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Linval Presents: Encounters Pac Man

Release: 2008 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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London Calling 2008: great dubstep, grime, digital dancehall tracks feat. Warrior Queen, Spaceape, Flowdan of Roll Deep Crew, Tippa Irie, ... highly recommended!

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Linval Thompson

2LP | 2016 | UK | Original (Greensleeves)

34,99 €*

Release: 2016 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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12" | 2019 | EU | Original (Jamwax)

Mikey Melody

Soldier In Town

LP | 1982 | UK | Reissue (Greensleeves)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Michael Edgehill aka Mikey Melody was born in the parish of Portland, Jamaica. As a youth he constantly raised his voice in song and performing with sound system in the neighborhood community. Known by his sweet voice, his friends gave him the nickname «Mikey Melody».
Mikey Melody was influenced by 60’s and 70’s US R&B icons and Jamaican singers like Bob Marley, Sugar Minott, Burning Spear, Dennis Brown, Bob Andy and Half Pint. In the 1980’s he went to Kingston and was identified early by Lord Sassafrass, who gave him his first recording single “Under Mi Fat Thing” that was covered by many reggae artists. He was then signed by Black Scorpio Corporation which he was a singer on the sound system and recording label. He did songs like “World Is A Disaster”, “Jumbo Mi Jumbo”, “Romance For The Moment”, “Ragga Muffin”, “Unemployment”.
He then moved on to Dennis Star Label which he did songs like “Mona Lisa”, “Maranda” and the hit song “Soldier In Town”. Released in 1988 on Dennis Star International records, ‘’Soldier In Town’’ by Mikey Melody is a pure late 80’s dancehall vocal over heavy digital rhythm by Firehouse Crew.

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Don Carlos

Day To Day Living

24,99 €*

Soul Jazz Records presents

Release: 1982 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The 1982 solo-album by founding member of Black Uhuru!

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Studio One Power Mix!

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

31,99 €*

LP | 1981 | US | Reissue (Superior Viaduct)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Brand new collection of Studio One killer tunes, focussing on the late 70s, 80s and beyond.Since the early 1960s Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd had established Studio One as the unparalleled leader in reggae music in the world. In the years that followed he established the careers of countless reggae legends - Bob Marley & The Wailers, Marcia Griffiths, The Skatalites, Horace Andy, Dennis Brown, Burning Spear and many more.From its inception Studio One had been at the forefront of every major development in reggae music - ska, rocksteady, roots, DJ, dub and, starting in the second half of the 1970s, dancehall.

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Scientist

In The Kingdom Of Dub

21,99 €*

Soul Jazz Records presents

Release: 1981 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Hopeton Brown, better known as Scientist, has been a pioneering figure in the world of dub for 40 years. His early love of electronics proved fruitful when (still a teenager) he was hired at King Tubby’s studio in Kingston. Brown quickly ascended the ranks and became heir to Tubby’s throne, producing imaginative and technically impressive mixes that solidified his forward-looking nickname.

Originally released in 1981, In The Kingdom Of Dub remains one of the best early LPs in Scientist’s long career. Produced by Roy Cousins at Channel One and featuring Sly & Robbie along with members of The Revolutionaries, The Aggrovators and The Soul Syndicate, the album offers a wide range of arresting rhythms, bold effect drops and exquisitely melodic bass. From “18 Drumalie Avenue Dub” (a reference to King Tubby’s address) to “Burning Sun Dub,” Scientist lays down a veritable roadmap of dub —filled with disintegrating echoes of satiny organ and textural guitar—firmly cementing his place as one of the true innovators in Jamaican popular music.

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Studio One Power Mix!

CD | 2024 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

12" | 2024 | UK | Original (Dub Junction)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Danny T & Tradesman

Meditation Life

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Rocksteady - The Roots Of Reggae

V.A.

2LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Moll-Selekta)

23,99 €*

LP | Original (Charm / Jetstar)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Brand New 2017 Recut - finally available on Vinyl for the First time. 2LP+Mp3 in full Original Coverart. The legendary movie soundstrack based out of Kingston, Jamaica in April 2008, telling the story of the original vocalists and musicians involved. The sixteenth release on the Moll-Selekta label shares its title with a wonderful film, a heartwarming homage to the golden age of rocksteady. It documents the recordings being made for this very album at the Tuff Gong studios, Kingston, Jamaica in April 2008, telling the story of the original vocalists and musicians involved. Excerpts from an all star reunion concert staged in Kingston and older archive material complete the picture. Never before in the history of Jamaica, which already occupies a unique place on the world map of song, its sound embraced by western popular music, has such an illustrious collection of singers and players been assembled. The album showcases 15 rocksteady classics in sparkling, deeply inspired new versions, recorded in the studio which also played host to album sessions of a certain Bob Marley. Under the musical direction of Ernest Ranglin, a guitarist of considerable renown not only on the reggae circuit, but also on the jazz scene, mixed by legendary engineer Errol Brown - in Duke Reid’s employ at the Treasure Isle studio in the sixties - and freshly arranged by Lynn Taitt.

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Tony Roots

Gift Of Life

Release: Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

LP | 2024 | UK | Reissue (Universal)

Big Youth

Dread Locks Dread

34,99 €*

Nora Dean / Ranny Williams

Release: 2024 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Originally released on Klik Records, in 1975, Dread Locks Dread became one of the new Front Line label’s first key releases when reissued in 1978.

One of reggae’s best and most recognizable ‘toasters’, Big Youth broke new ground as a DJ in the early ’70s with a flowing, chant-like cadence that was equal parts melodic and invigorating, applying his infectious vocal approach to heavy social and political lyrics.

A huge favourite of the punk and new wave artists at the time of release, Big Youth was embraced by The Clash, via Don Letts, and PiL, amongst others. John Lydon was part of Richard Branson’s A&R envoy to Jamaica, helping sign credible artists to his new Front Line reggae label.

