its futuristic AI-theme and timeless simplicity.

Jahtari main electrician disrupt is taking a closer look into the strippped down riddim schematics on the flip side, kicking it with a minimum set of transistors to wreak maximum havoc dubwise.

>> Run this program:

10 DUB 20 A 30 Goto 10

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Marcus Gad

Chanting

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2024 | Original (Chapter Two)

Tiken Jah Fakoly

Acoustic

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2024 | JP | Reissue (Drum & Bass X Rock A Shacka)

Lord Bryner

Lock And Key

Zero Grace Sea Glass Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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"Lock And Key" was written by popular Trinidadian singer Lord Bryner. The chorus will stay in your head all day, and it is rare to find an original calypso that is so pop. The coupling is by Orville Alphonso. The melody has the smell of the Caribbean, and the ska vocals are sure to be a hit with calypso lovers. Two songs full of Caribbean moods are coupled.

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Liam Bailey

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Big Crown)

Ain't That Loving You (Feat. Chris Murray) / Are You Lonely For Me, Baby (Feat. Malik Moore)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Big Crown Records is proud to present Zero Grace, Liam Bailey's sophomore album on the label. Following the success of 2020's Ekundayo album, the tried and true chemistry of Bailey and producer Leon Michels (El Michels Affair) is on full display again as they take the sound they established and push it further. On Zero Grace they lean more into the bleeding heart singer-songwriter side of Liam. The result, much like Bailey himself, is impulsively honest without reserve. Born and raised in Nottingham, England, the son of an English mother and 2nd generation Jamaican English father, Liam will admit his early childhood was fairly chaotic and filled with "all the cliche racism that happens when people started mixing up in the '80s in England." Liam got his early influences from his mom's record collection. Bob Marley and Dillinger, Stevie Wonder and The Supremes, The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix would eventually shape the singer/songwriter we know today. Fast-forward to 2005, Liam is in London performing at every open mic and acoustic night he could, hustling with hopes of landing a record deal. It was through this time that Liam first teamed up with Michels, musician/producer luminary, and the co-founder of Brooklyn's own Big Crown Records. Liam flew out to New York and those first sessions together produced the now classic tunes "When Will They Learn" and "I'm Gonna Miss You" which still gets spins at Reggae spots around the globe and were co-signed by heavy hitters like David Rodigan & Don Letts. That first trip to NYC brought a lot of industry attention to Liam, including being noticed by a just-famous Amy Winehouse who heard one of Liam's apartment-made, lo- recordings, and liked what she heard. Regardless of the audio quality, Liam's particular sound shone through - all guitar, warm-rough and genuine soul. Eventually Liam signed to Polydor and wound up bumping against the typical major label industry obstacles. They already had an idea of the Liam they wanted to make, promote, and push With the typical large advance enticement, Liam did his best to trust that path. "Maybe I can make it work,' that's what you're thinking," Liam remembers, "but, you quickly find out that you can't." Zero Grace is full of freedom and love, in fact, working with Leon Michels and Big Crown Records has encouraged Liam to be himself. On album opener "Holding On '' Bailey speaks to his observations & fears when looking out at the world in front of him and also to the dedication it has taken to get on the other side of his personal trials & tribulations. "Dance With Me" is an instantly infectious two-stepper that nods to those incredible soul records that were coming out of Jamaica during the early Reggae days. Bailey steps into the dance with hopes of finding a new love and pulls us all out on the dance oor with him. "Disorder Starts At Home" is another close to the chest tune that addresses the difficulties he struggles with from his early chaotic childhood and his progress in getting past them. "Mercy Tree" is a powerhouse of Reggae Rebel Music. Bailey addresses the racial tensions that plague humanity and encourages everyone to step up and do their part to help foster equality. What starts out as a declaration of injustice turns into a call for action and an inspiration for hope.

