limited edition of 500 copies on blue vinyl, reissue, originally released in1963

• Bunny Lee was the first to actually use reggae in the title of a record with ‘It’s Reggae Time’ Striker’s propensity for creating hit records during this period was unmatched and he was awarded the prestigious “title of Jamaican Producer Of The Year in 1969, 1970, 1971 & 1972” the years covered by this new Boss Reggae focused compilation.• Striker’s complete mastery of the new reggae rhythms and “versioning them over” are showcased on this release with the emphasis placed on the outstanding contribution of the cream of Kingston’s session musicians

Limited edition of 1000 individually numbered copies on gold coloured 180-gram audiophile vinyl. The Ethiopians was one of Jamaica's most popular bands during the late ska, rocksteady and early reggae periods. With the smooth vocals of The Ethiopians in front of the mix and the organ sound in the background, they recorded Woman Capture Man. The album is produced by J.J. Johnson, who was a major influence on Jamaican ska and rocksteady music during the 1960s revolution.

Red Vinyl First time on vinyl. Limited to 500 copies on green and red vinyl.

Red Vinyl

Limited Edition,Special Coloured VinylStudio One Women is in the series of Studio One compilations released by Soul Jazz Records. Ska, rocksteady, funky reggae, roots, dub mixes, disco mixes, they're all here from the queens of the Jamaican music scene. Studio One Women features a wide mix of classics and obscurities from the finest female voices in reggae. Until now most of these tracks have only ever been available as extremely hard to find Jamaican 7 inch and 12 inch singles and even if you were lucky enough to find them they'd cost you a small fortune! Marcia Griffiths and Rita Marley (here with her first group The Soulettes) are two of Jamaica's most famous female singers hugely popular today. Both these artists became internationally famous as The I – Threes (along with Judy Mowatt), Bob Marley's backing singers alongside The Wailers. Also featured are Hortense Ellis, sister of Alton who cut many smash hit on the island and Jennifer Lara, a lady who had a long career with Studio One, singing on countless sides until she sadly passed away earlier this year. Studio One is the greatest label in the history of reggae and is the foundation of all reggae music. It's where virtually every world renowned Jamaican superstar started out, Bob Marley and The Wailers included. Under the guidance of the legendary Clement "Coxsone" Dodd the musicians at Studio One recorded hundreds of instrumental rhythms which still provide the backbone for many of the records made in Jamaica today.

RSD 2022 Soul Jazz Records Presents/Various - 100% Dynamite! – Yellow Colored new one-off limited-edition special edition yellow coloured vinyl pressing of Soul Jazz Records’ seminal reggae meets funk and soul collection.  100% Dynamite explores the links between Reggae, Jazz, Funk and Soul. The album is jam-packed with Reggae tunes that have crossed-over and become cult dancefloor hits in clubland such as >Greedy G<, >Rocksteady< and >Granny Scratch Scratch<. Fourteen tracks of music that show the influence that American Jazz, Funk and Soul music has had on Jamaican Reggae. The proximity of the West Indies to the USA meant that many Jamaican musicians would continue to be influenced by American styles of music whilst at the same time continuing to define new styles of their own such as Ska, Rocksteady and Dub.

Das von Clement »Coxsone« Dodd gegründete Studio One dient als umfassender Führer durch die Geschichte der Reggae-Musik. Die Musik auf Studio One Rockers deckt alle Bereiche des Reggae wie Ska, Rocksteady, Roots und Dancehall ab, alles Bereiche, in denen Studio One führend war. Studio One Rockers enthält viele legendäre Studio One-Tracks, die zum ersten Mal von Soul Jazz Records zusammengestellt wurden. Seit den Anfängen des Reggae, als die Skatalites 1962 einen neuen Ska-Sound entwickelten, bis heute ist Studio One die Nummer eins in der jamaikanischen Musik. Auf dieser Zusammenstellung sind klassische Ska-Tracks (»Phoenix City«), Rocksteady (»Feel Like Jumping«), Roots-Musik (»Truth and Rights«), Dancehall (Freddy McGregor, Michigan und Smiley) und viele mehr enthalten. Hier sind viele der klassischen Titel von Studio One zu hören. Von Dawn Penns legendärem »No, No, No« bis zu Klassikern wie Horace Andys »Skylarking« und Marcia Griffiths »Feel Like Jumping«. Das Coxsone Soundsystem war in den frühen 60er Jahren neben seinen Konkurrenten Prince Buster und Duke Reid eines der drei wichtigsten Soundsysteme in Jamaika. Der Katalog von Studio One ist wahrscheinlich der größte in der jamaikanischen Musik und diese Veröffentlichung ist die erste in einer Reihe von Studio One Compilations auf Soul Jazz Records.

