Roots & Culture 2776 Items

Alborosie Meets Roots Radics

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Cultures of Soul is very excited to announce this killer tropical reggae cover of Sade's Smooth Operator. Recorded at Circle Sound Studios in Miami the backing track was recorded by members of the famous reggae outfit Inner Circle with vocals by local area rising star at the time, Sabrina Rich. Sabrina (her real name is actually Sabrena) had been making records in her and her ex-husband's studio in their garage for years. The result of which was the disco 12" Exit/Whispering. Around this time Sabrina was performing in the Palm Beach / Boca Raton area of Florida and performed with Jimmy Bo Horne. Some time after Sabrina worked with a man named Kenneth Corey who mastered her recordings. Kenneth referred her to Roger and Ian Lewis of Inner Circle to help press up their vinyl. They became friends and around 1985 recorded Smooth Operator. During this time they were working and partying hard and experimenting with different ideas and sounds. The track was originally released in small numbers as sort of a demo and never really took off. Shortly after Inner Circle went on tour in Europe and the single went into obscurity until many years later when copies of the record turned up in New York and Toronto. This 12" includes a special discomix edit by Duckcomb a.k.a. Patrick Billard, DJ and record collector extraordinaire.

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Dub For The Radicals

LP | 2019 | UK | Original

24,99 €*

LP | 1988 | EU | Reissue (Onlyroots)

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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"Dub For The Radicals" are ten unearthed rock solid Roots Radics rhythm tracks dub charged by Alborosie and Flabba Holt at Shengen Studio, Jamaica. This is speaker shaking drum and bass from the original Roots Radics - pure dub fire - Alborosie meets The Roots Radics at their best in a heavyweight dub showdown! - It is Alborosie's fifth dub project following the strictly dubwise albums "Dub Clash" (2010), "Dub The System" (2013), "Dub Of Thrones" w/King Jammy (2015) and "Freedom In Dub" (2017).

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Blacka T

Good Musicians

Release: 1988 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Hard to find 1988 Uptemo Digital Roots album from Blacka T, Produced by Augustus Pablo for his label Message. Recorded in Jamaica at Music Works & Tuff Gong with Sylvan Morris & Soljie and in the U.K. at Dub Vendor / Class A studios by Chris Lane.

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LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Greensleeves)

Step Forward Youth

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7" | 2018 | JP | Reissue (Rock-A-Shacka)

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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"Step Forward Youth" takes a serious look at the reggae of the punk rock era in England and its resulting global impact. Here are 12 selected tracks especially for LP-Vinyl including the obscure roots reggae heat such as the Barry Ford Band's "Rebel" plus Prince Far I's "Heavy Manners", Culture's "Two Sevens Clash" and furthermore great tunes by Dr. Alimantado (as well pictured on the album's cover) alongside Jah Stitch, Lee Perry, Gregory Isaacs, Augustus Pablo, Keith Hudson, Michael Rose, Junior Murvin, Tappa Zukie and the dub version to Johnny Clarke's "None Shall Escape The Judgement.

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Billy Cole

Woman / Bump All Night

16,99 €*

7" | 1989 | EU | Reissue (West Bank Music / Top Ranking Sound)

Release: 2018 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Ballad back with funk stormer.

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Prince Alla

Mek She Gwan

Release: 1989 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Give Love A Try / The Sole Chance

The Soul Chance

7" | 2018 | US | Original (Colemine)

Jr. Thomas & The Volcanos

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Bakersfield, CA duo The Soul Chance are steeped in early reggae. Lo- fi recording techniques and sweet reggae performances are the order of the day. The A-side features a cover of the classic “Give Love A Try” by Delroy Wilson, while the B-side is a sweet soul instrumental that serves as the group’s theme.
Recommend for fans of: The Frightnrs, Toots & The Maytals, Jimmy Cliff

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Rockstone

CD | 2018 | US | Original (Colemine)

