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August 22, 2011, at 10:46 pm

The Story Of Trojan Records – again?

When Trojan announced they were producing a “The Story Of Trojan Records” box set I’d have to say I was just a little underwhelmed, after all Trojan have been producing Trojan Story compilations since 1971, what would be different this time?

First things first. This set totals 123 tracks over five CD’s. It’s packaged in [...]

March 21, 2011, at 12:03 am

Dub Store Jammy's

Dub Store reissue another seven classic Jammy’s digital productions on 7″ at the end of May. There are some real classics coming, this series just gets better and better:

Echo Minott – I Am Back/Version

Pad Anthony – Dangerous System/Version

Admiral Tibet – Running From Reality/Version

Gregory Isaacs – The Ruler/Version

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January 29, 2011, at 10:59 am

Remembering Mr Isaacs

No passing was felt more keenly in the reggae world in 2010 that that of Gregory Isaacs. Though always a giant, the outpouring of tributes on radio and the web reminded many of his huge back catalogue and the enormous contibution he made to the music.

Posthumous compilations can always be seen in two different [...]

October 25, 2010, at 1:35 pm

RIP Gregory Issacs

Gregory died this morning in London of cancer. Our condolences to all his family and friends.

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July 2, 2010, at 1:17 am

The Trojan four

Go back ten or even just five years and there was a thriving re-issue industry in the UK and further afield, companies like Blood And Fire, Soul Jazz, Heartbeat, Motion and Jamaican Gold were all busy releasing collections of vintage Jamaican music with what would now seem ridicoulous regularity. The undisputed leaders of the pack [...]

February 11, 2010, at 10:41 pm

More from Witty – the Music Master

After the feature on Gold Shop records the other day it seemed like a good time to put up this old Dancecrasher podcast mix of Whitfield Henry productions. This is dedicated to the Deadly Dragon crew who are currently in the UK and are guest selectas at Trash & Ready in London this coming Sunday.

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January 4, 2010, at 1:33 pm

A harder shade of re-issue

Pressure Sounds re-release the very first re-issue from their catalogue on the 8 Febuary, A Harder Shade Of Black featuring productions from Leonard Chin’s Santic lable. Originally re-issued in 1995 as An Even Harder Shade Of Black this was taken from the original Santic LP from around 1974.

The new CD reissue has increased the [...]

December 20, 2009, at 4:31 pm

Trash And Ready

The Tighten Up Crew return with a new night in January showcasing 80′s dancehall and digital sounds, so expect loads of Junjo Lawes, Greensleeves 12′s, Jammy’s and Sleng Teng vibes.

Welll be at Catch (one of the best ever old Tighten Up venues) once a month on a Sunday starting on January 17th. Joining us [...]

November 14, 2008, at 9:54 am

Rupie Edwards mix

The Dancecrasher mixes and downloads on podomatic are rarely available as the bandwidth available for free accounts is so limited. Eventually the podomatic account will be closed down but before all the mixes dissapear for good they will be made available for one more time here.

Starting off with a mix of Rupie Edwards productions. [...]

October 14, 2008, at 10:15 pm

The Rise of Jamaican Dancehall Culture…the album

To conincide with the publishing of the book of the same name by Beth Lesser Soul Jazz are releasing a double CD or 2 x double LP dancehall compilation on the 10th November.

For seasoned fans this isn’t offering a huge amount, the press release boasts “…100% stone-cold Dancehall classics. An A-Z of some [...]