Roots & Culture 2775 Items

LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Soulgramma)

Release: 1978 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Fully remastered and licensed, ltd to 500 copies. Reissued here for the first time, in an extended version, the UK reggae band’s only album, originally released on Ball Record in 1978. One of the best-kept secrets of the late 70’s/mid 80’s British reggae scene who, with Steel Pulse, competed for the title of best reggae band in Birmingham. The album includes these eight tracks plus both sides of the bands final single and a brace of previously unreleased tracks.

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George Faith

Soulfull

Lee Van Cleef Backed By The Roots Radics

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Reissued for the first time on vinyl, here's Jamaican reggae singer George Faith second album, originally released on Hollywood Records in 1979. Amazing soulful reggae melodies backed by the likes of Sly & Robbie, Aston "Family Man" Barrett, Tommy McCook, Earl "Chinna" Smith and more. Produced by the one and only Bunny Lee at Harry J Studios, and mixed by Scientist at King's Tubby's Studios!

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Foreign A No Paradise

12" | UK | Original (D&H)

Disco Deception Feat. Shniece

Release: UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: Generic

Vinyl close to VG+

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Prince Fatty

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Lovedub Limited)

Happy Family Red Gold Green Vinyl Editoin

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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Junior Marvin

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Pias/Flat Iron)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Pass Me The Lazer Beam Record Store Day 2024 Edition

Don Carlos

LP | 1983 | EU | Reissue (17 North Parade)

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Uni Music)

David Cairol

Verse

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Ensemble Editions)

Tairo

360 Part. 1 & 2

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Bat)

Pilah

O Clock

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Taikokissie & Dub Passengers

Tepid Sunshine

10" | 2024 | JP | Original (I Like Your Anger)

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Taikokissie & DUB Passengers, led by Tokyo-based Lo-fi musician Taikokissie, whose previous album "slow Dance IN Suburbia" was well received, presents their second 10-inch release!! Hard jazz, improvisation played with skill and dubwise with deep effects that dive deep. A great masterpiece with the warmth of mellow raw sound that emerges in the darkness. Four songs and 28 minutes long, recommended for chill out along with gentle dancing. Includes download code.

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Subdub: Digital Africa (1998-2001)

2LP (Dubquake)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Liquidator)

The Oldians

Soul'in Jamaica

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Valley Of Decision - The Collection 1973-1974

Alton Ellis

LP | 2006 | EU | Reissue (Lantern)

LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (Lantern Rec.)

Release: 2006 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Fully licensed, 140 gr vinyl. A wonderful collection of early seventies recordings produced by Alton Ellis himself. High-impact reggae tunes with a great horn section. Alton Nehemiah Ellis OD (1 September 1938 – 10 October 2008) was a Jamaican singer-songwriter. One of the innovators of rocksteady, he was given the informal title "Godfather of Rocksteady". In 2006, he was inducted into the International Reggae And World Music Awards Hall Of Fame.

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Clement Bushay

Dread In Session

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Island Empire)

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Rare reggae collection originally released in 1975. Featuring guest musicians Ken Boothe, Delroy Washington, Bob Davis, Gene Rondo and former members of the Cimarons. Some of the tracks have been recorded at the Black Arc Studio with engineer Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry. All tracks produced by Clem Bushay.

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Common Kings

Celebration

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The New International Sound Of Hedonism

Jaya The Cat

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Bomber Music)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Spellbreakers

2LP (Bona-Fi)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1973 | EU | Reissue (Lantern)

Tapper Zukie

Man Ah Warrior

Africa Unite Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 1973 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Brand new reissue for the epic Tapper Zukie's first album, originally released in 1973. Supervised by the original producer Clement Bushay! Zukie never expected these cuts to turn into an album, and was quite startled to discover this record in the London shops when he came to town in the spring of 1975. After 50 years “Man Ah Warrior” is still a lively and unique collection. The bassline and trademark guitar sound from The Temptations’ “Papa Was a Rolling Stone” is instantly recognizable in the title track with the riddim featuring just drum, bass, and riffing guitar. “I King Zukie” is a big tune, an interplay between the soulful vocal of “I Dont Know Why I Love You” (originally done by Stevie Wonder) and Tapper Zukie’s toasting. All in all a series of remarkable tunes such as the wicked “Viego”, the hypnotic “Cally Dolly” and “Zukie Fashionwear” with a big trombone and at the beginning Willie Williams (although Delroy Wilson is mentioned in the song) singing lines from the Temptations song “Get Ready”.

