Titles include "The Message", "Don't Turn Around", "Justice", "Bittersweet", "International Melody", "Set Them Free", "Smokey Blues", and "Give A Little Love". LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a promo stamp and two small spots of sticker residue.)
A really cool album – and more of a reggae record than a soundtrack – with arrangements and music from keyboardist Harold Butler, and performances from The Mighty Diamonds, Beres Hammond, Delroy Wilson, Pam Hall, and Cynthia Schloss! (Soundtracks, Reggae)LP, Vinyl record album
(Sealed original pressing! Cover has a light bump in one corner, but is great overall.)
A record that's not only a landmark in Jamaican music – but also a set that was to reggae what Curtis Mayfield's Superfly was to 70s soul! In other words, the set not only raised the bar for all the competition, it also ended up in a lot more record collections than most of them too – ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mango/Island pressing. Cover has light wear, aging, and a bit of light staining on the top seam.)
The purist reggae lover side of us wants to dismiss this is a largely commercial crossover record, but the electro loving side of us can't get enough of the title track, which was also covered to great effect by Rocker's Revenge. Much of the rest of the record hews closer to traditional reggae and ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has a name in pen.)
The crowning achievement of the legendary Keith Hudson – a landmark album of instrumental dub that started out in very small circulation, but soon grew to become one of the most important albums of the genre! The sound here is spare, stark, and simple – but in the best way possible ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(RSD Essentials pressing – on 2LP "black ice" colored vinyl!)
Byron Lee —
Jump Up ... LP Atlantic, 1967. Very Good+ ...
$19.99
Early work from the great Byron Lee – working here in a mix of calypso and rocksteady modes! Titles include "Riverbank Jump Up", "Benwood Dick", "El Negrito", "The Road March", "Jamaica Jump Up", "Happy Wanderer", "Elaine, ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Canadian 60s mono pressing. Back corner has a small sticker, and front has some light wear.)
Bob Marley —
Legend ... LP Island, 1970s. Very Good+ Gatefold ...
Just Sold Out!
One of the best-selling albums ever from Bob Marley – a classic collection of work from his all-too-short career – and one that's gone onto become as famous as Marley's individual records themselves! The collection really allows all the classics to resonate strongly, in a track order ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original US pressing with light blue labels, Sterling & SRC stamp.)
A great global showcase for the growing power of Bob Marley – an excellent live set recorded in London in 1975, and a date that shows Bob and The Wailers working with the crowd in this really universal spirit! The group's almost got a funkier current here than on some of their studio record ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Early 80s purple label pressing in a barcode cover, with light wear.)
Bob Marley & The Wailers —
Natty Dread ... LP Island, 1974. Very Good+ ...
$24.99
A breakthrough album from Bob Marley – a set that was recorded equally in Kingston and London, and which has a globe-spanning vibe to match! Marley's star had already been rising by the time of this set – but this album helped cement both his lasting power, and the worldwide influence ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(US rasta color label pressing. Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has peeling and wear along the opening, and a wavy lower corner with wear.)
Bob Marley & The Wailers —
Rastaman Vibration ... LP Island, 1976. Very Good+ Gatefold ...
Just Sold Out!
A righteous classic from the legendary Bob Marley – and a set that really pushed the roots reggae sound strongly into the mainstream – almost making the mode the defining global understanding of Jamaican music, thanks to the power and presence of the album! All the Marley Tuff Gong ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Blue label pressing.)
Bob Marley & The Wailers —
Survival ... LP Island, 1979. Very Good+ ...
Just Sold Out!
One of the sharpest, most righteous albums from Bob Marley – in case you couldn't guess from the title, which is his response to a recent assassination attempt! The whole thing's got a very classic vibe – and the lyrics have even more of a political current than some of Marley's other ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Light blue label pressing with Sterling stamp. Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has light wear.)
Recorded at Tuff Gong – with titles that include "My Kind Of War"," Who is Your Neighbor", "King Street", "Fussin & Fighting", "There'll Always Be Music", and "Retribution". LP, Vinyl record album
Peter Tosh's great, militant, second solo LP, one of the best of his career! Equal Rights is up to par with the finest Wailers LPs, although this is a bit heavier than the groovy, mellow Legalize It, the predecessor. A vital, hugely important, essential set of mid-to-late 70s reggae on Columbia. ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A real classic in mainstream reggae – the first full length set from Peter Tosh after his earlier singles with The Wailers! The record's still one of Tosh's greatest on record – composed, arranged, and produced by Peter himself – with tracks that include "Legalize It", ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(US pressing. Cover has light wear and is bent a bit at the edges.)
Like much of Tosh's work after leaving the Wailers, this album is a bit uneven, but still has a couple of nuggets of fiery roots rock. There's a crack band behind him on these self-produced tunes, with Sly & Robbie, Mikey Chung and Skully Sims. Includes "Nothing But Love", "The ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Jamaican red label Intel Diplo pressing. Cover has light wear.)
Nice later interpretations of Wailers classics, with a generous helping hand from Sly & Robbie, and adds a nice rendition of Curtis Mayfield's "Keep On Moving" to the set. A favorite album of ours from the twilight of the original roots era, with 10 tracks in all, including "Danc ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Jamaican Solomonic pressing with rasta color labels in a yellow cover with faint Wailers image. Cover has light wear.)
A monster roots side from Bunny Wailer, one of the monumental LPs he cut in the late 70s. By this point, he had really hit his stride as a solo artist in his own right, delivering material that was equal to what he had recorded with the Wailers, and every bit as righteous as Marley and Tosh's solo ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Jamaican pressing with DT/Leggo Beast etch. Cover has minimal wear and a Dynamic Sounds sticker in back.)
There's a nicely punctuated vibe to this sweet set of later tracks from Delroy Wilson – instrumentation that's moved into the digital age, but which still has that slow funky crackle at the bottom that seems to work so well with Delroy's vocals! The approach seems to work especially well at ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited Lantern reissue, still sealed with hype sticker.)
A classic album from Delroy Wilson – cut right at that key time when Studio One were maybe one of the strongest labels on the Kingston scene – at least in terms of putting out rock-solid full length albums like this, where a singer like Wilson gets just the right sort of groove to match ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Later Jamaican white label pressing. Cover has tiny peel spot, some light wear.)
Various —
Studio One Rockers ... LP Soul Jazz/Studio One (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. Near Mint- 2LP ...
$34.99
An excellent compilation that's very much in the spirit of the 100% Dynamite sets on Soul Jazz! This time, Soul Jazz dig through the vaults of the legendary Studio One catalog – some of the most important reggae and rocksteady ever recorded, virtually all of it produced under the tutelage of ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(First pressing, from 2001 – with heavy inner sleeves! The top cover seam is unglued, but this is a great copy.)
The legendary Studio One label recorded some of the hippest singers on the Kingston scene from the late 60s onward – and one of the ways they made them sound especially great was to use some of the city's coolest musicians on the sessions, and also give them some space to cut some key ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original early 00s issue. Includes the printed inner sleeves and insert.)
Includes selections by JC Lodge, Josie Wales, Robbie Lyn, Hopeton Lindo, Dennis Creary, Lady G, Ken Boothe, Dean Frazer, Mighty Diamonds, and Home T. LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has light wear and some minor blemish spots.)