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The Tumbling Psychic Joy Of Now

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Absolute collectors item, the culmination of wildly unexpected trajectories in music, originally released in 1980, this is Japan meets Jamaica at its finnest. Pecker (aka Hashida Masahito) takes the Japanese "Otaku" consumer behavioural phenomenon and directs it towards deep world percussion knowledge, teaming up with legendary Minako Yoshida for vocals and lyrics, Sly & Robbie and Vitamin Dread (aka Aki Ikuta) with other heavyweight names sprinkled on top like Augustus Pablo and Carly Barrett...and this is the result: three tracks of pioneering "Japanaican" sound. A truly international effort, recording and mixing between Jamaica's Studio One and Tuff Gong studios, and, Japanese Columbia and Sony studios. B2 features a beautifuly dreamy rendition of Ryuichi Sakamoto's "Kylyn", remastered and re-released in original 10" format.

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Holy Tongue / Shackleton

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (AD93)

27,99 €*

The Modern Sound Of Harry Beckett

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Tumbling Psychic Joy of Now, a ritualistic and expanding collaborative album between Holy Tongue and Shackleton.Holy Tongue is Al Wooton, Valentina Magaletti and Susumu Mukai and they have collaborated with Shackleton to create free-form, high energy, spiritual dub-dance music.

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Harry Beckett

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

31,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1982 | UK | Reissue (On-U Sound)

Deadly Headley Bennett

35 Years From Alpha

31,99 €*

Release: 1982 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dread Propecy Crucial Cuts

Yabby You

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Shanachie)

35,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Night Time Feat. Private Joy

D.D. Mirage

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Isle Of Jura)

2LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Soundway)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Lovers rock style soul runnings from Sydney, Australia on this debut 7” from D.D. Mirage featuring Private Joy. The Original has a true 80’s lovers vibe with sweet harmonies from Private Joy and the flipside features a dubbed version. Labels and sticker designed by Bradley Pinkerton.

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Lord Echo

Curiosities

19,99 €*

7" | 1975 | UK | Reissue (Pressure Sounds)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Soundway Records completes the Lord Echo album collection, finally reissuing the second album in the trilogy from the in-demand New Zealand multi-instrumentalist and producer. Originally released in 2013, ‘Curiosities’ is now available as a DJ friendly double LP for the first time.
The entirely self-produced album blends jazz with disco-tinged neo-soul, reggae and classic afro-beat in effortless manner - and joins the dots between the more downtempo first album ‘Melodies’ and the disco, electronic, club-ready of his third album ‘Harmonies’.
The album also features a dub-funk cover of Pharoah Sanders’ “The Creator Has A Master Plan”, with vocals from Lisa Tomlins.

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Vivian Yabby You Jackson

Run Come Rally / Version

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Digikiller)

Release: 1975 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Run Come Rally aka ‘Jah Speak with Lightning and Thunder’ 1975.

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Leroy Smart

Reggae Music

Playing It Cool & Playing It Right

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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First time on 45 for the lone tune Leroy recorded at Wackie's, next cut to the killer Love Joys' "Studio Man" rhythm.

Back with another selection from the Don, one of our favorite artists. This one is as far as we know, the only tune he voiced for Bullwackie's, and it is of course killer. Only ever released on a compilation, now on 45 for the first time backed with dub of the rhythm, well loved from the Love Joy's tune 'Studio Man.'

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Keith Hudson

LP | 2024 | Original (Week-End)

36,99 €*

Sufferer Sounds Rare Dubs, Roots & Lovers Rock

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Keith Hudson, who temporarily worked as a dentist in the ghettos of Kingston, emigrated to New York City in 1976 and died there prematurely in 1984. He is best known for his work as a producer for artists such as U-Roy, Big Youth, Ken Boothe and Horace Andy and within short order Hudson brought his all-round talent to full fruition.

In 1974, he produced two ground-breaking albums. “Pick A Dub” was one of the first official dub albums ever, and is still considered to be one of the greatest moments of Jamaican music. In addition, the unique “Flesh Of My Skin, Blood Of My Blood” became the first concept album in reggae history. Thematically dedicated entirely to black history, this masterpiece captivates with an atmosphere that is as dark as it is deeply spiritual, charged by Hudson’s eccentric vocals.

