Ska 279 Items

Tribute To 2 Tone Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 1969 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Alternate Take. Wicked Female Early Reggae Vocal with a cool old time reggae instrumental on the flip.

A premium series of limited edition Japanese pressed 7"s - featuring unreleased and impossibly hard to find gems from the Duke Reid archives.

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Check One-2

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Jump Up)

Viva Bertaga 1983 2023 Edition Limited Edition

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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NEW This Week Specialized charity album featuring 16 top bands covering the best 2-tone ska from Madness, THE Specials, Bodysnatchers, Selecter, Beat, BAD Manners & more. Inc BIM Skala BIM, Rude BOY George, Boss Riot, THE Fuss, Crombies, Prizefighters, THE Crombies, Scotch Bonnets & more.

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Berurier Noir

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Archives De La Zone Mondiale)

45,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2023 | US | Original (Jump Up)

Bim Skala Bim

40th Anniversary EP

Mata Ratos / Los Problemas

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Limited edition 7" celebrating one of America's top pioneering ska bands. Two covers from the 90s never before on wax: "run Joe" (stranger Cole) and "bring IT ON Home TO ME" (sam Cooke). THE Beatles' "rain" originally on a 1987 Boston comp. Sluggo sleeve art just like their first 45!

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We Can Do The Ska 1

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Smith And Miller)

Willis Record Store Day 2019 Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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First 7" single of S&M series projectNon-Ska bands play Ska; two bands, one single, international artists.Opening with Portugal's most famous Oi! combo, MATA-RATOS (est. 1982), who skank their way through a new version of "Quero mais". For the first time on vinyl (the original was a bonus on the CD version of "Banda Sonora Do..." in 2016). On the back, the Chileans from LOS PROBLEMAS offer a completely exclusive track, recorded especially for the split. The five-piece band from Santiago de Chile debuted last year with the "Malos Vecinos" EP and now with their very first ska song. "Moonstomping all over the world, we can do the Ska...the Saga continous!" Limited to 500 copies, hand numbered. .

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The Pietasters

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Epitaph/Slugtone)

28,99 €*

LP | 2001 | EU | Reissue (Ring Of Fire)

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Debut Epitaph/Hellcat release for the pietasters. Produced by Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion/Epitaph Records. Peaked at #44 on 10/25/1997

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Jaya The Cat

Basement Style

Release: 2001 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2014 | EU | Original (Slop And Mash)

Slop 'N' Mash Volume 1

13,99 €*

Skaboom 1987 Random Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2014 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

Small tear in cover.

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Toasters

LP | 1987 | US | Reissue (Jump Up)

29,99 €*

Release: 1987 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Originally released in 1987, this album is considered by many to be the birth of modern "third wave" ska in the USA. Remastered audio with "new" artwork that includes illustrations by legendary comic book artist BOB Fingerman. Repressed on random color vinyl in picture sleeve

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LP | 1990 | EU (Black Butcher)

Frankenska

16,99 €*

Release: 1990 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Andres Cotter & Bebe Ferreyra

Tributo A Rico Rodriguez Big Band

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Liquidator)

LP | EU (Black Butcher Classics)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Emmanuel Rodriguez (Rico), was born in La Habana, Cuba, on October 17th 1934. He was one of the most important trombone players from Jamaica. He learned to play trombone at Alpha Boys School, the music school from where most of the best Jamaican musicians has come from, such as Johnny Moore, Yellowman, Lester Sterling or Roland Alphonso. His tutor was another pupil, Don Drummond, who later was one of the biggest Ska musicians. Rico continued his musical training at Stoney Hill Music school and joined the Rastafari culture of Wareika Hills along with drummer Count Ossie. Jazz influence was decisive his style, as well as the Cuban music from the 50’s. On 1961 he moved to the UK where he joined some reggae bands. On 1976 he recorded with Island Records his most important album: Man From Wareika. During the 70’s he joined the 2 Tone movement, being part of The Specials. From 1996, besides of other projects, was a member of Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra. On August 2015, being 80 years old, Rico Rodriguez entered in the hospital in London, after some time of convalescence, he passed away on Friday September 4th 2015 at, nearly, 81 years old. Andrés ‘Ska Beat’ Cotter is a well known bass player and producer, born in Buenos Aires in 1971. From 17th years old has been been playing Ska and Reggae, being founder of bands such as Riddim, Satélite Kingston and Ska Beat City. In this record Andrés Cotter, along with the prestigious Argentinian trombone player Bebe Ferreyra, decides to pay tribute to the great Rico Rodriguez in a Big Band format. They have selected four tunes from Rico’s repertoire, with some of the best local musicians, having as result 15 minutes of the highest musical level.

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Toasters

Enemy Of The System

18,04 €* 18,99 € -5%

Release: EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Live At The Nec 1980 Record Store Day 2023 Edition

Selecter

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Chrysalis)

25,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Police Oppression / Gates Of The West

Transilvanians

7" | 2016 | EU | Original (Liquidator)

10,99 €*

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Roy And Yvonne,Mighty Megatons

Believe In Yourself

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Fajador)

18,99 €* 19,99 € -5%

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Theatre Of The Absurd Presents C'est La Vie Black Vinyl Edition

Madness

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (BMG)

32,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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In The Mood For Ska - Caribou Ska Selection

LP | 2023 | JP | Original (Drum & Bass X Rock A Shacka)

31,99 €*

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (La Onda)

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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A collection of rare 60's sound sources, mainly by the Skatalites, that shows the heat of Kingston in the heyday of Ska!! Selections from Indian-Jamaican Dada Tewari's Caribou and Down Beat labels. Caribbean Recording Company, owned by Dada Tewari, was one of the first Jamaican studios to follow in the footsteps of Ken Khouri and Stanley Motta, and this album contains songs from the boogie shuffle to the heyday of ska. In addition to Lord Tanamo's ska anthem "In The Mood For Ska", this is the label's first album of mega-rare singles and top Caribou ska, including Don Drummond's last recording "Bellevue Special", "Up & Down" by the Mighty Vikings and "Way Of Fortune" by Pat & Roxie.

