Tracks Dub Roots and Reggae from the Melodica King
- Cassava Piece
- Tippa Tone Blues
- 555 Dub Street
- Memories Of The Ghetto
- 555 Crown Street
- Meditation Dub
- East Of The River Nile
- Thunder Clap
- Skanking Easy
- Black Ants Lane
- Young Generation
- Braces Tower Dub
- New Style
- Baby I Love You So
- Give Praise
- Let's Get Together
- Silent Satta
- Rockers Rock
- Dub Ethiopia
- Up Warrika Hill
- Black Gunn
Release date: 2004-06-12
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.48
Review Dub Roots and Reggae from the Melodica King / Augustus Pablo:Augustus Pablo, who died just last year of a rare nerve disorder, didn't pass away without leaving us with some of the finest roots reggae ever committed to (seven-inch) wax. Culled mostly from his own Rockers imprint, this collection is expertly compiled and captures many of the man's finest moments without overtly repeating other already available compilations. A deeply religious man, Pablo's work was distinctive for its spiritual feel as well as its author's instrument of choice-the melodica. "Cassava Piece", one of his all-time classics, kicks the album off and is followed by the even more celebrated vocal version of the tune, "Baby I Love You So" featuring legendary vocalist Jacob Miller. Also featured are gems such as "555 Crown Street", "Rockers Rock", "Bongo Pat's Young Generation" and "Black Gunn". Throughout these records, Pablo's distinctive minor-key playing (or "Rockers Sound", as it came to be known) lends a haunted, mystical sound that is stays with you a long time after the record has finished. Augustus Pablo might be gone from this earth, but he is a long way from forgotten. -Paul Sullivan.
Tracks Street Corner Ska Classics
- Thunderball - Tommy McCook & The Supersonics
- The Jerk - Derrick Harriot
- Nuclear Weapon - Tommy McCook & The Skatalites
- Ska-ing West - Sir Lord Comic
- Man In The Street - Don Drummond
- Watermelon Man - Baba Brooks & His Band
- Jumping With Val - Val Bennett
- Contact - Roy Richards & Baba Brooks
- Blazing Fire - Derrick Morgan
- Vitamin A - Baba Brooks & His Band
- Storm Warning - Lynn Taitt & The Comets
- Let George Do It - Don Drummond
- Green Island - Don Drummond
- One Eyed Giant - Baba Brooks & His Band
- Street Corner - The Skatalites
- River Bank - Baba Brooks & His Band
- Silver Dollar - Tommy McCook & The Skatalites
- Dance Crasher - Alton Ellis & The Flames
- Independence Ska - Baba Brooks & His Band
- (Hey) Bartender - Laurel Aitken
- Get Up Edina - Desmond Dekker
Release date: 2001-10-15
RRP: £6.99
Price: £2.97
Review Street Corner Ska Classics / Various Artists:
Tracks Lkj In Dub
- Cultural Dub
- Bitch Dub
- Peach Dub
- Brain Smashing Dub
- Reality Dub
- Victorious Dub
- Shocking Dub
- Iron Bar Dub
Release date: 1991-09-24
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.05
Review Lkj In Dub / Linton Kwesi Johnson:Produced and arranged by LKJ and "Blackbeard," a. k. a. bassist- mixer-Dub Band leader Dennis Bovell, this 1980 set still holds up- along with Lee "Scratch" Perry's '70s Black Ark productions-as a prime paradigm of reggae's enduringly popular twist on the straight-no-chaser instrumental. Except for the odd vocal line inserted into the mix here and there and magnified by echo, reggae poet LKJ steps back and trains the spotlight on the U. K. -based Dub Band as it flexes musical prowess on instrumental, or dub, versions of such LKJ hits as "Victorious Dub," "Iron Bar Dub," "Cultural Dub," and (be warned!) "Brain Smashing Dub. " Bovell, the former leader of the seminal '70s reggae band Matumbi, subsumes a world of Black music styles under reggae's irresistible "one-drop" beat, rendered here in fine squishy style. U. K. [+]music legends like guitarist John Kpiaye and drummer Jah Bunny aid and abet in creating this densely textured, impossible-to- refuse invitation to wind your waistline. -Elena Oumano.