Featuring the legendary Skin, Flesh & Bones band, formed around Lloyd Parks (bass), drummer Sly Dunbar (before he started working with Robbie Shakespeare), Ansel Collins on keyboards, and trombonist Vin Gordon. The album was produced by Tony Robinson and Errol Thompson and mixed at the famous Joe Gibb’s studio.

Dread Locks Dread skanks from punchy, rhythm-heavy reggae to the deepest, dubbiest roots. The hypnotic Some Like It Dread reworks Dennis Brown’s “Some Like It Hot”, where the DJ’s toast is entwined with a bluesy harmonica (the dub version re-titled (Black Man Message). Also features a fiery version of Burning Spear’s “Marcus Garvey” (Marcus Garvey Dread), a tasty take on the John Holt classic “Keep on Moving” – Moving On and a scintillating dub of the Techniques’ rocksteady masterpiece You Don’t Care.

Not your typical DJ album by any means, the music equals the toasts and vice versa – an essential release for a dub fan or a Big Youth supporter.

Re-mastered at Abbey Road Studios, London.

Out of print for over 20 years!

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Kiss Me Honey / Running Wild

7" (Spade)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1979 | UK | Reissue (VP)

Dennis Brown

Words Of Wisdom

24,99 €*

2LP | 2018 | US | Original (17 North Parade)

Release: 1979 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Originally released in 1979, one of the most popular Dennis Brown albums (incl. the first hit version of 'Money In My Pocket'), gets the 21st century vinyl re-issue! This is an Errol Thompson & Joe Gibbs production, musicians: Bass - Lloyd Parks, Robbie Shakespeare, Drums - Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace, Michael Boo, Neville Grant, Sly Dunbar, Guitar - Bo-Pee Bowen, Willie Lindo, Keyboards - Frankie Waul, Winston Wright, Percussion - Frankie Waul, Ruddy Thomas, Horns – Dean Frazer, Nambo Robinson, Willie Breakridge. Another classic!

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Johnny Clarke

Creation Rebel

34,99 €*

Mafia & Fluxy Feat. Reemah

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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A great collection of classic roots recordings from the mid-70's for the singer who came close in challenging Bob Marley & Dennis Brown for reggae's crown. All re-mastered recordings available as 30-Track 2CD-Deluxe Digipak and 23-Track 2LP-set in a gatefold sleeve, both with in-depth sleeve notes by Noel Hawkes. The release is supported by several summer festival appearances.

Only Johnny Clarke would come close to challenging Bob Marley & Dennis Brown for reggae's crown, his unequaled run of hit songs, powered by Bunny Lee and King Tubby's aggravating versions, continued without a pause during the mid-70's leading Johnny to twice being named Jamaica's Artist Of The Year (and the signing of a two album recording deal with Virgin's Frontline label). Many of Johnny Clarke's classic roots recordings gathered here were first given wider international exposure in 1998 with the release of Blood & Fire's excellent 13-Track "Dreader Dread - 1976-1978" compilation, which has disappeared from the market for several years. Now re-mastered and drastically expanded, with a new artwork and entitled "Creation Rebel" the release captures the very essence of what is now regarded as the golden age of roots music!

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What Goes Around

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

LP | 1976 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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For the occasion Reemah from the island of St. Croix is back on vocal duties for the label - the result: a beautiful tune called ‘What Goes Around’ in a versatile lyrical style. On the flipside then - a ’Trumpet Situation’ - an uplifting instrumental cut featuring Berlin’s own Vale on the instrument. Both on an oldschool-style drum and bass driven riddim recorded in Brixton by the legendary Mafia & Fluxy rhythm section, spiced with some percussion by brother K’boko. The whole project was given to the dubmaster Nick Manasseh for mixing and the right treatment in his The Yard Studio and then mastered from 1/2inch tape at Star Delta in the UK. Now served with dubs and a fitting artwork by Chloé Bernal - ready to be played loud.

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Johnny Clarke

Rockers Time Now

22,99 €*

LP | 1982 | EU | Original (Orbitone)

Release: 1976 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Get On Down presents an often overlooked crucial reggae release from the 1970s with Johnny Clarke’s “Rockers Time Now.” The record is a mix of covers and originals, including ethereal versions of the The Abyssinians “Satta Massagana” and “Declaration of Rights,” smash hits on the island just the year before. “Rockers Time Now” was first issued in 1976, Clarke had just been named artist of the year in Jamaica for the second year in a row. This is just one of three full lengths he released that year as this was a very prolific period for Clarke, in particular from 1974 onward when his output was directed by legendary producer Bunny Lee. The pairing resulted in a creative energy that resonates to this day. The release was recorded at Channel 1 with Bunny Lee producing, which of course means the band backing the popular Jamaican vocalist was The Aggrovators, which at the time included Robbie Shakespeare, Earl ""Chinna"" Smith, Augustus Pablo, and Aston “Family Man” Barrett. The release was mixed at King Tubby’s by Osbourne Ruddock…aka King Tubby. Crucial all the way around. Now is the time to rediscover a classic of the genre, “Rockers Time Now”.

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Belinda & Tony

You've Got To Try

14,99 €*

Release: 1982 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Movements Of A Swan / New World Skank

Jah Baker

12" | 2022 | EU | Original (Lion's Den)

7" (Rootspirit Production)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Here comes a next 12” in the “Songs Of Upliftment” series. This time with the dubplate provider Jah Baker (part of the Rootikal Vibes HiFi sound system from Besançon, France) on the musical recipe. Two melodious steppas pieces out of his oven - each with a dub - to uplift and nourish mind and soul, while giving your bass box a proper test.