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Los Tres Puntos

Eldorado

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Rocksteady - The Roots Of Reggae

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

23,99 €*

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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No Sports

Early Sessions

Release: 2023 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Stolen Soul Clear Vinyl Edtion

Buford O'Sullivan

Roddy Radiation & Bailey Dee

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Debut album from Easy Star ALL StarS / THE Scofflaws trombone legend now on clear heavyweight vinyl. Thirteen tracks that range from roots jazz dub, scorching 60's ska and neo-traditional with kitschy vocals. All music was written, played, and programmed by Buford himself! Ltd 250 copies.

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Sea Cruise White Vinyl Edition

7" | 2021 | US | Original (Jump Up)

15,19 €* 15,99 € -5%

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Repressed ON White Vinyl Two killer 50's rhythm n' blues gems re-done in ska style! Roddy Radiation (ex-THE Specials) finally gets his version of Frankie Ford's "sea Cruise" on wax, flipped with Chicago roots queen Bailey DEE's wonderful take on Phil PhilIP'S "sea OF Love". White vinyl repress w/jukebox strip.

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Studio One Freedom Sounds - Studio One In The 60s

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

28,99 €*

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Studio One Freedom Sounds is the new collection from Soul Jazz/ Studio One focussing on the intense period in the second half of the 1960s when Studio One’s vast and unbeatable output of ska, soul, rock steady and reggae made it literally one of the hottest musical empires in the world.
During this highly successful period, Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd released hundreds and hundreds of superlative singles seemingly on an almost daily basis, in the process making huge stars out of Jamaican singers such as Alton Ellis, Delroy Wilson, The Wailers, Slim Smith, Jackie Opel and many more.
Powered by the finest in-house musicians working in Jamaica, whether it was The Skatalites, Jackie Mittoo’s Soul Brothers, The Sounds Dimension or The Soul Vendors, Studio One functioned as hit factory on the scale of Motown in the USA, shaping and defining reggae music for decades to come.
Singlehandedly Studio One’s founder Clement Dodd was able to create the most successful vertically-integrated record company that Jamaica had ever known with pressing plant, printers, studio, shops, and sound systems all running at once, with over 50 employees and hundreds of artists working with Studio One during this time.
Studio One Freedom Sounds tells the story of Studio One in the 1960s with a stunning set of ska, soul, rock steady and reggae killer tunes as well as informative sleevenotes and track-by-track info by Noel Hawks. The album is released as heavyweight double vinyl (+ free download code), deluxe CD and digital album.

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Toasters

This Gun For Hire

LP | EU (Mad Butcher)

Release: EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2023 | US | Original (Asian Man)

Abruptors

Noticeably Cheerless

21,99 €*

Cuttings Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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From Buffalo, NY, the Abruptors deliver their sophomore release. SKA, Soul, 2 Tone influenced songs that will get you up and dancing. Vinyl is a smoky clear variant just for record stores.

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Flying Vipers

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Jump Up)

Ska Pig Returns Yellow Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

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Mark Foggo's Skasters

LP | 2019 | US | Reissue (Jump Up)

All Day White Vinyl Edition

Release: 2019 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dutch ska madman from the 80s returns! Ten tracks in signature witty manic paced 2-tone style, a true return to form from his classic albums of the early to mid 80s. A household name across Europe's ska scene, a must for fans of Madness, Specials, Arthur KAY, MR Review. Yellow repress.

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The Pietasters

12" | 2024 | US | Original (Jump Up)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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First time on vinyl for this 2007 classic from Washington DC ska reggae soul legends. Includes fan favorites "don't Wanna Know", "keep ON Lyin'", "late Night Call", "change MY Ways" and their TOM Petty cover of "listen TO HER Heart". White vinyl limited to 300 copies.

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Old Boys In Town

Our Present World

LP | EU (Rusty Knife)

Release: EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Floyd Lloyd & Potato 5 Meet Laurel Aitken

Floyd Lloyd & The Potato 5 Meet Laurel Aitken

LP | 1987 | JP | Original (CBS/Sony)

17,99 €*

Let's Have A Puzzle Party

Release: 1987 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG

Japanese pressing without OBI! Cover with some yellowing and slight wear!

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The Puzzles

LP | 1980 | DE | Original (Metronome)

9,99 €*

Release: 1980 / DE – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: G+

The Toasters Men In Underwear - Live At Mad Butcher

LP+CD | 2010 | EU (Une Vie Pour Rien)

Release: 2023 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The US ska-heroes captured live in a German studio, during a couple of days off from their 2023 European tour. 'Men In Underwear' contains impromptu live versions of 11 popular Toasters tunes!

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8°6 Crew

Old Reggae Friends

22,99 €*

Release: 2010 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2023 | US | Original (Bad Time)

Flying Raccoon Suit

Moonflower

25,99 €*

Where Did All My Friends Go?

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Catchy SKA Punk Meets EMO, Metal, AND BIG Band Brass FOR AN Unforgettably Original LP Available ON “royal Blue” Vinyl Don’t let the cute name fool you... Flying Raccoon Suit are one of the most original bands in the modern ska scene, and are dead serious about crashing genre boundaries in expert fashion. “Moonflower” is the band’s third full length album, and the growth is astronimical; while their 2021 album “Afterglow” displayed the band’s ability to craft intricate and complex songs that range from punk, to metal, to mathcore, “Moonflower” has refined these same complexities into 13 extremely catchy melody heavy tracks. The band sways between 90’s alt rock, midwest emo, and doom metal (blast beats and all), while maintaining a steady throughline of melodic ska punk that keeps the album grounded. Singer Jessica Jeansonne channels a bittersweet croon throughout the record, but displays a full range of layered vocals that perfectly complement the album’s various style changes. This album is a journey worth taking, and from a single listen you will realize why Flying Raccoon Suit is one of the most vital up and coming bands in independent music. “Bright, catchy... Flying Raccoon Suit expertly toe the line between lighter, ’90s-style indie rock, and the rich, horn-fueled ska of that same decade.” - Andrew Sacher, Brooklyn Vegan