Tracks My Name Is Gyptian
- Mama
- Beautiful Lady
- Holiday - Gyptian & Keisha
- You Never Know
- Stop The Fussing
- Take My Money
- Woman I Love You - Gyptian & Teflon
- Around The World
- Serious Times
- Take Me Higher
- Beng Beng
- School Girl
- What Are We Fighting For
- Keep On Knocking
- Through The Valley - Gyptian & Round Head
Release date: 2006-09-18
RRP: £13.99
Price: £6.00
Review My Name Is Gyptian / Gyptian:
Tracks Live As One
- Give Me Good Sensi - Zion Train & Earl 16
- Terror Talk - Zion Train & Dubdadda
- Tribute To Keng Keng - Zion Train
- Boxes And Amps - Zion Train & Dubdadda
- Audrey And June - Zion Train
- Forward Ever - Zion Train & Lua
- Bloodlines - Zion Train & Dubdadda
- Animus Mundi - Zion Train
- Moha - Zion Train
- What A Situation - Zion Train & Raiz/Tippa Irie
- Edelweiss Piraten - Zion Train
- Hibakusha Song - Zion Train
- Why - Zion Train & Marlene Johnson
- Life That I Choose - Zion Train & YT
- Baby Father - Zion Train & YT
- Live As One - Zion Train & Lua
Release date: 2007-09-10
RRP: £12.99
Price: £5.61
Review Live As One / Zion Train:
Tracks Nuh Skin Up
- Desiree
- Keeping Us Together
- Even Those Dreadful Words
- Mercy
- No Commitment
- Bad Things
- Nuh Skin Up
- Ire Ire
- Troubles
Release date: 2007-03-26
RRP: £13.99
Price: £7.60
Review Nuh Skin Up / Keith Hudson & The Soul Syndicate:
Tracks The Journey: the Very Best of Sizzla Kalonji/+DVD
- Rise To The Occasion
- Rise To The Occasion
- Like Mountain
- Thank You Mama
- Thank You Mama
- Sow More Love
- Just One Of Those Days (Dry Cry)
- Black Woman And Child
- Solution
- Be Strong
- Thanks And Praises
- In This Time - Sizzla & Luciano
- Ain't Gonna See Us Fall
- Praise Ye Jah
- RETV Documentry
- Give Me A Try
- Really And Truly
- Africa Prepare
- Interview
- Rastafari Teach I Everything
- Love Is Divine
- One Love
- Haven't I Told You
- Good Ways
- Where Are You Running To
Release date: 2008-06-23
RRP: £13.99
Price: £6.77
Review The Journey: the Very Best of Sizzla Kalonji/+DVD / Sizzla:
Tracks Too Experienced: the Best of Barrington Levy
- Murderer
- Prison Oval Rock
- Living Dangerously - Levy, Barrington & Bounty Killer
- Vice Versa Love
- Dancehall Rock - Levy, Barrington & Cutty Ranks
- Too Experienced
- Don't Throw It All Away
- 21 Girl Salute
- Teach The Youths
- My Time
- Shine Eye Girl
- Black Roses
- Work - Levy, Barrington & Jigsy King
- She's Mine
- Under Mi Sensi
- No Fuss No Fight
Release date: 2000-11-17
RRP: £12.99
Price: £6.09
Review Too Experienced: the Best of Barrington Levy / Barrington Levy:
Tracks Dub-Triptych
- Dub Organizer - The Upsetters, Dillinger
- Sharp Razor
- Kaya Skank
- Rude Walking - The Upsetters, Tommy McCook
- Apeman Skank - Lee Perry
- Kojak - Lee Perry And The Upsetters
- Mooving Skank
- Lover's Skank (aka Spanglers Clap)
- Black Panta
- Cloak & Dagger - The Upsetters, Tommy McCook
- Bush Weed - Lee Perry And The Upsetters
- Dub Revolutions - Lee Perry And The Upsetters
- Musical Transplant
- Khasha Macka
- Side Gate
- Drum Rock
- Jungle Fever
- V/S Panta Rock
- Own Man - Lee Perry And The Upsetters
- Hail Stone - The Upsetters, Winston Wright
- African Skank
- Dub The Rhythm - Lee Perry And The Upsetters
- Elephant Rock
- V/S Iron Side
- Table Turning
- Woman's Dub - Lee Perry
- Rain Drops - Lee Perry And The Upsetters
- Dreamland Skank
- Cloak & Dagger - The Upsetters, Tommy McCook
- Dreadlock Talking - Lee Perry And The Upsetters
- Doctor On The Go - Lee Perry And The Upsetters
- V/S Bad Walking - The Upsetters, Tommy McCook
- Jungle Lion
- Iron Claw - The Upsetters, Tommy McCook
- Caveman Skank - Lee Perry And The Upsetters
- Liquid Serenade - The Upsetters, Winston Wright
- Jungle Jim
- Pe-We Special
Release date: 2008-02-26
Run time: 123 min.
