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29 April 2024

Tony Gregory - Tony Gregory Sings


A rare non-reggae but soul and ballad album recorded at Studio One


Maria Elena
Love Is Wonderful
You Are Mine
Serenade Of Love
I Stand By The Shore
Pretty Girl
Only A Fool

Baby Come On Home
I Will Never Turn My Back On You
All My Love
Human
Get Out Of My Life
Silver Threads
My Darling

26 April 2024

Ansel Collins - Dub Voltage


6 new instrumentals featuring the melodica


Highly Bless
Irie Blessings
Jam Master
Ital Stew
Moving On
Mountain Top

24 April 2024

Mutabaruka - Music Machine, Los Angeles 1985


A bad bad bad rocking concert


Any Means Necessary - De System
Check it
Every Time A Ear De Soun'
Canaan Lan'
Sistas Poem
Hard Time Loving
Talking About Famine
Famine Injection
Johnny Drughead
Talking About Apartheid
Free Up De Laan
Angola Invasion
Outcry
MC Roger Steffens
Famine Injection - Prisoner - The Voice (spoken)
Naw Give Up
MC Roger Steffens

 

22 April 2024

Various Artists - Jah 45's


Hello Kingstonians, today we have here a 57 tracks roots 7" vinyl collection recorded in the 60's, 70's and 80's featuring Larry Marshall, Gregory Isaacs, The Gladiators, Sang Hugh, The Mellodies and many more

21 April 2024

Abyssinians & Ras Pidow - S.O.B.'s New York 1998-11-10


Rastafari elder Ras Pidow the Modern Antique opened 
Featuring songs like Y Mas Gan, Declaration Of Rights and Abendigo. Soundboard Recording

18 April 2024

The Gladiators - Toad's Place Mix Up, May 13, 1984



From The Alex Butterfield Archive comes this mighty fine joyful concert in New Haven, CT, USA Soundboard Recording FLAC

Lloyd Charmers Presents Love for Dub




Dadawah - Burning Drums
Lloyd Charmers - Mother Mary (aka Take a Message to Mary)
Boris Gardiner - Brand New Version (You Make Me Feel Brand New Version)
Lloyd Charmers - Question Sign (A Lover's Question Version)
Ken Boothe - Now You Can See Me Again (Instrumental)
B. B. Seaton - I'm a Changed Man (Instrumental)
C.H.A.R.M. - Let Go (Instrumental)
The Connection - Last Date (Version)
The Africans - Gathering Version
C.H.A.R.M. - I'm Falling In Love With You (Instrumental Dub)
Charmers Dub Lovers - Long Dub (Been Such A Long Time)
The Connection - Honey Version aka Sweeter Than Honey Version
C.H.A.R.M. - After Midnight aka Midnight Version
Delroy Wilson - Dub Waiting (I'm Still Waiting Version)
Charmers Dub People - Dub Slave (Slavery Dub)
The Casanovas - Dub Don't Cry (I've Got to Tell You Goodbye)
Lloyd Charmers - Roots of Africa (Hello Africa Version)
Delroy Wilson - My Rhythm (aka My Cecelia Version)
The Connection - Just a Dream (Version)
The Connection - Natural Thing (Supernatural Thing Version)
Ken Boothe - Love for Dub (Walk Away from Love Version)
Willie Lindo - Devoted Skank (aka Devoted to You Version)

 

17 April 2024

Earl Zero - Rat's Palace 1980-11-25 + The Stone 1981-05-16, San Francisco CA SBD


Hi irie Kingstonians, today we have here two soundboard recordings of Earl Zero concerts , enjoy & enjoy!


Time Will Tell jam (Soul Syndicate)
Earl count down > Party Time
Riding For A Fall
Rain From The Sky
Drifter
Ain't That Loving You
Suspicious Minds
I No Lie
City Of The Wicked (Must Fall)
Satan Side
None Shall Escape The Judgement
Jah Mission Are Possible


band intros > I Need A Roof
Tonight
Fatty, Fatty
Solomon
Last Train To Expo '81
Black Liberation Day
2,000 Years
Jam On
I'm The Toughest
Why Must I Live This Life Alone?
Just The Two Of Us

One Drop
Baby We Got A Date (Rock It Baby)
Once Upon A Time
Berkeley I
Visions Of Love
I Shall Be Released > applause//

Bend Down Low > Stir It Up > Lively Up Yourself
Party Time
Bucket Bottom
None Shall Escape The Judgement


Band:

Earl Zero - vocals
Tony Chin - rhythm guitar, vocals
George "Fully" Fullwood - bass, vocals
Hux Brown - lead guitar, vocals
Enroy "Tenor" Grant - tenor sax
Max Edwards - drums, vocals
Lindon Davis - keyboards

Ari Up - vocals Judgement, Jah Mission on the Rat's Palace concert

16 April 2024

Lone Ranger - Badda Dan Dem




Dance A Fe Cork
My Number
World War One
Fish-Tea
Three Mile Skank
Three Mile Version (Single Mix)

Automatic
Badda Dan Dem
You Too Greedy
Can't Stand It
Plant Up A Vineyard
A Lie The Gal A Tell

Michael Palmer - Angella + Michael Palmer Meets Kelly Ranks At Channel One


Originally released 1984/1985, backed by Roots Radics
2 albums on one CD of which Angella was already on blog, Michael Palmer Meets Kelly Ranks got some heavy dancehall scorchers such as "She Sexy" (like a bottle of Pepsi) and "Chucky No Lucky".

13 April 2024

Sid Bucknor - Style & Patten


Released March 24th this album is a compilation of Sid’s unique sounds as a composer as he transitioned from Jamaica to the UK blending the popular sounds of the time.


Anywhere (Dub) feat. Ronnie Davis
Rasta Children (Dub) feat. Jah Frankie Jones
Willow Tree (Dub) feat. Black Uhuru
Lovelight (Dub)
Jah Man (Dub) feat. Freddie McKay
Hard Times (Dub) feat. Ronnie Davis
Riding West (Dub) feat. Tommy McCook
Done Upon The Rhythm (Dub)  feat. Jackie Mittoo
Yesterday (Dub) feat. The Travellers
Cool It (Dub) feat. The Cimarons

12 April 2024

Various Artists - Wheeeeeeeeeeeel And Come Again!!!!!!! Vol. One


3-riddim album recorded in Miami and Kingston (Black Scorpio) and mixed at Star Trail Studio

Thriller U - Believe It Or Not
Screwdriver - Why Do Lover Have To Fight
Screwdriver & Skinny Ranks - Mouth Cut Crossway
Singer Mikey - You're My Woman
Jimmy Riley - The Roughest

Beres Hammond - Single Girl
Thriller U & Cutty Ranks - Too Gravalicious
The Tamlins - Break Your Heart
The Melodians - Babylon Policy
Gregory Isaacs & Honorable Apache - Satisfaction

10 April 2024

Dandy Livingstone - The Vault Is Open


"A fresh set of songs including a re-do of Rudy in the company of Jack Radics and two ska instrumentals featuring Dean Fraser, Nambo Robinson and David Madden"


Telephone Call From The Devil
Let's Party Together
Message To Rudy
My Yout
A Woman's Love
Talking Bout Ska
Flat On My Face
I Surrender
If What We're Doing Is Wrong
Glamma Mama
I Wanna Touch You Baby
Ska Luv Rock
Eljoyro Ska (Instrumental)
Keep It Locked (Instrumental)

06 April 2024

Various Artists - Rockers In Hungry Town Vol. 1


Produced and arranged by Everton Da Silva


Ricky Grant - Rocky Road
Barrington Spence - Plan for Babylon
The Immortals - Can't Keep a Good Man Down
Horace Andy - Something on My Mind
Augustus Pablo - Pablo Meets Mr. Basie

Augustus Pablo - Pablo in Hungry Town
Ricky Grant - All for One
Prince Muhammad - Hammer Thew Rasta
Roman Stewart - Rice and Peas
Horace Andy - Problems

05 April 2024

Barbara Jones - Sings Hits In Reggae Style


Trojan Records 2024 Reissue FLAC originally released 1983
Barbara Nation (c. 1952 – 19 December 2014), better known as Barbara Jones, was a Jamaican singer who had a UK hit single in 1981 with "Just When I Needed You Most".



Midnight Blue
The Woman in Me
The First Cut Is The Deepest
Angel of the Morning
It's Gonna Take a Miracle
Top of the World
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Symphony of Love
Single Girl

02 April 2024

Claudius Linton - Roots Master

 
Claudius "Kingman" Linton was a relatively unknown roots reggae singer from Jamaica who never got famous like his contemporaries Bob Marley and many others. Through an encounter with a producer (Ian Jones) on a beach in Negril his seventies output finally got a CD release in the 2000's. This album highlights his 70' singles output and one will hear that he had a great voice.