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Bob Marley & The Wailers

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Island)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Africa Unite Black Vinyl Edition

Bob Marley & The Wailers

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Island)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Summer Saudade DJ Kentaro & Ride Remix

Little Tempo

12" | 2023 | JP | Original (Sunshine)

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Jarring Effects)

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Little TEMPO's latest album, "love MAX," features a remix of "Summer Saudade" by DJ Kentaro, a longtime friend of Little TEMPO's and, without any need for explanation, the world's most famous turntablist of genius! The warm and cool mood of the original song is further interpreted in a dreamy way, resulting in an extremely cute ambient dancehall remix that makes you want to dance and stomp the ground while still feeling a floating sensation. The record also includes a DUB MIX by Naoyuki Uchida, "sekiranun Dub", and an extended mix of the slow jam tune "love Max", a danceable and groovy reworking of the album's title track!!

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Zentone

Chapter 2

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Original "Mr. Cool Ruler"

Jackie Edwards

LP | 1983 | EU | Reissue (Lantern)

Hit After Hit After Hit (The Best Of)

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Fully remastered and licensed, ltd to 500 copies. Reissued on vinyl for the very first time! Originally released in 1983, this reggae lovers album was recorded by Scientist, produced by Bunny Lee, with the best of Jamaican musicians like Sly & Robbie, Jackie Mittoo, Winston Wright, Earl Chinna Smith ans more...

Edwards was born in Jamaica in 1938 where he was raised with fourteen siblings. Strongly influenced by Nat King Cole, he began performing at the age of 14. He came to the attention of Chris Blackwell in 1959. Edwards had four number one singles in Jamaica between 1960 and 1961, all self-written ballads with Latin-influenced music. When Blackwell set up Island Records in London in 1962, Edwards travelled with him. Edwards worked as a singer and songwriter for Island, recording as a solo artist and also duets with Millie Small, as well as performing duties such as delivering records. He wrote both "Keep On Running" and "Somebody Help Me", that became number one singles in the United Kingdom for The Spencer Davis Group. He continued to work as a recording artist himself, with regular album releases through to the mid-1980s. Much of his later work was produced by Bunny Lee, and he also worked with The Aggrovators.

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Delroy Wilson

LP | 1985 | EU | Reissue (Lantern)

LP | 1982 | EU | Reissue (Lantern)

Release: 1985 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Fully remastered and licensed, ltd to 500 copies. The soulful reggae singer "Best Of"! Originally released on Empire (Channel One's sub label). Hits from late 70's to 1984, recorded at Channel One studio with Sly & Robbie, Earl Chinna Smith, Dean Fraser, Deadly Headly and many more...

Delroy George Wilson (5 October 1948 – 6 March 1995) was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer. Wilson is often regarded as Jamaica's first child star, having first found success as a teenager. His youngest son, Karl "Konan" Wilson, has found success as part of British duo Krept and Konan. His voice matured as he left his teens, around the time of ska's transition to rocksteady and this period in the late 1960s produced many hits including one of the first rocksteady records, "Dancing Mood", "Jerk in Time" (with the Wailers), "Feel Good All Over", "I'm Not a King", "True Believer in Love", "Rain From the Skies", "Conquer Me" and "Riding for a Fall". "Won't You Come Home", a duet with Ken Boothe on a rhythm originally cut by The Conquerors for Sonia Pottinger has become one of the most-versioned Jamaican tracks ever. After leaving Studio One he recorded for other labels, with varying degrees of success, and set up his own short-lived W&C label. He enjoyed success with Bunny Lee in the late 1960s and early 1970s with tracks such as "This Old Heart of Mine", "Footsteps of Another Man", and "Better Must Come". His double A-side "It Hurts"/"Put Yourself in My Place" was a skinhead favourite and narrowly missed UK chart success. He recorded a version of "Run Run", a song he had originally recorded for Dodd, for maverick producer Keith Hudson. Wilson toured the UK and recorded for Trojan Records in 1970.

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The Paragons

Now

Delroy Wilson (Sir Collins Prodn)

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Fully remastered and licensed, ltd to 500 copies. Reissued on vinyl for the very first time, the third Paragons album, originally released in 1982 on the UK reggae label Starlight. All songs are backed by the Aggrovators, the Bunny Lee’s house band, that includes Sly & Robbie, the Barrett brothers - both also with Bob Marley & the Wailers - Jackie Mittoo, Earl “Chinna” Smith, Winston Wright and many others. Produced by Bunny Lee, mixed by Prince Jammy. “Now” marked the Paragons return to the scene, in a big way. Great vibrations, dreamy melodies, a roots reggae masterpiece, not to be missed!

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Live As One

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Jah Fingers)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1984 | EU | Reissue (Lantern)

Singers & Players

Leaps & Bounds

Release: 1984 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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1984 mandatory re-issue for british dub-roots combo. Co-produced by On U Sound and Cherry Red the album shows the masterful production of wizard Adrian Sherwood and a series of sublime vocal performances by stalwarts Bim Sherman, Mikey Dread and Prince Far I. The sublime line-up is completed by master musicians Crucial Tony, "Deadly" Headley Bennett, Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah and Evar Wellington. Enjoy the purity of this aquatic sound 1

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Xterminator - Earth Feel It 7x7'' Box-Set Record Store Day 2020 Edition

7" | 2020 | US | Original (VP)

29,24 €* 38,99 € -25%

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Record Store Day 2020 Release.

