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A killer collection of early work from Studio One – and a set that focuses on the ska and rocksteady that were the initial famous calling card of that legendary Jamaican label! Soul Jazz originally issued a smaller 7" single box set under the same title – but this version is ... LP, Vinyl record album

A really fantastic take on the tradition of spoken word in reggae – a set that's got a much rootsier vibe than you'd expect from the release date, and instrumentation that's very acoustic overall – mostly strong use of percussion to back up the righteous words of AnkAnum! The set has ... LP, Vinyl record album

An incredible set of low rolling, hypnotic dub genius from true reggae Revolutionaries – a batch of amazing tunes centered around the amazing drums of Sly Dunbar – cut in the mid-to-late 70s height of the Channel One groove! This might be the strongest collection of dubs that Pressure ... LP, Vinyl record album

Completely top-shelf work from the short-lived Top Deck label in Kingston – one of the great early imprints to really help get things going from the indie side of things in the 60s – run by Justin Yap, an entrepreneur with a great ear for the changing sides of the scene! This is ... LP, Vinyl record album

A fantastic collection of rare tracks from the key 60s years of Jamaican music – tunes from the time when the nation's independence had really set fire to its creative processes – as you'll hear on the smoking set of well-chosen cuts within! This isn't your usual ska collection of ... LP, Vinyl record album

Benchmark dub by Scientist – and introduction to a truly pivotal figure! Introducing Scientist is certainly one of his best records – and if it doesn't fully live up to the subtitle boast ("the best dub album in the world"), it really does come pretty darn close! Mixed at ... LP, Vinyl record album

Yabby You maybe wasn't one of the first to start experimenting in the studios of Kingston – but with work like this, he was certainly one of the best – especially in the classic period covered in the collection! The Yabby You approach often has a leaner, more stripped-down approach ... LP, Vinyl record album

A classic compilation – and we can't get enough of Horace Andy's sweet falsetto keening over these chugging, fat rhythms! A tremendous set of sides Andy cut in the mid-70s, packaged together with a few of the cuts in dub versions – all from a period when Horace was really hitting new ... LP, Vinyl record album

An essential roots album! A mid 70s landmark of harmony roots, the Abyssinians' Satta is hard to beat for hardcore, spiritual roots delivered over hypnotically pulsing rhythms. Robbie Shakespeare, plus Horsemouth, Boo Richards, Micky Chung, Chinna Smith and Clive Hunt and Geoffrey Chung are among ... LP, Vinyl record album

Delroy Wilson is definitely a cool operator here – bridging two generations of Jamaican music by turning out fresh versions on American soul tunes on part of the set, while also really marking his strong shift as a songwriter on the rest! All of the work here come from those classic years ... LP, Vinyl record album

The stellar early 70s collection of Pablo instrumental sides, tracked between the groundbreaking Java, Java, Java and East Of The River Nile LPs! Like those, this album features Pablo's melodica prominently, over some nice roots rhythms laid down by an all star cast, including Carlton Barrett, ... LP, Vinyl record album

An early dancehall classic from Don Carlos – a set that shows just how much the style was linked to the roots generation at the start – as Don sings here with some great backings from The Aggrovators, which are then filtered through all sorts of cool styles that really reflect the fresh ... LP, Vinyl record album

A dark and murky classic from Prince Far I – a set that has his words of wisdom brewing up amidst a whole host of dubby productions from Joe Gibbs! The Prince takes dub production to fresh territory here – toasting over the tracks, but in a way that's very different than some of the ... LP, Vinyl record album

A stone classic from Burning Spear – and one of those key 70s sets that helped the roots underground of Jamaica really find a wider audience around the globe – yet all without sounding too commercial at all! This isn't crossover pop reggae – but instead some well-crafted, message- ... LP, Vinyl record album

Part of a key run of records from Burning Spear – sets that really helped to bring the roots reggae vibe to a huge international audience – and at a level that still kept the message in the music firmly intact! The "hills" in the title is maybe a great hint at the vibe going ... LP, Vinyl record album

A super-huge set for Black Uhuru – working here with the lineup of Michael Rose, Puma, and Duckie Simpson – and getting the same level of excellent Sly & Robbie production that made their previous effort so great! There's a wonderful blend of roots-level righteousness with some of ... LP, Vinyl record album

A righteous classic from Burning Spear – not the first album from Winston Rodney, but the one that really pushed his music and message over the top – thanks to big global exposure from Island Records! The album began as an indie set in Jamaica, where producer Lawrence Lindo really ... LP, 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 – In a style that mixes roots oriented vibes with top notch production values that warm things up with a ... LP, Vinyl record album

A stone 70s classic in the Island Records catalog – proof that although the label was scoring big with some of their superstar acts, they still had a great ear out for groundbreaking reggae material! The mighty Max Romeo works here with Lee Scratch Perry in the studio – who gives him ... LP, Vinyl record album

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 ... LP, Vinyl record album