In 1981, he created the dub masterpiece “Playing It Cool, Playing It Right” which he produced with the help of Wackie’s founder and mastermind Lloyd ‘Bullywackie’ Barnes. It remained the only collaboration between the two producers. Hudson decided to release it on his own label Joint International as he has done on his previous releases.

The album continues Hudson’s psycho-acoustic journey into the abyss of existence and has the power to overwhelm the listener with the beauty of artistic self-empowerment. “Too Much Formula” sings Hudson, whose voice occasionally recalls Sly Stone, “Darkest Night” answers an echoing background chorus found elsewhere on the track “California”. Hudson’s production techniques are fascinating on this album. We often hear a kind of flashing-whip sound on the snare, which adds dynamics to the whole album. Rarely has a dub record sounded so electrifying, with radical spatial sound spreading out in all directions and rarely has it been as crystal clear, with warm bass and echophonic treatments as contained within these 30 minutes of music.

43 years after its first release and 20 years after its last re-release on the German-British label Basic Replay (Basic Channel/Honest Jon’s), “Playing It Cool, Playing It Right” is now finally available again via Week-End Records, with a newly revised master and a rare interview with Lloyd ‘Bullywackie’ Barnes, talking on the making of this amazing album.

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Dennis Bovell

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Disciples)

36,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Lone Ark Riddim Force

Balance Dub

LP (A-Lone Productions)

17,99 €*

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Chalart58, Matah, Belén Natali, High Paw, Sis I-Leen, Sista Awa

Woman Soldier

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (La Panchita)

14,39 €* 17,99 € -20%

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1981 | UK | Reissue (Greensleeves)

Wa Do Dem

24,99 €*

LP | 1975 | EU | Reissue (Joe Gibbs Record Globe)

Release: 1981 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Vinyl re-issue in the original 1981 LP artwork! This is Eek-A-Mouse finest album recorded and mixed at Channel One and King Tubby's studio by Scientist, Prince Jammy and Barnabas, produced by Henry 'Junjo' Lawes with the Roots Radics as backing band!

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Joe Gibbs

African Dub Chapter 1

Release: 1975 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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12" | 2024 | EU | Original (Aquarii)

Joe Armon-Jones

Ceasefire

24,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Musical Ambassador / Money Could A Buy

Eek-A-Mouse, King Kong

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Irie Ites)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Joe Yamanaka & The Wailers

Reggae Vibration HHV Exclusive Green & Red Vinyl Edition

LP | 1982 | EU | Reissue (Jamdung)

26,99 €*

7" | US | Reissue (Jah Life)

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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HHV exclusive vinyl edition on multi-colored vinyl, limited to 100 copies. Only available at hhv.de!

Joe Yamanaka, born in Yokohama, was of mixed descent. His father was a US Army soldier who hailed from the Caribbean. He played Psychedelic Rock with the Flower Travellin' Band. He was also a philanthropist, travelling around the world to help people in countries where conditions aren't great. He himself was raised in harsh conditions as well, being born in a brothel and growing up in an orphanage. In post-war Japan, it was not easy for him to grow up looking racially different from his peers. Joe Yamanaka joined The Wailers after Bob Marley had passed away and recorded with them 'Reggae Vibration'. The very first track is also called 'Reggae Vibration' and can be seen as his introduction to the genre, being a Rock artist in his home country. You will still hear a strong Rock influence in his songs. 'Reggae Vibration' was Recorded And Remixed At Tuff Gong Studios, 56 Hope RD Kingston Jamaica, In April 14th 1982 ~ April 30th 1982

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Peter Ranking

Love Up

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Red Robin)

Release: US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Another previously unreleased killer from the early '80s Radics / Scientist days, this one was played on dubplate by Volcano in JA and Jah Life in NY, alongside other cuts of the rhythm (also eventually to be released). This is Peter Ranking the singer, not the more well known deejay.

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Peter Youthman & Naram

Lonely February

Lloyd Robinson / King Cannon

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Rr7005 sees the Parisian raggamuffin deejay-cum-crooner Peter Youthman joins the Red Robin flock with a haunting ballad about love gone wrong and the loneliness that results.

With nods to classic, melancholic love songs of the 80s, Peter sings over a deep, dark Naram riddim that carries the DNA of lo-fi roots anthems from the likes of Wackies.