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Mustard Plug

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Bad Time)

27,99 €*

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Pork Pie)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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THE SKA Punk Legends Return With First NEW LP IN 8 Years, Produced BY Bill Stevenson On retail exclusive “Duct Tape Silver”, limited to 250 No band embodies the spirit of modern ska music the way Mustard Plug does; relentlessly dedicated to the craft, to their scene, and to a lifetime of playing music purely for the love of it. They've seen the 'waves' come and go, and through the best and worst of times have stayed true to themselves and to their fans while keeping a consistent touring schedule for 30+ years. "Where Did All My Friends Go" finds Mustard Plug creating the most powerful, proficient, and flat out fun songs of their career... no small feat with an 8 album discography full of classics. You can hear everything that has made the band loved and revered throughout their history distilled into these 13 new tracks, along with a proficiency and polish that could only come from years of experience and the production expertise of Bill Stevenson (Descendents, ALL, Nofx, Rise Against). You might call this new record a 'return to form' from that way it captures Mustard Plug's youthful energy and excitement, but make no mistake that Mustard Plug has never left. They've never deviated from their mission to show how important, relevant, and fun ska punk can be, and their new record makes it clearer than ever why they're able to continue whipping audiences into a frenzy around the world.

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Dr.Ring Ding

The Remedy

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble

In The Moment

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Brixton)

Flight Of The Bumble Bee Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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NYSJE's vibes are still as infectious as ever and, with the same enthusiasm as in their first album, the true kings of contemporary ska-jazz offer us seven superior class originals of New Orleans ska-jazz, funky reggae and delicious pop-steady and three covers, all blended with positive feel.Many things have happened in The New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble, and in the world, during the last two years. This new NYSJE album is dedicated to the idea of living in the present, since we never know what tomorrow will bring. The time keeps being now, no need to look back, just focus on the present. That is the message behind their brand-new album "In the Moment", a healing dose of positive ska and reggae mixed with Nuyorican flavor, which makes their fifteenth album a very special one.With the same enthusiasm as in their first album, the band continues bringing their superior class original New Orleans ska-jazz tunes "See Yah Wouldn't Wanna Be Yah", "Peanut Butter" and funky reggae "In the Moment".Delightful reggae-jazz "Solitude" and skanky jazz merriment "Peanut Butter" and "Time is Now". Their covers of "I'm Old Fashioned" (Jerome Kern), Van Morrison's "Bright Side of the Road" and the delicious pop-steady revisit of The Five Stairsteps' "O-o-h Child" complete a great album.These ten new tracks will make you celebrate and dance today, tonight, in the moment, because the time is now.

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Blechreiz

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Smith And Miller)

23,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Change Up Red Vinyl Edtion

The Skalars

22,94 €* 26,99 € -15%

Ska In Hi Fi Blue Vinyl Edtion

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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First time on vinyl for 1999 ska reggae classic originally released on Moon NYC. St Louis' darlings blended soul, neo-traditonal ska & rock steady into a wonderful mix that truly shows on this sophomore album. Inc fan faves "hold ME Tight" and "strikeout Summer". Heavyweight green vinyl.

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The Scofflaws

22,94 €* 26,99 € -15%

Earthquaker, Dub / Money, Dub

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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First time on vinyl for classic 1995 album from long running New York ska act, originally released by Moon NYC. Inc the band's biggest hits "william Shatner" & "nude Beach". Traditional big band ska with the zest of 2-Tone, with Victor Rice and Buford O'sullivan (easy Star). Blue vinyl.

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Barry Isaac

12" | 2009 | UK | Reissue (King Earthquake)

16,99 €*

Release: 2009 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2016 | US | Original (Jump Up)

Crombies

Dance Crazee

LP | 2013 | EU | Original (Ring Of Fire)

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Debut album from Chicago's 2-TONE ska champs available on limited edition cassette. Fans of THE SPECIALS, MADNESS, or THE BEAT will dig. B&W 2-TONE style sleeve & shell. Includes versions of NINEY's "BLOOD & FIRE", PRINCE BUSTER's "WASH WASH", BILLY BRAGG "LEVI STUBBS TEARS" and more. Ltd 200.

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Jaya The Cat

O'Farrell

Release: 2013 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2013 | UK | Original (Blue Beat)

Prince Buster All Stars

Jack The Ripper

Release: 2013 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Indestructible Clear Orange Vinyl Edition

Les Calcatoggios

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Smith And Miller)

22,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Train To Glory / Mek You Go On So

The Ethiopians

7" | 1968 | UK | Reissue (Harlem Shuffle)

14,99 €*

LP | 1988 | EU (Mad Butcher)

Release: 1968 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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This is a special limited edition strictly limited to 500 copies - one release only. Note: the number of copies is now included in the catalogue number “hsrss-0023c-500” printed on the single label, “500” standing for 500 copies and C for collector. This is the first reissue of two outstanding, very rare and highly collectible tracks by the Ethiopians. They were initially released on two different singles and are put together on a single here for the first time.