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Night Owls

7" | 2023 | US | Original (F-Spot)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2023 | UK | Original (333)

Nairobi Sisters

Promised Land

Joe Gibbs & The Professionals

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Death Is Not The End sub-label 333 turns up the gold again with this repro of the much in-demand Flames cut of Nairobi Sisters' Promised Land. Sampled by Q-Tip for "Whateva Will Be" (appearing on ATCQ's final long-player) and on a range of earlier 90s boom-bap era productions, it is not at all hard to figure out why it's a coveted record. That break is as low-slung and funky as it gets, and best showcased on the superbly stripped-back dub on the flip.

The Nairobi Sisters were singers Terrie Nairobi and Judy Mowatt (later of the I-Threes, alongside Rita Marley & Marcia Griffiths). Promised Land was originally recorded together with The Gaytones for Sonia Pottinger's Gay Feet label, with this later version cut for Winston Jones' Brooklyn-based Flames Records. It is issued here under license from producer and songwriter Jones - the original singer and composer of Stop That Train (later made world-famous by Keith & Tex's version) with his Spanishtonians in the early 1960s - who later moved from JA to NYC where he established and ran the Flames label, a core imprint in Brooklyn's reggae scene from the mid-1970s until the early 1990s. 333 has licensed a range of Flames-era productions from the now Texas-based Jones, so keep and eye out for more as it comes... but for now, jump on this before it's gone!

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African Dub All-Mighty Chapter 4 Green Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (VP)

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Greensleeves)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Chapter 4 als Limitierte Green LP!

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Channel One Sound System

Down In The Dub Vaults

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Life In A Jailhouse / Version

Wayne Smith

7" | 2023 | UK | Reissue (Archive)

Release: 2023 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Sounds Of Yemen (1962-1987)

Aharon Amram

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Fortuna)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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An anthology spanning three decades of haunting funk, soul, and disco, from the undisputed godfather of Yemenite-Israeli music, Aharon Amram.

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7" | 2024 | UK | Reissue (Sunshot)

Dennis Brown

What About The Half

Release: 2024 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Thompson Sound)

Linval Thompson

Ride On Dreadlocks

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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I Like It (Lovers Reggae Mix) / I Like It

Mariko Ide

7" | 2024 | JP | Original (Jet Set)

27,99 €*

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Mariko Ide, whose emotional and transparent voice has captivated the world, sings a Lovers & Bossa cover of DeBarge's signature song, cut as a single from the Cafe Music compilation album!

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Kodama And The Dub Station Band

Is This Love

7" | 2024 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

LP | 2024 | JP | Original (Gardenia Garden)

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Kazufumi Kodama is a Japanese trumpet player and producer for some of Japan's earliest and most influential dub groups. His claim to fame is the work he did with the group Mute Beat in the late 80s, many articles citing this group as the very first dub group to exist in Japan. Even if this isn't true, he certainly pushed the genre to its most popular in the country. His current band "Kodama And The Dub Station Band" released their first cover album "Tomoshibi" in 2023 from P-vine, and now some finest songs are released on 7inch ep! This 7" ep includes a cover of Bob Marley's classic 'Is This Love' which inspired Kodama to make a covers album. Bob Marley's positive vibrations are arranged as an instrumental song and made into a dynamic and excellent cover.

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Asuka Ando

Double Happiness

40,99 €*

First Light (Mad's Lovers Smooth Mix)

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Asuka Ando, Japan's leading Lovers Rock diva, has finally completed her highly anticipated 3rd album! Wearing a gradation of pink and violet tinged with mature colors, the song sings about "the joy that comes from layering" (double Happiness), and a new masterpiece of Japanese Lovers Rock is born!