As you'd hope, there's there's accompanying stripped back version from Naram on the flip. Mixed to tape, and fine tuned by Downbeat Mastering, this is a unique piece of music that will please those with a love for the darker side of rub-a-dub.

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Cuss Cuss / Soul Scorcha

7" (Harry J)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Freddie Mcgregor / Little John

Rock This Session / Man To Man Is Unjust

12" | 2024 | Original (Jah Fingers)

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Portal / Creation Rebel)

Jah Mex

Rootsman Style

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Dollar Discs)

Rider Shafique / O$Vmv$M

When Will We Learn

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Pressure Sounds)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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When Will We Learn sees O$vmv$m reunite with Gloucester voice of thunder Rider Shafique for the spiritual successor to 2017’s Lion (lava Lava). These tracks have been circling around in various forms for a few years and graced dancefloors / soundsystems from Riga-Bristol-NYC - but for various reasons are only now coming to light. The A side features Rider delivering a wake up call / warning over a Computer Paul via Radiophonic workshop style rhythm track while on the B side Dj Neek sends it through the desk on the fly and strips the instrumental down to its core essence.

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Patrick Andy / Yabby You

Sufferation / Version

Conquering Lion Expanded Edition

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Terrific single from Patrick Andy, written and produced by Yabby You. This is the first time this track has been released on vinyl. Killer dub on the flipside mixed at King Tubby’s. Heartfelt uncompromising and rootsy vocal from Patrick Andy as good as anything he recorded for Yabby. A smooth rhythm punctuated by Tommy McCook’s led horns section. Comes in a Yabby You sleeve. You need this.

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Yabby You & The Prophets

2LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Pressure Sounds)

27,99 €*

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 1987 | US | Reissue (Jah Life/Digikiller)

King Kong

Agony And Pain

Release: 1987 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2019 | EU | Original (Yabby You)

Tommy McCook

Revenge / Version

10,99 €*

Dubs From The Seventh Sense

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Tommy McCook’s mighty hornsman version of Yabby You’s “Jah Vengence” re-mastered and reissued in perfect style. This 7” finds the great multi-instrumentalist re-imagining the dark vocals of the original track as a slithering horns track that bursts to crescendo amid the heavyweight bass and drums. The B-side offers up echo-drenched dub.

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Jah Rej

LP | 2003 | UK | Original (Jah Works)

8,99 €*

Release: 2003 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Sugar Minott / Jah Thomas

Beg You Put It Down / Put Down The Dub

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Roots)

LP | 1984 | EU | Reissue (Joe Gibbs Music)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Midnight Rock label was home to some of the greatest productions of the era, and like any smart Jamaican producer, label owner Nkrumah Jah Thomas worked his rhythms hard, using them to create scores of records by dozens of artists.

Thomas came up just at the right time, and his breakthrough recordings were made at the finest studios, using the finest musicians: often they were recorded at Channel One and used the Roots Radics. And sometimes the voicings that he created were released, but still more languished in the vaults. Caught on multi-track tape, but never released.

That was the fate of a session that he recorded with Sugar Minott. The singer – known in the UK for his monster hit ‘Good Thing Going’ – had made his name in the vocal group The African Brothers, before working as a soloist for Coxsone Dodd at Studio One, where he became a pioneer of the dancehall, his voice riding over many of Dodd’s greatest rhythms to create timeless music.

Thomas has worked hard in creating sharp new mixes from his sessions with Minott, and this single – a plea against gun violence as apt today as when it was put down on tape – is the first fruits of that work. A fantastic Radics rhythm with an exceptional vocal and brand new dub by Jah Thomas and Rory on the flip.

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Joe Gibbs

African Dub Chapter 5

Release: 1984 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1977 | EU | Reissue (Joe Gibbs Record Globe)

Joe Gibbs

African Dub Chapter 3

Release: 1977 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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King Kong, Eek-A-Mouse, Irie Ites All Stars

Wake Up The Town / Wake Up The Town Riddim

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Irie Ites)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Jah Bast & The 18th Parallel

Far I Love

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Fruits)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The series third 7” presents Geneva based singer Jah Bast. ‘Far I Love’ is a chant to the Most High. The riddim and mix get as dread and terrible as Jah Bast message of love gets powerful. Version of the B side for all DJ to mash up the riddim inna dance!