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Tena Stelin

Universal Man / Version

Yoga, Dub 1, Dub 2 / Lion Symbol, Dub 1, Dub 2

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2007 press

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Tena Stelin

12" | UK (Akashic)

Release: UK

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dennis Brown / Pappa Iron & Dubwise

Home Sweet Home / Going Home

12" (Papa D)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dan I Locks, Ashanti Selah

Daniel, Dub, Deep Dub / My King Is Jah, Calling Of Prophets, Dub

12" | Original (Deng Deng Music)

Release: Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Afrikan Simba & Anti Bypass / Paco Ten & Meiwenti

Dem No Know Jah, Dub / Upright, Melodica Special

12" | US (Bababoom Hifi)

Release: US

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Nucleus Roots Ft Brother Dan

Lamp To My Feet / Dub To Me Feet, One Foot Skank Dub

10" (Tribe 84)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Luciano, Dean Fraser / Robert Lee

Perilous Times, Perilous Sax / Selassie I Sound, Dance Ruler Riddem Dub

10" (Maximum Sound)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Keep The Faith, Dub / Jah Love, Dub

Tony Roots / Naffi I

10" (Jah Vision)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Idren Natural, Ten Strings Studio

Roots Reggae Journey, Dub / Meditate, Dub

10" (Black Redemption)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dan I / Paulo Baldini Dubfiles

We Rasta / Dub

7" (La Tempesta Dub)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Scrap Iron / Further East

Don Drummond

7" | JM (Coxsone)

Release: JM

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Danny Red / Chazbo

Program / Chong Dub 1

7" | 2005 (Digi-Tal)

7,99 €*

Release: 2005

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Massive Dub Corporation (MDC) / Digitron Sound & Kenny Knots

Rise Again

12" | 2020 | EU | Original (Lion's Den)

7" | 2013 | EU | Original (Don Corleon)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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"The next release in the Lion’s Choice series is spread on two vinyl. One 12inch and one 7inch. Both are with the same vocal by the well-known MC Kenny Knots from the UK - a powerful tune called ‘Rise Again’ - but presented as several different mixes. While the 12inch offers another collaboration with Massive Dub Corporation from Bourges, France, on one side and a ruff and tuff remix by Digitron Sound from Zagreb, Croatia, on the flipside, the 7inch holds a more rootikal version by Ashanti Selah from the UK, ‘spiced’ with some violins by Ras Divarius from France. Of course each mix comes with a dub excursion.

Conscious music for heavy weight sound systems."

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Protoje

Kingston Be Wise

Release: 2013 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Sister Simiah / Jah Free / Dan Imerial

Rasta Chanta / Imperial Sound Army / Sax P

12" | 2012 | US | Original (Jah Free Music)

Release: 2012 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Mystical Powa Ft. Idren Natural / Benjammin / Piyazawa

Hold A Gathering Riddim

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

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dan Man / Roots Defender Horns

Run From Trouble, Dub / Stepping High, Dubbing

12" (Bababoom Hi-Fi)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Higher Regions / No Shame

Jah Baker

12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Lion's Den)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Wagram)

V.A.

Spirit Of Reggae

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Secret Agent 2022 Remaster

Tony Allen

2LP | 2009 | EU | Reissue (World Circuit)

25,99 €*

Release: 2009 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | EU (Radiation Roots)

Stand Firm

LP | 1983 | EU (Radiation Roots)

Release: EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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One of a handful of singers that straddled the divide between the late roots phase and the emerging dancehall style, Barry Brown was gifted with a distinctive high tenor that rendered his voice immediately recognizable, making a lasting impression whenever heard. His lyrics had wit, grit, and feeling, since he often spoke of the harsh realities of Jamaican ghetto life, and equally addressed the aspirations of its inhabitants and the good times they enjoyed, frequently emphasizing the irresistible pull of a sound system dance in his recorded work.

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U Brown

No Stoppin' This Music

Sound Iration Feat. Tena Stelin

Release: 1983 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The compilation you hold in your hands features the best of U Brown’s 1983 release Jam It Tonight, cut at Channel One with the Roots Radics, coupled with enthralling earlier singles laid at Channel with the Revolutionaries. The high points are many in this thoroughly agreeable set that showcases the best of peak-period U Brown; beginning with the devotional ‘Jah Is My Father Still’ and ‘Walk With Jah Love’ from Jam It Tonight, the title track speaks of reggae music’s unstoppable nature and ‘Reggae Gone International’ is a celebratory take of the ‘Pick A Dub’ rhythm, here totally reconfigured, Maxfield Avenue style. ‘Rub A Dub All The Time’ (aka ‘Tu Sheng Peng’) is a killer take of the Dennis Brown song of the same name, while ‘Blow Mr Hornsman Blow’ is an awesome re-working of the ‘Take Five’ rhythm, and ‘Come Along’ a beautiful deejay counterpart to Sugar Minott’s ‘Steal Away Girl’. U Brown has since gone on to enjoy all kinds of musical adventures in the UK, USA, and Europe, where he settled in the 1990s; listen to the artistry on No Stoppin’ This Music and marvel at his enduring talents.

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Orthodox Music

12" | 2024 | UK | Original (Partial)

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

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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`Orthodox Music’ – originally released in 1989 was produced by the innovative dub duo Sound Iration, consisting of Scruff Gilder and Nick `Manasseh’ Raphael and featuring the voice of roots singer Tena Stelin.

A sound system anthem – particularly fot Jah Shaka - from the late 80’s / early 90’s alongside the original dub mix `New Style’ and dubplate cuts which are featured on Side B.

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Brown Sugar

Black Pride

Donnoya Drake / Woodfield Rd Allstars

Release: 2022 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: Near Mint

Still in shrink but opened. Vinyl is slightly warped. 2022 reissue.