Soul Jazz Records’ new 20th anniversary one-off limited-edition heavyweight special-edition purple coloured double vinyl pressing + download code and striking ‘Wailers’ alternative gatefold sleeve only available for Record Store Day 2022. Studio One Classics features a non-stop selection of stone-cold classic Studio One killers! Spanning 40 years of the legendary label, this album is a celebration of the music of Studio One Records and features a who’s who of Jamaican Reggae: Bob Marley, The Heptones, Horace Andy, Sugar Minott, Don Drummond, Prince Jazzbo & more.This collection contains numerous legendary tracks, including Bob Marley and the Wailers’ “Simmer Down”," "Love Me Forever" by Carlton & His Shoes, Slim Smith's "Rougher Yet," Horace Andy's "Fever,", Alton Ellis’s “I’m Just A Guy’, The Skatalites’ blazing ‘Confucious’ and loads more. Timeless stuff - every track here is indeed a classic, no-one can argue about that! Studio One produced literally hundreds of hits and this selection includes some of the label’s most enduring songs. Often described as both the University of Reggae, and the Motown of Jamaica, never were these phrases more apt than if we look at the number of artists who launched their musical careers at Studio One. It is simply impossible to imagine modern Jamaican music without Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, founder of the iconic label, and virtually every singer and musician of note in Reggae cut their teeth at Studio One. Studio One's output spans over four decades, all represented here. Coxsone Dodd pioneered nearly every new form of Jamaican music as it developed over time and this album includes Ska, Dancehall, Roots, Rocksteady, DJ, Lovers and more. This is probably the best entry of the many Soul Jazz Studio One releases if you're after a primer in the Studio One sound. It's all here from the stomping Ska of the Skatalites to The Lone Ranger's Rub-a-dub stylee! Like it says on the wrapper 'Classics' pretty much sums it up.

Reissue of 1997 album on 180 gram RED vinyl by Toots & The Maytals.

Lee 'Scratch' Perry - King Scratch (Musical Masterpieces From The Upsetter Ark-Ive) Limited Edition Deluxe-Box-Set mit 112 Tracks auf 4xLP's + 4x CD's + 50-seitiges Buch & Poster! Lee »Scratch« Perry, der wohl größte jamaikanische Plattenproduzent aller Zeiten, war in den sechziger und siebziger Jahren maßgeblich daran beteiligt, den nationalen Sound der Insel zu verändern, indem er mit seiner einzigartigen Herangehensweise an das Musikmachen die Musik über die zuvor wahrgenommenen Grenzen hinausführte. Anlässlich des ersten Jahrestages seines Todes wird das Beste aus seinem Schaffen in einer Reihe von Produkten präsentiert, die alle eindrucksvoll zeigen, warum Perry so lange eine weithin verehrte Persönlichkeit war. Das Deluxe-Box-Set umfasst vier Vinyl-LPs und vier CD-Sets mit seinen bekanntesten und einflussreichsten Aufnahmen, darunter ein bisher unveröffentlichter Mix von Junior Murvins kraftvollem »Police And Thieves«, dem britischen Chart-Hit »Hurt So Good« von Susan Cadogan und dem Reggae-Klassiker »Return Of Django« von den Upsetters sowie zahlreiche große jamaikanische Hits. Das Set enthält ein 50-seitiges, vollständig illustriertes Buch aus der Feder von Scratchs offiziellem Biographen David Katz mit einer Reihe von Fotos des berühmten Fotografen Adrian Boot sowie ein neu gestaltetes, zweiseitiges Farbposter im Format 24" x 24".

