Freddie McKay’s self-produced 1977 LP Harsh Words has finally returned to circulation. Initially released in Jamaica on Gorgon Records, a subsidiary of Sonic Sounds, it was issued in the US by Salsoul Records’ sister label Salsoul Salsa Series in 1982. The album includes 10 tracks, featuring previously issued singles from the ’70s along with exclusive songs like the title track Harsh Words, Feel So High, and Travelling. McKay’s gritty, soulful voice is backed by top-tier musicians, including Sly & Robbie, Fish Clarke, Flabba Holt, Bingi Bunny, Ranchy McLean, Ansel Collins, Winston Wright, Bobby Ellis, Don D Jr, and Sticky. The nearly simultaneous reissue of Freddie McKay’s LP Harsh Words by France’s Only Roots under McKay’s Amethyst label and Switzerland-based Reggae Fever under the Kismet label raises some eyebrows. France’s Only Roots claims a licensed release from Freddie McKay’s estate, while Switzerland-based Reggae Fever acknowledges Patrick Harty as the producer behind their release. Harty owns Jamaican label Kismet, known for its unofficial releases.

Big moves from Berlin's Buyreggae! They're back with another essential release that's guaranteed to get the reggae massive excited - "Children Of The Emperor" by the legendary Albert Ilawi Malawi. Albert's story starts at the legendary Alpha Boys School in the late 60s, where he mastered the drums and worked as a selector for the Alpha sound system. These formative experiences shaped his musical DNA and launched a career that this album celebrates in style. But Albert was way more than just a drummer - he was a complete artist: singer, songwriter, producer, and selector for the Jah Love sound system, which had deep ties to The Twelve Tribes of Israel movement and their Rastafarian teachings. He was right there at the beginning, helping pioneer both Rastafarian culture and roots reggae as we know it. These 10 tracks from the 70s and 80s are the real deal - pure authenticity, righteous vibes, deep spiritual conviction, and serious musicality. This is roots reggae that hits you in the soul and stays with you forever. Albert brought in the top session players of the era and recorded at the most respected studios such as Channel One and Harry J's, with mixing legends like Sylvan Morris and Errol Thompson working their magic at the controls.

Hugh Mundell, tragically, was shot in 1983, at the age of 21. This album, first released in 1982, showcases his talent in a later stage of his unfortunately short-lived career, after 1980, for producer Henry "Junjo" Lawes. Mundell's vocals are (were) excellent, with a tortured feel, and with the underestimated quality of making you not only hear, but also "feel" the songs. Not only the vocals are great on this album, but also the music is tight (in a good sense), maintaining a solid roots reggae feel of (on most songs) the Roots Radics at their best. Especially the horns are inventive on these songs, and the riddim section well-balanced. This drum and bass, crisp, "clear" sound differs from Mundells' rougher-edged, and somewhat more atmospheric, earlier album Africa Must Be Free by 1983, but works on Mundell well. Mundell's emotive, heartfelt vocals are convincing throughout, in their expression of Rastafarian commitment. Especially "Rasta Have The Handle," "Tell I A Lie," "Red Gold & Green," and "Jah Music" draw you in with their beauty, especially vocally but also musically. Most remaining songs are, in my opinion, also good, though somewhat more chaotic and with some simpler compositions. The vocals remain engaging, however, and musically the sort of "dub" approach to roots reggae is entertaining enough, while the 2 dubs are okay, though somewhat strange (or original?), with added sounds. This 2004 rerelease adds 4 bonus tracks, including the good, previously unreleased "Walk with Jah."      written by Michel Conci, seen on reggae-reviews.com

Limited Edition of 750 Indvidually Numbered Copies ReissueGatefoldyellow Translucent180 gram Vinyl

Limited Edition of 750 Indvidually Numbered Copies Reissue,GatefoldRed Translucent180 gram Vinyl

Building on the massive success of the Greensleeves and Channel One Soundsystem collaboration "Down in The Dub Vaults', we now join forces with the iconic Iration Steppas for another deep exploration into the world of Dubs, the second release in our "Soundsystem" series. - The masterful selector Mark Iration has been given full access to the Greensleeves archives, carefully curating a powerful selection of Roots and Dub treasures that have long been staples of the Iration Steppas soundsystem. - This collection features legendary Jamaican vocalists such as Michael Prophet, Johnny Osbourne, and Wailing Souls, among others. The second disc takes you into the Echo Chamber, show casing Dub versions from Heavyweights like Roots Radics, Augustus Pablo and The Revolutionaries-complete with Tony McDermott illustrated inner sleeves and photos from the Iration Steppas archives in this gatefold package. - The first edition of our Soundsystem series (with Channel One Soundsystem) flew off the shelves, with demand far exceeding supply-don't miss out this time!