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I-Tist

Wikiwiki Part 1 / Part 2

7" (Dubatriation)

The Hippo Brothers / Miss Beulah

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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picture sleeve / 500 numbered copies

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Don't Turn Away

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Berends)

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

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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In with the old & out with the new..

For the second 7" on Berends Records, Miss Beulah joins The Hippo Brothers for Don't Turn Away. The b-side features the instrumental Grab Your Hat.

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Akae Beka

Let Live

26,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Barrington Levy

Black Roses / Version

7" (Jah Life)

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Scotch Bonnet)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Not much needs to be written here, one of reggae's all time anthems, one of the baddest tunes of the '80s. Finally back out on a crisp booming 45, rock to the sounds of Jah Life, internationally.

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Mungo's Hi-Fi

Past And Present

34,99 €*

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Creation Rebel)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Mungo's Hi Fi return with their exciting new vocal project Past And Present. Released on their Dumbarton Rock label, it's the eagerly awaited vocal companion piece to 2021 dub album Antidote. Past And Present is unique for Mungo's in being devoted to the Rub A Dub reggae style that arose in late 70s and early 80s Jamaica. The record has its roots in both past and present. Back in 2021, Mungo's responded to the pandemic with the dub project Antidote, an album of reflection among wide spaces and nature. As the world has reopened, Past And Present celebrates the return of verbal communication and dancing to hypnotic basslines, with the original vocal cuts by veteran and rising microphone talent. The haunting voice of French pure singjay Pupajim encourages us to face living in the now, on title track Past and Present. Pioneering Jamaican female deejay Lady Ann toasts the importance of Good Lovin' over a sensual, waist-winding rhythm. Ethereal UK neo lovers rock singer Hollie Cook revisits her classic Sugar Water, floating above a sparse and eerie future Rub A Dub soundscape. Honey-toned Londoner Kiko Bun exudes confidence and humility as a Riddim General while veteran talker Solo Banton shakes up the dance on his seismic, much requested, We Pulsating. The biblical voice of Jamaican legend Prince Alla sounds fresh on a revisit to his immortal Only Love Can Conquer. Fellow elder statesman of reggae Johnny Clarke contributes the sole non Rub A Dub offering with the "Flying Cymbals" driven, deep roots track Rain Keeps On Falling. French singjay Shanti D and Israeli chanter Ranking Levy pair up on the mighty Jaqueline rhythm for a warning against Total Disaster. The prodigious Charlie P joins Godfather of UK emcee-ing, Daddy Freddy, to request freer movement on Control The Border. The final statement is without words or vocals: as Mungo's production team take centre stage for the soaring Birds Of Vice - the A side to Antidote's closing dub, Birds Of Pleasure. In reggae, the vocal traditionally precedes the dub...

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Jo Jo Gladstone

Reggae Music

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Too Far Gone Feat. Vaughn Benjamin Splattered Vinyl Edition

Scientist Vs J Gabriel

12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Convent)

13,29 €* 13,99 € -5%

The Disciples Experiments Reinterpreted

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Limited Splatter version! Outstanding dub anthem! 190g Vinyl. NYC based Onysia Records launches sister label Convent for heavier, edgier, twilight hour sounds.

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Androo

12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Bless You)

20,39 €* 23,99 € -15%

Shanti-Ites In Oneness With Shandi I

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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After the recent Experiments re-issue with 90's off-style unclassifiable tracks composed by the legendary Dub producer - The Disciples - Androo (NS Kroo) sets out to re-create and freely adapt this material. The fact that Sound Metaphors chose Androo to re-construct these works in to new material is not random. Androo has been producing Dub since he was a teenager but he quickly turned to all kinds of musical experiences, mixing styles and influences. Once past the intimidation of working with material from one of his favorite and revered producers, Androo tried to pay homage to the free spirit that this Disciples album contains. Between reference and irreverence, the album is woven with a playful, DIY, and also serious weave. As you listen, a sometimes very harmonious and controlled landscape takes shape, then suddenly steep slopes and raw ridges appear. Almost like an art of sound drawing. A line in permanent oscillation between supposedly antagonistic registers. Danceable pieces cut for dancefloor brush against strange, problematic, and voluntarily irrecoverable elements. Consensual pop chords rub shoulders with sizzling blurred contours and sounds that are sometimes too loud. 4/4 rhythms get jackhammered out of the tempo with opulent delay effects. The “Dubmix” is here, constantly at work. It is, above all, an art of the hands, fingers handling the console which from then on becomes an instrument in its own right - for Androo Dub is experimental music.