Arguably the greatest Jamaican record producer of all time, Lee "Scratch" Perry was instrumental in transforming the island's national sound throughout the sixties and seventies with his unique approach to music making, pushing the music beyond previously perceived boundaries. To mark the first anniversary of his passing, the very best of his work is showcased across a number of products, all of which effectively demonstrate why Perry was a widely venerated figure for so long. The 2x gatefold LP set collection focuses upon the legendary music maker's best-known productions from the sixties and seventies, performed by some of the giants of Jamaican music, with both extensive notes on the man whose talent and imagination took reggae to new heights of excellence.

Afer the 7inch "Bossy Boots" from Ya Freshness here´s the nex partnership release from  Strictly Rockers / Sunny Bastards: Ska´d for life with lots of early (Skinhead) Reggae, Ska & 2Tone Pearls! All exclusive new Songs very traditional  and awesome smoothy for your next niter! Directly from the Londoner Strictly Rockers Underground! 

Zweite Folge des "Jamaicat"Samplers: eine weitere wunderbare Zusammenstellung von 21 Songs katalanischer Bands im traditionellen Reggaestyle der 50er bis 70er als Doppel-LP im Gatefold-Cover auf dem spanischen Label Liquidator. Seit 23 Jahren steht das Label Liquidator für erstklassige zeitgenössische Künstler, die die goldene Ära der "West Indies" wieder aufleben lassen. Neben einigen internationalen Acts vornehmlich aus Südamerika sowie aktuellen Veröffentlichungen gestandener Pioniere wie Roy #Mr. Symarip' Ellis, Alpheus oder Laurel Aitken sind es überraschend oft Formationen aus Spanien, oder besser gesagt Katalonien, die mit Ska, Rocksteady und Boss Reggae glänzen, als wären die 60er nie zu Ende gegangen. Aus dem großen Pool der Labelkünstler hat Dj Tole Torelli die zweite "Jamaicat"-Werkschau zusammengestellt, mit überwiegend bisher unveröffentlichten Songs. Vier Vinylseiten staubig-analoge Offbeat Erleuchtung mit The Dance Crashers, The Kinky Coo Coo's, The Penguins, The Cabrians, The Oldians, Thorpedians, La Familia Torelli, The Gramophone Allstars Big Band und vielen mehr.

Jamaica’s rare rocksteady label Links was running for almost two years between 1967 to 1968. The Links label is very sought after with collectors & selectors especially with tracks like Ken Boothe’s Can’t You See, The Gaylads Looking For A Girl and Mama Look to name a few. The founder of the Links label Mr Harris ‘BB’ Seaton was an original member of The Gaylads, one of the most important groups during the Ska and Rock Steady era. BB Seaton explains how the Links label came about at a time where artists could not earn fair payment from producers for their recordings. The Gaylads with Ken Boothe, The Melodians and Delroy Wilson joined forces and decided to control their own recordings from the exploitation of the producers. The four artists came together to manage and control the Links label to obtain all rights and share their profits. BB Seaton was the back bone in writing the songs and managing the productions/arrangements whilst the other artists gave all their talent to singing the tracks to their best performance. The Links label was short run and sadly demised after 2 years due to unfortunate circumstances. All is revealed in Brian Keyo’s liner notes!. This album compiles the Links label’s output for the first time. Available on Japanese Rock A Shacka label in LP, CD digipak format, and digital download.

Soul Jazz Records follows up one its most popular Studio One releases with a brand new selection of rare and classic releases by women in reggae. Featuring legendary artists such as Marcia Griffiths, Rita Marley and Hortense Ellis (with a guest appearance by her brother Alton), alongside a host of rarities from lesser known names such as Nina Soul, Nana Mclean, Denise Darlington, Myrna Hague and also Doreen Schaeffer, a vocalist who was a founding member of The Skatalites. There are notable covers (from Tyrone Davis' soul classic Can I Change My Mind to the Band's 60s psychedelic classic Turn Turn Turn in a rub-a-dub style!). Doreen Schaeffer reversions Alton Ellis's seminal I'm Still in Love with You, Nina Soul reversions the slack rocksteady anthem Barb Wire. A number of these tracks are almost impossible to find and many have never been issued ever since their initial release. The music on the album is of course 100% killer and features backing from all of the seminal groups at 13 Brentford Road including The Skatalites, Sound Dimension, Soul Brothers and the Brentford All Stars, and ranges from ska, rocksteady, roots, lovers and more from the 60s, 70s and 80s. All produced by Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd at Studio One Records, the number one sound in reggae music.