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Anthoney & Shirley - Cemetary Gregory Isaacs - My Only Lover L.Graham - Jungle Rock Brigadeer - Warrior No Tarry Ya Mighty Threes - One Black People Blue Bells - Freedom Fighter Ranking Trevor & Nicademos - Jamaican Rockers Hop Leon Hyatt - Miss Pussy Willow Rickey Grant - All For One Carl Brown - Love Is The Answer
October 3, 2011, at 11:47 pm

Soul Jazz back with Studio One

It’s been over three years but finally some more Studio One from Soul Jazz. Coming soon is a single CD/double vinyl compilation called The Legendary Studio One Records: Original Classic Recordings 1963-80. As the name implies it’s something of a sampler and even though there are no ultra rare label spotters delights here there are [...]

April 26, 2011, at 1:35 pm

Ska from the Dubstore

It’s been relatively well known for sometime that Dubstore in Japan had licenced material from Ken Khouri of Federal Records fame. Finally there are some really exciting vinyl releases as a result of this agreement. Five 7″ singles on replica Kentone labels, all either stupidly rare on original vinyl or previously unreleased:

Ernest Ranglin & [...]

May 9, 2010, at 1:09 pm

What is Mod Reggae?

Trojan records have announced that four double CD compilations will be released at the end of the month. These appear to be a bit of a departure from other recent releases as they seem to cater to some extent to the collectors market with a higher proportion of obscure tunes. The four releases are Dub, [...]

March 5, 2009, at 11:38 pm

Watch These Sounds at Tighten Up

To celebrate the return of Tighten Up this Saturday I thought I’d put up one of the most popular mixes I previously featured on the podomatic site. Enjoy.

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Watch These Sounds – a third Rocksteady mix Rocksteady turns Reggae circa 1968

Uniques – Beatitude (UK Island) John Holt [...]

February 28, 2008, at 9:53 pm

Tunes for sale

The sound samples on the records for sale section on this site have been updated, all records now have sound samples that play the tune (usually both sides) including a few seconds of the run in groove so you can check the condition before you buy. 99% of tunes are original issues, all are on [...]