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30 August 2021

Cultural Roots - Dub Release

Rub-A-Dub LP 1981 FLAC Cultural Roots Dub The Revolutionaries
Recorded at Channel One & Tuff Gong Recording Studios
 

29 August 2021

Johnny Clarke & Delroy Wilson & Doreen Shaffer - Lovers Rock Vol. 2

 
Produced and arranged by Bunny Lee
Recorded at Harry J Studio and mixed at King Tubby's


28 August 2021

Jah Mel & The Rhythm Factory - Stand Up To It / Guiding Star 12"

 
Jamwax 12" 2018 reissue recorded 1985
Heavy early digital style
 
 
Stand Up To It
Version
 
Guiding Star
Guidance (Dance Mix)
 

25 August 2021

Various Artists - Dance Hall Time

 
Produced by Ossie Thomas & Phillip Morgan
Cover art by famous dancehall illustrator Wilfred Limonious 
 
 
Shelly Thunder - To We
Daddy Irie - Ice Cream Vendor
Rappa Robert - Get In Touch
Hugh Brown - Rock To The Rydim
Super Dad - Baby Mother Get Fraid
 
Hopeton Junior - Rip Off Posse
Ashanti Waugh - Crime Act
Linval Thompson - Bumping & Boring
Tristan Palma - Pon Me Corner
Hopeton Junior - Tribulation Nuh Easy
 

24 August 2021

Various Artists - Reggae Delight Vol 1

 
Backed by The Aggrovators
Produced by Bunny Lee
 
 
Hortense Ellis - Unexpected Places
Hortense Ellis - Live To Love You
Cornell Campbell - Stars
Cornell Campbell - You Are So Real
Jah Frankie Jones - The War Is Over
Hortense Ellis - Stand By Your Man
 
Jackie & Ronnie - All I Have To Do Is Dream
Johnny Clarke - Moving On To Zion
Ronnie Davis - Got To Tell You Goodbye
Ronnie Davis - I Shall Not Remove
Johnny Clarke - Do It Right
Johnny Clarke - Time Will Tell 
 

20 August 2021

Dean Fraser - Retrospect

 
Produced by Dean Fraser and Phillip "Fattis" Burrell
Also featuring The Mighty Diamonds, Beres Hammond, Bongo Herman, Daddy Rings 

 

Winston Wright - Melody Of Love


 
Lovely evergreen melodies played on organ, trumpet and saxophone in ballad and waltz style.
The record skips a few times but sounds fine. 

17 August 2021

Johnny Clarke - Come With Me

 
Black Scorpio LP 2003 recorded 1985-1987
 
 
International Music
International Dub
Come With Me
Leggo Violence
Sit Down & Wonder
Day Is Over
 
Every Man Wants To Be Rich
Want To Be Rich Dub
Oh Jah Jah
Ooh Johnny
Black Scorpio Music

13 August 2021

Leroy Smart - Get Smart

 
Produced by Augustus Clarke
Backing vocals by The Mighty Diamonds
 
 
Ain't That Loving You
The Meek Shall Inherit This Earth
Mixed Up
What's On Your Mind
 
Pride & Ambition
So Much Things
I Love Jah Rastafari
Herbs In My Garden 

12 August 2021

11 August 2021

Ringo - Pancoot


 
Hit Bound LP 1982 Rub-A-Dub style
Recorded at Channel One, backed by Roots Radics
Mixed by Scientist and produced by Winston "Niney" Holness  

Robert Ffrench & Frankie Paul - Reggae For The World

 
Recorded at Tuff Gong and Music Mountain studios
 
 
Frankie Paul side: 
Ghettoman Skank
Bigger Than Jumbo
The Heathen
Steady Skanking
 
Robert Ffrench side:
No Modelling
A Dance Without A Dee Jay
Call You On The Phone
Single Life

 

08 August 2021

Tommy McCook & Bobby Ellis - Green Mango


 
Produced by Winston Riley
Tommy on saxophone and Bobby on trumpet 

07 August 2021

Xana Romeo - The Roots of X

 
Feat. Azizzi Romeo, Addis Pablo & Max Romeo
 
 
Holy
Africa Is Calling
Marijuana Culture
Brave Queen
Spiritual Guidance
Youth First
For My King
Product of the Ghetto
Born in Sin
 

06 August 2021

04 August 2021

Robert French - Peace Officer

 
Recorded at Aquarius and Channel One studios


Peace Officer + Version
They Can't Keep A Good Man Down + Version
Rub A Dub Party
 
Settle Down Girl + Version
Cowboy Life + Version
A Dance Without A DJ

03 August 2021

Various Artists - Return To Orange Street

 
Recorded in the early-mid seventies and produced by Bunny Lee
 
 
Dread In A Earth - Prince Jazzbo
Roots Man Time - I Roy
Know Your Rights - Delroy Wilson and Busty Brown
Too Late - Twinkle Brothers
True Born African - Jah Stitch and Johnny Clarke
To Be Loved - Cornell Campbell
You Funny Boy - Lee Perry and Aggrovators
Who Cares - Delroy Wilson
On The Run - I Roy and Cornell Campbell
Where Is The Love - Horace Andy
Girl Of My Dreams - Cornell Campbell
Times Are Dread - Monty Morris
It's Not Who You Know - Twinkle Brothers
Trying To Find A Home - Slim Smith