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Be My Baby / Mash Down De Bamboo Bed

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Original Gravity)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dub Cuts: Mixed By Paolo Baldini Dubfiles

Al Brown & Inner Force

LP | 2023 | UK (Pressure Sounds)

25,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Moonshine)

Danny T & Tradesman

Wicked City EP

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Sannic Sounds Of Tommy Mccook

Tommy McCook

LP | 1974 | JP | Reissue (Dub Store)

37,99 €*

Release: 1974 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Jah Mel & The Rhythm Factory

Stand Up To It / Guiding Star

12" | 2018 | EU | Original (Jamwax)

Dennis Brown / Azul / Jay Glass Dubs

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Ark Angel Jah Mel is a recording artist, songwriter and musician from Jamaica. Beginning his career as a performer on the stage shows of the Twelve Tribes Of Israel of which he has been a member since his youth, Jah Mel made his debut sharing the stage with artists such as Dennis Brown, Bob Marley, Freddie McGregor, Sugar Minott, Brigadier Jerry & Denroy Morgan. His writing credits include songs written for Marcia Griffiths, Cecile, DaVille, Itana & Jah Mali, for whom he also produced tracks on his debut album El Shaddai. Jah Mel has worked with all of Jamaica’s top producers & musician in Jamaica such as the great Sly & Robbie, Steely & Cleevie, Earl Chinna Smith, Steve ‘Lenky’ Marsden & Donovan Germaine to who’s Penthouse label Jahmel was signed.
Jah Mel sees himself as a musical bridge between the original reggae sound & the dancehall sound of today, representing what he calls the real dancehall revolution, merging the spirituality of the old school & the energy of the new school. “Guiding Star” and “Stand Up To It” are the perfect examples to overstand this definition. Both song were produced by Roydale Anderson aka Andy's. “Guding Star” will definitely give you thrills if you are into deep synth and heavy digital rhythm while the superb piano notes will warm you in the analog style. Beware of “Guiding Star” dub version called “Guidance (Dance Mix)” that will break any bunker. “Stand Up To It” rhythm is an adaptation of one of the most classic Jamaican riddim called “Heavenless”. You will never know this riddim like before; This version takes the riddim to another level. A positive song with a bionic nuclear bomb dubwise! Play it loud, Jah is our guiding star!

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Milk And Honey

12" | 1977 | EU | Reissue (Wise)

19,99 €*

Dreadsquad / Toni Cicoria

Release: 1977 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dennis Brown's roots classic "Milk and Honey" freshly remastered, complete with Clive Hunt's original "Bitter Sweet" dub (under his Azul moniker) on the A Side. On the B side, Jay Glass Dubs unfolds a skewed and deconstructed contemporary dub. Strictly limited-edition white label vinyl.

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Holy Shit 001 Yellow Vinyl Edition

7" | 2023 | EU | Reissue (Holy Shit)

Byron Lee And The Dragonaries

Release: 2023 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop, Reggae & Dancehall

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Holy Shit! A new player in town with 2 smart dancefloor classics. Joyful A side with polish reggae mash up hero Dreadsquad with one of his most classic mash up. The flip sees the debut of Albanian artist Toni Cicoria. All the way from Tirana, Toni take advantage of this long time classic Italian rap, and deliver a real SM Click experience.

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Dance The Ska

LP | 1964 | EU (Kids Of Yesterday)

24,99 €*

Scorchers from the Mighty Two - reggae anthology

Release: 1964 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Long-awaited reissue of this rare Jamaican ska record, originally released in 1964. In 1961 Byron Lee And The Dragonaries took a huge break when they were part of the first James Bond film - Dr. No - as the hotel band . In 1964, the band was also featured in a broadcast called "This is Ska!" alongside Jimmy Cliff, Prince Buster, and Toots and the Maytals. Amazing back cover illustrations: how to learn classic ska dance in 12 easy steps !

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Joe Gibbs

2LP | 2008 | US | Original (17 North Parade)

52,99 €*

12" | 2020 | EU | Original (Jamwax)

Release: 2008 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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feat. Gregory Isaacs, Junior Byles, Althea & Donna, Dennis Brown, The Mighty Diamonds, ...

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Robert Ffrench

I Am Wondering

Johnny Osbourne / Roots Radics

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Interstellar digital dancehall with stunning synth, superb vocal by Robert Ffrench in extended mix & ad style by obscure DJ Shortie Ranks. Recorded at Creative Sound Studio (Kingston, JA) in 1985. "On “I Am Wondering” – a lovers of sorts – Ffrench is Dennis Brown in the high notes, and Gregory Isaacs in the song`s playboy sentiments. A guitar gently wah-wahs, while the synths do a giddy glissando. Midway through this discomix the bass becomes boss – throwing everything else – chopped piano chords and all – into echo. Then it`s rewind for the DJ cut – a brag and boast toast from Shortie Ranks – recounting his triumphs at legendary Kingston reggae venue, Skateland”. (Ban Ban Ton Ton - April, 21 of 2020) Robert French grew up in central Kingston and attended Kingston College. He recorded his first singles in 1979, at the age of 17. He achieved success in 1984 with his performances at the Festival Song Contest and the Reggae Sunsplash festival. He had a combination hit with deejay Clement Irie with "Bun & Cheese", and his first two albums were released in 1985. He had another hit in 1989 with "Modern Girl", a collaboration with Courtney Melody. In the mid-1990s he relocated to New York City, where he teamed up with rapper Heavy D, with whom he had a hit with "More Love", with an album following on Ras Records, featuring collaboration with several artists including Lady G and General Degree. He has since returned to Jamaica, where he runs the Ffrench record label and distribution company. He released the album Yesterday and today in 2001, collecting many of his earlier singles. After a period of inactivity as a recording artist, he returned in 2009 with the single "I Do". As a producer he has worked with artists such as Dennis Brown, Buju Banton (he produced Buju's first single "Ruler" on Stamina riddim), Beres Hammond, George Nooks, Luciano, Jah Cure, Yami Bolo and Sizzla to name a few. Robert French was the cosin of the late great Pat Kelly. As a french label, big fan from Ffrench productions, i'm very proud and happy to start a collaboration with Robert Ffrench, the most french jamaican. Stay tuned for many many more.