THE Ethiopians The Ethiopians were a Ska, Rocksteady, and Reggay vocal group, founded by Leonard Dillon with Stephen Taylor (apparently also known as "Tough Cock" Taylor!) and Aston Morris. Dillon was a stonemason from the small town of Boundbrook. There he was raised by his grandfather who was the church choirmaster and Dillon started singing in the church early. Like many others he moved to Kingston for work and there he met Peter Tosh who introduced him to The wailers and to Studio One where Dillon, under the name Jack Sparrow, recorded three Ska songs with the Wailers as backup… Soon after he met Steven Taylor and Aston Morris while working on a building site. They rehearsed at the Ethiopian Reorganization Centre and subsequently named themselves the Ethiopians. Morris left the group, and Dillon and Taylor continued as a duo. They recorded about 10 singles in 1966 for Coxsone Dodd, before moving to Wirl, releasing the "Train to Skaville" in 1967 which briefly appeared in the U.K. chart. It was followed by more singles such as “The Whip" and culminated with the release of their first album “Engine 54” in 1968 on Wirl in Jamaica and on Doctor Bird in the U.K. The album featured top tracks such as “Engine 54”, “Train To Skaville”, “Long Time Now”, “Come On Now”, and the great “Train To Glory” featured on the A side here. That same year they released "Everything Crash", their first major hit. The song criticised the dire situation in Jamaica whereas water and power were rationed which led to unrests. In one dramatic incident 31 people were shot by police. Their greatest album “Reggae Power” was released in 1969 on Trojan. Virtually every song is a hit: Women Capture Man, Everything Crash, What A Fire, Robert F Kennedy, Free, Hong Kong Flu, Gun Man, Feel The Spirit etc, etc… It was quickly followed by the equally good album “Woman Captures Man” on Trojan in 1970, featuring 10 new songs and “Everything Crash” and ”Hong Kong Flu” from the previous album. During the early 1970s, the Ethiopians recorded widely for many producers and record labels, including Duke Reid ("Pirate"), Derrick Harriott ("Good Ambition"), Rupie Edwards ("Hail Rasta Man"), Alvin Ranglin ("Love Bug"), Prince Buster ("You Are For Me"), Joe Gibbs ("Ring A Burn Finger"), Bob Andy ("The Word Is Love"), and Lee Perry ("Life Is A Funny Thing"), among others. It is said that Dillon also helped build Perry's Black Ark Studios in 1973-4. In September 1975, Taylor was killed by a van while he was crossing a road. Dillon stopped for a while, then continued solo as The Ethiopian. He died from cancer in 2011. No doubt The Ethiopians were one of Jamaica's greatest harmony groups along with The Paragons and the Kingstonians. Their socially oriented lyrics, drenched with humour, were truly unique though and remain strangely valid… 50 years on their timeless singles are avidly looked after by their many fans.

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Deltones

Nana Choc Choc In Paris

Release: 1988 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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UK SKA Classic Originally ON THE Unicorn Label From 1988. Finally Reissued Thanks TO MAD Butcher!

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One More Bullet

Release: 2023 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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One More Bullet is the ninth studio album from the ska band The Toasters. Released in 2007, the album was the first Toasters release on Stomp Records. It was their second album not to be released on Moon Ska Records (excluding early records); as that label became defunct in 2000.

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Dub 56

Release: 2023 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Vinyl reissue of third wave ska classic from 1994, originally released on Moon Ska NYC. At the time of release, the ska scene was on the verge of breaking into the mainstream. Excitement electrified the air. No album captured the sheer exuberance of this time like Dub 56. From the opening note to the closing refrain 14 tracks later, the listener is drawn into a party that just doesn't want to end - the band play like they're standing in front of an ecstatic hometown crowd. Highlights include "Mona" with it's irrepressible melody and swing, Skatalite Lester Sterling on "Dancin'" and "Marlboro Man," "Midnight Hour" shows just how much fun you can have with a soul classic, and of course title track with the toasing skills of Coolie Ranx. Essential Third Wave Ska album.

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The Braces

Ska Got Soul

Release: 2023 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Heart Of Glass Blue Vinyl Edition

The Offenders

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Destiny)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1980 | DE | Original (Arista)

The Beat

I Just Can't Stop It

30,99 €*

Human Algebra Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 1980 / DE – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Reggae & Dancehall, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

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The Selecter

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (DMF)

32,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Top Shotta Band Featuring Screechy Dan

Spread Love

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Liquidator)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | US (Bad Time)

Call Me Malcolm

Echoes & Ghosts

Release: 2024 / US

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Aggressively Catchy SKA Punk With Proggressive Metal Influences, Uk’s Call ME Malcolm Provides A Stellar 3RD LP Available ON Electric Blue Vinyl Razor-toothed, harmony infused, delicately ferocious ska. British 5-piece Call Me Malcolm exploded onto the Ska Punk scene in 2018 with a record described by ska legends Less Than Jake as "a saving grace of the genre." Malcolm's genre blending mastery and intricate songwriting has since crafted “some of the most special, unique, ambitious music in the punk underground.” (BrooklynVegan) landing them at #8 in Ska Punk Daily’s “Albums of the Decade” and #15 in Brooklyn Vegan’s “Best Punk Albums of 2020” with consecutive releases. 2024 sees the release of Echoes and Ghosts, a 10-track, melodic powerhouse about identity, self, and suicide. Songwriter-in-chief Lucias describes it as “a eulogy for the parts of myself I killed with medication, and a love letter to the silhouette I became.” Call Me Malcolm are the first UK band to sign with Bad Time Records (We Are The Union, Kill Lincoln, JER/Skatune Network) and fit right in with the diverse family of ska-adjacent “New Tone” bands pumping fresh energy into the genre.

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2LP | 2024 | US (Bad Time)

This Is New Tone

33,59 €* 41,99 € -20%

Roy Ellis & The Transilvanians

Release: 2024 / US

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Catbite, WE ARE THE Union, Kill Lincoln & More Combine FOR A Modern DAY “dance Craze” Showcasing THE Current State OF SKA 2xLP Gatefold With 11x17 Poster on Doublemint Green Vinyl Recorded live across the 24 dates of the 2023 Bad Time Records tour, “this IS NEW Tone” captures the energy and diversity of the modern ska punk scene through 24 brilliant tracks from some of the genres best and brightest bands. With Catbite, We Are The Union, and Kill Lincoln highlighted as the tour headliners, you get a taste for what makes each of these bands so special live... the songs have a unique energy, you can feel the crowd responding, and it’s easy to imagine being packed into a club somewhere across the country sweating it out to your new favorite bands. Joined by fellow label mates BAD Operation, J. Navarro & The Traitors (Jay of The Suicide Machines), JER, Omnigone, Eichlers, The Pomps, Joystick, and Thirsty Guys, each of the bands contributes their unique brand of ska and punk to this jam packed celebration of one of the best live genres in music. With the help of engineer / mixer Rick Johnson (Mustard Plug, Jeff Rosenstock), the album captures the raw experience of being at the club while also maintaining a high audio fidelity in order to truly document these bands properly. The record also accompanies a live concert film / documentary of the same name which will premiere in Spring 2024. If you’re looking for evidence that ska is still alive and thriving, look no further than “this IS NEW Tone”.

