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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Greensleeves)

Release: 1981 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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A touchstone LP from the beginning of reggae's 'post-Bob Marley era,’ Wailing Souls’ Fire House Rock was released by Greensleeves in 1981 to enduring acclaim. The title track became Wailing Souls’ most popular, anthemic song. Features production by Henry Junjo Lawes, backing by the Roots Radics with mixes by Scientist.

For the Record Store Day 2022 edition, the original mixes were transferred from reel-to-reel to a pristine 24-bit/96k digital master. These are paired in a deluxe gatefold sleeve with a bonus 12-inch single disc of alternate, extended mixes originally released through VP’s Jah Guidance imprint.

Sticker application; 180g Heavyweight Vinyl Pressing Gatefold sleeve with full-colour Inner Bags featuring rare photos and extensive notes.

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Wailing Souls

Back A Yard

Pound Get A Blow / Burial

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The veteran roots reggae harmony vocal group returns with a brandnew longplayer entitled "Back A Yard" (patois for back in Jamaica). The set features the two longstanding band members, Winston "Pipe" Matthews and Lloyd "Bread" McDonald, in the studio with producer & singer Alborosie, whose deep study of Jamaican music was heavily influenced by the Wailing Souls and their heyday at Channel One studio in the early 1980s. The production features all-star musicians including keyboardist Tyrone Downie, formerly of The Wailers, and bass player Errol "Flabba" Holt, of the historic Roots Radics band. The first single preceding the album is a re-make of "Shark Attack" one of the bands hit from 1992, featuring a deejay verse by Alborosie. Another combination tune for the album is "No Money No Love" with the Wailing Souls alongside the prolific singer/songwriter Hempress Sativa, born as Kerida Johnson, the daughter of legendary drummer and Alpha Boys School member Albert Malawi.

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Wailers

7" | EU | Reissue (Randy's / Onlyroots)

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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12" | 2024 | EU | Reissue (Jamwax)

Wade Dyce

Money Mare

18,04 €* 18,99 € -5%

12" | 1981 | EU | Reissue (Jamwax)

Release: 2024 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Wade "Jimmy" Dyce was an original member of Cultural Roots. He was a vocalist and played a key role in shaping the sound of the group. Cultural Roots emerged as a four-part harmony group for producer Donovan Germain in the late 1970s, releasing « Revolutionary Sounds » and « Mr Bossman » which counts among ‘Jah Shaka's favourite tunes’. Then they released « Hell A Go Pop », one of the Greensleeves label’s lesser-known classics. In the early 80's, Wade Dyce produced alone three songs at Chris Stanley's famous Music Mountain studio. Wade Dayce surrounds himself with the best musicians of the time, namely the Revolutionaries, but does not remember the exact formation apart from Sly Dunbar on drums and Bongo Herman on percussion. « Humble », « Money Mare » and « Hide & Seek » are three forgotten songs that can be described as killer roots from the middle of the 80s and which you can (re)discover again through this reissue on the original Moving On label. For this release, Jamwax worked with Parade Studio for this original and unique Disco 45 cover graphic creation. Today, Wade, now sixty-seven years old, is living in Salem, Massachusetts, where he graduated in 2010 as a mental-health specialist. Long live to the Cultural Roots !

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Wade Dyce

Humble

18,99 €*

Material Things / Dub Things

Release: 1981 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Wadada

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Palm Disco)

9,34 €* 16,99 € -45%

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Baco Music)

Volodia

Pour Toujours

23,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Vivian Jones, Russ Disciples / Prince Alla, Russ Disciples

President Apartheid, Dub / No More Searching, Dub

10" | US (Blackheart Warriors)

13,99 €*

Release: US

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Vivian Jones / Blacker Dread Players

Bong Gone / Black Dub 701

7" | UK (Blacker Dread)

14,99 €*

Release: UK

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Vivian Jones / Aba Riginal & Dub Generals

Brand New Second Hand Sound / Big Sound

7" (Black Solidarity)