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Ice Cream Love / Extra Time One

7" | 2020 | UK | Original (17 North Parade)

Do The Rock Steady' 1966-1968 Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Official re-issue and re-mastered 7-Inch single for much sampled singer Johnny Osbourne. "Ice Cream Love" (based on the 'He Prayed' riddim) is the 1980 tune produced by Henry "Junjo" Lawes and recorded at Channel One studio with the Roots Radics Band. "Extra Time One" is the dub version mixed by Overton "Scientist" Brown at King Tubby's studio.

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V.A.

LP | 2014 | UK | Reissue (Voice Of Jamaica)

19,99 €*

Selectors / Danny Simpson & Hippy Boys

Release: 2014 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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“…the greatest man that came to Jamaica and changed the whole beat from ska to rock steady was Lyn Taitt. He was from Trinidad but Byron Lee did bring him come to Jamaica as an organist but he started playing guitar and the rest is history! We should call him rock steady… it’s Lyn Taitt as he was the man! He played lead guitar and ska at the same time…” Bunny Lee

As the frantic, frenetic pace of ska finally let up in 1966 the cool, cool sound of rock steady came to the fore. This languid, soulful music was the complete musical antithesis of its more famous antecedent and the gentle guitar of Lyn Taitt would forever define the sound of rock steady.

Trinidadian Nerlyn ‘Lyn’ Taitt had been given a contract by Byron Lee to travel to Jamaica to play at the Independence celebrations in 1962 but fell in love with Jamaica and decided to stay joining The Sheiks and then The Cavaliers before forming Lyn Taitt & The Comets. Lyn also recorded as a guest guitarist with The Skatalites before Lyn Taitt & The Jets came together in 1966.

The rock steady beat was slower, more measured and the emphasis was placed on the bass. It no longer gave equal emphasis to every beat but, instead, played a repeated pattern that syncopated the rhythm. The

rhythmic focus shifted to the core of the music to the bass and the drums where it has remained ever since.

“For that tempo the tempo is very slow with the bass and guitar line playing the same thing. You used to use two guitars. Hux Brown and myself or another guitarist and myself. And it was very slow but with a definite bass line going straight through the song…” Lyn Taitt

Lyn Taitt & The Jets were soon in such great demand that they would often play up to five sessions a day for as many different producers but they were not the only rock steady band. When the Skatalites had broken up in 1965 Jackie Mittoo formed Studio One’s house band The Soul Brothers (who soon became The Soul Vendors) and Tommy McCook decided to work with Duke Reid at Treasure Isle studio with The Supersonics. Bobby Aitken’s Carib Beats eschewed subtlety for drive but together these musicians were responsible for establishing the rules of rock steady music.

Their gentle approach allowed vocalists such as Alton Ellis, Ken Boothe and Desmond Dekker and harmony groups including The Techniques, The Melodians, The Uniques and The Paragons and many, many more to demonstrate their prowess.

Rock steady only lasted for a brief period, from 1966 to 1968, but its significance to the subsequent development of Jamaican music is incalculable and it would go on to shape each successive musical movement over the next four decades. Deejays, dub, digital and dance hall all stepped to the tune and pace of rhythms whose

origins were grounded in the rock steady beat and it is impossible to ever overstate its importance... or its beauty.

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Tribute To Don D / King Of Bone

7" (Spade)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Manasseh & The Equalizer Feat. Danny Red

Absentee

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Partial)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Deep cuts from Nick Manasseh and Jeremy The Equalizer with a solid part-digital rhythm with Danny Red’s militant vocal coming in and out of the mix.

Originally an album track from 1993, this 7” now comes with a hard-to-find dub mix on the flipside.

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7" | 2011 | UK | Reissue (Jamaican)

Cool Pon Your Corner

Release: 2011 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | Original (Night Dreamer)

Scientist

Direct-To-Dub

30,99 €*

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Treasure Isle)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Visionary engineer, producer and dub experimentalist, Scientist returns to his roots to mix new album direct-to-disc for latest Night Dreamer session. With over 60,000 recordings to his name, Scientist (born Hopeton Overton Brown) is one of the most influential figures in dub. From Studio One to King Tubby"s, Channel One to Tuff Gong, he worked at Kingston"s premier studios, pioneering recording techniques and elevating the dub mix into an rt form in his own right. Known as the "Dub Chemist" for both his technical expertise and forwardthinking ideas, Scientist"s Night Dreamer session brings together musicians from across the London reggae scene, including The Instigators" rhythm section Mafia (bass) and Fluxy (drums), Creation Rebel guitarist Tony Ruffcut, vocalist Donovan Kingjay, Jah Shaka keyboardist Greg Assing and saxophonist Finn Peters.

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Don Drummond

Memorial Album

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2021 | UK | Original (Original Gravity)

Maroon Town

Bullit

LP | 2002 | US | Original (VP)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Limited edition original 7" single - only 250 copies!

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Sizzla

Da Real Thing

35,99 €*

Release: 2002 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Donnoya Drake / Junior Dell & The D-Lites

Will You Love Me Tomorrow / I Can't Turn You Loose

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

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Created By The Father / Created Version

Errol Dunkley / T. Bread

7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Onlyroots)

7" | 1972 | JM | Reissue (Impact)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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"Look at the trees, how their leaves are blowing away in the sky. Listen to the birds, how they're singing away their time. Look at the sun, how it shines, bright in the skies. Well, all these things were, created by the Father." Cover of the Dennis Brown's song. Recorded at Randy's Studio in 1975

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Dennis Brown

Cheater

Release: 1972 / JM – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)

Dawn Penn

12" | 1993 | UK | Reissue (VP)

Release: 1993 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Kambo Super Sound / Don Papa Meets DJ Sotofett

Kraaka 7am / Moss Dub Fønk

7" | 2019 | EU | Original (Sex Tags Amfibia)

8,99 €*

Introducing Scientist - The Best Dub Album In The World

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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This years annual Dub-Team-Up 7" from Moss Norway, 10th issue, a decade strong with double A-side. Kambo Super Sound flexing a hard & heavy, ultra steady ghost-town stepper. Don Papa meets DJ Sotofett in the matters of dub & funk with that significant Latino Dub twist, live drums & percussions. A true crossover – true to its roots!