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Inna Sanctuary

LP (Falasha)

19,99 €*

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Things Are Getting Harder

Zabandis

7" | UK | Reissue (Jah Fingers)

17,99 €*

Release: UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Daddy U Roy / Napoli Rockers Syndicate

Free The People / Flyers Delight

12" (Aloe Vera)

16,99 €*

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

Jah Mason

Guidance

Wicked Thoughts Feat. Mene Man

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7 inch vinyl with a beautiful roots song

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Jah Works

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

Reggae Boys / Joe Gibbs & Destroyers

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

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Walk By Day Fly By Night / Pressure Tonic

7" | UK (Pressure Beat)

Release: UK

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

Chronixx

Never Give Up

16,99 €*

Walk With Him Feat. Vivian Jones

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

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Jah Works

10" | 2022 | EU | Original (Jah Works)

2LP | 1975 | UK | Reissue (Pressure Sounds)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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An essential slice of contemporary roots reggae and dub on Jah Works label, extended versions recorded & mixed at Earth Works Studio, Amsterdam with veteran singer Vivian Jones.

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Yabby You & The Prophets

Conquering Lion

41,99 €*

Release: 1975 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2022 | UK | Original (Before Zero)

Akae Beka & Zion I Kings

Portals

21,99 €*

Get It Right: Afro Dub Funk & Punk Of Recreational Records '81-'82

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

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V.A.

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Emotional Rescue)

28,99 €*

Rule The Nation / Gemini Rock

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Reggae & Dancehall

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Emotional Rescue returns to what it does best by unearthing musical gems of the British post punk scene with a double pack compilation of Bristol's short lived Recreational Records. Teaming up with Bristol Archive Records, 10 songs are remastered, reissued and cut loud for DJs and collectors. What is most striking is, although created in the space of just two years, with a disparate collection of artists, musicians and producers coming together, the music holds a considerable cohesive sound. Set up in 1981 by Bristol based shop, Revolver Records, Recreational was formed as an independent label with its own distribution, as part of the co-operative, Cartel. The label was a natural progression from the shop's punk's DIY aesthetic, acting as a hang out and inspiration for local artists from Mark Stewart to later staff member, Daddy G. 'Get It Right' starts with a one-off project in Scream + Dance, who similarly, alongside local bands Glaxo Babies, Maximum Joy and Rip Rig & Panic, explored post-punk with funk and jazz all underpinned with heavy tribal and dub influenced rhythms. 'In Rhythm', with its infectious groove, acts as a call to arms for the compilation, coming in two parts, the latter dropping away to explore the links with dub. Next is possibly the label's biggest band in Talisman, going on to be active up to today, their release 'Run Come Girl / Wicked Dem' are both featured in long 12" mixes that explore the classic 'discomix' of vocal and dub in longform. Animal Magic lead with the pack's title, 'Get It Right' a short-driven punk funk burst that captures the label's sound to perfection. However, much of the compilation is given over to the more experimental side of the bands, with a high percentage the B sides where they headed to the mixing desk for echo chambered dub inspired versions. X-Certs' 'Untogether; Electric Guitars' 'Don't Wake The Baby' and Animal Magic's 'Trash The Blad' are culled from the flips of various 7" singles and all are a fusion of percussive rhythms, studio trickery and dub inspired techniques, played out against the "Do it Yourself" aesthetic of the time. To complete is London based, soukous, kwela and afrobeat inspired collective, Ivory Coasters' 'Mungaka Makossa' and two rhythmic curveballs by Scream + Dance in 'Giocometti Wicked Mix)' and their riotous (and short) closer, 'In Pink & Black'. "Get it right this time, get it right!".