11,99 €*

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Vivian Jackson & The Prophets

Judgement On The Land / Repatriation Rock

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

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

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

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Vis-A-Vis

Odo Gu Ahorow

30,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

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

About the album:

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

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

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

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Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (A-Lone Productions)

Virginia Rivera

Roots For The Soul

21,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Tribute To Lee 'Scratch' Perry

Vin Gordon

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Top Ranking Sound)

11,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Tribute To Bunny 'Striker' Lee

Vin Gordon

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Top Ranking Sound)

11,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Split Second / Enforcement

Vin Gordon

12" | 2019 | UK | Original (Rightrack)

15,99 €*

Vin Gordon Meets Fazal Prendergast & High Times Players

Release: 2019 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Two killer Vin Gordon originals, both of them massive horns-led roots instrumental monsters - together for the first time.

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Jungle's March (Proud Is The Jungle)

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (High Music / Hornin' Sounds)

13,99 €*

Victor Morris & Girlie / Victor Morris

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Bayetë returns with a second Native Dance edits sampler, teaming up this time with close friends and local producers on four dancefloor-ready edits roving over luscious chanson, quirky downtempo, and sun-soaked italo-pop.

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Now I'm All Alone

7" | EU (Amalgamated)

Release: EU

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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7" | 1999 | JM (Pure & Simple)

Victor Laze

Live In Peace / Version

8,99 €*

Release: 1999 / JM

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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If You Ask Me To Red Vinyl Edtion

Victor Axelrod

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Daptone)

If You Ask Me To Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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If you're a fan of Daptone Records, chances are you've read or heard the name Victor Axelrod, and even if you haven't, you've heard music from his hand. As a producer, arranger, recording and mixing engineer, and keyboardist, his creativity has extended across more than two decades of the label's releases, even dating to its prehistory with Desco Records. If You Ask Me To..., the first LP under his name for the label, is a collection of singles released between 2007-2023 as well as unreleased tracks from Sugar Minott and Binky Griptite. The genesis of which came via an 11th hour request from Daptone for a Sharon Jones remix (2007) that resulted in the reggae version of "How Long Do I Have To Wait For You?" found here. This opened the door to additional explorations of reggae/soul synergies within the catalogue, affirming the musical and cultural link between Daptone's core soul sound and Axelrod's passion for Jamaican music. While previous projects like Ticklah Vs. Axelrod and Roots Combination (produced under the alias Ticklah) were inspired by the Jamaica of the 1970s and 80s, this set specifically channels an earlier period in the 1960s when Jamaica was both strikingly original in its continuum of genres but also closely and empathetically attuned to Black American music. Through Axelrod's exceptional taste and the notable contributions of guitarist Tom Brenneck, original tapes from Bob & Gene's MoDo discography, members of The Frightnrs, and others from the NYC reggae community, the legacy of trailblazing Jamaican artists like Alton Ellis, Tony Gregory, and Ken Parker continue to resonate and inspire a whole new generation of reggae and soul enthusiasts.

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Victor Axelrod

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Daptone)

Viceroys / Lone Ranger / Prince Alla / Roberto Sanchez

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Trod On / Trod Along / Jah In The Morning / Jah Lov

12" | 2015 | EU | Original (Fruits)

13,99 €*

Four Seasons / Life's Like That

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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An excellent 4-track roots and dub reggae 12-inch on the French Fruits Records label, of which the first release was I Kong's 'A Little Walk' album.

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Viceroys

7" (Big Sax)

12,34 €* 12,99 € -5%

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Vibronics Meets Mafia & Fluxy

In Brixton

LP (Scoops)

19,99 €*

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | Original (Smudge All Stars)

Various Artist

Smudge All Stars

36,99 €*

Release: 2024 / Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Baco)

Vanzo

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Vanzo

Something Good / Version

7" | JM (Vibeguard)

Release: JM

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Vanya O, Indica Meets Vibronics / Shiva, Indica Meets Vibronics

Jet Stream, Rising Dub / Jah Is Here, Dub

10" (Indica Dubs)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Baco)

Vanupie

Dreamtime

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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V. Vinstrick / The Vibrators

Love Is Not Your Game / Depending On You

7" | 2017 | EU | Original (JJ / Reggae Fever)

10,99 €*

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Check out this classic Roots material by V. Vinstrick and The Vibrators from around 1968!