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Scientist

LP | 1980 | US | Reissue (Superior Viaduct)

21,99 €*

Release: 1980 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Hopeton Brown, better known as Scientist, has been a pioneering figure in the world of dub for nearly 40 years. His early love of electronics proved fruitful when (still a teenager) he was hired at King Tubby’s studio in Kingston. Brown quickly ascended the ranks and became heir to Tubby’s throne, producing imaginative and technically impressive mixes that solidified his forward-looking nickname.

Introducing Scientist – The Best Dub Album in the World, his 1980 debut LP, lives up to its boastful title. Recorded with Sly & Robbie at Channel One Studio and mixed at King Tubby’s, the album features hypnotic basslines, reverb-drenched keyboards, and fluid, start-stop rhythms. Opening track “Steppers,” with its well-balanced phrasing and organic contours, shows Scientist’s mastery of the studio-as-instrument concept. On “Scientific,” the effects-laden guitars are stretched to their outer limit to create magnificent, spaced-out textures and muted tension. Introducing Scientist displays the talents of a man obsessed with every element of production, drawing out the very best of the dub form.

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Bob Marley & The Wailers

Mr Brown

12" | US (Island)

14,99 €*

Release: US

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1979 | EU | Reissue (Black Solidarity)

Step It Up Youthman

18,99 €*

10" | 1977 | UK | Reissue (Pressure Sounds)

Release: 1979 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Seminal 1979 roots LP from Barry Brown reissued here by Black Soldiarity, featuring classic production from Bunny Striker Lee.

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Althea & Donna

Gone To Negril

Release: 1977 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | UK | Reissue (Pressure Sounds)

Praises

29,99 €*

Release: UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Black Art From The Black Ark

Lee Perry & Friends

2LP | UK (Pressure Sounds)

27,99 €*

Dennis Brown / Ranking Joe

Release: UK

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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A tumultuous selection of recordings from Black Ark, Perry's legendary studio and hotbed of creation. Rare 12" versions, unreleased mixes and featuring a stellar line-up, including:

Drums: Mikey ‘Boo’ Richards, Lowell ‘Sly’ Dunbar
Bass: Boris Gardiner, Radcliffe ‘Dougie’ Bryan
Guitar: Earl ‘Chinna’ Smith, Ernest Ranglin, Robert ‘Billy’ Johnson, Lynford ‘Hux’ Brown
Keyboards: Winston Wright, Robbie Lynn, Keith Sterling
Percussion: Noel ‘Scully’ Simms, Lee Perry

A quick internet search brings up some extraordinary footage of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry producing a session at the Black Ark. Taken from the film ‘Roots, Rock, Reggae’, directed by Jeremy Marre, the sequence shows Junior Murvin collaborating with members of the Congos and the Heptones on a song improvised on the spot for the film crew. Before the vocals are recorded, the Upsetters lay down the backing track. The musical director of the session is the afro-haired bass player, Boris Gardiner; unusually, it is he who counts in the band to start each take. After a long conversation with Boris a few years back, I asked Lee about his contribution to the Black Ark sound.

Lee Perry: ‘Boris Gardiner was a good person, just a humble person, and he’s the best person I ever met in the music business so far. Boris is a very top musician, and with him you could put anything together, him do “Police And Thieves” and all that. You just tell him what you want and him can do it. A very great person.’

Boris is probably best remembered today for his huge international hit from 1986, the schmaltzy ‘I Want To Wake Up With You’. Yet in the 60s and 70s he was one of Jamaica’s top bass players and arrangers, having an international hit with ‘Elizabethan Reggae’, and creating a run of classic tunes at Studio One.

Boris Gardiner: ‘I did at least seventy or eighty songs at Studio One, all in this one short period between January and April 1968. And we used to work four days per week, and we did four rhythms per day for 30 pounds a week – it was good money. I played on songs like “Feel Like Jumping”, “Nanny Goat”, “Baby Why” by the Cables, the whole “Heptones On Top” album, and “Party Time”. Lee Perry used to be at Studio One same time as me, kind of working around, so he know me from there. So he came and roped me into the group when the Black Ark studio was in progress. He built it right there at the back of his home. So Scratch called me and asked me to come and do some sessions around his studio. I was always ahead of my time as I can see it, in the music in Jamaica. So the songs that I made you always hear chord progressions and changes. Sometimes I think it’s as if I was born in the wrong country, because I just couldn’t do a two chord tune – heheh! To me it need more than two chords to give it some excitement, like it need some changes or something.’

After years of moving between Jamaica’s competing facilities, Perry had decided to build his own studio at the back of his house in Washington Gardens.

Lee Perry: ‘The Black Ark make over a pile of shit – my pile and me put it under the Black Ark. I make the Black Ark over my shit piss, so the bass always go “Poo Poo Poo Poo”! Errol Thompson put the machines in there, and make the patch panel. So the studio was all waiting, but only me could operate it. I didn’t have the Soundcraft mixer then, I did buy a lickle thing you call a Alice mixer. We didn’t have anything professional, but the sound was in my head and I was going to get down what I hear in my head. And it’s like a toy, a toy affair, that’s the way music is. You see like when you buy a kid’s toy, well you bring a joy to them, so is that way I see music. I don’t see music like how other people see it, I see it just like a toy.’

Unusually, Lee decided to do everything himself, both producing and engineering. The film clip shows Lee fully relaxed as he simultaneously directs the musicians and adjusts his recording machines.

