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16 June 2025

Cornell Campbell & Soul Syndicate - Live In The USA 1984


Ites Kingstonians, today we have here this irie Soundboard Recording FLAC from a Tony Chin tape long time ago without much information known, enjoy

Conversation
Rope In - Haul & Pull Up - Band Intros
Boxing
Tonight
Born To Love You
Stars
Red Ash
Kings Highway


 

Various Artists - Rock A Shacka Vol. 2 - Voice Of The People


Ska from the good old days produced by Prince Buster

Busters All Stars - Cast Your Faith To The Wind
Prince Buster - Hey Little Girl
Eric "Monty" Morris - Stitchin' Time
Busters All Stars - On Broadway
Prince Buster - High Blood Pressure
Vernon Allen - Babylon
Don Drummond - Ska Town
Prince Buster - City Riot
Sir Lord Packai - Bado Man
Don Drummond - Sudden Attack
Prince Buster - Girl Answer Your Name
Busters All Stars - Seven Duppy
Prince Buster - Rum & Coca Cola
Rico Rodrigues - Soul Of Africa
Prince Buster - I Won't Let You Cry

Various Artists - Rock A Shacka Vol. 6 - Top Notch Tunes


Recorded 1960's and selected by Gaz Mayall
Produced by Clement "Coxsone" Dodd

Stranger & Ken - Artibella (Machinegun Cut)
Delroy Wilson - The First Time I Heard The Ska
Roland Alphonso - Third Man Ska Theme
The Jamaicans - Chain Gang
Charlie Organaire - Rude Boy Charlie
Rita Marley - Come To Me
The Wailers - The Sweetest Rocker In Town
Lee Perry - Feel Like Jumping
Delroy Wilson - Sammy Dead
The Skatalites - Brand New Ska
The Soul Brothers - Ska Shuffle
Tiny Brown - I Really Love You
The Soul Brothers - Soho
Don Drummond - Last Call
The Wailers - Amen

Various Artists - Hardcore Ragga 2


Recorded at Music Works and Black Scorpio

Roughneck Sound - Ed "Roughneck" Robinson
How You So Hot - Flourgon & Brian & Tony Gold
Slaughter - Hopeton Lindo
The Going Is Rough - Cocoa Tea & Cutty Ranks
Hypocrite Corner - Brian & Tony Gold & Twitch
Gun Talk - Redrose & Tony Rebel
No Blood For Oil - Cocoa Tea
Pressure - Singing Melody
Your Body's Here With Me - Cocoa Tea & Shabba Ranks
Poison - Dennis Brown & Brian & Tony Gold
No Push Over - Chevelle
Original Gangster - Cutty Ranks
Guilty With Explanation - Judy Mowatt & Tony Rebel
Oil Ting - Cocoa Tea
Nuclear Slaughter - Papa San
Golden Touch - Shabba Ranks & Etc
After The Party - Cocoa Tea & Judy Mowatt
Who Is He - Home T.
Taking Over - Hopeton Lindo

14 June 2025

King Tubby - Water Dub


Recorded at King Tubby`s Studio late seventies / early eighties
Produced, mixed and arranged by Fatman & Prince Jammy

13 June 2025

Various Artists - Rock A Shacka Vol. 7 - Jamaica Underground - Down Beat Selection


A fifteen track compilation of rare reggae and funk from the Studio One archives, also released as digital only Studio One - More Soul 


Sound Dimension - Jamaica Underground
Cecile Campbell - Be Cool
Rhythm Rebels - Tom Tom
Dennis Alcapone - Sunshine Version
Sound Dimension - Funky Joe
Chosen Few - I'm Gonna Get You
Jackie Mittoo & Sound Dimension - Summertime
Leroy Sibbles - Do Your Thing
Sound Dimension - LeArab
Winston Williams - Still Water Version
Cedric Brooks & Sound Dimension - More Soul
The Freedom Singers - My Sweet Lord
The Cyclones - My Sweet Organ
Merlene Webber - How Nice It Is
Jackie Mittoo - What That

09 June 2025

Various Artists - Rock A Shacka Vol. 14 - Watch This Sound, Sir Lee's Rock Steady Collection