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Almighty Ska

2LP | 2019 | ES (Liquidator)

25,99 €*

Blue Beats / Roland Alphonso

Release: 2019 / ES

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Brand new album by the Jamaican legend Roy Ellis
and the Transilvanians backing band, who have been
touring with Roy for the last 10 years. This new album
features 12 songs that goes from Ska to Reggae and
including some cover versions that Roy Ellis takes to
his own territory, adapting to his style and giving
these tracks quite a new dimension.
Transilvanians prove to be a perfectly greased
machine, contributing with a perfect rhythm section,
full brass and even strings on the great ‘You'll Never
Find Another Love Like Mine’

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Change Your Gear / Lee Harvey Jnr.

7" | 2020 | UK | Reissue (Rock-A-Shacka)

17,99 €*

Release: 2020 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Highball Holiday Red Vinyl Edition

Highball Holiday

LP | 1997 | US | Reissue (Jump Up)

LP | 1981 | UK | Original (RCA)

Release: 1997 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Jump UP reissues the 1997 Moon SKA classic from Milwaukee's traditional ska reggae darlings, lead by the sultry voice of Shahanna McKINNEY. Includes bonus mixes, dubs, and rare compilation cuts. Sixteen tracks with original art pressed on heavyweight red vinyl.

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Carl Green And The Scene

The Thing Is

Release: 1981 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Reggae & Dancehall

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Dub Pistols

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Cyclone)

LP | 1980 | DE | Original (Rocktopus)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Frontline is the 9th studio album by Dub Pistols. Chief rabble-rousers & festival favourites, the band are known for their veritable feast of jump-up party-starting sounds, melding dub, reggae, dancehall, ska & DnB into an irresistible tonic that has seen them amass a merry band of Pistoleros across the world.

For this chapter, they are joined by a stellar band of featured artists including both legendary & award-winning collaborators such as Horseman, Top Cat, The Freestylers, Myki Tuff and Chezidek alongside long-term Posse members The Ragga Twins, Lindy Layton, Natty Campbell, King Yoof and Cheshire Cat, and regular Dub Pistol frontman Seanie T.

So, saddle up and join the gang, it's time to ride to the Frontline!

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The Nighthawks

Skank It Up

9,95 €*

Condition Transmission Clear Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 1980 / DE – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Reggae & Dancehall

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

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Coolidge

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Jump Up)

21,59 €* 26,99 € -20%

LP | 2019 | US | Original (Jump Up)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Debut album from Indiana ska band formed by the members of 90's legends Johnny Socko. Anthemic rock infused ska & reggae that harkens back to the heyday of the American third wave, with catchy lyrics and big horns. Limited edition clear blue vinyl limited to 250 copies.

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Red Soul Community

Holidays In The Cit

Girl Who Cried Over You White Vinyl Edition

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Spain's top act returns with a new punky 3rd wave meets 2-Tone ska sound for fans of THE INTERRUPTERS, TIM TIMEBOMB (RANCID). Lead by captivating vocals of ISA GARCIA over a driving ska beat that is very reminiscent of 90's American ska, following albums on GROVER and LIQUIDATOR.

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Susan Cadogan

7" | 2018 | US | Original (Jump Up)

8,99 €* 9,99 € -10%

7" | 1965 | JP | Reissue (Drum & Bass X Rock A Shacka)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Lovers rock legend returns with two brand new vintage style tunes produced by MITCH "KING KONG" GIRO. "GIRL WHO CRIED" is a rootsy midtempo rocksteady jam with true lovers flava, the flip "I DON'T WANT ANYBODY BUT YOU" is a fantastic ska groover.

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Lord Tanamo

If You Were Only Mine

17,99 €*

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Kob)

Release: 1965 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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"If You Were Only Mine" is one of Tanamo's most popular songs. Lovely ska vocals start with a beautiful, flowing, gentle horn theme. A great song backed by the Skatalites in their prime. The coupling is a killer ska tune by Don Drummond. "Bellevue" is the name of the mental hospital where Don Drummond spent his life until his death in 1969, after he was arrested for the murder of his girlfriend Margarita on New Year's Day, 1965. This is the last recording of the greatest trombonist in Jamaican history, who lived up to his name as a genius. You can hear Don's heartbreaking cry along with another take of "No More" recorded on the album.

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Los Fastidios

Revolt

21,99 €*

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Pressure Sounds)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Reggae & Dancehall

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We are so happy to announce that our new "Revolt", 8 tracks mini-album, is finally, released by Kob Records in collaboration with Fire and Flames Records and Potencial Hardcore Records !!!! It is available in vinyl 12" (including a free A2 poster for the first 1000 copies), cd digipack and digital stores !!!! Book your copy and be ready for singing and dancing together with us... this is Los Fastidios Revolt !!!!

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The Skatalites

Ska-Boo-Da-Be

30,99 €*

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Bad Time)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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a Sino/Japanese twist.

