Mid 90s ska revival from The Skalars – with the Skoolin' With The Skalars set on Side A and a batch of bonus Singles & Rarities on Side B. (Cassettes, Reggae)Cassette
Prime era 60s ska heroes The Skatalites going strong deep into the next millennium! Prime late era cuts on Side A and bonus dubs on Side B. Tracks include "Calabash", "Road Life", "Bamako Ska", "Dub Road", "Dub Summer', "Midnight Maneuvers", ... (Cassettes, Reggae)read moreCassette
A hand-picked best of The Slackers – the very early 90s rooted ska revivalists who presaged the mainstream US ska revival by a couple years at least! Includes "My Bed Is A Boat", "Run Away", "Mr Tragedy", "Come, Come" feat Cornell Campbell, "Don't ... (Cassettes, Reggae)read moreCassette
(2019 Cassette Store Day Release. Really nicely done packaging too, mimicking a friend-to-friend mixtape with hand-written tracklist!)
A set of covers by NYC ska revivalists The Slackers – crafted like a radio playlist, but it's all timeless ska & reggae inflected classic and comparably covers by a crew that's never been even remotely as lethargic as their name suggests! Includes takes on tunes by The Box Tops, The ... (Cassettes, Reggae)read moreCassette
One of the numerous politically motivated singles aimed at South Africa's then apartheid government in the mid-80s, this one brought to you by Jerry Dammers' post Specials group featuring the English Beat's Ranking Rogers and produced by Elvis Costello, with an uptempo ska inflected groove! 12-inch, Vinyl record
(Cover has an unglued top seam, a promo stamp, and light wear.)
A seminal album in Jamaican music from Lord Tanamo – a singer with roots in calypso, but a sound that really paves the way for ska and rocksteady to come! The record's a full length set from the Gaydisc label of important early producer Sonia Pottinger – and like some of Pottinger's ... read moreCD
A definite scorcher from The Tennors – a set that's overflowing with soulful harmonies from the rocksteady trio – and which also includes a few cuts by choice contemporaries as well! The rhythms here are in the best late 60s Kingston modes – plenty of pre-reggae soulful sounds ... read moreCD
Tennors & Friends —
Reggae Girl ... CD Trojan/Grover (UK), Late 60s. New Copy ...
$12.9918.99
A smoking slice of work from The Tennors – plus some great cuts by other "friends" on the Jamaican scene of the late 60s! The group really shine on their own singles, then step aside to let some other artists come in too – almost all with a similar mix of soul and rocksteady ... read moreCD
A smoking slice of work from The Tennors – plus some great cuts by other "friends" on the Jamaican scene of the late 60s! The group really shine on their own singles, then step aside to let some other artists come in too – almost all with a similar mix of soul and rocksteady ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A long overlooked roots treasure from harmony vocal trio Tetrack! Let's Get Started has top notch production by Augustus Pablo & arrangements by Horace Andy, plus the solid best of the Channel One musicians circa the late 70s – but it's singers Carlton Hines, Paul Mangaroo and Dave Harvey ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The second album from Third World – and the one that really helped break them out to the widespread success that they'd enjoy for years with their crisp, tight brand of modern reggae – fusing roots vibes with top notch production values and some rock and funk touches! Includes "186 ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
It may be pop reggae or whatever you want to call it – but the strength of the group's version of "Now That We Found Love" really pushed them over the top! That track's the real winner here – a smooth modern soul number with just a slight hint of Kingston, grooving away in a ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
After leaving Island and moving onto Columbia, Third World got a bit more slick, and continued to work a reggae/pop/soul groove. This record's not a bad one, in fact, it's a pretty respectable crossover effort. Stevie Wonder collaborated with the group on the 2 best tracks, "Try Jah ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has light wear & a promo stamp.)
Jr Thomas & The Volcanos —
Rockstone ... CD Colemine, 2018. Used ...
Just Sold Out!
A sweet second album from Jr Thomas & The Volcanos – a contemporary group, but one who get the sound of late 60s Kingston just right! These guys are to reggae and rocksteady what the Dap-Kings are to classic funk – younger modern artists who are completely devoted to finding the ... read moreCD
Early 80s Toots, combining raw soul with a rolling, bouncing Jamaican vibe. 10 tracks in all, including "Let's Get It Together", 'Chatty Chatty", "Just Like That", "Dilly Dally", "Israel Children" and "Journeyman". LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a cut corner and bumped corners.)