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

7" | 2020 | US | Original (VP)

29,24 €* 38,99 € -25%

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Record Store Day 2020 Release.

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

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LP | 2023 | UK | Original (VP)

Who Wants Some?

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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• Bunny Lee was the first to actually use reggae in the title of a record with ‘It’s Reggae Time’ Striker’s propensity for creating hit records during this period was unmatched and he was awarded the prestigious “title of Jamaican Producer Of The Year in 1969, 1970, 1971 & 1972” the years covered by this new Boss Reggae focused compilation.
• Striker’s complete mastery of the new reggae rhythms and “versioning them over” are showcased on this release with the emphasis placed on the outstanding contribution of the cream of Kingston’s session musicians

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2LP | 2020 | UK | Original (Pressure Sounds)

When Jah Shall Come

Release: 2020 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Bunny Lee recorded a massive volume of remarkably consistent music in the 70s. This compilation brings together rare and unreleased cuts that put the listener bang in the middle of a typical recording session, complete with false starts and studio banter.

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Jamwax)

We Sing Gregory

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Jamwax Records proudly presents We Sing Gregory. On this album, jamaican producer Bravo used the best roots and culture band, the undomitable Roots Radics, featuring Flabba Holt on bass, Style Scott on drums and Keith Sterling on keyboards, and hired legends Robbie Lynn on keyboards, Cat Coore and Chinna Smith on guitar, Stick on percussion, Dean Fraser on horns, thus ensuring a heavy and flawless riddim foundation and superb arrangements. The Roots Radics were Gregory Isaacs band in the early 80's, playing on the Night Nurse and Out Deh! albums, touring around the world with the cool ruler. Gregory Isaacs' songwriting is magnificient and the subjects are always treated with humbleness and consideration for others.

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2LP | 2016 | US | Original (VP)

We Remember Dennis Brown

32,99 €*

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The ultimate tribute project with all exclusive new recordings featuring the new breed of jamaican stars and upcoming artists like Chronixx, Jah 9, Iba Mahr, Jesse Royal, Kabaka Pyramid, Ikaya, Exco Levi and exciting bands like Raging Fyah or No-Maddz. Also paying tribute are the international known and established artists Jah Cure, Maxi Priest, and Gyptian, Richie Spice, with also the veterans Freddie McGregor and Mutabaruka being on board. All tracks have been recorded with producer legend Clive Hunt, who also appears with two instrumentals as the VP Hit Team. "We Remember Dennis" comes as 2LP-vinyl set with 20 tracks available including high-quality printed inner sleeves presenting sleeve notes and images! (Also available as 2CD Digipak with 24-page booklet including photos and linernotes).

"We Remember Dennis" is a celebration of the life and music of Dennis Brown, proclaimed one of the top 50 voices of the 20th Century! He is also one of the most influential vocalists among reggae musicians and was noted to be Bob Marley's favorite singer. His iconic status and pivotal place in the history of reggae music is highlighted by the range of contemporary artists and power in the musical selections on the album. The two-disc longplayer blends romantic love songs and ballads with roots and revolutionary songs made famous and (mostly) written by Brown, with all tracks recorded with producer legend Clive Hunt. Dennis Emmanuel Brown was a spokesman for the people of Jamaica and the diaspora and his message is a vital today as when these songs were first recorded. His voice and his music are with us and we remember Dennis Brown (born 1st February 1957 - r.i.p 1st July 1999) - his music will will forever!