In the early 1960s Justin Yap and his brother Ivan [aka ‘Jahu’] ran the Top Deck sound system from their family’s ice cream parlour and restaurant in Barbican, Kingston. The local success of the sound system encouraged them to venture into the recording business, and by 1962 Justin had recorded singers Larry Marshall, Ephraim ‘Joe’ Henry and Ferdie Nelson. The fledgling label enjoyed a modest local Jamaican hit in 1963, with trumpeter Baba Brooks and the Trenton Spence Orchestra's “Distant Drums” issued on Top Deck Records as the b-side to Larry Marshall’s hit “Too Young To Love”. As a fan of exotica composer Martin Denny, Justin had heard “Jungle Drums” on Denny’s 1959 LP “Afro-Desia”. His liking for Martin Denny would prove fruitful later, when Justin recorded the Skatalites in a mammoth all-night session in 1964 at Clement Dodd’s Studio One on Brentford Road.

By 1963-1964, hundreds of ska tracks were being recorded by Clement Dodd, Arthur ‘Duke’ Reid, Vincent Edwards, Vincent Chin, Leslie Kong and Prince Buster and others. Justin had linked up with Allen ‘Bim Bim’ Scott, a friend of Clement ‘Coxson’ Dodd, owner of the Studio One label who had already recorded the musicians who became the Skatalites.

Justin and Ivan organised a session in November 1964 at Studio One; it lasted 18 hours. The length of the session allowed for alternate takes to be recorded, but the highlights of the sessions were the five original compositions by Don Drummond – “Marcus Junior”, “The Reburial”, “Confucious”, “Chinatown” and “Smiling”. The first two are in tribute to the Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey; “The Reburial” refers to the occasion of his interment in Jamaica in 1964, his remains having been brought from the cemetery in Kensal Green London, where he was originally buried in 1940, and reburied in King George VI Memorial Park Kingston [later renamed National Heroes Park].

Along with these originals were some well-chosen cover versions. Two came from the Duke Ellington songbook: “Ska-Ra-Van” is of course Ellington and his trombonist Juan Tizol’s classic composition “Caravan”, while “Surftide Seven” is Ellington’s “In A Mellotone”. The LP title track “Ska-Boo-Da-Ba” is a version of Bill Doggett’s 1958 “King” US 45 “Boo-Da-Ba”. “Ringo” had also appeared on Arthur Lyman’s “Taboo” LP [1958] as “Ringo Oiwake”. Originally it was sung by Hibari Misora – a very famous vocal song in Japan, recorded in 1952, the melody composed by Masao Yoneyama. Yet another tune copped from Lyman’s “Taboo” LP is “China Clipper”, composed by the pianist / arranger / orchestrator Paul Conrad.

The last track on this fine LP is “Lawless Street”, a feature for Roland Alphonso. Unlike the other Skatalites, Roland wasn’t a graduate of the celebrated Alpha School, like many of Jamaica’s top musicians from Bertie King to Yellowman. Alphonso was a graduate of Boys Town School in Denham Town. “Lawless Street” was another tune that was recorded twice at the session – the second version features vocal ‘peps’ and exhortations by DJ King Sporty.

By late 1966, Justin emigrated to the USA, settling permanently in New York. There he took up US citizenship and was called up to serve in the US Army in Vietnam, In the early 1970s he worked in computers and eventually drove a New York cab. In his all too brief involvement in the competitive Jamaican music business he certainly left his mark as a producer. He produced some of the best ska ever made, and the LP reissued here is perhaps the most coherent LP in that genre, deriving as it does from a single session.

The celebrated record producer at Randy’s Studio, Clive Chin:

“It wasn’t the fact that they [the musicians] really love Justin; it was the fact that Justin used to pay them the right money and make them comfortable. Make sure them have them smoke, them food, them drink, and after them finish they got paid.” Unlike many other producers, Justin actually attended the sessions.

It stands as his defining legacy in Jamaican music history.

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Joystick

Dwell

22,99 €*

7" | 2020 | US | Original (Badasonic)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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NEW Orleans SKA Punk Purveyors ARE Back With AN Explosivly High Energy EP Available ON “blood Red” Vinyl

New Orleans based Ska Punks Joystick have earned a reputation as one of the most electric, high energy, and creative bands in the modern ska scene…their new EP “Dwell” shows exactly why. Their first new music since their 2021 LP “I Can’t Take It Anymore” was worth the wait, as it blends elements of speedy hardcore with quick danceable ska, all as a backbone to singer Paul “Duck Tucker’s deeply personal and reflective lyrics. In these 4 songs Duck battles with the aftermath of addiction and recovery, and how it feels to reflect back on one’s former self in light of fresh beginnings. Any fan of the band or the 2021 LP will be extremely happy with this natural extension of those songs…and anyone new to the band will be immediately sucked in to the Joystick universe., one of the most vitally important bands building the current ska community.

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The Mooks

The Mooks EP

14,99 €*

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Booze & Glory / Vespa & The Londonians

The Reggae Sessions Vol. 1

37" | 2018 | EU | Original (Contra)

29,99 €*

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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| 2018 | DE | Original (Pirates Press)

The Bar Stool Preachers

Grazie Governo

Release: 2018 / DE – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Reggae & Dancehall

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Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

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Too Hectic : California Ska Colored Vinyl Edition

Strikes Back The Sound of Studio One

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Attention all California 17 band ska collection on random color vinyl, includes Half Past TWO, Left Alone, Goodwin Club, Bite ME Bambi, THE Step Daughters, Monkey, Hooray FOR OUR Side, Gabriela Penka, Codename Rocky Tunnel Vision, DAY Labor, Ghetto ON Phyre, Noise Compliant, Meddlers & more

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Bunny 'Striker' Lee

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Kingston Sounds)