Earth Feel It is a reggae 45 collector’s dream, a deluxe 7 x 7-inch vinyl box set of deep cuts, rarities, and previously unreleased recordings from (Producer) Fatis Burrell’s iconic reggae and dancehall label Xterminator. Xterminator is the label that launched the careers of Luciano, Sizzla, and Turbulence, among others. The collection, which spans 1993-2009, was drawn in part from XTM. Nation’s two-volume digital releases, Fatis Tapes In The Oven Vols. 1 and 2; from unissued recordings in the VP Records archives; and also includes several deep cuts not previously available on the 7-inch format. This set is compiled by vinyl specialist DJ Carter Van Pelt, curator of VP’s acclaimed Down In Jamaica 40-year retrospective box set. The deluxe album package was hand illustrated by Costantinos Pissourious and includes a 14-inch by 14-inch poster of the original cover art and liner notes.

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Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dance Hall Style 2022 Repress

Horace Andy

LP | EU | Reissue (Wackies)

LP | 1982 | EU | Reissue (Lantern)

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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"Dance Hall Style" is the definite Horace Andy album at Wackies.

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Johnny Clarke

Can't Get Enough

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

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Fully remastered and licensed, ltd to 500 copies. Reissued on vinyl for the first time here, this legendary Johnny Clarke recordings - originally released in 1982 on UK label Arts & Crafts - is something you wouldn't miss. Completely written by the Jamaican singer himself - backed here by Roots Radics (the Channel One studio session group) - and arranged by Clarke and Stafford Douglas (alias Mafia Tone). ”Can't Get Enough" witnesses the peak of his career with his first British production. The beginning of a period that would bring Clarke to London and see him churn out a string of hits with Douglas's production, before returning to work with Bunny Lee and Mad Professor, King Tubby, Errol Thompson, Prince Jammy. Roots reggae at its best here!

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Boris Gardiner

Ultra Super Dub V.1

LP | 1982 | EU | Reissue (Lantern)

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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Creation Rebel

Low & Highs

Dole Age: The 1981 Reggae Collection

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Fully remastered and licensed, ltd to 500 copies 180 gr vinyl. Officially the latest album released by the british super group, Lows & Highs is the triumphant epilogue to these fascinating adventure in rhythm. Featuring vocals from Crucial Tony and Lizard Logan this is probably the most straight ahead reggae album in their whole discography. Producer Adrian Sherwood is in charge behind the desk while Style Scott, Eskimo Fox and Donald Campbell bring all their potential efforts on the drums. Deadly Headley and Dave’ Flash’ Wright are the top horn section here. The album features the bonus track Read And learn from 1982 single ‘Love I Can Feel’. A must have for any english dub worshipper.

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Talisman

LP | 1981 | EU | Reissue (Lantern)

Midnight Scorchers Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1981 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Fully remastered and licensed, ltd to 500 copies. The city of Bristol has undoubtedly a rich reggae heritage. The criminally neglected Talisman finally benefits of a long overdue release, collecting their first efforts plus a series of extra tracks. You’ll get their first two singles released on Recreational Records - Run Come Girl/Wicked Dem and Dole Age/Free Speech, both released in 1981 – plus a selection of five long lost contribution. Originally formed in 1977 as Revelation Rockers, a name they soon changed, Talisman were considered the top reggae act in town alongside local contemporaries Black Roots. The band – popular for their intense live shows – opened for such glorious and diverse acts as Burning Spear, The Clash and The Rolling Stones ! This proper release on vinyl allows a new generation of fans to catch with their original style. Talisman certainly shows a different side of the UK reggae flourishing scene – think about Aswad, Steel Pulse and Misty In Roots – putting Bristol back on the map !

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Horace Andy

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

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Original Chicago Reggae 1978-1996 Yellow Vinyl Edtion

Skanking Lizard

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Jump Up)

Gregory Isaacs & Max Romeo

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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Showcase Volume 1

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Global Beats)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Soul Jazz Records presents

Studio One Women 2

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

Peace And Love - Wadadasow

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Soul Jazz Records follows up one its most popular Studio One releases with a brand new selection of rare and classic releases by women in reggae. Featuring legendary artists such as Marcia Griffiths, Rita Marley and Hortense Ellis (with a guest appearance by her brother Alton), alongside a host of rarities from lesser known names such as Nina Soul, Nana Mclean, Denise Darlington, Myrna Hague and also Doreen Schaeffer, a vocalist who was a founding member of The Skatalites. There are notable covers (from Tyrone Davis' soul classic Can I Change My Mind to the Band's 60s psychedelic classic Turn Turn Turn in a rub-a-dub style!). Doreen Schaeffer reversions Alton Ellis's seminal I'm Still in Love with You, Nina Soul reversions the slack rocksteady anthem Barb Wire. A number of these tracks are almost impossible to find and many have never been issued ever since their initial release. The music on the album is of course 100% killer and features backing from all of the seminal groups at 13 Brentford Road including The Skatalites, Sound Dimension, Soul Brothers and the Brentford All Stars, and ranges from ska, rocksteady, roots, lovers and more from the 60s, 70s and 80s. All produced by Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd at Studio One Records, the number one sound in reggae music.