Boris Gardiner: ‘To me Scratch always knew what he wanted. Out of all of them Scratch was a true producer, because he would be in the studio and he would listen and say change this or I don’t like that, and he was his own engineer also, so he was always around there listening. So he knew what he wanted and how to try and get it from the start, unlike Coxsone Dodd or Duke Reid, who knew what they liked or didn’t like only after they heard it. Scratch was in there with everybody, so he is really doing a full production as a true producer.’

Lee Perry: ‘I used to do them all by myself. Anybody in my studio could sit down in the visitor’s chair and look, but me do everything – me have a chair that can move from here to there, a chair that have wheels. So I could be turning in any area or any direction, so I could have my hand over here and my hand over there. Heh heh.’

And at a time when 8 and 16 track recording had become the norm in most high end studios, Lee recorded everything to a semi-professional TEAC 4 track recorder, which he can be seen casually adjusting with a screwdriver in the film clip. He explained that since he would end up mixing down to a stereo (or two track) master, more tracks would just be a distraction.

Lee Perry: ‘It was not a professional tape recorder, I was using those TEAC 4 track set that they was trying like experiment to see what would happen. Well, I have it all set up. The first thing I’d think about, all right, is you have to mix everything back down to the 2 track stereo or 1 track mono. Then you can press it and release it. So I knew what I wanted at the end, and I balance it just like that in the studio with the instruments. Sometime when you put only four or five instrument in the studio, you have a better, cleaner record, you can hear what everybody play. And if you have maybe eight musician in the studio, it’s more like a confusion, because everybody wants to play a different thing, yunno. If you is the producer and you can tell them what you want to hear it will be better. So I can put the bass and drum together on one track because me know exactly what me need. If you don’t know, then you need more tracks so you can balance it later. So for the backing, I would just do the two tracks: the bass and drum and percussion track, that is one; and the guitar, organ and piano on another track, that is two. So you still have two more tracks if you want to do vocal, that would be three. And if you want to do horns or a harmony vocal, you can do that on the fourth track. To me it’s a waste of time, a waste of energy with a 24 track machine, waste of current and waste of money. Because it all have to come down to one or two tracks in the end.’

The early Black Ark sound was stripped down and minimal, often with only one or two musicians playing keyboard or guitar. Lee would also use extreme EQ to emphasize the bass and tops, and his hi-hat sound is instantly recognisable from the earliest days of the Ark.

Lee Perry: ‘Well, I used to have an equaliser for the bass drum, and it’s like for heaviness on the beat, and then I had another equaliser for the cymbal, to give it that “Ssshhh ssshhh”. So we have different machine to send different instrument through that they can sound different. I managed to change the vibration of the music, because the music was just local music produced by rum drinkers and cannibals. So me turn on the music to a higher range.’

Boris Gardiner: ‘I think I always use a DI box to record bass at the Black Ark. Because bass want to fade into the other instruments’ microphone, so we often plug it straight into the board and then Perry sets the EQ on the board and take it straight. Then we built a drum booth so the drums really sound separate too – it give him more control.’

As the Black Ark evolved, Lee developed a richer collage of sound, built around three primary effects: the Mu-tron Bi-Phase phaser, a spring reverb and a Roland Space Echo.

Boris Gardiner: ‘One thing about Scratch was that he always used his effects – that was his sound. He always phase the ska guitar, but you don’t always know he’s recording it like that until he play it back. So until he play it back you have no idea what it will sound like.’

Lee Perry: ‘I did have a phaser that I buy, and then when I’m in the studio, in the machine room, and phasing them, the musicians don’t hear it, what I am doing, until them come in the studio, and them hear the phasing. So we did it all live. And the musicians they won’t even know what goes on! While the musicians are playing, I am doing the phasing. I take the musician from the earth into space, and bring them back before they could realize, and put them back on the planet earth. The phaser was making things different, like giving you a vision of space and creating a different brain, a phasing brain. So that’s where I take the music out of the local system and take it into space. The Space Echo also have something to do with the brain. You send out telepathic message and it return to you, so that’s how the Roland Space Echo chamber come in – what you send comes back to you. And while you know you send the telegrams out, you are waiting for what is the reply of the telegrams coming back. So that’s why the Space Echo go and come, rewinding the brain and forward winding the brain. I was also using a spring echo chamber, but just for drum, for the clash of the drum. And everything just fit in, like the thing I want to do it just come to me and come from nowhere, and then it appear and it happen.’

Boris Gardiner: ‘He loved to do things that nobody had done before, him always try a new thing. And he was a good writer too you know. Perry bring in a drum machine sometimes and we use that on some songs for the Congos and everyone. Well I actually like playing with a drum machine cos a drum machine is always steady. Most drummers they either push forward or pull back – they call it the human touch, but I call it out of time! Hahaha. “Row Fisherman Row” was really the great hit with the Congos, but that is all real drums and percussion, it’s just that Perry makes it sound almost like a machine with his echoes on the percussion. I played on “Police and Thieves” and that was a big hit too, maybe it was Sly Dunbar on that. One day Bob Marley came to him with a song on a tape and said “boy Perry, I don’t really like the bass and drum on this song here, if you can do anything to it then just change it and see if we can get something better”. Well Perry had only 4 track tape at his studio, but this was a 24 track tape that Bob bring. So Perry called me and Mikey Boo and took us down to Joe Gibbs studio and started playing the rhythm and all that on the 24 track. So I was on bass and Mikey Boo was on drums and we listen and we listen, and then we dub it back over to make new drum and bass. Well that song became “Punky Reggae Party”, so that shows you how Bob trusted Perry.’

Lee’s other great innovation was adding layers of sound effects, sometimes live through an open mic, but often pre-recorded onto a cassette tape which he would add to the collage on mixdown. Because these effects – bells, cymbals, animal noises, dialogue from the TV – were not synched to the music, they would add a layer of randomness to the sound.