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Jr. Thomas & The Volcanos

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Jr. Thomas & The Volcanos’ sophomore effort Rockstone is more than just a love letter to the roots of Jamaican music. It’s an actual love letter. Tom McDowall aka Jr. Thomas explains, “I could write a musical love letter to all things I loved: my wife, my family, my friends, my band mates. I could write a song to tell me to Chin Up when times got tough. I could give gratitude to the Jamaican artists that paved the way for the beautiful music we now call reggae. I could write a song about what it’s like to lose someone important to you. Or write a song to invigorate me spiritually. Music is healing and that’s the best therapy there is for me.”
Rockstone isn’t just another throwback record to an era gone by. It’s a record that takes risks within the genre, but more importantly it’s a genuinely honest record.
“I called the album Rockstone because true love cannot be defeated. It lives forever. We write tributes on our tombstones because they live on beyond our lives as a remembrance of something special and important to us.”
Recommend for fans of: The Frightnrs, Toots & The Maytals, Jimmy Cliff

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Rockstone Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2018 | US | Original (Colemine)

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LP | 2018 | US | Original (VP)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Beres Hammond

Never Ending

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Studio One Freedom Sounds - Studio One In The 60s

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

28,99 €*

River Come Down / Movin Round

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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Andre Tanker

12" | 2018 | EU | Original (Jamwax)

LP | 2018 | US | Original (VP)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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After the famous Andre Tanker’s “Back Home”, Jamwax is very proud to reissue River Come Down in its 12'' version.
Originally released on the Contraband label in 1979 and recorded at famous Semp studio in Trinidad, “River Come Down” is a blend of islands funk, soul, disco, soca with also a touch of gospel: “River, the river come down, the river come down, the river down...wind blow like a hurricane...the river come down, washing the right, washing the wrong, washing the weak, washing the strong, the river come down...”
On the other side you will find an obscure synth instrumental released on an impossible to find 7'' in 1986. “Movin Round” was produced by Andre Tanker for Horace Wilson's Turn of The Tide. This song was absolutely under the radar and remains a strong banger for any dances.

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Jah9

Feelings

20,99 €*

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2018 | US | Original (Tuff Gong)

Bob Marley & The Wailers

Kaya 40

46,99 €*

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Love Of Jah / Jah Children

Millions / GGs All Stars

7" | 2018 | EU | Original (Typhoon / Dub Store)

14,99 €*

Tony Benjamin & The I & I Band

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2 track Single from Millions released by Typhoon/Dub Store Records!

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I & I

LP | 1980 | EU | Reissue (Sound Off)

20,99 €*

7" | 1976 | EU | Reissue (Navara)

Release: 1980 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The debut album from the I & I Band, originally released in 1981. Excellent British roots, includes the tracks Marijuana, Jah Made Them All and Marcus Children.

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Peter Noel

Helping Hand

Release: 1976 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Blackman Get Your Culture

Paul Sinclair

7" | EU | Reissue (War)

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Treasure Isle)

Don Drummond

Memorial Album

17,99 €*

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Phase One Collectors Edition

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Phase One)

17,99 €*

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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12" | 2018 | EU | Original (Upsettress)

Winston Watson

Dispensation

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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12" | 2018 | EU | Original (Volcano)

Hugh Mundell

Red Gold & Green

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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12" | 2018 | EU | Original (Soul Of Anbessa)

Keteis Oyonde

Natural High

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | EU | Reissue (Wizzdom)

Stranger & Gladys

Conqueror

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Lloyd & Glen

Feel Good Now

7" | EU | Reissue (WIRL)

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Forward Down A Channel One

African Youth

7" | EU | Reissue (Uer Records)

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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African Brothers

Youths Of Today

7" | EU | Reissue (Lion)

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Mafia & Fluxy & Winston Rose

Marcus Salute

7" | EU | Reissue (Riverbank)

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | EU | Reissue (Gorgon)

Eek-A-Mouse

Peeni Walli

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Alton Ellis / Freddie McKay

Love Is A Treasure / I Can't Stand It

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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We Are In The Mood / Baby Love

The Sensations

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Boom Shaka Laka / Testify

Hopeton Lewis

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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I Fell In Love / Lonely Street

The Conquerors

8,24 €* 10,99 € -25%

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Techniques

My Girl / You Don't Care

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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U-Roy

Tom Drunk

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Phyllis Dillon / Tommy Mccook

Rocksteady / Soul Rock

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Phyllis Dillon / Tommy Mccook

Stay Away / Starry Night

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Alton Ellis

La La Means I Love You

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Alton Ellis

Breaking Up

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Three Tops

Its Raining

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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John Holt

