Various Artists - Foundation Roots Showcase

Abendigo Records 2023 FLAC

Including three authentic 1970's riddims recorded at Channel One, played by The Roots Radics and mixed by King Tubby and Prince Jammy in Jamaica and by Darren Jamtone in London

Prince Alla - No Man Is An Island

Island Dub

Vernon Maytone - Hail Up

Hail Dub

Earl Sixteen - Wild And Free

Wild Dub

Robert Dallas - Give Thanks For Life

Life Dub

Winston Fergus - Rain A Fall

Rain Dub

Roland Burrell - Faya Bun You

Faya Dubwise

Various Artists - Reggae Reggae Reggae

Trojan LP 1970 FLAC

Candy - You Gonna Need Somebody

Delano Stewart - Got To Come Back

The Maytals - Monkey Man

Alton Ellis - Remember That Sunday

The Heptones - I Shall Be Released

The Gaylads - There's A Fire

The Melodians - Sweet Sensation

The Kingstonians - Singer Man

The Sensations - Come Back Darling

Little Roy - Bongo Nyah

Nat Cole - Sugar Sugar

The Jay Boys - Je T'Aime

Various Artists - The Black Ark Presents Rastafari Liveth Itinually

Justice League CD 1996 FLAC

A collection of seventeen Rastafari inspired songs and dub versions recorded at The Black Ark mid to late 1970's and produced by Lee Perry. Highlights include Clive Hylton's meditative "Judgement Day", Devon Irons' heavy duty "When Jah Comes", and the startling Mystic's "Forward With Jah Orthodox".

Various Artists - Music House Vol. 1 & 2

Trojan LP 1971 FLAC

Dandy & Jackie - Could It Be True

Rad Bryan - Girl You Rock My Soul

Boy Friday - Shank One-Two-Three

The Stags - Tic Toc Bill

Dandy - Sincerely

The Stags - Swan Hop

Dandy - Keep On Running

Honey Boy - Jamaica

Danny Raymond - Sister Big Stuff

The Stags - Jerusalem Rock

Girl & Boy Friday - Don't Let Her

Ansel Collins - Elephant Trot

Music Doctors - Grindin' Axe

Josh King - Don't Make Promises

Trojan LP 1972

Lloyd Parks - Listen Ronnie

The Deltones - Iron Side

Lloyd Parks - Just Do The Right Things

The Deltones - Bush Hill

Jimmy Denver - I Wish Someone

Deltones - Back-A-Yard

The Untouchables - Beef Balls And Gravy

R. Bryan - My Best Girl

The Stags - Black Is Togetherness

R. Bryan - Psychedelic Reggae

The Untouchables - Try My Faith

Deltones - Tropical Lament

Various Artists - Club Rock Steady '68

WIRL LP 1968 FLAC

The Tennors - Ride De Donkey

Derrick Morgan - Woman A Grumble

Marcia Griffiths - Feel Like Jumping

Ike Bennett & The Crystalites - Illya Kuryakin

Lynn Taitt - El Casino Royale

The Kingstonians - Winey - Winey

The Pioneers - Long Shot

The Silvertones - Midnight Hour

Jackie Mittoo - Put It On

The Gladiators - Train Is Coming Back

Dermott Lynch - I've Got Your Number

The Federals - Penny For Your Song

Rocktone - Jah Jah Higher Than High / Unbelievers 12"

Iroko Records 12" 2014 FLAC Reissue of very rare Observer 12" 1978 produced by Niney

This band is actually called Rockstones AKA Mr. Stone

Eric Donaldson - Freedom Street

Trojan Records 2024 FLAC reissue of Rhino CD 1999

Whispering

Rock Me Gently

Come a Little Bit Closer

Fight for Your Rights

Got to Make It Anyway

A Million Miles Away

Come Home

If I Were Loving You

Juan De Bolas

A Play You a Play

Lady In Lace

Let Me Climb

Sticks and Stones

Give Me Some Loving

Cinderella

St. Catherine's Preview

Stand Up

Freedom Street

Niney Presents - The Observer Master Mix Collection

Doctor Bird 4CD 2024 MP3 + FLAC

Featuring Gregory Isaacs, Delroy Wilson, Tyrone Taylor, Dillinger, The Heptones and many more 