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LP | 2023 | UK | Original (VP)

We Remember Bob Andy

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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• The Bob Andy catalogue is one of the most celebrated in the history of Jamaican music. His touchstone LP from
Studio One is a best-selling singles compilation simply entitled Song Book, a cornerstone of the Studio One
catalogue.
• Nine of 12 tracks recorded for this project appeared on Song Book.
• Bob Andy's works have been covered dozens of times, Tarrus Riley "Desperate Lover"; Bitty McLean "Let Them
Say"; Beres Hammond "I've Got To Go Back Home," Olaf Blackwood "You Don't Know"
• Focus tracks: Tarrus Riley "Desperate Lover”; Bitty McLean "Let Them Say"; Beres Hammond "I've Got To Go
Back Home," Olaf Blackwood "You Don't Know"
• Liner notes written by Herbie Miller

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Vinylart - Reggae Picture Disc Edition

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Wagram)

23,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Uptown Top Ranking-Reggae Chartbusters

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Trojan)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Treasure Isle: Solid Gold

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Charly)

24,74 €* 32,99 € -25%

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Charly Records have done plenty of leg work here thatmeans you can save yourself lots of time and effort and immediately make yourself out to be a font of dub and reggae wisdom. Treasure Isle Solid Gold is a well curated selection of the most vital club hits produced by the legendary Jamaican label owner Arthur ‘Duke’ Reid. You will know plenty of the artists he worked with from the opener John Holt via Rolando Alphonso Baba Brooks Band, Don Drummond & The Skatalites and U-Roy & The Pargons. The sounds are varied but never less than sensational across both sides of wax.

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LP | 1997 | US | Reissue (Studio One)

Toughest

33,99 €*

Release: 1997 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Single LP 13 Tracks

Beautiful Songs from the Studio One Archives (First Release 1997)

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LP | 2023 | JP | Original (Time Capsule)

Tokyo Riddim 1976-1985

29,99 €*

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

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

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

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

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

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Thompson Sound All-Stars Vol.1 - Linval Thompson & Friends

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Thompson Sound)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Red Wig)

This Is Zologo Beat

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Red Wig)

This Is Kologo Power

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Makkum)

This Is Frafra Power

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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The Legendary Studio One Records - Original Classic Recordings 1963-80

2LP | 2011 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

Release: 2011 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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This album here is a lightning roller coaster musical journey through the music of Studio One, the most important record company in the history of Jamaican reggae music. Ska and Rock Steady feature from the greatest names in reggae: The Skatalites, The Maytals, Marcia Griffiths and The Heptones alongside vocal and roots styles from Horace Andy, Willie Williams and Wailing Souls; DJ and dancehall styles from Michigan and Smiley, Prince Jazzbo and Lone Ranger; plus some wicked instrumental and dub. It's all here! 100% essential foundation style.

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2LP | 2024 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

The British Core Lovers

48,99 €*

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Dennis Bovell is a producer, musician, and engineer who is an indispensable part of the history of British reggae. In 2008, P Vine compiled a collection of Dennis' master recordings under the title "Rebirth of British Reggae" and released it on vinyl for the first time. Marie Pierre's version of the Young Rascals' classic "Groovin'," which has been covered by numerous musicians including Marvin Gaye and Aretha Franklin, was released as a 7-inch single on P-vine in 2021 and sold out immediately. This is a supreme compilation album with plenty of sound sources that reggae fans will not be able to resist.

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The Bristol Roots Explosion Record Store Day 2024 Blue Vinyl Edition

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Bristol Archives)

56,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

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

29,99 €*

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Subdub: Digital Africa (1998-2001)

2LP (Dubquake)

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Studio One Rocksteady: Rocksteady, Soul and Early Reggae at Studio One

2LP | 2014 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

Release: 2014 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Studio One Rocksteady is the fantastic new instalment in Soul Jazz Records' journey through the mighty vaults of Studio One, reggae's number one record company and its legendary pioneering producer Clement Sir Coxsone Dodd.

