|
|
November 19, 2011, at 5:30 pm Four quality rocksteady 7″ reissues are available from Pressure Sounds right now. These releases of Phil Pratt produced sides on repro Caltone labels were announced several months ago but were hit by production problems and have only just become available. It was well worth the wait though, the music is superb, the presentation excellent and [...]
October 3, 2011, at 11:47 pm 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 [...]
August 15, 2011, at 9:26 am Pressure Sounds have announced that they will re-issue four seven inches of Caltone related Phil Pratt rocksteady productions next month. These were all previously issued on their CD Safe Travel: The Rare Side Of Rocksteady back in 2005. There are some choice titles here including Horace Andy’s first ever recording, Black Man’s Country as Horace [...]
July 28, 2011, at 11:37 pm It’s been a year since part 1 but the Tropical Heat site are back with another Studio One rhythm mix that merges the original foundation tunes with later 80′s and 90′s cuts. So alongside the Sound Dimension, Horace Andy and the Heptones expect the likes of Donna V, Ed Nangle and Jim Nastic…
March 16, 2011, at 10:47 pm Possibly the finest vinyl reissue company of this time, Deeper Knowledge/Digikiller, are back with another collection of quality sides, this time some early 80′s material from Channel One including some unreleased tunes:
McWoner – Nuh Fire It/Higher Region Barry Brown – Over Me/Angela Prince – Joker Lover Horace Andy – Why Oh Why/Satisty Me (both [...]
March 27, 2010, at 11:32 pm On DanceCrasher I rarely talk about brand new music that is coming out, there are two main reasons for this; firstly others better informed than me do it alot better, and secondly, really good stuff tends to be pretty rare these days.
One release that is good and looks like it’s going to be hard [...]
February 11, 2010, at 10:41 pm 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.
[...]
January 6, 2010, at 6:35 pm Out now on 7″ are seven new colour vinyl represses from the Tappa Zukie camp:
ST010 Judgement Time – Junior Ross & Spears ST011 Daniel – Prince Allah ST012 Kingston City -Junior Ross – An unreleased next vocal cut to Natty Dread A wah She Want ST013 This pollution – Knowledge ST014 Blackman -Tappa [...]
January 4, 2010, at 1:33 pm 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 [...]
February 3, 2009, at 2:40 pm Retired cricketer Derek Pringle (formerly of England and Essex) talks to the Jamaican Gleaner ahead of the England V’s West Indies series and gives them his Reggae top 10:
Heart of The Congos – The Congos Soul Rebel – The Wailers Soul Revolution – The Wailers Rocking Time – Burning Spear King Tubby Meets The [...]
|
|
Recent Comments