 

Early "B" (The Doctor) - Sunday Dish

Roots Records 2015 FLAC reissue of 1985 album produced by

Jah Thomas

Pedestrian

Sunday Dish

Take Up Your Bible

Ganja Man

Get Inna De Army

Learn Fi Drive

History Of Jamaica

Girls Dem Sexy

Hot Up Bout Ya

Sammy Dread & Papa Tullo - I'm A Dread Locks 12"

Hot Milk 12" 2015 FLAC

Four discomixes

Sammy Dread & Papa Tullo - I'm A Dread Locks

Freddie McKay - Sometimes I Cry

Sammy Dread - Rainy Days

Freddie McKay - Gonna Be Sorry

Various Artists - The Age Of Reggae

Twinkle Music LP 1984 FLAC

Produced by Norman Grant

Cookey Monster - Space Age Nigger

Twinkle Brothers - Everybody Needs Somebody

Phillip Parkinson - Control Them

Twinkle Brothers -Can't Change Again

Twinkle Brothers - I'm No Robot

Jah Morris - Black Man Kingdom

Phillip Parkinson - Coming Out Of Rome

Elaine Taylor - Have A Good Time

King Tubby's & The Aggrovators - King Tubby's "Controls"

Blue Moon Productions CD 1990 FLAC

Recorded mid to late seventies and produced by Bunny Lee

King Tubbys & Friends - Sound System Dub Vol. 1

Original Music LP 1987 FLAC recorded 1975-1978

Produced by Neville Beckford (Jah Woosh)

Black Pride - Dub

Don't Cry - Dub

Brand New - Dub

Oppressor - Dub

Nah Bother Wid War - Dub

Provoking - Dub

Sling Gun - Dub

Reggae Music - Dub

Man Soon - Dub

Various Artists - Lloyd Charmers & Friends - Reggae In Wonderland - The Splash Singles Collection 1969-1971

Trojan Records 2024 FLAC

First volume of this 2CD singles collection, volume 2 Cool & Easy is here 

Bruce Ruffin - Long About Now (1969 Version)

Lloyd Robinson - Real Real aka Sweet Sweet

Lloyd Charmers - Come See About Me

Tommy Cowan - House In Session (Time Is Tight)

Lloyd Robinson - They Got To Move

Lloyd Charmers - Why Baby Why

Karl Bryan - Hot Shot aka Overproof (Little Darlin')

Lloyd Robinson - Trouble Trouble

Lloyd Charmers - Last Laugh

The Charmers - The Sweeter She Is (Longer Pain Will Last)

Bobby Davis - Doggone Right

Lloyd Charmers - Sindy aka Jingle Jangle

Bob Andy - Since I Lost My Baby

Lloyd Charmers - Colour Him Father

Bobby Davis & The Sensations - Going In Circles

Dave Barker - Black Power (Dr Jekyll)

Bob Andy - Baby I Need Your Loving

Lloydie & The Lowbites - Birth Control

Lloyd Charmers - I'm Gone (aka Version of Love)

Lloyd Charmers - I Can't Get Next to You

Busty Brown - I Love You Madly

Bongo Tony Binns - Love I Madly

Lloyd Charmers - All Kinds of Everything

Lloyd Charmers - California Dreaming

Lloyd Charmers - Reggae in Wonderland (Wonderland By Night)

Dave Barker - Just My Imagination

Ernie Ranglin - Play The Time Away...

Grove Music Ltd CD 1995 FLAC

A high note, a low note... an Ernie note, inna reggae jazz style!

Play The Time Away...

Grooving

Eastern Skies

Lively Up Yourself

Do For Love

Ragga Style

Fern Gully Ride

Monday

Let's Stay Together

Swing We A Swing

Jackie Edwards - Musical Treasures - Disco Style

Imperial LP 198x FLAC

Recorded approx. 1980 and produced by Bunny Lee

I Am A Peaceful Man

My Dream About Alibarba

Before The Next Tear Drop Fall

The Last Farewell

I Am Still Waiting

Girl You Are Mean To Me

I Won't Be Worried Anymore

The Clock And I Are So Lonely

Sugar Minott - The Roots Lover 1978 - 1983

Moll-Selekta 2CD 2006 MP3 + FLAC

Music played by Black Roots Players and Roots Radics

Both styles Roots and Lovers captured in this collection of discomixes

Hugh Griffiths - Mr. Walker

Tad's Record Inc. 2024 FLAC digital reissue of 1981 LP

Recorded at Channel One and mixed at Harry J's

Backed by The Roots Radics

Mr. Walker

I Can Not Forget

Why Birds Follow Spring

Why Did You Make Me Blue

Sinderella

I Need a Woman

Roots Rock Reggae

Jamaica

I Am Living Up

In the Minds of My Life

Junior Delgado - Play Days 12"

