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A sweet platter of rare dubs – the third in the Jamaican Recordings Dub Sampler series. This one features numbers credited to Horace Andy, Max Romeo, Barry Brown, Wailers Band, Johnny Clarke, Cornell Campbell and others – including some plundered from the depths and exclusive to this CD! Lost King Jammy, Niney Holness and Ossie Thomas productions in addition to the wealth of Bunny Lee niceness! Includes "Dub Children" by Horace Andy, "Crazy World Of Dub" by Max Romeo, "Don't Rock My Boat Dub" by Wailers Band, "Dubs Not Gone Forever" by Johnny Clark, "Bad Shine Eye Dyb" by Johnny Clarke, "Going Dub"" by Freddie McKay and more. 12 in all.

Regal King Jammy productions from the late 70s – featuring a stellar roster of vocalists and instrumention laid down by the cream of the group – numbers by Anthony Johnson, Dennis Brown, Sugar Minott, Junior Brown Wayne Smith, Puddy Roots, Junior Reid, Mighty Rudo and more! Soulful voices and steadily rumbling rhythms underneath. Timeless material! 14 tracks in all: "More Love In The City" by Anthony Johnson, "Life Can Be Easy" by King Everald, "No Darkness Tonight" by Junior Reid, "Come Along" by Wayne Smith, "Yah Wi Deh" by Anthony Johnson,"Learn Fi Drive" by Early B, "Just Cool" by Mighty Rudo and more.

Dubplate specials from King Tubby's Hometown Hi Fi Sound System in the mid to late 70s! Mainly cut over Bunny "Striker" Lee rhythms – and rocked the sound systems before finding their way on to vinyl back in the day. Features dub versions of originals by Johnny Clarke, Ronnie Davis, Leroy Smart, Wayne Jarrett and more. Includes "Dub Of Rights", "Higher Ranking", "A Stalatwatt Version", "African Sounds", "Channel Get Knockout", "Stealing Version", "Satta Dread Dub", "Crazy Dub", "Dread Version", "No Love Version", "King Tubby's In Fine Style" and more.

Heavy dubs from Scientist & Jamaica's Crazy Mad Professor (not to be confused with the non-crazy, London via Guyana Mad Professor) – a pair of mixers & producer who came up working with the Legendary King Tubby – turned loose on a classic riddims on this joint compilation! Scientist dubs include "Everlove Dub", "Earth's Rightful Ruler", "Solve It Dub", "Rush Dem Dub", "Good Time", "Come Dub" and more. Crazy Mad Professor dubs include "Real Dancehall Dub", "Cutting Edge Dub", "Wondering Drifter Dub", "Sailors Dub", "Groovin Dub" and more.

Linval Thompson dubs – unearthed straight from the master tapes! The have the spare crisp drum and bass approach, riding along a chubby, bouncing basslines, with just hints of guitar, keys or voice adding spice to the dub now and again. Includes "Get My Dub Together", "Ethiopian Dub", "My Dub Princess", "A Wicked Dub", "Dub Conqueror", "Runaway Dub", "Dub Tribe" and more. 14 on the CD.

14 smoking analog dubs from the mighty King Tubby – a killer 7 X 7 inch box set from the Dubmaster – culled from the version sides of Bunny Striker Lee's original 70s 7-inch releases and bonus cuts from the first four King Tubby albums! Benchmark dubs sourced from classic tracks by Cornell Campbell & The Eternals, Linval Thompson, Horace Andy, Johnny Clarke, Cornell Campbell, Jackie Edwards and others in nice box set from Jamaican Recordings. Includes "Roots Of Dub/Dream Locks Dub", "A Better Version/A Good Version", "Declaration Of Dub/A Truthful Dub", "The Jahovah Version/Conversation Dub", "Waltzing Mathilda/Weeping Dub", "Natty Dub/Move Out Of Babylon Dub" and Don't Cut Off Your Dreadlocks/A Rougher Version".