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Studio One Rocksteady: Rocksteady, Soul and Early Reggae at Studio One

2LP | 2014 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

36,99 €*

Release: 2014 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Studio One Kings Yellow Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Soul Jazz)

34,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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This is a very special one-off new special edition of one of the most popular of all the Soul Jazz Records" collections that has been out of print for many years! Featuring great new sleeve design as well as a special Colored Vinyl pressing, Studio One Kings is a "who"s who" of the world"s greatest reggae artists. Studio One"s list of singers launched at the famous label reads like a roll call of Jamaican music. Horace Andy, Alton Ellis, Ken Boothe, Freddie McGregor, Johnny Osbourne and more. This album features classic and rare tracks that span the breadth of the legendary Studio One catalogue: Ska, Roots, Rocksteady, Lovers and more from the 1960s and 70s. The album also comes with sleeve-notes by the great writer Chris Salewicz, author of books on Reggae Explosion, Rude Boy as well as books on Bob Marley, The Rolling Stones, Jimmy Page, Joe Strummer and more.

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Studio One Freedom Sounds - Studio One In The 60s

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

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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Studio One Black Man's Pride Volume 2

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

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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Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2019 | US | Original (VP)

Strictly The Best 60

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Ten selected tracks have been compiled for the LP-vinyl edition with Singers on side one and the Deejays on side two, including Tessanne Chin's "Breakfast In Bed" and Noah Powa's "No Stress" feat. Shams The Producer as exclusives. The cover art is by Japanese illustrator Murasaki.

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LP | 2018 | UK | Original (Greensleeves)

Step Forward Youth

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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LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Slop 'n' Mash)

Slop 'n' Mash Volume 2

16,99 €*

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Pork Pie)

Ska Ska Skandal No. 7

21,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Scotch Bonnet Presents Puffer's Choice

LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Scotch Bonnet)

18,99 €*

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Here at Scotch Bonnet Records we love Reggae music's rich heritage. Not only is it is as strong today as it ever has been, soundsystem culture has now spread to every corner of the world. To celebrate this we have compiled a few musically important releases from some of the key musicians and producers that have influenced and nourished Scotch Bonnet records since the start. Some have appeared on single, some are dubs that Mungo’s Hi Fi couldn’t stop playing on the Soundsystem, and there are some brand new pieces to keep it crispy fresh. The end result is Puffers Choice.

Featuring tracks by Prince Fatty, The Hempolics, Viktorious ft Parly B, Disrupt ft Zeb & Scotty, Led Piperz ft Solo Banton, Mungo’s Hi Fi ft Sugar Minott & Daddy Freddy, Stalawa ft Delroy Melody, Naram ft Tenor Youthman and others.

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Sampled Reggae

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Rude Zazous Goes Ska Artillerie Lourde / Rude Zazous Goes Ska

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Liquidator Music)

9,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Rootikal In The Vaults At Midnight Rock

LP | Original (Roots)

36,99 €*

Release: 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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LP | 2010 | UK | Original (Kingston Sounds)

Rocksteady Hits The Town

19,99 €*

Release: 2010 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

Rocksteady Got Soul

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Rise Jamaica:Jamaican Independence Special

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Trojan)

32,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2003 | UK | Reissue (Jamaican)

Return To Orange Street

15,99 €*

Release: 2003 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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From 1968 through to the mid 1970’s the reggae beat began to slow down,some say due to the extreme heat hitting down onto Kingston Town and its surrounding enclaves. People needed something less strenuous to dance to. The Ska and Rocksteady Sounds (see 101 Orange Street Ks007) that rocked Jamaica previously, had now found a slower tempo and become more ‘Dread’ lyrically to suit the times. Reggae music has always moved within the social climate it found itself in and this set here, as we ‘Return To Orange Street’ was Roots Rock Reggae Time....

