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29 June 2021

Various Artists - Natural High The Bongo Man Collection

 
Compilation featuring singles from Coxsone Dodd's infamous Bongo Man imprint recorded early 70's. Over half of the songs on this collection have never been released on an album before, plus a totally unreleased disco mix of Horace Andy's "Skylarking" closes out the collection
 
 
Jackie Bernard - Jah Jah Way
Emperor D.P. - Jah Jah Rock
The Wailing Souls - Got To Be Cool
The New Establishment - Reggae Lady
Prince Jazzbo - Little Joe
Ernest Wilson - Money Worries
Cliff Stewart - Burn Collie
The New Establishment - Burn Collie Version
Leroy Wallace - Far Beyond
The New Establishment - Far Beyond Version
The Beltones - Soul People
Wentworth Vernal - I Gave You My Heart
Horace Andy - Darling Dearest
Prince Lincoln - Live Up to Your Name
Pablove Black and the New Establishment - Poco Tempo (aka Pocco Tempo)
Prince Jazzbo - Ring-a-Ting
El Tibby - Stepping Into Zion
Big Joe - Nanny Version Skank
Horace Andy - Skylarking (Disco Mix)

25 June 2021

Various Artists - Hit Bound! The Revolutionary Sound Of Channel One

 
Heartbeat CD 1989 recorded 1973-1977
Featuring fourteen hits of this sub-label of Channel One with artists such as Mighty Diamonds, Black Uhuru, Junior Byles, Earth And Stone, Meditations and many more
 

Sublime - Sublime Meets Scientist & Mad Professor Inna L.B.C.

 
An adventurous dub collaboration between American, Jamaican and English forces 

24 June 2021

Various Artists - All That Jazzbo

 
 
 
Horace Andy - He Conquer
Dennis Walks - Drifter
Ansel Meditation - O Woman
Tony Tuff - Market Place
Leroy Sibbles - Unite
Horace Ferguson - Leave Babylon
Hugh Griffiths - Lovers Rock
Johnny Clarke - If I Should Lose You
Freddie McKay - I Love You
Leroy Stewart - Step Forward
 

Alton Ellis - Road To Slavery EP

 
Voiced in March 1996 and finally released March 2021, with added dub mixes
Available at fashionrecords.bandcamp.com 

22 June 2021

Various Artists - DJ Round-Up

 
Recorded at Channel One
Produced by Phil Pratt, Duke Reid and Sidney Crooks
 
 
Jah Woosh - Psalm 121
Big Youth - Phil Pratt Thing
U-Roy - Wake The Town
Dennis Alcapone - This A Butter
I-Roy - My Food Is Ration
Jah Woosh - Ital Feast
 
U-Roy - Real Cool
Dennis Alcapone - Picture Or No Picture
Big Youth - Tell It Black
Jah Woosh - Zion Sound
Dennis Alcapone - Belch It Off
Dillinger - Platt Skank 

16 June 2021

Various Artists - Feelin' High

 
Columbia House 3LP 1975 recorded 1969-1975
 
 
Record One - Side 1
The Black Eagles - I Come From Jamaica    
The Pioneers - Feeling High
Ken Boothe - Silver Words
Sang Hugh - Rasta No Born Yah
Dennis Brown - Westbound Train
Freddie McKay - Picture on the Wall

Record One - Side 2
Delroy Wilson - Last Thing On My Mind
Pluto - Boogie Bump
Pluto - Letter From Miami
Pluto - Ram Goat Liver
The Starlets - Hold My Hand

Record Two - Side 1
Ken Boothe - Second Chance
The Tennors - Weather Report
Delroy Wilson - Until Its Done
Maytones - As Long As You Love Me
Pluto - I Man Bitter

Record Two - Side 2
Toots & The Maytals - Funky Kingston
Lloyd Robinson - Fire, Fire
Eagles - Country Living
The Willows - A-So
Toots & The Maytals - Pressure Drop

Record Three Side 1
Prince Jazzbo - School
Sang Hugh - No Portion A Gal
The Stingers - Rasta Don't Stop No One
Freddie McKay - Sweet You, Sour You
Nicky Thomas - Have A Little Faith