Liquid lines from keyboardist Winston Wright – easily one of the hippest organ players in Jamaica during the 70s! Winston's second only to the great Jackie Mittoo – and like Jackie, works here in a sweet Hammond-heavy style that offers up both a fresh take on instrumental reggae, and a whole new way to use the instrument apart from American jazz and soul! The rare cuts here are often based on core rhythms from other reggae tunes, reworked by Winston and given a new focus with his solos – often with a bit of help from Tommy McCook on tenor, too. Titles include "Bubbling Organ", "Nightlife Melody", "Lost In Time", "Return Of The Liquidator", "Crazy Fingers", "Summertime Rock", and "Dreamy Girl".

A set of roots reggae from the immediate post rocksteady years – great late 60s and early 70s reggae with more earnestly soulful vocals and sweet Caribbean rhythm! Includes numbers by Johnny Clarke, Cornell Campbell, Linval Thompson, Horace Andy, Barry Brown, Leroy Smart and more. 14 tracks on the LP: "Roots Natty Congo" by Johnny Clarke, "Bad Minded People" by Leroy Smart, "Skylarking" by Horace Andy, "Declaration Of Rights" by Johnny Clarke, "Trying Youthman" by Barry Brown, "Politricks" by Cornell Campbell and more.

The first-ever dub album from Niney The Observer – based around rhythms he'd cooked up for Dennis Brown, Max Romeo, and Delroy Wilson – all transformed completely in the studio by King Tubby! The sounds here are often very abstract – light years away from the originals – and given these spacey, repetitive cycles that seem to trip out even more than conventional dub! A landmark little record, and one that sounds even darker all these many years later – with cuts that include "Casanova Dub", "Rebel Dance", "Jam Down", "Parade Dub", "Turntable Dub", "Corn Man", "Mister D Brown Skank", and "Youth Man".

Liquid lines from keyboardist Winston Wright – easily one of the hippest organ players in Jamaica during the 70s! Winston's second only to the great Jackie Mittoo – and like Jackie, works here in a sweet Hammond-heavy style that offers up both a fresh take on instrumental reggae, and a whole new way to use the instrument apart from American jazz and soul! The rare cuts here are often based on core rhythms from other reggae tunes, reworked by Winston and given a new focus with his solos – often with a bit of help from Tommy McCook on tenor, too. Titles include "Bubbling Organ", "Nightlife Melody", "Lost In Time", "Return Of The Liquidator", "Crazy Fingers", "Summertime Rock", and "Dreamy Girl". CD features some bonus tracks not on the LP.

Killer rhythms and charismatic dub vocals from the mighty Jah Stitch – a tight collection of his late 70s deejay cuts from Kingston Sounds! Nice versions of classic backdrops originally laid down by John Holt, Johnny Clarke and more – done up nicely here with Jah's prime, inimitable 70s style. Includes "Dread Inna Jamdown", "Make A Joyful Noise", "Natty Dread Skanking", "From Dusk To Dawn", "Rock To The Beat", "Natty Going On So", "Live Together In Harmony", "Love For Everyone", "Serious Thing", "The Best By Any Test" and more.

Dubs from the heady early 70s years at Randy's Studio 17 – unreleased versions of classic-era Bunny Lee productions – rarities from a prolific and creative period at the legendary Kingston studio! Prime era dubs and rhythms by the greatest players on some previously lost versions: Titles include "Natty Inna Babylon Dub", "Jah Jah's Dub Children", "Dub Direction", "High On A Thing Called Dub", "Can't Get Dub Out", "I Need Some Dub", "At The Turning Point Dub", "Gift Of Dub" and more. 14 on the CD.

Solid 70s dubs of John Holt – one of the great voices of Jamaican music from the mid 60s onward – and while there's plenty of tricked out, echoey dub atmosphere, John's voice is plenty prominent! Most of the cuts are culled from the prolific mid 70s period, particularly the Volts series of sets (1000, 2000 & 3000) – dubbed up nicely! Includes "Rock With Dub", "A Lonely Dub", "Get It While It's Dub", "Fell For Dub", "A Man Needs A Dub", "Spring Time Dub", "No Man Is A Dub", "You Are Wrong To Dub" and more. 2 CD bonus tracks: "Fancy Dub Make Up" and "Walk Away From Dub".