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Dadawah

LP | 1974 | US | Reissue (Antarctica Starts Here)

LP | UK | Reissue (Pressure Sounds)

Release: 1974 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Michael George Henry (aka Ras Michael and, for this lone release, Dadawah) was born in 1943 in Saint Mary Parish, in northeastern Jamaica. Henry was raised in a Rastafari community when the religious movement was still in its infancy and marginalized within Jamaica. It was there that he began performing Nyahbinghi, the Rastafarian devotional music that combines the influences of African drumming and Black gospel. Henry found himself in Kingston in the late 1950s where he worked for Coxsone Dodd at the legendary Studio One. By 1968, he had formed the group Sons of Negus and the first overtly Rasta record label, Zion Disc. As Rasta filtered into the mainstream, Henry released more music including albums for Trojan, Dynamic and Grounation labels. Originally released in 1974, Peace And Love – Wadadasow is Dadawah’s magnum opus. Produced by Lloyd Charmers, the album features slinky basslines, wah-wah guitar, hypnotic keyboards, dubbed-out studio trickery and, of course, the propulsive drumming and rhythmic chanting characteristic of Nyahbinghi. Antarctica Starts Here presents the first widely available domestic release of Peace and Love - Wadadasow. This reissue is part of an archival series that focuses on Trojan’s essential ’60s and ’70s catalogue. Liner notes by JR Gonne.

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Barry Brown

Praises

Release: UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Silence)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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sealed

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Hedningarna

Tra

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Legalize It Limited Transparent Green & Solid Yellow Mixed / Clear Yellow & Black Mixed Vinyl Edition

Peter Tosh

2LP | 2019 | EU | Reissue (Sony)

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Limited Edition.

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Take Us Home: Boston Roots Reggae (1979-1988)

2LP | 2019 | US | Original (Cultures Of Soul)

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1975 | US | Reissue (Jah Life)

Kaya Dub

2LP | 2007 | US | Reissue (Easy Star)

Release: 1975 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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First time reissue of "Kaya Dub" from 1975, noted as the first ever proper dub LP pressed and released in New York City. The eponymous LP is among the first set of releases on the KAYA label. This imprint was the first to showcase the partnership of Percy Chin and Hyman "Jah Life" Wright as producers and cornerstones of the burgeoning NYC reggae scene of the day.

Though these tracks originate from Jamaica thru a connection with Pat "Jah Lloyd" Francis and have also been released elsewhere, this is none the less a killer selection of dubs from King Tubby's and Randy's studios. In sound and visuals, "Kaya Dub" serves as a fantastic snapshot of the music and vibes of roots reggae in the mid '70s, among the best dub LP's of its time.

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Easy Star All-Stars

Radiodread

Release: 2007 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Count Ossie & The Rasta Family

Man From Higher Heights

LP | 2016 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

2LP | 2015 | EU | Original (The Drop)

Release: 2016 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Soul Jazz Records are releasing Count Ossie & The Rasta Family’s long lost reggae album ‘Man From Higher Heights’ (originally released in 1983), digitally remastered and with full original artwork.
This release follows on from the earlier release of Count Ossie and The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari ‘Tales of Mozambique’ (1975), also by Soul Jazz Records.
Recorded in Kingston, Jamaica, somewhere between the last Mystic Revelation album and the 1983 official release of ‘Man From Higher Heights’, it remains unclear whether this album is a mixture of original recordings overlayed with additional players, or Ossie’s post-Mystic Revelation players remaining true to the spirit of Count Ossie (who had died in a car crash in 1976). Either way, it is a fascinating and successful blend of heavyweight Rastafarian roots rhythms and drumming alongside deep jazz improvisation and tripped out psychedelic fuzz guitar.
Count Ossie is the central character in the development of Rastafarian roots music, 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.
Count Ossie’s drummers made the first ever song to integrate Rastafarian traditional music into popular music - The Folkes Brothers’ song ‘Oh Carolina’, recorded for producer Prince Buster in 1959. In 1966 his drummers greeted the arrival of Haile Selassie at Kingston airport.
His Rastafarian compound in the hills of Wareika, Kingston, hosted jam sessions between his drummers and Jamaica’s finest musicians, Roland Alphonso, Don Drummond, Johnny Moore and others.
Count Ossie and the Group’s Man From Higher Heights remains one of the most elusive of his highly progressive Rastafarian inspired recordings, the final release in Count Ossie’s career.