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Reggay Undercover Volume 1: 14 Scorching Hot Covers From Jamaica 1964-1973

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Harlem Shuffle)

22,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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In the 1950s, Jamaican dancehall regulars were crazy about the haunting sounds of American Rhythm & Blues. But in the mid-1950s, Rock 'n' Roll began to replace RnB in America, and Jamaican dancehall owners like Duke Reid and Clement Dodd turned to local musicians to record their own versions of American RnB. The trend of covering foreign hits exploded during the Ska heyday of the early 60s and continued through the Rocksteady and Reggay eras. Jamaican musicians have covered virtually every genre of music, from jazz and rock to film scores, television soundtracks, pop, classical music and more. Over the years, they have also recorded many "versions" of already existing covers. Cover of cover of cover… Admittedly, some of these covers were futile but many were sublime as this new and eclectic collection of Ska, Rocksteady and Reggay nuggets, compiled by the very competent and very charming D.J. Héléa, brilliantly demonstrates. Attention we are here "undercover", there are no well-known covers. Some of the tracks selected are rare, others unknown or forgotten - but all are excellent and blended in an impeccable mix, in line with previous the Harlem Shuffle compilations... All Killer, No Filler! Reggay Undercover is an exciting musical kaleidoscope of Jamaican and Reggae music from the early 60s through to the mid 70s. We hope you will enjoy listening to this album as much as we had composing it for you. All aboard for Reggay Undercover!

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Reggae Versions Classics Hits Turned Into Reggae Music

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Wagram)

16,99 €*

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Reggae Style

21,99 €*

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Reggae, Roots & Culture Volume 2

2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Global Beats)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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3LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Reggae Legends

40,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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All the great Reggae Classics by the Reggae Masters in a nice 3LP vinylboxWith Bob Marley, Yellowman, Max Romeo, Greogry Isaacs, Horace AndyâÇ¦

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LP | 2023 | US | Original (Clocktower)

Reggae Hits 1

22,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Reggae Greatest Hits

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

Reggae Funkyfied

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Reggae Anthology

51,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Take a trip to Jamaïca with this selection of the finest tunes played by the masters of Reggae. A nice 5 LP vinyl boxsett with Bob Marley, Lee " Scratch " Perry, Max Romeo, Black Uhuru....

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Redman International - We Run Tings Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (VP)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2019 | EU | Reissue (BMG Rights Management)

Red Gold Green & Blue

25,99 €*

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Baco)

Real Step

33,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Rastafari: The Dreads Enter Babylon 1955-83 - From Nyabinghi, Burry And Groundation To Rooty And Revelation

2LP | 2015 | UK | Original (Soul Jazz)

44,99 €*

Release: 2015 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Promise Land: Vocals & Version

12" | 2023 | UK | Original (Freestyle)

19,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Phase One Collectors Edition

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Phase One)

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Pay It All Back Volume 8 Blue Vinyl Edition

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

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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LP | 1979 | US | Reissue (Mango)

OST The Harder They Come

29,99 €*

Release: 1979 / US – Reissue

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall, Soundtracks

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Original Soul Reggae Classics

LP | 2017 | UK | Original (Trojan)

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Operazione Sole - Italian Pop Reggae, Dub & Summer Love Affairs

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Maledetta Discoteca)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall, Pop