Stealing

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Tenors

Weather Report

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Holy Father From The Roots

Scotty

7" | EU | Reissue (Tobin)

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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I And I Can't Turn Back Now

Mickey Simpson

7" | EU | Reissue (Total Sounds)

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Errol Dunkly

Running Child

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Horace Andy

Let Your Teardrops Fall

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Ken Boothe

Artibella

14,99 €*

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Heptones / Bobby Kalphat

Party Time / Zion Hill

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | EU | Reissue (Roots International)

The Invaders

Hell & Heaven

9,74 €* 12,99 € -25%

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | EU | Reissue (Splash)

Alton Ellis

It’s A Shame

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Derrick Morgan

Want More

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Roland Alphonso

Song For My Father

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Jackie Opel

I Love Jamaica

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Desmond Dekker & The Aces

Rudie Got Soul

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Roland Alphonso & The Beverley'S All Stars

Guantanamera Ska

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Roland Alphonso & The Beverleys

Sausage / Soul Finger

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | EU | Reissue (Phase One)

The Chantells

Blood River

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Lee Perry

Dyon Anaswa

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Junior Byles

Place Called Africa

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Junior Byles

Beat Down Babylon

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Debra Keese

Travelling

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Laxley Castell

Jah Love Is Sweeter

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | EU | Reissue (Olive Blossom)

The Skatalites

On Broadway

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | EU | Reissue (Miracle)

Boston Jack

Great God Over Zion

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | EU | Reissue (Micron)

Wayne Jarret

Satta Dread

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | EU | Reissue (Micron)

Al Bell

Babylon A Cannibal

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Delroy Butler / Horse Mouth

Give Thanks / Herb Vendor

7" | EU | Reissue (Justice League)

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | EU | Reissue (Justice)

Michael Rose

Freedom

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | EU | Reissue (Doctor Bird)

The Kingstonians

Fun Galore

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | EU | Reissue (Jackpot)

Horace Andy

Better Collie

12,34 €* 12,99 € -5%

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Freedom Street / Love & Unity

Ken Boothe

7" | EU | Reissue (Beverleys)

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | EU | Reissue (Beverleys)

Toots & The Maytals

Deep In My Soul / Daddy

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | EU | Reissue (Beverleys)

Toots & The Maytals

54/46

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | EU | Reissue (Black Roots)

African Brothers

Torturing

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | EU | Reissue (Black Roots)

U Roy

Lovers Rock

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Studio One Black Man's Pride Volume 2

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

28,99 €*

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

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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This is the second installment of deep roots Rastafarian reggae at Studio One and features classic music from some of the most important figures in reggae music – Alton Ellis, The Heptones, Jackie Mittoo, The Gladiators – alongside a host of rarities and little-known recordings, such as a truly rare Mystic Revelation of Rastafari seven-inch single, Willie William’s first ever recording ‘Calling’ and Horace Andy’s righteous (and equally rare) masterpiece ‘Illiteracy.’
Black Man’s Pride 2 extends the legacy of Studio One’s ground-breaking path in roots reggae which began at the end of the 1960s and continued throughout the 1970s. The album tells the story of how the rise of Studio One Records and the Rastafari movement were interconnected, through the adoption of the Rastafari faith by key reggae artists – everyone from the Skatalites and Wailers in the 1960s, major singers such as Alton Ellis and Horace Andy at the end of the decade, through to major roots artists such as The Gladiators in the 1970s – and how Clement Dodd consistently recorded this heavyweight roots music throughout Studio One’s history.
The sleeve-notes to this album also discuss the links between Rastafari and Studio One in time and place, noting how both the religion and Clement Dodd’s musical empire had their roots in the intense period of pre-independence Jamaica in Kingston, expanded in the 1960s following the visit of Haile Selassie in 1966, and how roots music then came to dominate reggae music in the early 1970s. Also discussed is how the outsider stance of both reggae music and the Rastafari movement relate back many hundreds of years to the original rebel stance of the Maroons, escaped slaves who set up self-sufficient enclaves in the hills of the Jamaican countryside.