Gan-Jam 12" 198x FLAC recorded 1982

Produced by Lloyd Campbell & Junior Delgado, featuring some fine guitar playing

Play Days

Version

Freddy McKay - Nuh Mek It Look Suh 12"

Roots From The Yard 12" 1979 FLAC

Nuh Mek It Look Suh

Close Encounter (Dub)

Various Artists - Ital International Presents Volume 1

Ital International LP 1990 FLAC

Come on Kingstonians it is time to take them feet off the ground once again with this irie dancehall album recorded in Jamaica, the USA and Canada

Cocoa Tea - River Jordan

Pinchers - Cancel It

Carlton Jackson - No Other Woman

Cocoa Tea - Dream Lover

Bingy Bunnie - She Loves Me

Pinchers - Why Me

Cocoa Tea - Must Get A Blie

Carlton Jackson - Born A Man

Willie Williams - Number One

Patrick Andy - Dance Can't Done

Leroy Smart - Let Everyman Survive

Jamaican Gold CD 1993 FLAC

Recorded 1979 at Channel One and Harry J's

Produced by Alvin "GG" Ranglin and Leroy Smart

Sugar In My Coffee

Jah Is At Hand

I Still Pray

If You Want My Love

Live Up Right

Let Everyman Survive

Collie Give Me Wisdom

You Are Mine

Black And White

You Never Need Me

Johnny Clarke - Lover's Rock Volume 5

Jackpot LP 1979

A ballad and soul covers album produced by Bunny Lee

Saving My Love For You

Little Green Apples

Remember Darling

Mona Lisa

Anymore

Never Let Me Go

Winter World Of Love

Your Love Is Mine

Various Artists - Xaymaca Reggae

Tamoki-Wambesi-Dove CD 2024

Featuring old and new artists produced by Roy Cousins

Dream World - Sprangy Rankin

Ten Thousand Lions - Prince Hammer

Da-melanin - Angie B

One Way - Junior English

Tell Them a Ready - Captain Duce

Urban War - Sprangy Rankin

Hot Girl - Pablo G

I Second That Emotion - Junior English

You Can t Hurry Love - Singing Blossom

Love Is Pure - Sprangy Rankin

Vision of You - Winston Francis

Who Make the Sunshine - Faithful

Side Chick - Sprangy Rankin

In Love With You - Angie B

Lonely Place - AJ Franklin

It s Gonna Take a Miracle - Prince Hammer

Love Comes and Goes - AJ Franklin

Overall - Captain Duce

Fred Locks Meets The Creators - Love & Harmony

Burning Sounds Reissue LP 2024 FLAC

Recorded 1978 at Joe Gibbs & Harry J's and mixed at Treasure Isle Studio 

Love And Harmony

Love Enough To Share

Born In Slavery (Kill Nebudchanezzar)