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Fat Freddys Drop

Bays Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2011 | US | Original (VP)

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Introducing Bays a 9 track boil up heralding a fresh chapter in Freddys fantastic voyages. Bays opens with slow burn funk of ‘Wairunga Blues’ journeying through a hybrid of reggae, hi-tek soul and jazz with techno rhythms underpinning Freddy’s signature horns and Joe Dukie’s smooth & introspective vocals, 'Slings And Arrows', '10 Feet Tall', 'Wheels', 'Razor', 'Makkan', 'Fish In The Sea', 'Cortina Motors' and arriving finally on the crooked blues jam of ‘Novak’.
BAYS is named after our Wellington studio homebase, where the album was predominately written and recorded around beats, food, darts and a winter of content.

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Third World

Patriots

Release: 2011 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2024 | Original (115)

Tommy115

Aitakute I Love You

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1985 | JP | Original (Kingston)

Max Romeo = Max Romeo

Loving You = ラヴィング・ユー

Release: 1985 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

Original japanese pressing with OBI and insert!

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Brown Sugar- I'm In Love With A Dreadlocks: Brown Sugar And The Birth Of Loves Rock 1977-80

2LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Wah Wah)

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Soul Jazz Records are releasing this first ever collection of the pioneering British reggae Lovers Rock group Brown Sugar including rare singles, dubs and extended mixes. The album comes with extensive sleevenotes and interviews with Dennis Bovell, Pauline Catlin, John Kpiaye and Winston Edwards (Studio 16).
Brown Sugar were formed by three young teenage girls – Pauline Catlin, Caron Wheeler and Carol Simms in South London in 1976. In the short period of time 1976-1980, the group – working with Dennis Bovell on the mixing desk and John Kpiaye (‘Brownie T) in the studio – recorded barely a handful of singles on the new Lovers Rock label, a number of which went to the top of the UK reggae charts. But success stopped there, and with no album release and no industry support the group broke up in the early 1980s.
Following their split Caron Wheeler became the lead vocalist for the hugely successful group Soul II Soul, Carol Simms launched a solo career as Kofi (re-making a number of Brown Sugar songs with producer Mad Professor) and Pauline Catlin returned to education.
Despite their relatively low-key mainstream public exposure Brown Sugar (and the label on which their first records appeared) announced to the world a new genre of reggae music, Lovers Rock, which spoke for the first time with the sensibility of a new segment of British society; that of first generation-born Black British female youth.
And while Lovers Rock became synonymous with sweet love songs, Brown Sugar’s music in fact expressed far more; a righteous pride and consciousness in being Black and British, a political stance more often associated with UK roots groups like Black Slate, Aswad, Misty in Roots and other British reggae acts in the late 1970s. Brown Sugar were in fact their own genre of ‘conscious lovers rock’ – an expression of ideological black cultural pride.
Brown Sugar’s handful of three-minute love songs (often plus extended dubs) somehow manage to encapsulate all the complexities of identity, sexual politics and youthful righteousness of Afro-Caribbean youth living in Britain in the 1970s. Songs such as ‘I’m in Love with A Dreadlocks’, ‘Our Reggae Music’, ‘Black Pride’ and ‘Dreaming of Zion’ spoke with a straightforward righteousness and consciousness that few roots groups could hope to match. The fact that they were all teenagers is even more striking.
In the mid-70s British reggae came into being as first generation Black Britain was able to find a voice able to express the issues of growing up British with Caribbean roots. This came about in two different ways – the British roots music of (essentially male) groups such as Aswad, Steel Pulse and Black Slate – and Lovers Rock, the expression of a black essentially (but not totally) female consciousness – Brown Sugar, Louisa Mark, 15-16-17, Marie Pierre, Janet Kay, Carroll Thompson, Jean Adebambo and others. And significantly, while British roots music was a variant on a Jamaican style, Lovers Rock was uniquely British – the first authentic British reggae sound.
Dennis Bovell comments, “For Lovers Rock we needed a pulpit, a way of saying ‘this is the style’. Sound systems were already saying ‘this is lovers,’ brandishing it in the dance. Our intention was to create a style of music that my generation could identify with – one that had a beat, and you could dance to with your partner in a sound system setting.”
Dennis Bovell’s mixes for the group gave a further dimension to Brown Sugar records – a sound system mentality, adding sound effects and dub elements. ‘I’m in Love with A Dreadlocks’ was the debut release for both Brown Sugar and the Lovers Rock label, a fitting calling card for both. The record was a hit on many sound systems across the UK, reaching the top of the reggae charts.
John Kpiaye: “They never put out an album. And all these records were seven-inch singles; when 12-inches turned up it just killed the seven-inch.”
Although the career of Brown Sugar was short-lived, their legacy and influence remains significant and now, 40 years on from these first records, all of the members are still involved in music. Pauline Catlin has recently re-launched her career under a new moniker, Shezekiel; Carol Simms, aka Kofi, remains a successful solo artist, one of the queens of Lovers Rock; Caron Wheeler, after leaving Soul II Soul at the end of the 1980s, embarked on a solo career, before re-joining the soul super-group which she continues to front to this day.
This new collection brings together all the groups essential recordings for the first ever time.