RRP: £13.99
Price: £5.48
Review Dub-Triptych / Lee Perry:
Tracks The Lost Tapes - Live at the Venue 1980
- Tyler
- Food For Thought
- Strange Fruit
- Summertime
- King
- My Way Of Thinking
- Burden Of Shame
- Little By Little
- I Think It's Going To Rain Today
Release date: 2008-09-08
RRP: £6.99
Price: £4.98
Review The Lost Tapes - Live at the Venue 1980 / UB40:
Tracks Exodus
- So Much Things To Say
- Roots
- Jammin'
- One Love/People Get Ready
- Exodus
- Turn Your Lights Down Low
- Keep On Moving
- Crazy Baldhead / Running Away
- Exodus
- The Heathen
- Three Little Birds
- The Heathen
- Guiltiness
- Exodus
- Keep On Moving
- Exodus
- Punky Reggae Party
- Jamming
- War / No More Trouble
- Natural Mystic
- Punky Reggae Party
- Waiting In Vain
- Waiting In Vain
- Jamming
- Jammin'
Release date: 2001-11-11
Run time: 134 min.
RRP: £13.99
Price: £8.42
Review Exodus / Bob Marley & The Wailers:
Tracks A Ruffer Version: Johnny Clarke At King Tubby's 1974-78
- Jah Jah Bless Joshua
- None Shall Escape The Judgement
- Peace And Love (In The Ghetto)
- Blood Dunza (Dub) - King Tubby, The Aggrovators
- A Social Version - King Tubby, The Aggrovators
- A Ruffer Version - Johnny Clarke, The Aggrovators
- Blood Dunza
- Play Fool Version - King Tubby
- Every Knee Shall Bow
- Just Give Up The Badness
- Play Fool Fe Get Wise
- Don't Trouble Trouble
- Poor Marcus
- A Moving Version - King Tubby, The Aggrovators
- The Ruler (aka Cold I Up)
- Enter Into His Gates With Praise
- Commercial Locks - Johnny Clarke, Dillinger
- Joshua's Words
- Move Out Of Babylon Rastaman
- Don't Be A Rude Boy
- A Harder Version - Johnny Clarke, The Aggrovators
- This A The Hardest Version - King Tubby, The Aggrovators
- Channel One Is A Joker - King Tubby, The Aggrovators
Release date: 2008-02-26
Run time: 78 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.88
Review A Ruffer Version: Johnny Clarke At King Tubby's 1974-78 / Johnny Clarke:
Tracks Dread Broadcasting Corporation - (Rebel Radio)
- Hail London - White, K.C.
- Dark Moon - Upsetters (1)
- Closer I Get To You - Brown, Dennis & Janet Kay
- Orbitone 1 - Roberts, Sonny & The Orbitons Allstars
- Dread Outta Control - Ranking Miss P
- Watch How We A Play De Riddim - Ranking Miss P
- Barbwire - Dean, Nora
- Get Your T Shirts - Devon & Ranking Miss P
- Jamaica - Honeyboy Martin
- Bam Bam - Sister Nancy
- Sweet Harmony - Charmers, Lloyd
- Music Roots Music - Bullwackies
- Polititian - Brown, Barry
- Me Love Soca - Daddy Mecka
- Lovers Rock Selection - Miss T
- Wolves And Leopards - Brown, Dennis
- Dreamland - Wailers (1)
- Woman Of The Ghetto - Dillon, Phyllis
- DBC Has No Beginning - Prince Lincoln
- Arise Black Man - Tosh, Peter
- Watcha Dawta - Unknown Artist
- Concrete Jungle - Wailers (1)
- Cotton Tree - McCook, Tommy & The Skatalites
- Dance Hall We Deh - Minott, Sugar
- Dis A Rebel Radio Bwoy - Lepke, Louis
- Striving To Be Free - Ranking Miss P
- Declaration Of Rights - Clarke, Johnny (1)
- Maria - Sparrow Dragon
- Mi God Mi King - Papa Levi
- Dice Cup - Carlos, Don
- Chucky A De General - Devon
- Leaving Rome - Bennett, Jo Jo & Mudies Allstars
- No No No - Penn, Dawn
- Sunday Dish - Early B
- It's So Nice - Prophet, Michael & Clint Eastwood
- Collie Weed - Levy, Barrington
- Get It Straight Africans - Sister Carol
