The first and foremost exponent of the ‘singjay’ style, Eek A Mouse, has carried all before him over the past thirty years busily blurring the distinctions between roots, dancehall and crossover reggae. Eek-ology collects up a number of rare and in-demand non-album sides including the early self produced ‘Ripton Hylton’ recordings along with the Joe Gibbs sessions where he first unveiled his brand new Eek-A-Mouse style. Mouse’s long and successful partnership with producer Junjo Lawes is represented by the non-album ‘For Hire And Removal’ and tracks like ‘Rude Boys A Foreign’ recorded for Gussie Clarke and ‘Taller Than King Kong’ for King Jammy still ram the dance today!

The Jamaican dub pioneer Lee “Scratch” Perry had the ability to attract some of the best musicians around to indulge in their fantasies. He knew how to draw the best out of those who wandered by their studios. The 1989 compilation album Open The Gate is a collection of the 12” versions Lee Perry did in the late Black Ark period. For the recordings, he gathered some of the best singers of the island, including Anthony “Sangie” Davis, The Heptones, Leroy Sibbles, The Diamonds, The Congos, Junior Murvin and of course Perry's studio band The Upsetters amongst others. The 3LP Open The Gate is available as a limited edition of 2500 individually numbered copies on orange coloured vinyl and includes 3 printed innersleeves.

The Bob Andy catalogue is one of the most celebrated in the history of Jamaican music. His touchstone LP from Studio One is a best-selling singles compilation simply entitled Song Book, a cornerstone of the Studio One catalogue. Nine of 12 tracks recorded for this project appeared on Song Book. Bob Andy's works have been covered dozens of times."Tarrus Riley "Desperate Lover"; Bitty McLean "Let Them Say"; Beres Hammond "I've Got To Go Back Home," Olaf Blackwood "You Don't Know".

 

Includes 6 page booklet. The Lost Albums In Jamaican Bass Player, Bandleader, Songwriter, Singer And Producer Boris Gardiner'sDiscography - First Official Issue Of These Impossibly Rare Albums.Contains Extensive Booklet, With Jeff Mao Detailing Gardiner's Career And The 70s Jamaican Music Industry. Unpublished Photos And Ephemera.1970s Jamaica suffered an unprecedented stretch of political turmoil and violence, and as the country’s economy and morale collapsed, reggae and its offshoots exploded worldwide. Boris Gardiner enjoyed great success leading bands, issuing albums that mixed reggae, ska, soul and funk, and collaborating with the likes of Lee (Scratch) Perry and Herman Chin-Loy in their legendary studios and playing on hundreds of records. So many that he lost count. Sometime around the issue of his Boris Gardiner Happening Is What’s Happening album - a Loft classic, with David Mancuso favoring Gardiner’s take of Booker T. and the MG’s “Melting Pot” at his legendary gathering - and his soundtrack to Every N----r Is A Star, famously sampled by Kendrick Lamar and used as the introduction to the film Moonlight, two albums - Ultra Super Dub Vols. 1 and 2 - credited to The Boris Gardiner Happening - two albums so obscure that for the longest time Boris wasn’t even aware that they existed. Following classics such as King Tubby’s Dub From the Roots and Augustus Pablo’s King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown, Miami-based Alty East’s Ultra Records took instrumentals Gardiner created for a run of 45s, and created and issued these compilations of dubbed out originals and JA renditions of songs by Otis Redding, Clarence Carter, Betty Wright, Jimmy “Bo” Horne and Ultra label-mate Frankie Zhivago Young. Released in tiny runs in handmade, silkscreened, paste-on covers, they have become some of the most sought after Jamaican albums. Now, issued under Boris’ guidance, and with a detailed booklet by Jeff Mao, which delves into the deep scene which birthed these remarkable records, we can finally consider the last, unheard portion of this landmark musician’s career.

•A touchstone LP from the beginning of reggae's 'post-Bob Marley era,’ Wailing Souls’ Fire House Rock was released by Greensleeves in 1981 to enduring acclaim. The title track became Wailing Souls’ most popular, anthemic song. Features production by Henry Junjo Lawes, backing by the Roots Radics with mixes by Scientist. •For the Deluxe Edition, the original mixes were transferred from reel-to-reel to a pristine 24-bit/96k digital master. These are paired in a deluxe gatefold sleeve with a bonus 12-inch single disc of alternate, extended mixes originally released through VP’s Jah Guidance imprint.•Sticker application; 180g Heavyweight Vinyl Pressing Gatefold sleeve with full-colour Inner Bags featuring rare photos and extensive notes.

Top-Sampler mit A-Sides, Dubs und seltenen Dubplate-Mixen aus der stärksten Phase der legendären Reggaeband Black Uhuru, 1977-80, produziert von Sly & Robbie und erschienen auf deren Label TAXI. Neben Hymnen wie 'Abortion' und 'Guess Who's Coming To Dinner' enthält die 2LP außerhalb Jamaikas bisher unveröffentlichte Cover von Bob Marley ('Sun Is Shining'), Dawn Penn ('No No No') und 5th Dimension ('Aquarius'). Black Uhuru und Sly & Robbie eroberten 1977 die Reggaeszene im Sturm, als dem Genre die Luft auszugehen drohte. Sie waren Jamaikas Antwort auf die Punks, die im selben Jahr die etablierten Codes der Musikindustrie sprengten. TAXI TRAX ist eine perfekte Einführung in diese Formation, die die jamaikanische Musik mit neuer Härte und Experimentierfreudigkeit revolutionierte. Schwarzes Doppelvinyl im Gatefold samt Interviews des Reggae-Experten Noel Hawkes mit Sly und Black Uhuru sowie Fotos von Adrian Boot.