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Resonators

Imaginary People

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

7" | JM | Reissue (Joe Gibbs Record Globe)

Sylford Walker

Burn Babylon

God Is Good Feat. Lizzard

Release: JM – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Little Roy

LP | 2024 | UK (Love Injection)

Release: 2024 / UK

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Release: 2024 / UK

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | UK | Reissue (Hawkeye)

Desi Roots

Doing It Right

Release: 2024 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1978 | EU | Reissue (Lantern)

Ras Allah

Heaven Is My Roof

Clement Bushay / Carl Bert

Release: 1978 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Reissued for the very first time on vinyl here's Prince Alla's (aka Keith Blake) debut album, under the Ras Allah pseudonym, originally released on Tappa Zukie's Stars Records in 1978. Featuring a who's who of the roots reggae community with top notch contributions from the likes of Sly & Robbie, Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith, Don Drummond Jr., Bingy Bunny (Roots Radics) and more. Recorded at the almighty Black Ark and mixed at Tubby's. Produced and Arranged by Tappa Zukie.

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Reggae For Lovers

LP | 1974 | EU | Reissue (Lantern)

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Association "Les Guetteurs")

Release: 1974 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Reissued here - for the first time - this ultra-rare reggae album originally released in 1974. Considered by many to be the first reggae "lovers" album ever, conceived by producer Clement Bushay and reggae singer Carl Bert. Featuring: The Cimarons, Jackie Parris, Junior English, Dego Sensation. Engineers: Steve Wadey, Clem Bushay and Lee Perry ... Four unreleased tracks from the original versions are included here!

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Les Guetteurs

Roi

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Ariwa Sounds Ft.Ranking Ann, Sister Audrey, Sergeant Pepper, Etc

Early Sessions

LP (Melodies Int.)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Lantern)

Morwells

Cool Runnings

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Fully licensed, 140 gr vinyl. Re-issued for the very first time on vinyl – in more than 40 years ! – here’s the third album by the cultish Jamaican band. Backed by such reggae luminaries as Sly & Robbie, Errol ‘Flabba’ Holt, Tommy McCook, Ansel Collins, Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith and others , this is a true gem meant to last ! The group was formed by Maurice Wellington and his Trenchtown's childhood friend Eric Lamont, joined around 1975 by Lousi Davis and by Errol 'flabba' Holt. The group split up in 1980.

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LP | 1979 | US | Reissue (Mango)

OST The Harder They Come

Rezin Tooth Green Vinyl Edtion

Release: 1979 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall, Soundtracks

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Rezin Tooth

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Wax Thematique)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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One can imagine these words echoing in the wizard's mind of teacher and keys and synth man Nathan Spicer just before conceiving this, his "never meant to be released" masterpiece dub experiment. He, along with the lions share of the members of his Seattle-based funk/afrobeat group, Polyrhythmics, render a profound dub album as majestic and dynamic as if the members each had simultaneously recieved this missive from on high. Was it King Plachacha himself that dubbed these funk squires as true knights of the coming Pleiades/Earth 4th dimensional consciousness ascension portal event? The music seems to indicate so. As soundsystem technicians/prophets who came before such as Tubby, Perry, Scientist, and Pablo, Rezin Tooth and engineer/bass player Jason Gray succeed in manifesting a sonic blueprint of this possible fourth dimensional realm where peace and enlightenment flow freely as the true currency of the universe. Fellow Funk parishoners in this holy temple of dub are Ben Bloom (strings), Grant Schroff (drums and symbols), Lalo Bello (percussion) Art Brown (reeds) Elijah Clark (horns). Yes, praise the lord, Spicer et al did heed the call and indeed dubbed themselves. And you are now holding in your hand the Chronicle of their efforts. Rezin Tooth lays their new album of contemplative dub upon dub's mighty altar as an expression of their reverence to this beguiling and communal Jamaican art form. With this offering, they take communion with dub's sacrament from the basements and sound systems of planet earth and tape-echo it back out to the Pleiades. -Lucky Brown

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LP | 2023 | JP | Original (Time Capsule)

Tokyo Riddim 1976-1985

2LP | 2023 (Tribe 84 / Livity Music)

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The smooth and funky sound of prime-time Japanese reggae pop in the 1970s and ‘80s fired up an obsession with Jamaican music that persists to the present day.