Record Three Side 2
Desmond Dekker - Israelites
U-Roy - Flashing My Whip
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Duppy Conqueror
Big Youth - Johnny Reggae
Cynthia Richards - Aily I
  

15 June 2021

Reggae in Orbit: The Productions of Enos Mcleod

 
31 tracks compilation featuring Ronnie Davis, Jah Stitch, Bobby Melody, Trinity, Horace Andy and many more

14 June 2021

Various Artists - 7 Inch Auction

 
Recorded 1968-1980 at Jamaica Recording Studio and Treasure Isle
Produced by Clement Dodd and Duke Reid
 

13 June 2021

Various Artists - Swan Lake & Other Reggae Favourites

 
King Reggie was the producer of this album (Jack Price) featuring four songs sung by him.
Swan Lake is a famous classical composition by Tchaikovsky from Russia (1840-1893). Your favourite blog admin happens to have learned to play this piece on the keys, as he got to know it from Madness. It was relatively easy to learn, you can do that too by practising only ten minutes per day! In the version on this album also a beautiful flute solo can be heard.
Side 2 starts with a rendition of Shaft that differs a lot in arrangement from the well-known version of The Crystalites. The album ends with an uplifting track by the Twinkle Brothers, who started as a hotel band.

 
 
Roosevelt Singers - Johnny Reggae
King Reggie - Worried Over You
Junior Smith - I'm In A Dancing Mood
Sammy Smith - Vietnam
Geoff Jones And The Supercats - Rich And The Poor
King Reggie - Slave Driver
 
Jumbo Sterling - Shaft
King Reggie - To Be Young Gifted And Black
Montego Melon - Swan Lake
King Reggie - Love Of The Common People
Joe Higgs - The World Is Spinning Around
Twinkle Brothers - The Happy Song
 

Various Artists - Gifted Roots Band Presents Gifted

 
Recorded at Channel One and Aquarius
 
 
Brother Dee - Negeh Negeh
Beresford Hammond - Stay
Bobby And Maria - Feeling Thing
Eddie Fitzroy - Jooks
Ken Bob - Reggae Rider
 
Dean Fraser - Island In The Sun
Michael Palmer - Ghetto Music
Sugar Minott - Nattie Fred
Bunny And Skully - See Dem A Come
Wayne Smith - Just The Rain

11 June 2021

Cornell Campbell - Sweet Baby


Recorded at Channel One
Backed by The Revolutionaries
Produced by Linval Thompson
 
 
Blinded By Love
I Need Somebody
Darling You Send Me
Gonna Take A Miracle
My Sweet Baby
 
Can't Hide My Love
I Didn't Know
Just Enough
Whenever You Need Me
The Judgement Come
 

06 June 2021

Tony Tuff - From Tony Tuff To Lovers Everywhere

 
Recorded at Channel One
 
 
Rock To It
You Shouldn't Do It
Sweet Memories
Can't Get Over
I Need Your Loving
 
More Dogs Than Bones
It's There Too
Save Our Souls
Go On
Girls, Girls, Girls 

Sylvan Morris - Dub Wise - Morris On Dub


 
Produced by Harry Johnson
Other version is Ja-Gan by Leslie Butler 

Various Artists - Straight To Babylon Chest

 
This album is made up of some talented DJ's from Jamaica, such as Prince Jazzbo, I Roy, Jah Youth, Dr. Alimantado, Jah Stitch and Derrick Morgan. The artist on the cover is of course Dr. Alimantado and not Jah Stitch. It is Jah Stitch who's on the cover of the "Dread Locks In Jamaica" album posted below. 

02 June 2021

Various Artists - Mac Dada Hot Products Vol. 1

 
 
Hello Kingstonians, get ready for your musical shot of today! This early nineties ragga album can't miss featuring three massive riddims: Mistake, Dollars and Intellegency. Many dancehall artists in top form here recorded at Mixing Lab and Penthouse studios, so when this music hits you you feel no pain, only the best juggling vibes!   

01 June 2021

I Roy - Straight To The Heart


 
Essentially a reissue of the '75 Truths And Rights album, includes additional dub remixes