Toots & The Maytals —
Knock Out! ... LP Mango, 1981. Near Mint- ...
$13.99
With "Careless Ethiopians", "Never Get Weary", "Revival Time", "Spend A Weekend", "Two-Time", "Beautiful Woman", "I Know We Can Make It", "Missing You" and "Will You Be Kind". LP, Vinyl record album
During the mid 70s, a number of major label rock stars had their dalliance with reggae, and after inviting him to tour with them, the Stones decided to start releasing Peter Tosh's LPs. This record was the first of Tosh's released by Keith Richards and Mick Jagger on their Rolling Stones label and ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has a promo stamp, tracklist sticker, and a name in pen on back.)
Peter Tosh's great, strongly strident second album – and easily one of his best! Equal Rights is up to par with the finest Wailers LPs, although this is a bit heavier than the groovy, mellow Legalize It, the more celebrated predecessor. A hugely important, essential set of mid-to-late 70s ... read moreCD
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
Legendary early 70s Upsetters instrumentals – a brilliant, soulful batch of Jamaican versions produced by Lee Scratch Perry – and unlike the Trojan release from around the same time, this one was released with Scratch's full involvement! Fantastic work that sounds great to this day, ... read moreCD
(2013 CD version from Hot Milk UK – with all new art work!)
One of the strangest albums ever issued on Trojan Records – a moogy reggae set that's all instrumental, and which is almost a Kingston answer to the music of Perry & Kingsley, and other synth pop experimenters of the time! The set's actually got more Arp than moog, but still follows the ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited edition of 1000 – in "Deep Spae Maroon" colored vinyl!)
Bunny Wailer —
Dubd'sco Vol 1 ... CD Solomonic/Dub Store (Japan), 1978. New Copy ...
$14.9915.98
A fantastic underground gem from Bunny Wailer – one of the rare albums issued on his heady Solomonic label – an imprint that featured some of his most righteous material on record! As you'd guess from the title and the somewhat unprepossessing cover, the style here is heavily dubby ... read moreCD
Bunny Wailer hits up the dancehall for inspiration and recruits the Radics to back him on this crossover effort that successfully spans his roots roots and the new sound of the day! 10 numbers in all, including "Rock 'n Groove", "Another Dance", "Dance Rock", "Coo ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A fantastic classic from Willie Williams – a track that most people know from the famous line "a lot of people won't get their supper tonight" – and the tune's famous reworking by The Clash! But we still love Willie's version best – and this single features a fantastic ... read more12-inch, Vinyl record
Fantastically righteous work from Yabby You – recording right at the height of his powers, with some tremendous studio help from King Tubby! The songs are as full of the sense of politics and spirit that you'd guess from the album's title – recorded in the later stretch of roots reggae ... read moreCD
A pair of albums from this Guyana group – both recorded overseas, and with a really unique sort of vibe! Young Ones Of Guyana On Tour was recorded in 1970, while the group was in London – at the legendary Landsdowne Studios, home to some really groundbreaking jazz at the time – a ... (Global Grooves, Reggae)read moreCD
A pair of albums from this Guyana group – both recorded overseas, and with a really unique sort of vibe! Young Ones Of Guyana On Tour was recorded in 1970, while the group was in London – at the legendary Landsdowne Studios, home to some really groundbreaking jazz at the time – a ... (Global Grooves, Reggae)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A stone classic from Tapper Zukie – working here in a mixture of sung vocals and spoken parts that virtually defines the dee jay style of reggae in the 70s! Tapper's got this righteous power that's undeniable – this quality of confidence without arrogance, at a level that some ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Black label with silver print. Both vinyl and cover in fantastic shape!)