16,99 €*

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Brixton)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Sound of Studio One can be identified by the great singers that it cultivated along the many great songs that these singers released. But as studio 1’s dominance was slowly pulled away by the up and coming new breed of producers many of the artists would inevitably end up working for these new camps and so the songs and singers found a new audience. The reggae sound of the Studio 1 would make a great combination and the man to pull this was together Bunny Lee.
The 1960’s in Jamaica was run by two main factions, Coxsonne’s Studio 1 and Duke Reid’s Treasure Isle. These two leading protagonists saw what some of the other great Sound System men like ‘ Tom The Great Sebastian’ had not taken onboard, that when the tunes they imported began to dry up from the USA, their future lied in producing music. Tunes that suited the musical styles that the people of Jamaica still enjoyed. By the late 1960’s thse supremacy was being challenged by the up and coming new producers on the scene, Lee Perry being one, and the other being ‘Ghost of the Studios’ himself, Bunny Lee. Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee may have inherited the moniker ‘Striker’ from his liking of a particular TV show called ‘The Hitch-Hiker’, but it would soon stand also for the considerable hits he would obtain as he was declared producer of the year in Jamaica in 1969, 1970,1971 and 1972.
For this release, we have compiled many of the great Studio hits that Bunny Lee recorded with the singers that had originally cut at the famed Studio 1. Bunny Lee’s sprinkling of magic over some classic tunes….the sound of Studio 1 backed up this time Bunny ‘Striker’ Lee’s set of star musicians The Aggravators. Proving you can’t keep a good tune down, or a great producer pushing forward…..Bunny Lee strikes back….
Hope you enjoy the set…..

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Drop Collective

Lagrimas Negras

Work Harder, Not Smarter Blue Vinyl Edtion

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Personal revision of the well-known bolero, in which Drop Collective, the band from Barcelona fuses with their usual ska-jazz mastery, sounds of the two Antillean islands in a version that will surely become a classic.After their album "Come Shine" (2021, Brixton Records) DROP COLLECTIVE dares to revisit the immortal bolero, composed by the Cuban Miguel Matamoros, of which there have been so many versions. Although the band prefers to record their own-penned songs, this is an arrangement that the band is very fond of and is part of their live repertoire, so they couldn't resist.In October 2018 DROP COLLECTIVE were invited to perform at the 50th anniversary of the BCN Jazz Fest which paid tribute to Bebo Valdés and, at the same time, they were given an ambitious task: to do a version of "Lágrimas Negras" inspired by the one made by the Cuban pianist himself. Daniel Ferruz, the band's keyboardist, took on the challenge of making the arrangement with the initial difficulty of the personality that Valdés' version already has. He confesses that he was afraid to change things, but finally he decided to give it a roots reggae approach, but with more rocker spaces. He kept the sax solo and lyrics intact, and introduced a novel reharmonization at the end. The result is spectacular, the band from Barcelona fuses with their usual ska-jazz mastery, sounds of the two Antillean islands in a version that will surely become a classic.The recording was made at La Panchita Studio (Barcelona) and the B-side includes a dub version of the song by the dub wizard Chalart 58.

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The Carmines

LP | 2024 | EU (I Buy)

I'll Make It Up / Hot And Sticky

Release: 2024 / EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Carmines are back with their 3rd full length album "Work Harder Not Smarter"! The band may have matured over the last decade, but the sound is the same and the melodies are here to stay! Staying true to their roots, they pump out 10 new songs, recorded and mixed all analog by Pete Mattern at Horsetown Recording Company, that really capture the sound and spirit of early ‘90s Lookout! Records! Limited to 200 copies on blue-ish/green-ish vinyl

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Carl Dawkins

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

13,99 €*

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Jump Up)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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About Carl Dawkins

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

About This Release

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

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

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

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The Bakesys

Sentences I'd Like

29,99 €*

Indie Singles Collection 91-96

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Debut vinyl outing from British ska/reggae act who formed in the early 90s, a infectious concept album that lyrically references 60's political events using samples and looped drums/horns. A 90's style electronica/ska hybrid that's unique in today's scene. White wax, pic sleeve, limited pressing of 300.

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The Selecter

LP | 2017 | Original (Tigers Archive)

Release: 2017 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Tommy McCook & The Supersonics

Bond Street Shuffle

19,94 €* 20,99 € -5%

Cry Little Girl Cry / What Have I Done

Release: 2023 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Side A : 1968 Recording. Never Released. Wicked Winston Wright Playing Organ Rock Steady Instrumental. Side B : 1968 Released. Great Rock Steady Vocal By Bobby Davis Lead Singer. A premium series of limited edition Japanese pressed 7"s - featuring unreleased and impossibly hard to find gems from the Duke Reid archives.

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The Silvertones

Eric Monty Morris / The Baba Brooks Band

Release: 2023 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Side A: 1969 Recordind Duke Reid's Studio. Unreleased. Great Harmony And Killer Early Reggae Vocal. Side B: 1969 Never Released at 1969. Wicked Early Reggae Vocal. A premium series of limited edition Japanese pressed 7"s - featuring unreleased and impossibly hard to find gems from the Duke Reid archives.

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Mama No Fret / Smokey Ska

Release: 2023 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Both are alternate takes - vocal and instrumental cuts. A premium series of limited edition Japanese pressed 7"s - featuring unreleased and impossibly hard to find gems from the Duke Reid archives.

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The Duke Reid Group

Joannie, I Need You

18,89 €* 20,99 € -10%

I Don't Trust A Word You Say!

Release: 2023 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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A premium series of limited edition Japanese pressed 7"s - featuring unreleased and impossibly hard to find gems from the Duke Reid archives.Side A : Never Released. Early Ska Vocal.1961 Recording At Federal Studio. Unknown Duke Reid's Duo Artist. Side B : Recoding At Federal Studio 1961. Great Ska Instrumental. This One Was Recording Before "You're So Delightful" By Skatalites In Jamaica.