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Yoshiko Goshima

7" | 2019 | JP | Reissue (PolyStar)

33,99 €*

Winston Reedy & Two Flames Syndicate

Release: 2019 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Repress of Mad Professor's 90s Japanese Mono Lovers remix masterpiece 7" S.S.W. Yoshiko Gotoh is also known as the vocalist of Denki Groove's 'Niji'. This is the first 7" release from '19, coupling the classic "First Light" with a superb dub mix of "Nameless Pierce", and is now being repressed in a limited edition of 300 copies Yoshiko Goshima was described as "a genius female singer with a five-octave voice" in the 1990s and early 2000s. She is a talented artist who is popular for her soulful singing that combines sweetness and toughness, and her 1999 hit single 'Open Up', which was used in a TV commercial, is also memorable. This 7" couples two rare remixes by the reggae dub scene's Mad Professor. The A-side features the 'Mad's Lovers Smooth Mix ver.' from the 'First Light Remixes' 12" single, which was released as a promo-only single in '97 and is now hard to find. A light dub number with dreamy synths and a stretched high-tone voice that feels great, the B-side is the "Mad's Summer Swim Mix" of "No Name Earrings" from the CD single "Swingin' the Swing", also released in '97. " from the CD single 'Swingin' the Swing', also released in '97. It is a moving song with powerful yet melancholy and delicate vocals and a chorus work that builds to euphoria towards the latter half of the song

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Ruff & Tuff

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Two Flames)

9,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Ruff and Tuff’ is the first 7" reference from Two Flames Records. This single is an exciting collaboration with legendary artist Winston Reedy and the house label band Two Flames Syndicate, featuring David “Jah D” Goldfine” from Zion I Kings on bass and Gyasi Crosdale on guitar.

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Live Not For Vanity Pt. II

Clive Matthews

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Bass Lee Music)

10,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Kodama And The Dub Station Band

You've Got A Friend

7" | 2024 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

What You Won't Do For Love Feat. Ethel Lindsey

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Kazufumi Kodama is a Japanese trumpet player and producer for some of Japan's earliest and most influential dub groups. His claim to fame is the work he did with the group Mute Beat in the late 80s, many articles citing this group as the very first dub group to exist in Japan. Even if this isn't true, he certainly pushed the genre to its most popular in the country. His current band "Kodama And The Dub Station Band" released their first cover album "Tomoshibi" in 2023 from P-vine, and now some finest songs are released on 7inch ep! "You’ve Got A Friend" was written by Carole King for her album "Tapestry" in 1971, and Kodama & Dub Station band arranged the masterpiece as a dub song.

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Mato

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Stix)

Essential Artist Collection

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Stix Records, a sub-label of Favorite Recordings, presents this new stunning single release by Mato, this time taking over the famous hit of Bobby Caldwell, and inviting for the occasion newcomer label mate, Ethel Lindsey (1st album upcoming on Favorite Recordings). After the recent success of his Summer Madness / Maiden Voyage single, quickly followed up by the release of Jazz-Funk Dub Tribute LP, Mato and Stix got keen to pursue their journey within the wide and miscellaneous American groove music repertoire. In September 2022, just after the release of this same LP, Pascal Rioux (a&r of Favorite and its sub-labels) submited to Mato the idea of the Bobby Caldwell’s song and the start of a new “Mellow Reggae Series” focusing more specifically on the so-called AOR and BlueEyed-Soul genre. “What You Won’t Do For Love” by Bobby Caldwell, is one of this instant classic known and heard at least once by almost everyone on the planet, although its performer still remains quite unknown for most. With this thrilling version, Mato strikes again our ears of his matchless skills for dub production and the magic happens again. And while it was not an easy task to walk in the footsteps of Caldwell’s vocals, under the radar and upcoming singer and composer Ethel Lindsey sounds like a perfect match for the song, he just killed it with his soulful singing and great feeling. Starting his reggae production career in 2006, Thomas Blanchot (aka Mato) has released music through various projects on EDR Records, Big Singles or Makasound... In the meantime, he developed a real trademark: taking over classic French, Hip-Hop, OST, Classical or Pop songs, into roots reggae-dub new versions. His 15 years collaboration with Stix Records and label honcho Pascal Rioux gave life to many masterpieces and the story seems far from the end…