A much-needed look at the mighty talents of one of the key forces of the dancehall explosion at the end of the 80s – producer Bobby Digital, whose work in the studio helped Jamaican music find a whole new audience in the decade to come! Bobby's ear for rhythms and basslines is fantastic ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A long-overdue second volume of the Soul From Jamdown series – issued 15 years after the first one, and maybe even more incredible overall! As before, the focus here is on Jamaican music that draws very direct inspiration from American soul – sometimes as cover versions of famous ... (Funky Compilations, Reggae)read moreCD
A long-overdue second volume of the Soul From Jamdown series – issued 15 years after the first one, and maybe even more incredible overall! As before, the focus here is on Jamaican music that draws very direct inspiration from American soul – sometimes as cover versions of famous ... (Funky Compilations, Reggae)read moreCD
A totally amazing box set – one of the coolest collections of reggae we've ever seen, and one that's spread among three different formats, all with lots of other goodies too! The box celebrates 40 years of VP Records – a company that's one of the few still going strong in the world of ... read moreCD
A treasure trove of reggae, rocksteady, and blue beat work from the late 60s – all of it originally released under the guidance of producer Dandy – also a reggae artists of his own, with roots in Kingston, and working here with a big impact on the UK scene! The albums here were all ... read moreCD
An overdue look at London's Fashion Records label – an important reggae imprint that was to the British scene of the late 20th Century what Trojan was in the 70s! But Fashion also had a quality that did them one better – they recorded and issued work that originated in the UK – ... read moreCD
Raw and soulful Jamaican rocksteady – first class in quality and first class stylistically – strongly representative of the brief, but pivotal rocksteady sound that presaged the reggae revolution to come! The sound essentially stripped some of the bigger arrangements of Jamaican ska ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Music from Spanner Banner & Scotty, Third World, Ericia Newell, Toots & The Maytals, Jack Radics & Red Dragon, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Stingers, Richie Stephens, Freddy McGregor & more. CD
(Out of print, punch through barcode & promotional stamp on booklet cover.)
Seminal Duke Reid productions from the key rocksteady years – and a set that shows just how much the rhythm was changing things on the Jamaican scene, both at a vocal and instrumental level! There's a slow-loping vibe to most of these tracks – an approach that really sets the scene for ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Numbered limited edition of 750 – on 180 gram orange vinyl!)
A fantastic collection that looks at the relationship between American soul and reggae in a very unique way – not the early crossovers of soul and rocksteady in the 60s, but a big wave of disco-inspired sounds in the 70s! The set brings together some great Jamaican and British versions of ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes download! New expanded edition – with more material than the previous version!)
One of the most unusual albums on the legendary Treasure Isle label – issued here with 46 bonus tracks too! Independence Jump Up Calypso is one of the most unusual records Duke Reid ever released – a set of mento, not rocksteady or ska – not entirely calypso, but with a similar ... read moreCD
The fantastic female side of Trojan Records – the legendary reggae label that formed a key bridge between Kingston and London back in the day – and helped introduce generations to the changing styles of Jamaican music in the 60s and 70s! Trojan's maybe best known for some of its big ... read moreCD
Fantastic sounds from the rocksteady years in Jamaica – tracks that are a fair bit more rare and obscure than some of the bigger singles that circulated at the time – even though they feature a fair bit of the same artists and musicians! The work here all came from the studios of ... read moreCD
A sweet ska & reggae christmas treasure trove from true Jamaican music loving, modern day revivalist Jump Up Records – with seasonal tunes by The Toasters, Dr Ring Ding, The Brooklyn Attractors, The Pepper Pots, Roger Rivas, Napoleon Solo, Leo & The Line-Up and more. (Cassettes, Reggae)Cassette
Killer Jamaican grooves from one of the hippest, most unusual producers on the Kingston scene of the 60s – the legendary Sonia Pottinger, one of the few female forces working in ska and rocksteady at the time! Sonia had a great ear that was very close to the ground – able to pick up on ... read moreCD
Killer work from a time when the Jamaican music scene was really coming into its own – served up here from the vaults of Federal Records, who were one of the key imprints helping capture the new Kingston sounds of the 60s! Federal already had roots in Jamaican jazz and other styles, which ... read moreCD
Music from Peter Broggs, Michigan & Smiley, Eek-A-Mouse, Gregory Isaacs, Don Carlos, Brigadier Jerry, Freddy McGregor, Yellowman, Tiger, Pinchers, Black Uhuru & more. CD
Winson riley and the techniques posse take on the Jammy's crew with this nice version LP. 9 tracks: "Killer Sound" by Little Kirk, "Don't Want To Go Astray" by The Techniques, "Bad Boy Posse" by Yamie Bolo, "Rebel Style" by Dean Frazer, "Boom Shack ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Sweet digital dancehall – served up here in a collection that does a great job of looking at the deeper side of the scene in the late 80s! All tracks here appeared on the Redman International label, and there's definitely a number of versions handled by the Redman himself – but only ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Various —
Reggae Bangara ... LP Taxi (Jamaica), Late 80s/Early 90s. Very Good+ ...
$4.99
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 ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(UK pressing in the foil cover, with some edge wear and sticker remnants on one corner.)