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Johnny Clarke

Creation Rebel

34,99 €*

The Cimarons / J. Clergue & E. Gentet

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

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

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Ethiopian Romance / Abyssinian Dance

7" | 2018 | EU | Original (Hornin' Sounds)

13,99 €*

7" | 1986 | EU | Reissue (Star Time / Top Ranking Sound)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Heavy Roots Track called Ethiopian Romance by The Cimarons recorded in the early 80's @ Easy Street Studio.
Has been released on CD back in the 90's but unfortunately never on vinyl.
Now released for the first time on vinyl !

Dub version was sadly never recorded…
Now the flip side received a proper Dubwise recorded & mixed @ Honey Studio.
Mastered @ Rectape Studio.
Limited Edition /// Letterpress printed the old fashioned way.

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Rudo

Freedom

Release: 1986 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1988 | UK | Reissue (Greensleeves)

Augustus Pablo

Eastman Dub

LP | 1978 | UK | Reissue (Greensleeves)

Release: 1988 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Das Album von Augustus Pablo aus dem Jahre 1978 wurde von Kevin Metcalfe remastered und wird als LP-Vinyl neu aufgelegt! Neben Augustus Pablo (Melodica, Xylophon, Keyboards) sind die Musiker der Rockers International band zu hören, u.a. Albert Malawi, Benbow Creary, Cleveland Brownie, Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace (Drums), Jah Bunny, Juinior Dan, Michael Taylor, Robbie Shakespeare (Bass), Clive Jeffrey, Fazal Prendergrast (Guitar), Garth Swaby, Hugh Mundell, Ras McNilik, Teo Benjamin (Percussion), Deadly Headley (Saxophon) - am Mischpult des Channel One und Harry J Studio sass der legendäre Sylvan Morris.

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Tetrack

Let's Get Started

24,99 €*

Release: 1978 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Marvels / The Upsetters

Some Day We'll Be Together / The Rhythm (Boss)

7" | 2018 | EU | Original (Hop / Reggae Fever)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 2018 | UK | Original (Ram Goat)

Junior Cat

Non Stop / Version

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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I Want You feat. Leonardo Carmichael

Soul Sugar

12" | 2018 | EU | Original (Gee)

Bonez MC & Raf Camora / Iriepathie

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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Dankbarkeit / Reggae Hier

7" | 2018 | EU | Original (Irievibrations)

8,99 €*

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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12" | 2017 | EU | Original (Scorcher Hi Fi)

Zion Step

Zion Step EP

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Green Lion Crew & Mr. Williamz

The General Comes To Town - The General 45 Feat. Joe Lickshot

7" | 2018 | EU | Original (Green Lion Crew)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1973 | US | Reissue (Trojan)

John Holt

1000 Volts of Holt

Release: 1973 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Studio Rockers)