Treasures is right, and thank goodness they're not lost anymore! A fine reissue compilation of Bunny Lee rhythms, all touched with chattering echoplex drops and some thunderous reverb. The band is the Aggrovators, loaded with heavies like Carlton ann Aston Barrett, Sly & Robbie, Jackie Mittoo, Winston Wright and Tommy McCook. Almost all of these dubs are exclusive to this compilation, annotated to their original rhythms and the versions that these were voiced from. 14 tracks in all, including "Falling For Dub", "Dub On The Street Again", "Deceiving The Dub", Release The Dub", "Jumpers Dub" and "You Have Caught The Dub".

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 instrumental style during his early years with the Skatalites, and on his later solo recordings for Studio One. This set's probably the first time Mittoo's work has been properly packaged and remastered – and the folks at Soul Jazz have done an amazing job of selecting just the right tracks for such a project. The whole thing wails along with a stone rocksteady groove – with plenty of nice drum parts and funky rhythm bits underneath Jackie's soulful organ. If you dug the label's 100% Dynamite series, you'll really dig this one – and the whole thing's very much in the same vein. Tracks include "Drum Song", "Reggae Rock", "Hot Tamale", "Killer Diller", "Black Organ", "Stereo Freeze", "Wall Street", "Darker Shade Of Black", "Juice Box", and "Killer Diller".

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 instrumental style during his early years with the Skatalites, and on his later solo recordings for Studio One. This set's probably the first time Mittoo's work has been properly packaged and remastered – and the folks at Soul Jazz have done an amazing job of selecting just the right tracks for such a project. The whole thing wails along with a stone rocksteady groove – with plenty of nice drum parts and funky rhythm bits underneath Jackie's soulful organ. If you dug the label's 100% Dynamite series, you'll really dig this one – and the whole thing's very much in the same vein. Tracks include "Drum Song", "Reggae Rock", "Hot Tamale", "Killer Diller", "Black Organ", "Stereo Freeze", "Wall Street", "Darker Shade Of Black", "Juice Box", and "Killer Diller".

Part soul music, part Caribbean sounds – and a much-needed look at the lover's rock genre in reggae – that unique blend of Jamaican rhythms and American soul that took place in the British scene of the 70s and 80s – and created some pretty amazing records overall! There's definitely echoes here of the reggae styles you'd know from big Kingston recordings of the 70s – but there's also a mellower, more laidback mode as well – yet one that's warmed up a bit by more soul-styled production – creating a sound that's almost linked to some of the American midtempo soul that was playing big on the steppers scene. Once again, our hat's off to Soul Jazz for doing such a great job with the project – pulling together excellent work from overlooked recordings – and finding a way to help send it all home with great notes and track selection. Titles on this second vinyl volume include "Stop & Think It Over" by Full Wood, "Caught By Love" by Christine White, "Paradise" by Jean Adebambo, "People Make The World Go Round" by The Cool Notes, "Thinking Of You" by Candy McKenzie, "We've Got One" by Wendy Walker, "Even Though You're Gone" by Louisa Mark, and "Goodbye My Love" by The Sadonians.

A great set of purely classic level Studio One material – great stuff from the early 60s onward to around 1980 – and unfailingly amazing all the way through! Studio One opened up in the fall of '63, and soon after, the best of the best of Jamaican music greats of the time were wanting to record there for Coxsone Dodd. The set features the unstoppable rhythms of The Skatalites and timeless greatness from The Heptones, Maytals, Horace Andy, Lone Ranger, Freddy McKay, Wailing Souls, Willie Williams, Marcia Griffiths, Dub Specialist, Doreen Schaeffer, Ernest Ranglin and many more. 18 tracks in all: "Ball Of Fire" and "Fidel Castro" by The Skatalites, "I'm Your Man" by The Heptones, "Watch Your Step" by Freedy McKay, "Mr Music" by Pablove Black, "Sitting With Stupid" by Dub Specialist, "Let Me Hold You Tight" by Marcia Griffins, "Treat Me Bad" by The Maytals, "Everything She Want" by Lone Ranger and more.