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Operation Sole like the summer, hopefully, imminent; “Operazione Sole” like the 1967 song by Peppino Di Capri, considered, perhaps wrongly, the first ska in Italy, but certainly the first to talk about Jamaica and upbeat rhythms. The record you have in your hand is intended to be a testimony to how much the sounds born in Kingston between the '60s and '70s had a significant influence on local pop. With the first explosion of reggae in England between 1968 and 1970, as well as with the rise of Bob Marley to a worldwide cult phenomenon, parallel to the all-English phenomenon of Two Tone and the ska revival, Italy, always attracted by the new trends not only English, he certainly couldn't stay on the sidelines. Therefore these innovative and unknown upbeat sounds, derived from the blues of the 1950s and mixed with a Caribbean sauce, have also taken hold in the Bel Paese. It began as early as 1959 with the song “Nessuno” by Mina, considered to all intents and purposes a Jamaican shuffle, to arrive in a few years at blue-beat (I4 di Lucca, Claudio Casavecchi) and ska (Margherita, Peppino Di Capri , Silvano Silvi, Renzo and Virginia) and be exposed to the first reggae (for example Jo Fedeli and his Italian version of “Israelites” by Desmond Dekker). Thus, we quickly reach the end of the decade of the economic boom and the culture, styles, references change: everything becomes more busy (on a cultural, artistic and political level). After a stalemate phase that lasted more than five years, Bob Marley's reggae (considered a sort of new Messiah) conquers the planet, including Italy: the producers and artists, even at a high level, for a few years do not remain at all indifferent to this novelty and decide to introduce the "upbeat", primarily reggae, into the various pop repertoires: well-known names such as Loredana Bertè, Mario Lavezzi, Rino Gaetano, Ivano Fossati, Ilona Staller, Adriano Celentano, Edoardo Bennato throw themselves headlong into new sonic adventures, in a pioneering way, but often with excellent results. The "Operazione Sole" collection wants to take the credit, instead, of proposing and discovering lesser-known artists (with the exception of Gino Santercole, former associate and relative of Il Molleggiato), often real meteors in the Italian musical panorama, who have tried to achieve (or achieve again) success by adapting the pop that was so popular in those years to the new black sounds prevailing in the West. We are in the early 80s and we range from the most classic reggae, to Italo-disco contaminated by dub up to the true Neapolitan style which, on more than one occasion, in its being endemically "black" and full of groove, has wrung out the watch out for agreements made in Kingston and London. “Operation Sun”: a pleasant philological work, but surrounded by an equally pleasant aura of disengagement.

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2LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Wagram)

Old School Reggae

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Reggae & Dancehall

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Nowhere Like Here: Love Songs From The Caribbean & Diaspora

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

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Emotional Rescue is delighted to debut a first. Rather than a straight reissue of an (obscure) classic or a collection of music by an artist or label, here presented is a compilation of various artists centered around a sound and movement reggae-tinged music and how it influenced and spread from the Caribbean and diaspora.

Drawn from the off kilter digging of archivist, DJ and collector Bruno (perfectliv.es), Nowhere Like Here is not a follow up, but a sideways accompaniment, to his recent and already cult like 'Perfect Motion' collection of left field pop and new wave, recently self-released with Flo Dill (nts).

This is a special release to celebrate the label's 10th year and beyond, offering a treasure trove of lo-fi and often pop inspired reggae cuts, mixing heartfelt Lovers Rocks style paeans and quirky private press oddities, all guaranteed to 'make-a-move and tap', these are, in the main ridiculously rare or impossible to find alternative bombs, that are just as sound system rocking and massive bass line quaking showcases of the enduring legacy of this Jamaican music phenomenon. As with much of the early 80s period, the music community was in the throes of a Do-It-Yourself cultural renaissance as small labels, where crazy limited, one off White Labels Onlys came and went. Songs like Avalanche 's 'Your Love is Such a Good Thing 'or Warp Speed's 'Take It To The Night' were part of the claiming the means of production in to their own hands, pressing up the records and self-distributing. This raw, naive exuberance can be heard in the songs themselves. This is not reggae or Lovers as known, but something more expressive. Musical, simply produced, but with intelligible and uplifting optimism that is just superlatively catchy.

While Paul Thompson's 'Can I Take You Home' and Ras Ibuna's 'Black Beauty' are more straight-ahead Lover's style cuts, there is the parallel dance pop private pressing vibrations of the two Keith Robinson songs and Majority's 'Caroline' included all part of a thread; a joining the dots that Nowhere Like Here is at its most basic, a warmth the whole album exudes.

This is not a Lovers Rock Hits of some, but a left-of-center versioning, spread across Double Pack and cut loud for DJ play, fitting the ethos of Emotional Rescue by presenting something most will not have heard before and all the better for it.

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LP | 2019 | EU | Original (No Wahala Sounds)

No Wahala In The Dance!

20,99 €*