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April 2, 2012, at 7:42 pm

Caltone Pressure

Few would argue that there are many better re-issue companies than Pressure Sounds these days. For vinyl only you can talk about Deeper Knowledge/Digikiller and Dubstore, for CD and vinyl Universal/Trojan maybe run them close but Pressure Sounds continue to lead the way with quality CD’s/LP’s alongside vinyl singles all put together with a style [...]

May 24, 2011, at 3:48 pm

JJ Rocksteady Pressure

A couple of big big rocksteady tunes from the JJ camp are currently out and about on repress 7″.

First up Put Down Your Fire by the Kingstonians. This is certainly one of their greatest rocksteady era tunes and has been fetching big money on auction sites for a long time now. Pressed on a [...]

October 9, 2010, at 6:02 pm

Studio First On Ebay

An almost regular look at the last seven days of reggae vinyl sales on ebay returns after a couple of weeks off.

Studio One has always been a difficult one. Though rightly popular it’s a mine field for people chasing down original tunes due to the myriad of different Jamaican labels and the very variable [...]

August 16, 2010, at 10:36 pm

Two Tennors

A couple of nice seven inch singles of rare 1969 reggae tunes on repro Tennors labels are currently doing the rounds:

Tennors – Another Scorcher / The Harmonians – My Baby Another Scorcher is actually by The Kingstonians.

The Fabians – V Rocket / Vin Gordon – Tribute To Don Drummond Two cuts on the [...]

October 10, 2009, at 3:19 pm

Something called Loving Reggae

Another old podcast is dusted off and given a new lease of life. This one is strictly 68-71 reggae styles. Once all the old podcasts have been removed from podomatic and put up here I may even try and get it together to do some new ones…

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Maytones [...]

April 14, 2009, at 6:33 pm

Goodies Are The Greatest

Another old DanceCrasher mix is given a new lease of life. More rocksteady business with no general theme this time, just great tunes.

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Carl Dawkins – Baby I Love You (UK Rio) JJ All Stars – Cabbage Leaf (Blank) Larry Marshall – The First Time I Met You [...]

August 20, 2008, at 11:01 pm

A French Natty Dread

The August/September issue of French reggae magazine Natty Dread is available now. Articles include a feature on K.Vibes (Karen Morrisson) who recorded the superb Frenemies for Studio One, the story of Nanny Goat by Larry and Alvin, interviews with Etana and Bushman and a load more. Pity it’s in French!

As usual there is [...]

June 12, 2008, at 9:46 pm

Natty Dread #49

The latest (June/July) issue of French language reggae magazine Natty Dread is out now. The Slickers are on the front cover and they feature extensively in the magazine alongside Prestige, Queen Ifrika, Reggae Regulars, Burro Banton and quite a bit more. As always the layout and illustrations etc are top quality – I just [...]