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Thursday Nov 23, 2023

Various Artists

Justice Dub - Rare Dubs From Justice Records 1975-1977

The productions of producer Bunny ''Striker'' Lee were so extensive in the early to mid 1970’s that labels were created just to handle his ever expand... more...

LP Jamaican Records: JRLP054

Thursday Oct 19, 2023

Augustus Pablo

Roots, Rockers & Dub

Nature Sounds is unveiling ''Roots, Rockers & Dub'', a new Augustus Pablo collection celebrating the 50th anniversary of Rockers (a record label found... more...

2LP Nature Sounds: NSD828LP

Ibrahim Hesnawi

The Father Of Lybian Reggae

Habibi Funk is digging deep to present the songs of Ibrahim Hesnawi, also known as ''The Father of Libyan Reggae''. Kingston meets Tripoli in this inc... more...

LP + Download Habibi Funk: HABIBI024

Tuesday Oct 17, 2023

Barry Biggs

Illusion

Noted reggae vocalist Barry Biggs comes under the Emotional Rescue microscope here with celebrated LA digger Patrick Billard aka DJ Duckcomb remixing... more...

12inch Emotional Rescue: ERC 103
Also available @ D\G\T\L

The Vision

Far Away (6 Songs Of Reggae & Dub Music)

Emotional Rescue looks to the newly rebuilt but still very much culturally separate East and West Germany of the 1980s with this new EP. It's dub regg... more...

10inch Emotional Rescue: ERC 139
Also available @ D\G\T\L

Monday Sep 25, 2023

Nairobi Sisters

Promised Land

Death Is Not The End sub-label 333 turns up the gold again with this repro of the much in-demand Flames cut of Nairobi Sisters' Promised Land. Sampled... more...

7inch 333 Records: 333-008
Also available @ D\G\T\L

Thursday Aug 24, 2023

Frankie B

Pressure Me

Death Is Not The End sub-label ''333'' hit again with a reissue of a rarely encountered piece of prime UK digi, courtesy of Franklyn Bernard aka Frank... more...

12inch 333 Records: 333-005
Also available @ D\G\T\L

Jasaro People

Suffering

A huge late-70s UK roots grail! Originally pressed up in super limited quantities and self-distributed out of North West London in 1976, this record w... more...

7inch 333 Records: 333-010

Thursday Aug 10, 2023

Keith Hudson

Tuff Gong Encounter

The unreleased album from 1984 sees the light of day! The final album for Keith Hudson aka The Dark Prince of Reggae was recorded at Tuff Gong Studio... more...

LP VP Records: VPRL2527

King Tubby

Dub From The Roots

Tubby did three original dub albums, ''Dub From The Roots'', ''The Roots of Dub'' and ''Brass Rockers'' with Tommy McCook on the flying cymbals. Where... more...

LP VP Records: GREL2031

King Tubby

The Roots Of Dub

Tubby did three original dub albums, ''Dub From The Roots'', ''The Roots of Dub'' and ''Brass Rockers'' with Tommy McCook on the flying cymbals. Where... more...

LP VP Records: GREL2032

Ahmed Ben Ali

Subhana

Libyan Reggae at its peak grooves courtesy of Benghazi-born Ahmed Ben Ali. The tracks on the LP represent a blisteringly deep collection of heavy regg... more...

LP + Booklet Habibi Funk: HABIBI022

Wednesday Jul 19, 2023

Scientist

Scientist Wins The World Cup

Scientist's name can be found all over any dub record collection; he was a protégé of King Tubby, and many would say that when dub fell on quieter tim... more...

LP Dub Mir: MIR100741

Scientist

Scientist Encounters Pac-Man

With this 1982 album, Scientist delivers one of his most progressive mixes, deconstructing the originals down to their skeletal base and adding just t... more...

LP Dub Mir: MIR100740

Capital Letters

Reality

A heavy old school sound reverberates from the Midlands reggae scene, one which remains unrivalled across the UK and is perfectly summed up by Capital... more...

LP Radiation Roots: RR00374

Gregory Isaacs

Private Lesson

Legendary Jamaican songsmith Gregory Isaacs' 1995 album 'Private Lesson' on Radiation Roots. The set includes laidback cuts 'Preacher Boy', 'Feeling S... more...

LP Radiation Roots: RR00382

Barry Brown

Meets The Scientist At King Tubby's With The Roots Radics

Crucial set of dubs from Scientist! 'Barry Brown Meets The Scientist' features twelve extra-heavy Scientist mixes of Barry Brown tracks originally cut... more...

LP Radiation Roots: RR00380

Little John

Reggae Dance

Reissue of this 1982 release, recorded and mixed at Channel One and King Tubby's Studios. Includes killer songs such as ''Reggae Dance,'' ''Unwilling... more...

LP Radiation Roots: RR00378

Triston Palma

Show Case

Recorded in the 1982. Roots Radics backing in a dancehall style with the drums and bass of style scott and errol flabba holt on extended 12'' mixes. P... more...

LP Radiation Roots: RR00377

Jah Thomas

Shoulder Move

This is a superior Jah Thomas record with all the great midnight rock Rub A Rub riddims. A big album that represents Jah Thomas, packed full of early... more...

LP Radiation Roots: RR00375

Singers & Players

Leaps & Bounds

1984 mandatory re-issue for british dub-roots combo. Co-produced by On U Sound and Cherry Red the album shows the masterful production of wizard Adria... more...

LP Lantern Rec: LANR026

Phillip Fraser

Come Ethiopians (Deluxe Edition)

Essential! Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Phillip Fraser was part of the « Freedom Sounds » collective in the late 70’s, alongside childhood friend Prince... more...

LP Patate Records: PRPLP051

Roots Radics Meets Scientist And King Tubby

In A Dub Explosion

Deejay Jah Thomas was one of the creative figures making a dramatic impact on the Kingston sound system scene of the late 1970s and early 80s, the rhy... more...

LP Radiation Roots: RR00360

Wayne Jarrett / Soul Syndicate

Moses / Raw Rhythm

''Here's one of our favorite Wackie's tunes that we always thought ought to be on a single, ready to be played along side the other cuts of the rhythm... more...

7inch Digikiller: DKR269

Tuesday Jun 27, 2023

Robert Ffrench

Wondering

Pioneering artist and producer (and cousin of the late, great Pat Kelly) Robert Ffrench was born in central Kingston in 1962, recording his first reco... more...

LP 333 Records: 333-LP002