A career-spanning anthology of the legendary Yellowman – the Jamaican deejay whose longevity against all odds is nearly as surprising as the top notch quality of his best recordings – many of which you can find here! Yellowman's better known in some circles for being a pioneer, for better or worse, in a more sexually explicit lyricism – for good reason – but he's such a charismatic performer that he deserves to be better known for his style than his words. Lots of great material here, and a good deal of it is quite timeless! 40 tracks on 2CDs: "Mad Over Me", "Shorties", "Lost Mi Love", "Mister Chin", "Out Of Hand", "Death Of Barnabas", "Them A Fight I", "Night Flight", "Top Form", "Duppy Or A Gunman", "Zungguzungguguzungguzeng", "Galong Galong Galong", "Gregory Free", "King And Queen" and "Jah Mek Us Fi A Purpose" with Sister Nancy, "Mr. Wong", "Herbman Smuggling", "Water Rock" and "Bam Bam" with Fathead, "Bunn The Kutchie", "Blueberry Hill" and more. 40 tracks on 2CDs – plus the DVD Live At Sunsplash 1988!

Two albums in one package – both of them featuring excellent work from groundbreaking British reedman Bob Downes! Mixed Bag is nothing like you might expect from its title – because while the set does feature a variety of different sessions from Downes, it's also got a very unified feel – thanks partly to the range of sounds and ideas that Bob expresses in each new tune! The set's easily some of the most compelling work we've ever heard from Downes on record – and features 70s and 80s recordings on a variety of different flutes and woodwinds – some solo, some in the company of other contemporaries, like Ray Russell on guitar and Harry Miller on bass. Most tunes are very open, and quite spiritual in their approach – and titles include "Shriek Out", "Lola", "Jamaican Jump Up", "Borneo Breeze", "Eruption", "The Devil", and "Seashore". CD 2 features a wonderful tribute to departed reedman Faruq Z Bey – written and recorded shortly after Bey's passing in 2012, and featuring Downes playing tenor and a bit of bass flute – on these beautifully poetic solo passages! The piece is relatively short – but it's a great bonus to this package.

A smoking set of late 70s 12-inch disco mixes from Lee Scratch Perry – some of the very best of Black Ark productions from the period, actually – in a 2CD set from Trojan! Disco Devil features numbers that Scratch produced, mixed and tripped out from 1977 to 1979 at Black Ark – elongating some truly stellar material for slow cooking, mostly 7-9 minute workouts of recordings by Max Romeo & The Upsetters, George Faith, The Congos, Junior Delgado, Junior Murvin & Dillinger, Watty Burnett, Lee Perry himself and others. One of the finer selected compilations of prime 70s reggae we've seen from Trojan in a little while! Includes "Norman" by Max Romeo & The Upsetters, "Bad Weed" by Junior Murvin, "Disco Devil" by Lee Perry & The Full Experience, "Roots Train" by Junior Murvin & Dillinger, "Open The Gate" by Watty Burnett, "Neckodeemus" by The Congos, "Party Time" by The Heptones, "Garden Of Life" by Leroy Sibbles and more.

The uber-classic Observer Book Of I-Roy – the masterful collection of mid 70s material, which collected, add up to some of the very finest recordings that great Jamaican deejay I-Roy recorded with writer, arranger, producer Niney The Observer! The album is essential a top notch round-up of singles that I Roy voiced for Niney in '76 and '77 – unbeatable versions of roots reggae classics! Includes "Jah Come Here", "Step On The Dragon", "Cam Road Skanking", "Sister Maggie Breast", "Water Rate", "Jamaican Girl", "Wicked Eat Dirt", "Roots Man" and more.