It's Rock Steady time! with this Rock A Shacka CD 2006 FLAC from Drum & Bass Records in Japan, recorded 1967/68 and produced by Bunny Lee


Stranger Cole - Over Again
Slim Smith - You Lied To Me
Dawn Penn - I'll Let You Go
The Sensations - Right On Time
Max Romeo - People Get Ready
T.T. Ross - When I Was A Little Girl
Glen Adams - Hey There Lonely Girl
Val Bennett - Soul Survivor
Beverly Simmons - Please Don't Leave Me
Glen Adams - I Can't Help It
Max Romeo - Watch This Sound
Pat Perrine - Over You
Slim Smith - Let's Get Together
Alva Lewis - Return Home
Don T. Lee & Bobby Aitken - Cool Cool Rocksteady

Johnny Osbourne - Bad Mama Jamma


aka "Bring The Sensi Come" album from 1984 + later recorded tracks
Musicians are the Roots Radics Band
Produced by Jah Thomas

07 June 2025

Various Artists - Wicked Roots - Dub Plate Style


A strong collaboration between English and Jamaican forces

Robert Lee - Too Much War
Ras Nyto - Ghana
Hi-Tech Roots Dynamics - Ghana Dub
Steve Ital - Danger Man
Peter "Roots" Lewis - Hard Work

Peter "Roots" Lewis - Jah Is My Salvation
Bob Ormrod - Saladin (Inst.)
Devon Russell - Speak Their Mind
Neville Brown - Brethren, Warriors & Traitors
Glen Brown - Eternal Life (Melodica Inst.)

06 June 2025

Dobby Dobson - Oh God, Are You Satisfied


Relaxed album with side 1 backed by The Revolutionaries

Oh God, Are You Satisfied
Oh So Lonely
Loving Pauper
It Seems To Me I'm Losing You

Halfway To Paradise
Wondering (Instrumental)
Mexican Divorce
Endlessly
Your New Love

05 June 2025

Enos McLeod - Dub House


Musicians are the Goodies Allstars

Dirty Dubbing
Hotter Dub
Dub House
People's Dub
Dub Station

Ginal Dub
Impulsive Dub
Dub Of Mercy
My Dub
Bit Of A Dub

04 June 2025

General Plough & Welton Irie - One And One = Two


Backed by Roots Radics and Sly & Robbie

General Plough - Give Me Love
General Plough - Spring Time
General Plough - Midnight Rock
General Plough - No Pity In The City
General Plough - Feeling Of Love
General Plough - Street Dancing
General Plough - Keep On Moving
Welton Irie - Room For Rent
Welton Irie - Pastor Get Him Down
Welton Irie - Out A Hand
Welton Irie - Bubbling Telephone
Welton Irie - Jah Jah Rule

02 June 2025

The Gladiators - Roots Natty


One of the best Jamaican reggae bands ever with this new compilation of rare tracks recorded 1977-1979 

Give Thanks And Praise
Give Thanks And Praise Dub
Holiday Ride Extended
Eli Eli Extended
Black Saturday
Jah O Jah O
Nyahbingi Marching On
Nyahbingi Marching On Version
Till I Kiss You
Counting My Blessings
Counting - Light Up Your Spliff Version

01 June 2025

Dennis Brown - Wake Up


Recorded at Music Mountain and Tuff Gong

Hallelujah
Ray Of Light
Hate (Will Cloud Your Mind)
Memories

Wake Up
Israel
Fire
Heart-Broken Loner

Dennis Brown - Limited Edition


Recorded at Music Works and Black Scorpio

Do You Want My Love
Raiders
Intimate
Feeling The Pain
We Alone
Can't Let You Go
My Little Ones
Curfew - Don't Like It
Forever
I Need Your Love
If You Could Read My Mind

Dennis Brown - Light My Fire


Produced by Alvin Ranglin


Fools Fall In Love
Liberation
(You Know How To) Light My Fire
To Be My Lover
House On The Rocks
General
When Love Is New
I Miss You
It's Not The Way
I Am A Winner - Dhaima
Easy Chair
You Shouldn't Have Done That
Liberation (Semi A Cappella Mix)