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Buster Shuffle

7" | 2017 | EU | Original (Burning Heart)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Coxone's Music - The First Recordings Of Sir Coxsone - The Downbeat 1960-63

3CD | 2015 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

Tommy Mccook & The Supersonics / Lloyd Williams

Release: 2015 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Coxsone’s Music is a stunning new 3-CD/two separate double LP (+ free download) collection featuring over two and half hours of early Jamaican proto-ska, rhythm and blues, jazz, rastafari and gospel music – charting the earliest recordings produced by Clement Dodd, in the years before he launched the mighty Studio One Records, brought together here for the first time ever.
Clement Dodd’s Sir Coxsone The Downbeat Soundsystem ruled Kingston’s dancehalls during this era and these recordings strongly reflect the influences of American rhythm and blues and jump jazz on Jamaican music fans.
By the time the new record company formed in Brentford Road, Kingston in 1963, the young Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd had already managed to release an incredible wealth of recordings by the talented musicians and artists on the island of Jamaica and this collection reflects just that:
Featuring Don Drummond, Roland Alphonso, Derrick Harriott, Owen Gray, Clancy Eccles, Count Ossie, Monty Alexander, The Blues Busters, Ernest Ranglin, Rico Rodriguez and many, many more all captured here in their formative early years.
Before Studio One, Clement Dodd released this music on a variety of his early record labels such as Worldisc, All Stars, Coxsone, D Darling (named after Coxsone’s mother, who received a production credit on the label), Muzik City (named after Dodd’s record store on East Queen’s Street), Port O Jam, Supreme and Sensational.
Sleevenotes to this collection are by Studio One authority Rob Chapman, author of the Never Grow Old and Downbeat Special books cataloguing the many recordings of the label.

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Ska Flea / I Wish I Had Someone

7" | 2022 | JP | Original (Duke Reid Classics)

13,64 €* 20,99 € -35%

Phyllis Dellon/ Tommy Mccook And The Supersonics

Release: 2022 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Cool Ska Inst. Cover Of Spanish Flea backed with a funky vocal cut.

A premium series of limited edition Japanese pressed 7"s - featuring unreleased and impossibly hard to find gems from the Duke Reid archives.

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Don't Stay Away / Continental

7" | 2021 | JP | Original (Duke Reid Classics)

Release: 2021 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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1967 released. A certified old hit tune and masterpiece to come out of the Treasure Isle studios. Great Female Rock Steady Vocal. The flip (also from 1967) is an alternate take of a great Rock Steady Instrumental.

A premium series of limited edition Japanese pressed 7"s - featuring unreleased and impossibly hard to find gems from the Duke Reid archives.

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2x12" | 1994 | UK | Original (DMC)

The Mixes 149

Release: 1994 / UK – Original

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

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Harlem Shuffle)

Hot Sauce Volume 4

22,79 €* 23,99 € -5%

Valkama White Viyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Here is the much anticipated volume 4 of the HOT SAUCE compilation LPs dedicated to the Trojan related UK labels between 1965 and 1975.
HOT SAUCE VOLUME 4 features outstanding original Rock Steady, Boss Reggae and early Reggae (“Reggay”) tracks including rare songs, overlooked gems, hidden treasures and a couple of hits.
The record labels showcased on this fourth volume are Amalgamated, Big Shot, Duke, Explosion, Grape, High Note , JJ Records, Treasure Isle and Trojan.
The tracks here have been selected according to their musical interest firstly, their rarity, and their complementarity.

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Tenhi

2LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Prophecy Productions)

50,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Antwerp Gipsy Ska Orkestra

Revolution

12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Zephyrus)

23,99 €*

7" | 1969 | JP | Reissue (Duke Reid Classics)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Get ready for a musical revolution! The Antwerp Gipsy Ska Orkestra is back, and this time, they're turning the music world upside down with their electrifying new album, "Revolution (Never Has Been Simple)." This groundbreaking project, produced by the modern genius Lunaman, features an infusion of new energy and talent with the remarkable addition of 18-year-old sensation Ramadan Sali, who has been a fan of the band since the tender age of three. But before we dive into the future, let's take a moment to appreciate the rich history of the Antwerp Gipsy Ska Orkestra.

A Journey Through Time and Sound: The Antwerp Gipsy Ska Orkestra Story The Antwerp Gipsy Ska Orkestra's journey is a testament to the transformative power of music. Rooted in the vibrant city of Antwerp, Belgium, this innovative collective began its musical voyage decades ago. Their story is one of passion, diversity, and an unshakable commitment to crafting unforgettable sounds.

The band's unique blend of Gypsy and Ska, along with an eclectic mix of world influences, has earned them a dedicated global following. With each album, they pushed the boundaries of musical fusion, forging a path where genres intertwined, creating something entirely unique. Their evolution has been an ongoing exploration of culture, rhythms, and the unifying language of music.

"Revolution (Never Has Been Simple)": A New Era of Sound And now, they're back with "Revolution (Never Has Been Simple)" – a title that perfectly encapsulates their journey. Produced by Lunaman, known for his innovative approach to modern soundscapes, this album is a breath of fresh air for the music world. It's a bold step forward, a revolution of their own creation, and a testament to their constant willingness to reinvent themselves.

Meet the Prodigy: Ramadan Sali But that's not all that makes this album special. The Antwerp Gipsy Ska Orkestra has also welcomed a young prodigy into their ranks: Ramadan Sali. At just 18 years old, he's not only an extraordinary talent but a lifelong fan of the band, having followed their music since he was three years old. His fresh energy and creative spirit have injected new life into the band, making "Revolution" a truly remarkable chapter in their history.

"Revolution (Never Has Been Simple)" Unveiled This album is more than just a collection of songs; it's a testament to the band's enduring spirit, their journey of growth, and their unyielding commitment to the craft of music. The tracks on "Revolution" are a thrilling mix of genres, emotions, and messages. From the high-energy dance anthems to soul-searching ballads, this album encapsulates the complexities of life and the raw power of music to connect with our hearts.

Get Ready for the Revolution! As we eagerly await the release of "Revolution (Never Has Been Simple)," mark your calendars and prepare to join the musical revolution. This album is a testament to the Antwerp Gipsy Ska Orkestra's ongoing legacy, a fusion of the past and the future, and a celebration of the unifying power of music. Stay tuned for release dates, sneak peeks, and all the excitement surrounding this revolutionary musical masterpiece. The Antwerp Gipsy Ska Orkestra is back, and the world is about to witness a "Revolution" like never before!

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The Melodians

Lonely Night / Hey Girl

19,94 €* 20,99 € -5%