- Worried Over You - Rudy & Gloria
- DBC...Simply Years Ahead - Laurel & Hardy (2)
- Humanity - Prince Lincoln & The Royal Rasses
- Wreck A Buddy - Soul Sisters (2)
- Backayard - In Crowd (1)
- Boxing - Campbell, Cornell
- Irie And Mellow - Hammond, Beres
- Balmyard - Stanley & The Turbines
- My Time - Isaacs, Gregory
- Rub A Dub Soldier - Blake, Paul & The Blood Fire Posse
- Launch - Papa Levi
- Pop A Top - Andy Capp
- Smoke And Be Free - Dennis Alcapone
- Gunshot - Johnson, Anthony
- We're Hot - Miss P & Big Youth
- Sunshines For Me - Andy, Bob
- Easy Snapping - Beckford, Theo
- Prisoner Of Love - Barker, Dave (1)
- First Time Ever - Griffiths, Marcia
- You're Gonna Need Me - Dunkley, Errol
- Lost My Sonia - Coco Tea
- I Say Old Chap - Unknown Artist
- King Tubby Dub - King Tubby
- Rasta Man Camp - McGregor, Freddie
- Man Come And Man Go - King Tubby
Release date: 2008-02-26
RRP: £7.99
Price: £4.79
Review Dread Broadcasting Corporation - (Rebel Radio) / Various Artists:
Tracks Equal Rights
- Jah Guide
- Equal Rights
- Stepping Razor
- Downpressor Man
- African
- Get Up Stand Up
- I Am That I Am
- Apartheid
Release date: 1988-11-07
RRP: £6.99
Price: £4.24
Review Equal Rights / Peter Tosh:
Tracks True Love
- Merry Blues (with Manu Chao)
- Time Tough (with Ryan Adams)
- Careless Ethiopians (with Keith Richards)
- Pressure Drop (with Eric Clapton)
- Reggae Got Soul (with Gentleman)
- Reggae Got Soul (with Ken Boothe and Marcia Griffiths)
- Monkey Man (with No Doubt)
- Bam Bam (with Shaggy and Rahzel)
- Love Gonna Walk Out On Me)
- Funky Kingston (with Bootsy Collins and The Roots)
- 54-56 Was My Number (with Jeff Beck)
- True Love is Hard To Find (with Bonnie Raitt)
- Blame On Me (with Rachael Yamagata)
- Take A Trip (with Bunny Wailer)
- Never Grow Old (with Terry Hall, The Skatalites and U-Roy)
- Still Is Still Moving To Me (with Willie Nelson)
- Sweet and Dandy (with Trey Anastasio)
Release date: 2004-06-07
RRP: £14.99
Price: £1.91
Review True Love / Toots & The Maytals:
Tracks Banned in Dc: Bad Brains Greatest Riffs
- Regulator
- How Low Can A Punk Get
- Big Takeover
- No Conditions
- Prophet's Eye
- Sailin' On
- I Luv I Jah
- Soul Craft
- I And I Survive
- At The Movies
- Sacred Love
- With The Quickness
- Don't Bother Me
- I Against I
- Reignition
- Joshua's Song
- Voyage To Infinity
- Meek Shall Inherit
- Riot Squad
- I
- Pay To Cum
- I Against I
- Banned In DC
Release date: 2003-08-25
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.44
Review Banned in Dc: Bad Brains Greatest Riffs / Bad Brains:
Tracks Dancehall 4-Play: 36 Bashment Beats 4 the Bunka
- Lady Saw - Hot Gal Fi Life
- Yellowman - Morning Ride
- Ward 21 Style
- Frisco Kid - Girl I Love It
- Danny English & Egg Nog -Party Time
- Vybz Kartel & Wayne Marshall - New Millennium
- Elephant Man - Elephant Message
- Tanya Stephens - Mi Want Yuh
- Predator - Nah No Head
- Hawkeye Somebody
- Lukie D - Shake It
- Cecile Honey
- Sizzla Spotlight
- Capleton - Roughest King
- Mad Cobra feat Keke Flint - Lazy Gal
- Nicky B - Are You Ready
- Mr. Vegas - Heads High
- Degree Hotties
- Red Rat - Wine Your Waist
- Daville - Jump Off
- Wayne Wonder - No Letting Go
- Lexxus - Girls Girls
- Kenny & Busy Signal - Shake It Fast
- Sean Paul - Shake It