Lee Perry: ‘You know cassette? I make cassette with sound track, and all those things with cymbal licking, flashing. In my Black Ark studio if you listen the cymbal was high, like “Ssshhh ssshhh”. But I did have them all recording on cassette, and while I was running the track and it was taking the musician from the studio, I was playing the cassette to balance with the drum cymbals and things like that, so them didn’t have to play that because it was already on cassette playing. You could call that sampling. And I have this “Mooooow”, like the cow, running on the cassette, and it go onto the track that I wanted to sound like that. Somebody discover it in a toilet. You know when the toilet paper is finished, and you have the roll, and the hole that come in the middle. Well you put it to your mouth and say “Hoooooo”, and it sound like a cow. You put it to your mouth and you imitating a cow and say “Moooooo”. Heh heh heh. Yeah, sound sampling. Well somebody had to start it, and we was loving to do those things.’

Boris Gardiner: ‘Well the Black Ark did have a strong vibe, but, once everybody all there, most of those guys who smoke really like it, but those who didn’t smoke didn’t really like it, like myself. Scratch is a man who never joke fi draw him herbs, you know? Heheh. But I am not a smoker cos it’s not good for my heart. I have a heart problem called tachycardia, an irregular beat of the heart. So it could be upsetting at times when there’s so much smoking going on.’

By the late 70s the relaxed atmosphere at the Black Ark had soured, as Lee attempted to extricate himself from various outside pressures, and his behaviour became more erratic.

Lee Perry: ‘What happened I did for myself not to be working with jinx and duppy called dread. And those duppies they think that me owe them favour. I open the door, and the duppies them find that me is the door opener, and then the duppies them take shape inna me yard and inna me house, and they were a jinx. Jinx mean bad luck. So to get rid of them, me had to burn down the Black Ark studio fi get rid of jinx.’

Boris Gardiner: ‘Was Scratch crazy? Well some say now that he was just putting on an act. But I think, why did he put it on? After all the problems he was having and that sort of thing, and they were saying that he was getting off his head, and he start to act strange, well I just stopped going. I stopped working there. It wasn’t a good atmosphere – nobody could really enjoy that again. So I called it a day. It is sad after all the good work we did. But when you try to be smart and try to outsmart others, well it don’t work out for long with you. He came and did a show here in Jamaica the other day, but I didn’t really know Lee Perry as a singer. He won the Grammy not long ago, but I find it surprising that he got a Grammy as a performer not a producer. He’s been very lucky: now he is successful in a sense and some people love him cos he’s a character, and they don’t see nobody dressed like that. Hahahah!’

Speaking to Lee in February 2021, via WhatsApp to Jamaica, he sounded relaxed and positive, with more praise for Boris and optimism for the future.

Lee Perry: ‘Boris Gardiner was very good, very great in the brain. He really intelligent in music, and me and him work miracle together! And remember that there was no end to the Black Ark, the Black Ark will be coming back. The Black Ark keep on living and cannot die.’

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Slave Driver

12" | 1979 | UK | Reissue (Ranking Joe)

Release: 1979 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Live At Golden Pudel Club

Benjamin Brunn

12" | 2015 | DE | Original (Smallville)

8,99 €*

Release: 2015 / DE – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Errol Brown & The Revolutionaries

Dub Expression

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Dub Store)

29,99 €*

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Odyssee)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dub like it used to be from the High Note and Gay Feet labels.
A selection of rocking rhythms from The Revolutionaries masterminded by Jamaica's finest female record producer, Mrs Sonia Pottinger, and mixed by Duke Reid's nephew, Errol Brown, chief engineer at the legendary Treasure Isle studio.

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Tenah Meets Oddy

Do No Hurry

27,99 €*

LP | 1988 | EU | Reissue (Greensleeves)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Do No Hurry project is an EP born from the musical synergy between vocalist Tenah and riddim artisan Oddy. It intricately weaves the finest vintage digital sounds of 80s reggae into a contemporary, current, and incisive direction. This is evident not only in the artistic and musical choices but also in the thought-provoking themes explored. It embarks on a musical journey, characterized by the vibrant tones of synthesizers, drum machines, and lyrics that gracefully navigate the realms of depth and lightness. The project is unequivocally infused with dub techniques and sound effects, making it an exceptionally original and distinctive endeavor.

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Sylford Walker

Lamb's Bread

22,99 €*

Release: 1988 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Thompson Sound)

Can't Stop Natty Dread

21,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dawn And Christine / The Revolutionaries

Holy Mount Zion / Shockin Rock

7" (Thompson Sound)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Tony King & Ranny Williams / Ranny Williams & Hippy Boys

Hog In A Me Minty / Hog Ina Minty

7" | EU (Spade)

Release: EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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No Wicked Shall Enter / Big Big Politician

12" | 2019 | JP | Reissue (Bunny Lee / Dub Store Records Japan)

25,99 €*

Release: 2019 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Scorchers From The Mighty Two (Reggae Anthology)

Joe Gibbs

2LP | 2008 | US | Reissue (VP)

32,99 €*

Release: 2008 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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28 track double vinyl with recordings from the mid 70ties to the early 80ties. This is also a tribute to the legendary Mighty Two: Joe Gibbs (r.i.p. 21.02.2008) and Errol Thompson (r.i.p. 13.11.2004) and a release in the Reggae Anthology series. Foundation tracks, big hits and great tunes by artists like Culture, Althea & Donna, Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, Junior Murvin, George Nooks, Junior Byles, Prince Alla, Cornell Campbell, Jacob Miller, Black Uhuru, Mighty Diamonds, Sylford Walker and more compiled by Fidel "Twice" Luna.

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7" | JM | Original (Thompson Sound)

Please Officer

7,99 €*

Release: JM – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: Generic

7" | 1978 | EU | Reissue (Joe Gibbs Music)

Dennis Brown

A True

Release: 1978 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Keeling Beckford / Music Company

Samfy Girl / Samfy Skank

7" | 2016 | EU | Original (12 Star Records / Reggae Fever)