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U Roy / Errol Brown

7" (Duke)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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U Roy / U Roy & Nora Dean

Treasure Isle Skank / What Is Catty

7" (Duke)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2021 | EU | Original (JA-Man)

Augustus Pablo

Liberation / Version

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Ja-Man)

Hortense Ellis

Super Star / Super Dub

11,39 €* 11,99 € -5%

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Trinity Ft. Lee Scratch Perry

Amantido Bay Band

7" | 2021 | CH | Original (That's Why)

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Nah Lef Ya Muzik)

Release: 2021 / CH – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The third single from Amantido Bay Band and it's the biggest so far. Lee Scratch Perry, the legend, RIP, blessed the drum machine Dub joint Trinity with his wisdom. Amazing. Cop it!

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Micah Shemaiah

On With It

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Late Night Tales / Version Excursion Black Vinyl Edition

Don Letts

2LP | 2021 | Original (Late Night Tales)

33,99 €*

Release: 2021 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Johnny Lover / Jo Gibbs & Professionals

Virginia Skank / Fort Augustus Rock

7" | UK (Pressure Beat)

Release: UK

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Gorilla In Manilla / Bag-O-Wire

Mexicano / Bag-O-Wire

7" | UK (Pioneer)

10,44 €* 10,99 € -5%

Release: UK

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Put Food On The Ghetto Youth Table

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Irie Ites)

10,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dan I - Crucial / Jah Bible Feat. Cisko Kid

Crucial

12" | 2021 | EU | Original (La Tempesta Dub)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Peter Broggs, Jah Warrior

Hail Him, Dubplate / Rastaman A Trod It In Babylon, Dub

12" (Whodem)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Ras Teo, I David / I David

Stop The Wars, Syria Dub / Ukraine Dub, Sudan Dub

12" (Roots Youths)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Ethiopians / Dennis Alcapone

Selah, Version / Rocking To Ehthiopia, Dub

7" (Jj)

9,99 €*

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Jah Melodie / Unlisted Fanatic

Who Say / On My Mind Dub

7" (Sir Runnin)

9,99 €*

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

Vis-A-Vis

Odo Gu Ahorow

30,99 €*

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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Willi Williams

Glory To The King

LP (A-Lone Productions)

19,99 €*

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Jackie Mittoo / Jah Stitch

Tribute To Count Ossie / An Aggrovating Version

7" | 1976 | EU | Reissue (Jackpot)

Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Chapter 3

Release: 1976 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Originally released in 1976

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Prince Far I

LP | 1980 | UK | Reissue (Pressure Sounds)

21,99 €*

Release: 1980 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Ariwa)

U Roy

True Born African

25,99 €*

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Vision Of A Psychedelic Africa

African Head Charge

2LP | 2005 | UK | Reissue (On-U Sound)

40,99 €*

Release: 2005 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Crytuff Dub Encounter Chapter 1

Prince Far I & The Arabs

LP | 1997 | UK | Reissue (Pressure Sounds)

22,99 €*

Release: 1997 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Vivian Jackson & The Prophets

Judgement On The Land / Repatriation Rock

7" | 2019 | EU | Original (Yabby You)

Jah Mel & The Rhythm Factory

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Powerful, inspiring roots reissue of one of Yabby You’s finest songs. From the moment this tune was released in the 1970s, it became a sound system classic, sought after by both collectors and DJs. This plea for repatriation glows with a mystic vibe accentuated by stunning harmonies, driving flute and horn arrangements. Repatriation Rock flips the A-side on its head, with a mesmerising dub.

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Stand Up To It / Guiding Star

12" | 2018 | EU | Original (Jamwax)

I Want You feat. Leonardo Carmichael

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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Soul Sugar

12" | 2018 | EU | Original (Gee)

A Good Day For The Damned

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall, Pop

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Soul Sugar drop their own reggae version of Marvin Gaye’s "I Want You". French outfit Soul Sugar – the brainchild of Guillaume “Gee” Metenier – deliver yet another soulful reggae 12”, this time a cover version of Marvin Gaye’s 1976 classic "I Want You". Jamaicain native Leonardo Carmichael sings lead vocals and legendary drums and bass duo Sly & Robbie add their flavor to the mix, with two versions on side B. Marvin Gaye’s single "I Want You" was a big step forward for his sound & vision and marked a change in direction – from hip Motown Soul to a more sultry, Disco sound. Marvin's vocals are notably intimate and the lyrics are more explicit, more personal. An original soul classic, "I Want You" is memorable for its unique combination of lush harmonies, a mesmerizing groove and the apparent sexiness of the theme itself. Soul Sugar's Discomix version combines a smooth mixture of reggae, soul and funk over beefy bass lines, designed for heavyweight sound systems. Sly & Robbie, rhythm duo known for their studio work on countless reggae classics since the 1960s deliver their version, taking us back to the golden age of Reggae, the days when it was typical for Jamaican musicians to record their own versions of American soul tunes ... Ace producer Jahno dubs the mix live and direct to tape, from his very own ' N.O.F Studio'.