If there is a year zero for the introduction of reggae music to Japan, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was 1979 when Bob Marley and the Wailers toured the country, trailed by an entourage of journalists, photographers and fans ready to spread the message of the music into all corners of Japanese society. But the story of Japanese reggae is not a linear one, and the music that is collected on Tokyo Riddim 1976-1985 captures the moment J-reggae entered the broader public consciousness, merging commercial city pop style with an infectious backbeat, that has drawn comparisons with the emergence of Lovers Rock in the UK.

Rather than look directly to Jamaica, many producers and artists in Japan were inspired instead by the more approachable sounds of The Police and Ub40, their reggae fix arriving pre-filtered through the lens of new wave pop from the UK. Playful and groovy, these album deep cuts have been overlooked for too long. Among them are Miki Hirayama, the idol singer who borrowed the bassline from Bob Marley’s Natural Mystic on ‘Denshi Lenzi’, Chu Kosaka, who headed to Hawaii to cut the Jimmy Cliff-inspired ‘Music’ and Marlene, the Philippine songstress whose cover of Roberta Flack’s ‘Hittin’ Me Wear It Hurts’ owed much to her producer’s obsession with Sly & Robbie’s Compass Point sound. Then there was Izumi “Mimi” Kobayashi, who enlisted the Babylon Warriors to perform on a dubbed-out version of her own track ‘Lazy Love’, the city pop-meets-new wave reggae sound of Miharu Koshi’s ‘Coffee Break’, Junko Yagami’s anti-apartheid deep cut ‘Johannesburg’ and Lily, whose ‘Tenkini Naare’ was produced by Ryuichi Sakamoto and closes out the compilation with a flourish.

While these stories may not always conform to neat narratives, they do provide a more accurate reflection of the indirect ways in which styles infiltrate one another and, in their naivety, have the potential to create something beautifully strange and entirely new. Previously only available in Japan, the tracks on this compilation are a testament to that curious alchemy.

Tokyo Riddim 1976-1985 is released on vinyl and as a full album download (no streaming), featuring original artwork by Japanese Fukuoka-based artist Noncheleee, whose cover pays homage to the iconic dancehall album art of Wilfred Limonious. Released on 1st September, Tokyo Riddim 1976-1985 is part of Time Capsule's Nippon Series, a loose series of compilations exploring different musical scenes from Japan between the 1960s and 2010s.

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Guiding Star Orchestra

Natural Heights

LP | 1983 | EU | Reissue (Lantern)

Release: 2023

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Cornell Campbell

Fight Against Corruption

Return Of The Raggamuffin

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Released for the first time in 1983 on the UK label Vista Sound, “Fight Against Corruption” sees Campbell backed by most of The Aggrovators musicians (Sly & Robbie, Earl “Chinna “ Smith, Jackie Mittoo, Winston Wright) .The album was produced by Bunny Lee and Campbell itself, who – here - clearly skims some social criticism , but also does not disdain some more lovers tunes…another killer album to love forever!

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Skarra Mucci

2LP | 2012 | EU | Reissue (Undisputed)

Release: 2012 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Soul Jazz Records presents

Studio One Story

2LP | 2002 | UK | Reissue (Soul Jazz)

Release: 2002 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dickes B Red Vinyl Edition

Seeed

12" | 2023 | EU | Reissue (Warner)

Release: 2023 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2023 | JP | Original (Drum & Bass)

Reggae Funkyfied

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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"Reggae Funkyfied" is a new series compiling soulful, funky and disco style reggae from Mid 70's to Late 80's! The new series includes reggae covers of classic songs by Barry White, Ohio Players, McFadden & Whitehead, The Temptations, etc., familiar to soul and rare groove fans, and the rare lovers' rock "Lot Of Love - Sheila Hylton" and other sexy crossover reggae 12-tracks that will heat up the floor. These are not just easy covers that are simply backed by soul, but excellent arrangements that showcase the abilities of the producers and musicians of the time, and crossover tastes that successfully incorporate the trends of the time, such as funk and new wave.

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Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Pablo Moses & The Handcart

Live

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Baco)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

Soom T

The Arch

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (X-Ray Production)

Manudigital

Digital Kingston Session

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

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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Jamaicat Volume 2 Jamaican Sounds From Catalonia

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Liquidator)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

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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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Baco)

Omar Perry

Life

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2021 | US | Original (Homegrown)

Red Astaire

Nuggets Instrumentals

2LP | 2021 | EU | Reissue (X-Ray)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Reggae & Dancehall

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Beat smith RED ASTAIRE (AKA FREDDIE CRUGER) returns with some crucial instrumental cuts from the 3 volumes of the "NUGGETS FOR THE NEEDY" series. The NUGGETS INSTRUMENTALS DLP features 'FOLLOW ME","MOVE YO ASS","COME DOWN " & more sounds of Lo Fi Hip Hop, Downtempo & Latin in full color jacket!