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Marcia Griffiths

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Trojan)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Fifth Son / Top Ranking Sound)

Akae Beka

Standing Ground

The Heptones / Woodfield Rd Allstars

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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300 limited copies, hand numbered, vinyl only, mastered by DJ Steaw, Made in Europe

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Love Has Really Got / Breezin' Up Brentwood Rd

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Original Gravity)

16,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Live & Dangerous: Boston 1976 Record Store Day 2023 Translucent Yellow Vinyl Edition

Peter Tosh

2LP | 2023 | Reissue (Columbia)

Hugh Mundell & Augustus Pablo

Release: 2023 / Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Attn.: We did not receive this record in time for RSD, but we will get it this week.

This classic live concert from 1976 was the last show of Peter’s first solo US tour, supporting the Legalize It album, which had been released four months earlier. The rhythm section on the tour, and thus on this release, consists of Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare. This first vinyl pressing, on double transparent yellow vinyl, comes to record stores for Record Store Day 2023.

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Africa Must Be Free By 1983 Record Store Day 2023 Africa Shaped Picture Disc Edition

12" | 2023 | US | Reissue (Nature Sounds)

7" | 2023 | US | Original (Don One)

Release: 2023 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Record Store Day 2023 exclusive release on Africa shaped vinyl, limited to 1200 copies wordwide.

The reggae classic issued for RSD 2023 on an Africa shaped picture disc.

Before his tragic death at the age of 21, Hugh Mundell was a rising star in Jamaica’s burgeoning reggae scene. In 1976, the Kingston native released the single “Africa Must Be Free By 1983”, produced by dub legend Augustus Pablo. The song would eventually become the title track on Mundell’s classic debut album, released through Pablo’s iconic label Rockers.

Now, Nature Sounds is partnering with Augustus Pablo’s family for a limited-edition Africa-shaped vinyl picture disc highlighting this indelible track. Written by Hugh Mundell and recorded when the famed singer was just 14 years old, “Africa Must Be Free By 1983” is an uplifting anthem steeped in the Pan-African ideals Mundell championed during his brief but memorable career. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Rockers, this historic single is receiving a dazzling new deluxe vinyl pressing, complete with two rare Augustus Pablo dub mixes on the B-Side.

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Leroy Sibbles

Mama

Soul Power & Sound Meets Al Breadwinner

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7 inch vinyl with a beautiful song -Leroy Sibbles

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In Dub Procedure

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Hornin Sounds)

The Good The Bad & The Zugly

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Killer early 80's roots recorded in Jamaica. First time on vinyl with extended mixes & dub.

Tracks compiled from "The Right Procedure" album, mixed by Al Breadwinner straight from the original tapes.

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Research And Destroy

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Diger Distro)

Count Ossie / The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Das fünfte Studioalbum 'Research & Destroy' der norwegischen The Good, The Bad & The Zugly gepresst auf pinkem Vinyl in limiterter Auflage.

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Tales Of Mozambique Purple Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Echo Ltd)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Following on from the recent super-deluxe box set edition of The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari"s "Grounation" Soul Jazz Records are releasing a new edition of the group"s celebrated "Tales of Mozambique". This new limited edition is released as a one-off pressing purple vinyl double album and a one-off purple CD. Sleeve design also comes as a new purple version. Soul Jazz Records are releasing Count Ossie and The Mystic Revelation"s seminal 1975 album Tales of Mozambique in an expanded double album/single CD, fully remastered and with the inclusion of two bonus rare single-only tracks, full sleevenotes, exclusive photographs and interview. Count Ossie is the central character in the development of Rastafarian roots music, nowadays an almost mythical and iconic figure. His importance in bringing Rastafarian music to a populist audience is matched only by Bob Marley"s promotion of the faith internationally in the 1970s.

