Reggae — All Formats  

An excellent lost session from the Black Ark! Tracked by Perry with Upsetters in 1975, these stripped down dubs feature some of the dopest, funky rhythms Scratch ever cut, while others have a super spare, loping Jamaican groove. The sound is crisp and tight, without the giant thunderclaps and echo drops you'd here in a Tubby mix, but chirping guitars and sublimely funky bass ducking in and out of the mix. From the same sessions that gave us the Kung Fu Meets The Dragon set, you know it's right with titles like "Last Blood", "Deathly Hands", "Dragon Slayer", "One Armed Boxer", "Fists Of Vengeance", "Samurai Swordsman" and "Final Weapon", plus the CD includes 2 bonus tracks, "Experience" with Delroy Butler and the extended mix of "Living My Life".

Some of the biggest singles by British reggae giants Aswad! Don't Turn Around his pretty heavy with material from the mid-to-late 80s period – when they were at a commercial peak – blending Lovers Rock and were crossing over in a major way. Breezy, easygoing stuff – plus some great rootsier material, too. Includes "Don't Turn Around", "Back To Africa", "How Long" feat Yazz, "Three Babylon", "Fire" with Shabba Ranks, "Set Them Free", "Rainbow Culture", "Chasing For The Breeze", "Beauty's Only Skin Deep", "Shy Guy" with Easther Bennett and more.

Dubby punk and punky reggae from the late 70s and early 80s – song stuff from a fresh, inventive period that holds up incredibly well! There's at least a couple of straight-up legendary acts here in Bad Brains and The Slits – plus great tracks featuring members of Killing Joke, Young Marble Giants, A Certain Ratio and more – and it's pretty great all the way through! Includes numbers by The Offs, Glaxo Babies, Peter & The Test Tube Babies, Chantage, Dangerous Girls and more, Includes "Cool Down" by The Offs, "Who Killed Bruce Lee (Version)", "Same Thing Twice" by Chantage, "Merge" by Jah Scouse, "Trapper Ain't Gotta Bird" by Peter & The Test Tube Babies, "Callling Captain Nemo" by Return Of The Panthers, "More Or Less Cut" by Red Beat, "Dangerous Girls" by Dangerous Girls,"Stay Close To Me" by Bad Brains, "Animal Space" by The Slits and more. 14 tracks on the CD.

Dubby punk and punky reggae from the late 70s and early 80s – song stuff from a fresh, inventive period that holds up incredibly well! There's at least a couple of straight-up legendary acts here in Bad Brains and The Slits – plus great tracks featuring members of Killing Joke, Young Marble Giants, A Certain Ratio and more – and it's pretty great all the way through! Includes numbers by The Offs, Glaxo Babies, Peter & The Test Tube Babies, Chantage, Dangerous Girls and more, Includes "Cool Down" by The Offs, "Who Killed Bruce Lee (Version)", "Same Thing Twice" by Chantage, "Merge" by Jah Scouse, "Trapper Ain't Gotta Bird" by Peter & The Test Tube Babies, "Callling Captain Nemo" by Return Of The Panthers, "More Or Less Cut" by Red Beat, "Dangerous Girls" by Dangerous Girls,"Stay Close To Me" by Bad Brains, "Animal Space" by The Slits and more. 13 tracks on the 2LP version.