A seriously soulful vocalist, Earl George appeared on numerous classic records under a number of different names including Earl Lawrence, L Lawrence, George Earl, George Faith and, on occasion, Earl George. This album ‘One & Only’ was recorded for Phil Pratt. Originally released in 1978 through West London’s Burning Sounds organisation and credited to Earl George, the set contained his three Terminal single releases and seven brand new tunes. Produced by Phil Pratt and featuring Sly & Robbie, Tommy McCook, Ansel Collins. Re-released on 180 gram vinyl

1970s Jamaica suffered an unprecedented stretch of political turmoil and violence, and as the country’s economy and morale collapsed, reggae and its offshoots exploded worldwide. Boris Gardiner enjoyed great success leading bands, issuing albums that mixed reggae, ska, soul and funk, and collaborating with the likes of Lee (Scratch) Perry and Herman Chin-Loy in their legendary studios and playing on hundreds of records. So many that he lost count. Sometime around the issue of his Boris Gardiner Happening Is What’s Happening album - a Loft classic, with David Mancuso favoring Gardiner’s take of Booker T. and the MG’s “Melting Pot” at his legendary gathering - and his soundtrack to Every N----r Is A Star, famously sampled by Kendrick Lamar and used as the introduction to the film Moonlight, two albums - Ultra Super Dub Vols. 1 and 2 - credited to The Boris Gardiner Happening - two albums so obscure that for the longest time Boris wasn’t even aware that they existed. Following classics such as King Tubby’s Dub From the Roots and Augustus Pablo’s King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown, Miami-based Alty East’s Ultra Records took instrumentals Gardiner created for a run of 45s, and created and issued these compilations of dubbed out originals and JA renditions of songs by Otis Redding, Clarence Carter, Betty Wright, Jimmy “Bo” Horne and Ultra label-mate Frankie Zhivago Young. Released in tiny runs in handmade, silkscreened, paste-on covers, they have become some of the most sought after Jamaican albums. Now, issued under Boris’ guidance, and with a detailed booklet by Jeff Mao, which delves into the deep scene which birthed these remarkable records, we can finally consider the last, unheard portion of this landmark musician’s career.

50th anniversary reissue of the legendary 1972 album by Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari. Limited deluxe boxset contains 3xLP, 7 inch single, download code, art print and magazine. Like Sun Ra's Arkestra and John Coltrane are to jazz, the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari are to reggae - the ultimate expression of roots music and Rastafarian ideology in reggae music, music functioning at a high level of spiritual consciousness combined with an equally avant-garde and forward-looking approach to sound. The group's stunning, unique and groundbreaking 1973 album 'Grounation', a mighty conceptual triplealbum (the first ever reggae triple!) is, similar to Marvin Gaye's 'What's Goin' On', a definitive allencompassing cultural statement of its time and place. A sprawling album of raw and unique cultural expression that combined Rastafari consciousness with deep spiritual jazz music - an absolute and essential classic of Reggae music. The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari group came into existence at the start of 1970s, the union of two artists (and groups) of equal repute - Count Ossie and his African Drums and saxophonist Cedric 'Im' Brooks' and his group, The Mystics. Both Ossie and Brooks were alumni from the great Studio One Records. [info sheet from distr.]

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.

Special Limited EditionIncudes Original 1973 Text & PhotosNew Interwiew and Sleevenotes + Download Code Was Sun Ra's Arkestra und John Coltrane für den Jazz sind, sind die Mystic Revelation of Rastafari für den Reggae - der ultimative Ausdruck von Roots-Musik und Rastafari-Ideologie in der Reggae-Musik, einer Musik, die auf einem hohen Niveau spirituellen Bewusstseins funktioniert, kombiniert mit einem ebenso avantgardistischen und zukunftsweisenden Ansatz für den Sound. Das atemberaubende, einzigartige und bahnbrechende Album »Grounation« von 1973, ein mächtiges konzeptionelles Triple-Album (das erste Reggae-Triple überhaupt!), ist, ähnlich wie Marvin Gayes »What's Goin' On«, ein definitives, allumfassendes kulturelles Statement seiner Zeit und seines Ortes. Ein ausuferndes Album mit rauem und einzigartigem kulturellem Ausdruck, das Rastafari-Bewusstsein mit tief spiritueller Jazzmusik verbindet - ein absoluter und unverzichtbarer Klassiker der Reggae-Musik. Die Gruppe Mystic Revelation of Rastafari entstand Anfang der 1970er Jahre als Zusammenschluss zweier Künstler (und Gruppen) von gleichem Ruf - Count Ossie und seine African Drums und Saxophonist Cedric »Im« Brooks und seine Gruppe The Mystics. Sowohl Ossie als auch Brooks waren ehemalige Mitglieder des großen Studio One Records.

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.