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Biga Ranx

1988

LP | 2022 | EU (Jamestown Revival)

Release: 2021 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Biga Ranx is a major artist of the international Dub Scene, he has been acclaimed by the biggest Jamaican MC's over the years for his unique flow and style. From the age of 14, Biga has been working on his lyrics and his compositions. After 5 albums and 1000 gigs over the world, Biga Ranx his still evolving his style by mixing Dub with Electronic, Lo-Fi and Hip Hop sounds.

1988 is his 4th album and the most successful one, it sold 80 000 units around the world and tens millions of streams.

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Jamestown Revival

Young Man

Release: 2022 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2002 | US | Reissue (Demon)

Horace Andy

King Tubby Tapes

Release: 2002 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Nuggets For The Needy Volume 3

Red Astaire

2LP | 2021 | US | Original (Homegrown)

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (We Are Busy Bodies)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Reggae & Dancehall

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RED Astaire (aka Freddie Cruger) drops the 12 more dope tracks influenced by classic reggae, hip hop, R&B, downtempo and dub vibes. Includes several hard to find/out of print gems including "ghetto Hell", "mambo EL Kingston" and a previously unreleased version of his classic "follow ME". Full pic sleeve. Don't miss!

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Vis-A-Vis

Odo Gu Ahorow

Sly & Robbie Vs. Roots Radics

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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As both a popular live act and in-demand studio musicians, Vis-A-Vis released 13 albums between 1975 and 1982, of which Obi Agye Me Dofo remains the most sought after. Led by vocalist Isaac “Superstar” Yeboah and featuring Sammy Cropper on guitar, Slim Manu on bass and Gybson “Shaolin Kung-Fu” Papra on drums, Vis-A-Vis helped propel K. Frimpong to fame as one of Ghana’s most popular stars of the 1970s. On some of Frimpong’s albums, they also overlapped as part of his other recording band, the Cubano Fiestas.

As We Are Busy Bodies begins its roll out the Vis-A-Vis catalogue, it will also simultaneously release another essential album by the group, 1976s Odo Gu Ahorow. Original copies of both LPs are scarce and in great demand, with Obi Agye Me Dofo briefly issued as an LP in the US in 1980, and again in 2011 by Continental Records. Along with the Frimpong albums, they remain some of the most sought after West African records from the golden age. These reissues have been handled with the utmost respect — every detail has been given strict attention and care, with albums being remastered by Senior Mastering Engineer, Noah Mintz at Lacquer Channel.

About the album:

"The Vis-A-Vis have had many good things to their credit, none more so than the collection of nostalgic items that make up this album “Odo Gu Ahoroo”. It has been able to achieve its well-deserved place in the Ghanaian musical best-seller parade. Now by the titles and programming this entirely new album benefits from Ofobros latest recording experience, bringing many plus-factors of listening pleasure.

With brilliant musicianship, the Vis-A-Vis as a group leads in the field of danceably rhythmic arrangements which do not obscure the enchanting melodies, such as “Abofra Ketewa”. Highlighting the softly soothing, yet richly textured blend of the organ and Slim’s bass work are solos by Sammy ‘red” Cropper on lead guitar, and other instruments as well.

The groups’ thirteen years’ experience in the field of dance music has made their melody reign supreme, and I hope these all are songs that will become a cherished part of our musical past in the future, and an enduring part of our musical period then. This recording the Vis-A-Vis with a new lustre that promises to glow through many mood-matching moments in the future.

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The Final Battle

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Serious Reggae)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2005 | UK | Original (The Drop)

Fat Freddys Drop

Based On A True Story

Nadia Mcanuff & The Ligerians

Release: 2005 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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1st studio produced album by the New Zealand group from 2005. The album utilized the band's trademark dub, reggae, soul and funk influenced sound, and has been successful both in terms of sales and of critical reception. 7 times platinum in New Zealand!

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Shelter From The Storm

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Baco)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Baco)

Clinton Fearon

Survival Vibration

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1970 | UK | Reissue (Charly)

Ken Boothe

Freedom Street

Release: 1970 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Mad World Limited Milky Vinyl Edition

Gentleman

LP | 2022 | Original (Urban)

Release: 2022 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1982 | UK | Reissue (Germain)

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Lee Van Cleef

Reggae Sunsplash

Dub Me Crazy Pt 2: Beyond The Realms Of Dub

Release: 1982 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Produced By Donovan Germain, recorded at Channel One and Harry J's, backed by The Roots Radics & The Taxi Gang, originally released in 1982. A pre-digital taste of what was to come.

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Mad Professor

LP | 1982 | UK | Reissue (Ariwa Sounds)

Release: 1982 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Pt. 2 of the 'Dub me crazy' series by Mad Professor. Reggae meets twisted electronics for wild dub trips!

Originally released in 1982 on the same Ariwa imprint. True D.I.Y. business from this UK dub pioneer.

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Jah Children Invasion Volume 6

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Wackies)