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An essential reissue of an essential roots album! A mid 70s landmark of harmony roots, the Abyssinians' Satta Massagana, aka Forward To Zion, is hard to beat for hardcore, spiritual roots delivered over hypnotically pulsing rhythms, and Heartbeat ups the ante by digging deep for some excellent and... read more

Rare rocksteady from Glen Adams and Val Bennett -- a beautiful and soulful vocal and instrumental rhythm rediscovered by Pressure Sounds! "She's So Fine" has a raw, moving Bunny Lee production at the core, but it's the vocals from Glen Adams that really push it into sublime territory --... read more

A nice compilation of some of the best tunes from one of the one great male & female pairs in all of classic reggae -- the sparklingly soulful duo of Bob Andy and Marcia Griffiths! The duo managed an crossover hit with their cover of Nina Simone's "Young, Gifted & Black" -- but... read more

Pressure Sounds does it again, with another fine collection of mighty, mighty dub! A much needed Blackbeard retrospective collecting 16 hard to get cuts from British dubmeister Dennis Bovell, rare dubs and instrumentals, plus a couple of outstanding vocal tracks from the man at the epicenter of... read more

How this burningly bad set has remained under wraps for so long is beyond us, but thanks to the folks at Honest Jon's, it's been brought to the much needed light of day! An excellent set collecting work from throughout the career of Cedric Im Brooks, spanning a wide assortment of styles, but all... read more

A great early album by Jimmy -- and one that was issued in the US by A&M, but was licensed from London in the UK. The production is great, and tracks mix raw rocksteady rhythms with some great arrangements that add some nice baroque touches at times, especially on the title cut, which features... read more

The excellent Dub Echoes documentary -- a wild trip across the landscape of dub, both new and old! The film traces the evolution of dub from its origins on the Jamaican music scene up through all of its modern incarnations, and is filled with loads of absolutely amazing and enlightening interview... read more

One of our favorites in the colossal reissue and compilation series put together by Pressure Sounds. Deep soulful roots cuts, all produced by Derrick Harriott, one of the finest producers of Jamaican music, with a feel that is at times reminiscent of some of the best soul cuts coming out of Motown... read more

The striking debut album from one of the architects of reggae, a musician who cut precious few solo records in his lengthy tenure as the godfather of Jamaican music! A key figure behind the careers of reggae's mega stars like Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff, Higgs issued few albums and singles under... read more

Some of the deepest dubs ever dug up and put out by Pressure Sounds -- Clancy Eccles' produced dubs featuring early King Tubby touched rhythms by The Dynamites and others -- hypnotically twisting and turning the grooves with sublime results! It's fantastic stuff, with rhythms that draw you in... read more

Some of the deepest dubs ever dug up and put out by Pressure Sounds -- Clancy Eccles' produced dubs featuring early King Tubby touched rhythms by The Dynamites -- hypnotically twisting and turning the grooves with sublime results! It's fantastic stuff, with rhythms that draw you in deeply, with... read more

While we're not big on career retrospective best of's, especially artists like Marley, whose been collected over & over, this is actually a respectable set, and the vinyl's pretty darn hard to get ahold of anymore. Includes tons of classics, like "Get Up Stand Up", "Exodus",... read more

Essential -- probably Marley's most well known work. This is his breakthrough 3rd album, just after Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh left the group, replaced by the female harmony group the I-Threes. Not nearly as slick as some of his other Island recordings, this one was still recorded in Jamaica, at... read more

One of many posthumous compilations of Marley's work with the Wailers, and not a bad one at that. Without setting out to be a greatest hits, this compilation focuses on some of Marley's more topical, political songs, including the classics "Get Up, Stand Up" & "Them Belly... read more

A treasure trove of dubbed up numbers from Tommy McCook & The Supersonics -- Errol Brown cuts of classic rocksteady rhythms produced by Duke Reid for Treasure Isle Records -- trailblazing 70s dubs of the first order that are as slow burningly brilliant today as ever! The set features the best... read more

Killer funky organ -- and 100% Dynamite! Jackie Mittoo is one of the all-time great organists -- as essential to Jamaica as Booker T was to Memphis, or Jimmy McGriff was to New York. He's legendary these days as the player who completely transformed the Hammond sound with his unique Jamaican... read more

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A selection of rare Lee Perry moments -- not much to go on in the way of details, but some great music nonetheless! Titles include "Judgement Day", "Grumbling", "Supersonic Man", "Run Around Dub", "Wind Up Doll"," Army Dub", "Flames... read more