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Jaya The Cat

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Destiny)

28,99 €*

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1982 | UK | Reissue (On-U Sound)

African Head Charge

Environmental Studies

29,99 €*

7" | 2014 | EU | Original (Top Smile)

Release: 1982 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Features contributions from Bruce Smith (The Pop
Group), Style Scott (Roots Radics) and Deadly
Headley (The Wailers).

Re-cut at Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin for
maximum bass pressure. Includes printed inner
with sleevenotes by Steve Barker (‘On The Wire’),
plus download card for full album.

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Ras Negus I

Seeking A Way Out

6,99 €*

Release: 2014 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1983 | UK | Reissue (Greensleeves)

The Mouse And The Man

Release: 1983 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Saturday Night Jamdown Style

Ranking Joe

LP | 2013 | UK | Original (Greensleeves)

Release: 2013 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Greensleeves)

Ganja Smuggling

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Preorder shipping from 2024-12-06

Baldhead Bridge (with Slightly Damaged Cover)

Culture

LP | 1978 | EU | Reissue (Joe Gibbs Record Globe)

LP | 2024 | UK | Original (Diggers Factory)

Release: 1978 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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A few copies arrived with a damaged Cover. We're therefore selling it on a reduced price.

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J Written

Kaleidoscope

33,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Preorder shipping from 2024-11-22

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Jah Life)

Rod Taylor

I Think Of You

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Jah Life)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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One of two big previously unreleased cuts to a well loved '87 digi riddim. The Singing Melody is the first cut of this adaptation which he would go on to do a few more times, real dancehall vibes. The Rod Taylor is another great example of his small but deadly late '80s output. Both tunes voiced at Dynamic Sounds in the golden year.

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Singing Melody

Friday Evening

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Nah Ramp Music)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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J Written

Kaleidoscope

29,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2024 | US | Original (F-Spot)

Marcus I Meets aDUBta

Heavy Manners

LP | 1977 | EU | Reissue (Joe Gibbs Record Globe)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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With summer in full swing, F-Spot Records is proud to announce their next grooved-filled 45, 'Heavy Manners' from Germany's leading authentic reggae team, 'Marcus I meets aDUBta'. Influenced by US Soul and the early Reggae and Rocksteady sounds from Jamaica, aDUBta, a producer and musician from Bavaria, Germany, linked up with Marcus I, a Southern France notable songwriter and singer in the Roots-Reggae scene, to create a collection of work inspired by the Studio One sounds of the 1960s. Following their debut 'cut A Wire Showcase' (Hornin' Sounds Records, France - 2023), 'Marcus I meets aDUBta' kick off their next set of releases with this uplifting, flying-cymbal-style 7-inch that's an automatic vibe setter and head nodder. Featuring a minimalist riddim 'Version' on the B-side, DJs, you know you'll need doubles! After nearly 20 years as a drummer for various Reggae bands, aDUBta has recently dedicated himself entirely to the sound of '60s to early '80s Reggae. Gaining international attention as a producer with his debut album, 'Sounds From The Attic,' (released in 2023 through Oneness Records), aDUBta and musical collaborator Mauricio-Joran Ceseña (The Black Oak Roots Allstars) went back at it, focused on recording a collection of riddim instrumentals at aDUBta's Attic Roots Studio. Then, in February 2024, Marcus I joined aDUBta in Germany to write and record vocals and harmonies, deeply showcasing his exceptional songwriting and distinctive voice, which has resonated with every Roots-Reggae fan. For the final touch, aDUBta polished the mixes and dubs entirely analog on his Tascam 388 mixing console, and their first single, 'Heavy Manners,' from a new wave of releases, was sent to press and is now ready for sound systems worldwide.

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Prince Far I

Under Heavy Manners

Release: 1977 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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