Many reggae music historians feel that the rocksteady period of Jamaican music only lasted for a brief period of time from the years 1966 to about 1968. Clearly, they have not been in tune with what the legendary rocksteady duo of Keith & Tex have been up to in this modern era of reggae music. Since reuniting in the late 1990’s, Keith & Tex have released four albums of original material grounded in the solid foundation of the sound called rocksteady, with their newest album, ‘Gun Life’, being number five, following that same traditional path. During this reformation and reconnection of these longtime childhood friends from Kingston, Jamaica, Keith & Tex have traveled the globe thrilling audiences in the US, Mexico, South America, Japan and across the European continent with their version of modern rocksteady. Their performances are full of mega hits of the 1960’s like 'Stop That Train,' ‘Tonight’, 'Don’t Look Back,' and 'Down The Street,' as well as the new songs they have penned, embrace timeless themes that always play well to audiences young and old. ‘Gun Life' is another collaboration with the highly regarded and proficient producer from Spain, Roberto Sanchez, and his Lone Ark Riddim Force. The band backs Keith & Tex with authentic, bubbly, driving rocksteady riddims freshly created for this project. The music carries the gamut of universal topics of life such as the trials and tribulations of love with songs like 'She’s Gone' and 'Gave You My Heart.' The track 'Give Me One Reason,' where Babylon has taken the resources of Africa under false pretenses -- 'Give me one good reason to trust you...the good book in one hand and a weapon in the other'-- is an example of a song that gives a common theme a new twist.

''Sulla Rotta Dei Venti'' (On the Route of the Winds) is the brand-new album of Italian ska-jazz maestros North East Ska*Jazz Orchestra (NESJO). A collection of eleven own-penned original tracks, written and composed between 2020 and 2023, that frames a new chapter in the ten-year career of the band. In this record, NESJO bravely explores other worlds through music, which, as we know, is always also an inner quest. It is at the same time an effort to place their own music at the centre of the time and space in which they live, even at the cost of going beyond the stylistic limits linked to the band's chosen musical genre. Although, these new 11 cuts are built around rhythms that are undeniably of Jamaican origin, melodies are tainted with music from other traditions and sometimes also feature pop elements. Somehow, in this new album, NESJO has chosen to let the jazz big-band out of the orchestra pit and to mix with the popular sound of the street. Through the tracks of the record, NESJO creates mixed ensembles with the use of instruments such as strings, accordion, flute, clarinet, horn, tuba… together with the band's regular branding of sax, trumpets and trombones. Another novelty of this work is that the non-instrumental tracks are sung in Italian by the three singers Freddy Frenzy, Michela Grena and Rosa Mussin. And the musical journey takes us to exotic but at the same time very close sounds in 21st century Europe: Balkan (“Piazza Della Liberta”, “CiganSka #1”), Arabic (“Petrolio”), African (“Nimi Muzima”), Italian (“Roma Tokyo Paris”), and ska (“Donna Di Chi”) and a sophisticated ska-jazz suite (“Sulla Rotta Dei Venti”). The opening words of the first track of the album give us a glimpse of the feeling of vindication, brotherhood and hope contained in this set of songs: "Where is the empathy for those in difficulty / in the streets of Trieste that shout with vitality / indifference hearts of stone / dense black Balkan agony".

Must have für Roots und Dubfans. Social Living eine der größten Roots-LPs, hier mit Living Dub Vol. 1 einer der besten Dub-LPs ever als Bonus. Supersound Inkl.

CompilationGatefold Originally released in 2019 by Soul Jazz as a box set of 7”s for Record Store Day but now issued as a standard double LP compilation, Studio One Showcase 45 Expanded Edition reads as a veritable who’s who of great reggae artists whose careers began at Kingston’s legendary Studio One run by Clement “Coxsone” Dodd. Features tracks from the likes of The Skatalites, Jackie Mittoo, The Heptones, Freddie McGregor, Horace Andy and Bob Marley & The Wailers.

RSD Compilation, Reissue,Yellow Vinyl20th Anniversary ed

- RSD 2025 Edition - Limited Edition - Reissue -  Tricolour Green, Gold & Red Vinyl A Greatest Hits set spanning Peter Tosh’s complete Parlophone catalogue, including Johnny B. Goode, Wanted Dread and Alive and Bush Doctor. Originally released in 1987 in Brazil only, now being reissued globally on Red, Green and Yellow tri-colour vinyl.

Schwergewichtiger 80er Jahre Dancehall - aufgenommen bei Channel One mit Roots Radics und produziert von Linval Thompson.