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SND & RTN

Echo Ltd 006 Lp

18,99 €*

Wicked Thoughts Feat. Mene Man

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Echoltd006: 12" LP 180g black / slightly silver vinyl. 2 stickers included.

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Jah Works

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Jah Works)

12" | 2023 | EU | Reissue (Isle Of Jura)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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An absolute sound system killer, this 2002 Jah Works classic is now available for distribution through Triple Vision. The enigmatic Mene Man joins Jah Rej on a riddim guaranteed to shake up your woofers.

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Melody Beecher

Movie Star

LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (BMG Rights Management)

Release: 2023 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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A stunning cover version of Errol Dunkley’s ‘Movie Star’ originally released on Brooklyn label Witty in 1987. Produced by Paul Beecher, the 707 drums are phat & crisp and the keys shine brightly in the mix to complement the incredibly soulful vocal from Melody Beecher. Backed with Dub Version and an extended 12” mix, housed in a sky blue and red IOJ Island Disco sleeve with sticker designed by Bradley Pinkerton.

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Madness

Full House

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Release: 2022

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Urban)

Gentleman

Mad World

27,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Lu-Lu Bell / Long Long Time

The Versatiles

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

Sweet Night Dew / Love In Oputer Space

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Versatiles were an exciting Jamaican reggae group, formed in 1967 by Junior Byles, also a firefighter at that time, Ben 'Louis' Davis and Dudley Earl.
Lee "Scratch" Perry, then working as chief engineer at Joe Gibbs' studio, was scouting for talent for Gibbs' new Amalgamated label, and spotted the group while they were auditioning for the 1967 Festival Song Contest with "The Time Has Come".
Perry signed the group to the label, but left Gibbs soon after. Three superb titles ("Just Can't Win," "The Time Has Come" and "Trust The Book" were recorded under the supervision of Lee Perry.
When Scratch left, Gibbs employed another up-and-coming engineer/producer by the name of Winston Holness, aka Niney the Observer, to take control of his sessions. Niney produced a few Versatiles songs for Gibbs' Amalgamated label (titles such as "Push It In" and "Lu Lu Belle") which were riddled with sexually suggestive lyrics, tame though they are by today's standard.
The Versatiles stayed with Gibbs for two years, before moving to work with Perry, and then to Duke Reid's Treasure Isle label. They also recorded for other producers such as Laurel Aitken.
The group split up in 1970, when Byles left the group for a successful solo career. Byles still working as a firefighter, continued to record for Perry up to the mid ‘70s…
During their short career, The Versatiles recorded about 30 tracks for a variety of Jamaican & British record labels. Most of these songs are top uptempo early Reggae tracks with Rocskteady vocals; to spice things up, quite a few are on the risqué side such as the hit PUSH IT IN. Never a dull moment with the Versatiles.

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Ossy Little Noise Weaver

7" | 2022 | JP | Original (Right Place)

King Scratchmusical Masterpieces From The Upsetter

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Exquisite mood of exotic electronic dub, rhythm box organ reggae instrumentals at its finest! This is a completely limited 7" from the second album "Woven" released in 2007! This is the first analog version of the very popular Ylnw self-cover of the last single by the Determinations in 2003. This one is a must have! Yossy Little Noise Weaver consists of ex-Determinations keyboardist Yossy and trumpet player Icchie, and the A-side is a self-cover of a classic song from the latter years of the Determinations' career, written by Yossy. The A-side is a self-covered version of a late Detami classic composed by Yossy. The minimalist composition of rhythm box, organ, and trumpet creates an exotic mood, and the endlessly sweet melody with just the right amount of dub is a superb organ reggae instrumental number! The B-side features a cover of the spiritual jazz classic "Love In Outer Space" by Sun Ra. This one has a cosmic exo-jazz groove with electronic sounds, organ, and trumpet, and is super cool! This is a super strong double-sider single without any complaints.

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Lee Perry

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Trojan)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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I'll Make It Up / Hot And Sticky

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…

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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)