Of all the Prince Far I dub encounters, this one's the most essential -- a modern dub classic! A young Adrian Sherwood mans the desk over Far I's driving rhythms with a helping hand from British reggae great Dennis Bovell. Though this doesn't get as way out as some of the spaciest ON-U dubs that... read more

A deeply soulful classic from one of the great reggae vocalists -- Slim Smith of the mighty Uniques -- a masterful number produced by Bunny Lee! On "Let's Get Together" Smith brings an emotional depth to his solo vocal number that cuts real deep, and drenched in emotion -- over a steady... read more

A surprisingly wonderful of blend of classic era Miles reverence and slow simmering reggae grooves -- a record that delivers on its promise, and effortlessly discards any novelty stigma you might be expecting! Jazz musician and educator Jeremy Taylor was teaching at NYU in the early 80s, after he... read more

Another mighty batch of dubness from Pressure Sounds! Oiginally issued as 20 Golden Hits, this fat batch of dubs takes some of Delroy Wilson's smoothest easy rocking numbers produced by Striker Lee, and hands them over to Prince Jammy at Tubby's for a clean spare dub reading, aimed straight for... read more

Jah Wobble brings some moody heavyweight grooves to Roy Budd's theme from "Get Carter" -- and quite a bit of own personal stamp in the ominous rumble of the bass and reggae steeped rhythms! There's actually a diverse bed of influences laid underneath, from spare global percussion ,... read more

Excellent! You're probably familiar with the Aquarius Dub set, an early, early dub LP, featuring some great rockers from Herman Chin Loy and Augustus Pablo -- this groovy set from Pressure Sounds collects many of the vocal, dee jay and instrumental tracks that those rhythms laid the base for! 2... read more

The soundtrack to the excellent Dub Echoes documentary and a wild trip across the landscape of dub, both new and old! Syncopated rhythms, deep, dark bass, and cosmic reverb and echo abound on this fine set that connects the modern dubstep scene with heavyweight Jamaican originators of the sound. ... read more

No need to waste your time with treasure maps looking for buried gold, this fine 3 CD set collects an outstanding cache of Duke Reid's finest cuts! There's 54 tracks of seminal ska and rocksteady from one of the first labels to put Jamaica on the musical map, with titles that include "Love Is... read more

Woah! Don't get caught in the crossfire! I Roy takes on Prince Jazzbo, and luckily for us, Tubby's not taking sides, cutting mad versions and heavy dubs as the two Dee Jays trade barbs, rhymes and witty rejoinders for a battle on wax that lasted quite a few rounds! This great set by Pressure... read more

The pioneering reggae compilation series from Trojan -- documenting the great singles that were busting boundaries and paving the way for the worldwide love of Jamaican music! This first volume in the Reggae Chartbusters series features a fantastic collection of singles from 1968 and 1969 --remaste... read more

The pioneering reggae compilation series from Trojan -- documenting the great singles that were busting boundaries and paving the way for the worldwide love of Jamaican music! The second volume in the Reggae Chartbusters series features a fantastic collection of singles from 1969 and 1970 --remast... read more

The pioneering reggae compilation series from Trojan -- documenting the great singles that were busting boundaries and paving the way for the worldwide love of Jamaican music! The third volume in the Reggae Chartbusters series features a fantastic collection of singles from 1970 and 1971 --remaster... read more

The continuation of the pioneering reggae compilation series from Trojan -- documenting the great singles that were busting boundaries and paving the way for the worldwide love of Jamaican music! This fourth volume in the Reggae Chartbusters series is a newly created continuation of the series... read more

The continuation of the pioneering reggae compilation series from Trojan -- documenting the great singles that were busting boundaries and paving the way for the worldwide love of Jamaican music! This fifth volume in the Reggae Chartbusters series is a newly created continuation of the series that... read more

The continuation of the pioneering reggae compilation series from Trojan -- documenting the great singles that were busting boundaries and paving the way for the worldwide love of Jamaican music! This fifth volume in the Reggae Chartbusters series is a newly created continuation of the series that... read more

It just doesn't stop! The heavyweight selectors at Soul Jazz brew up another chubby batch of blazing Studio One jams, delivering nothing but the classics this go 'round, just like the title says! Another chapter from Coxsone Dodd and crew showcasing the label and studio that laid the foundation... read more