The Last Poets

Understand What Black Is

37,99 €*

LP | 1982 | EU | Reissue (Patate)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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On the 50th anniversary of the band's inception at an event in Harlem, NY to commemorate Malcolm X's birthday on 19 May 1968, influential spoken word artists, poets and commentators The Last Poets are set to make a glorious and relevant return with their first album in over 20 years, 'Understand What Black Is'.
Produced by Ben Lamdin (Nostaglia 77) and Brighton legend Prince Fatty, whose speciality is traditional reggae and dub production's, 'Understand What Black Is' is a ten-track album which speaks of a revolutionary struggle defined by both race and identity, that has never sounded more relevant. Released on Studio Rockers, there will also be an accompanying single featuring remixes of the title track "Understand What Black Is" by Mala (South London collective Digital Mystikz) and UK Dance music innovators Dego and Kaidi.
Since the initial line-up of Dahveed Nelson, Gylan Kain and Felipe Luciano formed in East Harlem's Marcus Garvey Park, The Last Poets have produced under various guises over the subsequent years. However, it was their seminal output, namely 1970's 'The Last Poets' under both Umar bin Hassan and Abiodun Oyewole that secured their legacy, becoming one of the most important influences in early hip hop.
Throughout the last 20 years, the band have remained largely on hiatus. But their influence could still be felt with their tracks being sampled by The Notorious B.I.G, NWA, A Tribe Called Quest, Dr.Dre and Snoop Dogg. Umar has recorded various solo albums and featured on Common and Kanye West's Grammy Nominated 'The Corner'. Abiodun appeared on the Red Hot Organization's album, Stolen Moments which was named "Album of the Year" by Time. He also conducts weekly open house poetry readings, where he constructively critiques upcoming poets, helping to nurture them. He has also conducted classes at Columbia University, where he teaches creative writing.
The inauguration of Donald Trump as US President in 2016 inspired Hassan and Oyewole to resurrect the group to create a brand new record, modern and edgy, and deeply relevant and reflective of our times.
Tracks on 'Understand What Black Is' include 'How Many Bullets', which bridles with defiance as Oyewole works through a litany of injustices suffered by black people in the US: " You've Tried
To Blow My Brains Out With Bigotry, Chopped Off My Wings, So I Couldn't Fly Free, And Dared Me To Be Me, Took My Drum, Broke My Hands, Yanked My Roots Right Up Out Of The Land, And Riddled My Soul With Jesus" 'What I Want To See' describes a utopia - a refuge from hurt and those who'd make "our vision blurred, and our faith obscure", whilst the title track 'Understand What Black Is' aims to transcend ethnicity: "understand what black is….It's the source from which all things come...black is a hero, not a villain."
The album even takes reference from Prince's 2003 album of instrumentals, 'News', which Hassan drew comparisons from with his own childhood experiences: "That poem took me about a year to write….I just kept writing and writing but not getting too far and then I heard that album and the musicianship was amazing. I was left wondering if it was jazz, classical, rock or maybe something new but all those images that I write about came to me from listening to that album. I loved Prince in that movie Purple Rain because my father was a talented musician but he was into brutalising Mama at times and in the movie there's a Jerome and my name is Jerome, so it was like he was telling my life story as well."
The album acts as a body of work between individual members each speaking of their own personal journeys, but feeding into the much larger narrative of struggle and oppression, alongside a fervent hunger for social change. These are struggles and tests of personal resolve that have directly shaped and moulded the bands' unique sound over the course of an impressive 50 years, and their powerful and influential commentary remains as relevant as ever.

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The Gladiators

Back To Roots

25,99 €*

LP+12" | 2018 | UK | Original (Burning Sounds)

Release: 1982 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Reissue of this 1982 Reggae classic!!

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The Maytones

Only Your Picture

27,99 €*

2LP | 2015 | EU | Original (Baco)

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Limited edition for Record Store Day 2018!

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Danakil

Dialogue De Sourds

28,99 €*

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Stop That Fussing And Fighting

Glen Adams

12" | EU | Reissue (Jamwax)

Johnny Osbourne / Prince Jammy

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Emotional Rescue and Jamwax end their Capo Disco series by returning to Glen Adams and his cover of Bob Marley’s classic. The early 70s Lee Perry produced original raw sound is taken to the disco reggae dancefloors of the early 80s with a bottom heavy jam, while his Capo Crew works a killer dub flipside.
“Fussing & Fighting” was originally released on the 1971’s Soul Revolution album and for many came during the pinnacle of Bob Marley & The Wailers output, before the smoothing out of their sound during the later “Island” years. Whichever, the guidance and collaboration with Perry transformed the Wailers from a successful Ska / Rocksteady group towards a visionary, conscious, crossover phenomenon.
Perry’s in-house band, The Upsetters, lent so much to this early period, the brothers Aston and Carlton Barrett creating a perfect drum and bass bedrock. With Glen Adams on organ, the original version known simply as is an incessant, rumbling message and in that light, Adams return to it over a decade later makes justified and righteous sense.
Actually released on both Capo Disco and Marley’s own Tuff Gong, Adams’ vocal marries a disco-dub and guitar groove, dropping, in the latter half, right down to tambourine into perfectly stretched Discomix.
Things get even more laid out on “Mad Blank” aka the version. Riding the desk, “Capo” lets each instrument time and space, dropping to just a kick and dubbed piano before slowly coming back with hats, guitar and then when the bass comes, the Gospel purity of dub reggae shines, all before the teasing fade calls for a rewind. Rest and rise, Glenroy “Capo” Adams.

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Love You Tonight

12" | 2018 | UK | Original (Greensleeves)

17,99 €*

Release: 2018 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

Ruddy Thomas

Grand Father Bogle

10,39 €* 12,99 € -20%