- JC Lodge - Telephone Love
- T.O.K. Pengeleng
- Shabba Ranks with Deborahe Glasgow - Mr. Loverman
- Zumjay - Shake It
- Kid Kurrupt Combining
- Assassin - It's A Girl Thing
- Bling Dawg & Lukie D - Girl For Me
- Vybz Kartel Tekk
- Buju Banton - People & People
- Baby Cham - Chat Tuff
- Beenie Man - Who Am I (Zim Zimma)
- Bounty Killer - Sadda Dem
Release date: 2004-07-19
RRP: £17.99
Price: £0.90
Review Dancehall 4-Play: 36 Bashment Beats 4 the Bunka / Various Artists:
Tracks Dub Come Save Me
- Revolution 5 feat. Chali 2na
- Witness Dub
- Styles Dub
- Man Fi Cool
- UK Warriors
- Brand New Dub
- The Lynch
- Tears
- Highest Grade Dub
- Dream Days SFA Dub
Release date: 2002-07-08
RRP: £13.99
Price: £7.99
Review Dub Come Save Me / Roots Manuva:From his idiosyncratic delivery and leftfield lyrics to his rootsy basslines and dubwise studio tinkerings, Mr Manuva has always paid homage to his Jamaican roots. That he has always fancied himself as something of a dubmeister was made apparent on the dub version of his lauded single "Witness" (which appeared on Zero 7's Another Late Night compilation), but even before then he was remixing (as Walworth Road Rockers) Big Dada Sound's "Showtime" among others. Here, he gets to explore his "mixing-desk-as-instrument" ethos to the max, reworking tracks from his recent Run Come Save Me LP into spectral dubshadows of their former selves, as well as presenting a few tracks that didn't make it onto the LP and one or two cuts previously only available as limited MP3 downloads. Cuts like "Highest Grade Dub" and "Brand New Dub" are direct descendents of the King Tubby/Augustus Pablo school of smoke-filled trickery, while "Tears" and "Revolution" are more 80's and hip-hop influenced respectively, but come with deep and dirty dub signatures. Like everything Mr Manuva turns his hand to, Dub Come Save Me is weirdly sophisticated, and serves as an essential companion to the original long player. -Paul Sullivan.
Tracks No Holding Back
- Saddest Day
- Friend Like Me
- Perfect Proposal
- Just Another Day
- Crazy Feeling - Wayne Wonder & Elephant Man
- Nobody But Me
- Glad You Came
- Slowly But Surely
- No Letting Go
- Bounce Along
- Enemies
- Metal And Steel
- Close Your Eyes
- My Kinda Lady
- Definitely
- Mood Is Right
- Intro
Release date: 2003-05-05
RRP: £15.99
Price: £0.49
Review No Holding Back / Wayne Wonder:
Tracks Strictly The Best Vol. 38
- Morgan Heritage
- Tami Chynn
- Alaine
- Jah Cure
- and more...
- Richie Stephens
- Etana
- Maxi Priest
- Beres Hammond
- Queen Ifrika
- DaVille
- Bitty Mclean
Release date: 2007-11-19
RRP: £9.99
Price: £6.26
Review Strictly The Best Vol. 38 / Various Artists:
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Dub Roots and Reggae from the Melodica King, Street Corner Ska Classics, Lkj In Dub, My Name Is Gyptian, Live As One, Nuh Skin Up, The Journey: the Very Best of Sizzla Kalonji/+DVD, Too Experienced: the Best of Barrington Levy, Dub-Triptych, The Lost Tapes - Live at the Venue 1980, Exodus, A Ruffer Version: Johnny Clarke At King Tubby's 1974-78, Dread Broadcasting Corporation - (Rebel Radio), Equal Rights, True Love, Banned in Dc: Bad Brains Greatest Riffs, Dancehall 4-Play: 36 Bashment Beats 4 the Bunka, Dub Come Save Me, No Holding Back, Strictly The Best Vol. 38 |