Let's Get It Right

Touch Not My Locks

Harmony Dub

Love Dub

Killer Dub

Get Right Dub

Dread Morning

Various Artists - Duke Reid Golden Hits

Treasure Isle LP 1969 FLAC

A dozen of Duke Reid's biggest hits from the Rock Steady era

Baba Boom - The Jamaicans

Persian Cat - Justin Hinds

I Caught You - The Melodians

The Last Train To Expo ´67 - The Melodians

Midnight Hour - The Silvertones

Music Is My Occupation - Tommy McCook & The Supersonics

You Don´t Care - Techniques

Here I Stand - Justin Hinds & The Dominoes

Rock Steady - Alton Ellis & The Flames

You Don´t Need Me - The Melodians

Do It Right - The Three Tops

Only A Smile - The Paragons

Dean Fraser - Dub 'N' Sax

Reggae Library 2024 FLAC released on 8 November

Grooving Into The Night

Just Me

Don't Count Me Out

More Than One Night

Feel Like Magic

No Money No Love

Love is a Beautiful Thing

Can't Hurt This Feeling

Raggamuffin

Everything Is Moving Too Fast

Warning

I Thought You Cared

In The Still Of The Night

John Holt, Jonnie Clark, Ranking Dellinger - Super Star

Weed Beat LP 1976 FLAC

Can't Keep Us Apart

Bring It Home To Me

Winter World Of Love

Before The Last Tear Drops Fall

Goodnight My Love

You're All I've Got

Sugar

You Must Believe Me

Got Go Back Home

Since I Met You Baby

Roots Disco Dub Weed Beat LP 1977 FLAC

Rockers Under Manners

My Woman Love

I've Got The Right

Zipa De Do Da

Dread Locks Don't Fight

Love For Everyone

Manasable Dub

My Woman's Dub

The Right Dub

A Zipping Dub

A Fighting Dub

A Loveable Dub

Weed Beat LP 1977 FLAC

Natty Bongo

Learn The Golden Rule

Don't Take Another Man's Life

Jah Love

Trial And Crosses

Nobody's Business

Natty Bongo Dub

Learn The Golden Rule Dub

Don't Take Anot.her Man's Life Dub

Jah Love Dub

Trial And Crosses Dub

Nobody's Business Dub

Produced by Bunny Lee

Fourth Super Star in this series is Tommy McCook

Outside it can be cold and dangerous, but inside there's a sparkling fire and it's called Kingston Roots Blogspot, right here to enjoy! Feel free to kindly request for a rare record or 12", as we often don't have those long remaining untraced albums anyway, but to never have shot is to always have missed.

By the way, as most of us Kingstonians know, once you are a real big superstar you will soon find out that the fantastic fans, the hot chicks in the fancy hotels, the mega halls, the VIP travelling by planes and limousines can often be great, but the "home" time in between two tiring world tours is the "quality" time. There is nothing better than returning home from hard work and to sit down on your own cozy couch and to lie in your own old comfortable bed once in a while.

Boss Capone Meets George Dekker Featuring Patsy - Blackfire

Aggrobeat LP 2024 FLAC

Ites irie Kingstonians, today we have here a new old-school ska album by George Dekker (half brother of Desmond Dekker) recorded in Amsterdam, Holland, enjoy!

Lloyd Charmers & Friends - Cool & Easy - The Splash Singles Collection 1969-1971

Trojan Records 2024 FLAC

Featuring his friends Dave Barker, Owen Gray, Bongo Tony Binns, The Marvels and more

Various Artists - It's Rockin' Time: Duke Reid's Rock Steady 1967 - 1968

Trojan LP 1989 FLAC

Recorded at Treasure Isle Studios

Lloyd & Glen - Jezebel

Eric "Monty" Morris - If I Didn't Love You

Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Fight Too Much

Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Indian Love Call

Phyllis Dillon - It's Rocking Time

The Techniques - Day-O

The Conquerors - I Fall In Love

Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Jam Session

Phyllis Dillon - Things Of The Past

The Conquerors - Lonely Street

The Techniques - Drink Wine

Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Train To Ska-thedral

The Three Tops - The Sound Of Music

The Melodians - I Know Just How She Feels

The Silvertones - Slow And Easy

Lynn Taitt With Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Spanish Eyes

Horace Martin - Pozitive Vibez

Negus Roots 2005 FLAC

Let's all be pozitive for a while, recorded at Aquarius Studio, produced by Robert "Flako" Palmer

Repatriation

King Fa Them

We Want Work

Pure Delight

Woman, The Wonder Of You

Feelings Of A Broken Man

I Can't Believe It

Pozitive Vibez

World Family

Zuggy Zuggy

8 Days A Week

Winston Hussey - Ghettoman Problem

Live & Learn LP 1985

Recorded at Channel One and Music Mountain Studio

Evil People

Ghettoman Problem

Bucking Calf

Under The Law

Short Cut

Bubble Gum

Petty Thief

Look Man Fe Use

Pocket Full Of Corn

Come On Over