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WEEK STARTING 26 Apr

Genre pick of the week Cover of Brutal - 2024 Reissue by Black Uhuru.

Black Uhuru

Brutal - 2024 Reissue

Ras

    Released in 1986, BRUTAL has never been reissued on vinyl until now. It features a dream cast: Sly & Robbie as BLACK UHURU's leader, Junior Reid on vocals, Tyrone Downie (Roots Radics) on keyboards, all mixed at Lion & Fox by RAS RECORDS fetish engineer Jim Fox.

    In addition to reissuing this album in its original version, we've remastered the original soundtracks for both vinyl and CD to give this legendary album even more sparkle. 

    STAFF COMMENTS

    Matt says: Classic 80s roots featuring Sly & Robbie which has remained unavailable on vinyl till now. The remastering sounds delish and it's another essential set for any reggae collector or selector.

    TRACK LISTING

    SIDE A

    1. Let Us Pray
    2. Dread In The Mountain
    3. Brutal
    4. City Vibes
    5. Fit You Haffe Fit

    SIDE B

    1.Great Train Robbery
    2. Uptown Girl
    3. Reggae With You
    4. Vision
    5. Conviction Or A Fine 

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    Cover of Dubbing At King Tubby's Vol. 1 (RSD24 EDITION) by Aggrovators.

    Aggrovators

    Dubbing At King Tubby's Vol. 1 (RSD24 EDITION)

    Vp Records

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      Cover of Dubbing At King Tubby's Vol. 2 (RSD24 EDITION) by Aggrovators.

      Aggrovators

      Dubbing At King Tubby's Vol. 2 (RSD24 EDITION)

      Vp Records

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        Cover of Livin' It Up (RSD24 EDITION) by Horace Andy & Sly And Robbie.

        Horace Andy & Sly And Robbie

        Livin' It Up (RSD24 EDITION)

        Diggers Factory

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          Cover of Pass Me The Lazer Beam (RSD24 EDITION) by Don Carlos.

          Don Carlos

          Pass Me The Lazer Beam (RSD24 EDITION)

          17 North Parade

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            Cover of Mellow & Colly (RSD24 EDITION) by Dub Syndicate.

            Dub Syndicate

            Mellow & Colly (RSD24 EDITION)

            Echo Beach

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              Cover of Skanking With The Upsetter (RSD24 EDITION) by Lee "Scratch" Perry.

              Lee "Scratch" Perry

              Skanking With The Upsetter (RSD24 EDITION)

              Trojan

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                12 of the late, great Lee 'Scratch' Perry's hugely influential early dub tracks, most officially unavailable on vinyl for decades

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                Cover of Cry Tuff Chants On U (RSD24 EDITION) by Prince Far I.

                Prince Far I

                Cry Tuff Chants On U (RSD24 EDITION)

                On U Sound

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                  Cover of Handsworth Revolution (RSD24 EDITION) by Steel Pulse.

                  Steel Pulse

                  Handsworth Revolution (RSD24 EDITION)

                  UMR

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                    Special 2 LP version of this roots reggae classic, featuring 9 extra tracks and enhanced artwork

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                    Cover of Zunggugungzugu-zungguzeng (RSD24 EDITION) by Yellowman.

                    Yellowman

                    Zunggugungzugu-zungguzeng (RSD24 EDITION)

                    Greensleeves

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                      Cover of Cockroach Town (RSD24 EDITION) by Youth Meets R.D.F..

                      Youth Meets R.D.F.

                      Cockroach Town (RSD24 EDITION)

                      Youth Sounds

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                        Cover of Soul Jazz Records Presents 300% DYNAMITE! Ska, Soul, Rocksteady, Funk And Dub In Jamaica (RSD24 EDITION) by Various Artists.

                        Various Artists

                        Soul Jazz Records Presents 300% DYNAMITE! Ska, Soul, Rocksteady, Funk And Dub In Jamaica (RSD24 EDITION)

                        Soul Jazz Records

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                          Special new 25th anniversary edition of this most popular and highly-acclaimed of all Soul Jazz Records' Dynamite! series - 300% Dynamite is jam-packed with reggae tunes that crossedover to become dancefloor hits and are 100% guaranteed to rock any party.

                          Out of print for the last 15 years, this new edition is being released in a one-off limited-edition heavyweight special-edition yellow coloured vinyl pressing + download code exclusively for Record Store Day 2024.

                          This album is fully remastered, relicensed and with new tracks exclusively for RSD 24.

                          Wayne Smith's booming anthem ‘Sleng Teng’, Althea & Donna's worldwide hit 'Uptown Top Ranking', Sister Nancy's classic ‘Bam Bam’, Augustus Pablo, Lee Perry - it's all here as ‘300% Dynamite’ joins the dots between reggae, jazz, funk, dub and soul.

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                          Cover of Soul Jazz Records Presents STUDIO ONE RUDE BOY (RSD24 EDITION) by Various Artists.

                          Various Artists

                          Soul Jazz Records Presents STUDIO ONE RUDE BOY (RSD24 EDITION)

                          Soul Jazz Records

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                            Soul Jazz Records’ new 18th anniversary one-off limited-edition heavyweight special-edition red and cyan coloured vinyl pressing (+ download code) exclusively for Record Store Day 2024 of their long out of print classic release ‘Studio One Rude Boy’. This album is fully remastered and relicensed for RSD 24.

                            From the early days of Bob Marley and The Wailers (whose striking sharp-suited Rude Boy style appears on the front cover) through to the classic 1970s Jamaican films ‘The Harder They Come’ and ‘Rockers’, Rude Boys have been synonymous with Jamaican Reggae culture.

                            This Jamaican Rude Boy anti-establishment attitude and stylish attire was later adopted by bands such as The Clash (in the film Rude Boy) as well as The Specials, Madness, Selector and others in the Two-Tone era that swept across the UK at the end of the 1970s.

                            The album features classic tracks from Studio One featuring Jamaica’s finest singers and groups such as The Wailers, John Holt, the Wailing Souls and Dennis Brown alongside super-rare hard-to-find tracks from artists such as Mr Foundation, Dudley Sibley and Jim Brown.

                            Driving Ska and Rocksteady rhythms, classic singers, killer horn lines, great Rude Boy themed-songs, all recorded under Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd’s supervision at the legendary Studio One.

                            With musical backing comes from the legendary in-house bands – The Skatalites, The Sound Dimension, Soul Vendors and Soul Defenders – this is rightly one of the most in-demand Studio One releases that Soul Jazz Records have ever released.

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                            Cover of The Bristol Roots Explosion (RSD24 EDITION) by Various Artists.

                            Various Artists

                            The Bristol Roots Explosion (RSD24 EDITION)

                            Bristol Archive

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                              Cover of Guerilla Dub - 2024 Reissue by Aggravators & Revolutionaries.

                              Aggravators & Revolutionaries

                              Guerilla Dub - 2024 Reissue

                              Burning Sounds

                                Musicians include Aston 'Family Man' Barrett, Carlton Barrett, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar, Ansel Collins, Ossie Hibbert, Earl 'Chinna' Smith, Tommy McCook, Cornell Campbell, Jackie Mittoo.

                                Both The Aggravators and The Revolutionaries were influential in creating the distinctive sound of reggae music during its formative years, contributing their talents as studio bands behind some of the most significant recordings in the history of Jamaican music. 'Guerilla Dub' provides an illustration and insight into the close working relationships between the many producers, musicians and mixing engineers who created so many of Jamaica's marvellous musical masterpieces during its golden age and how interwoven and interconnected they were during this period of intense musical creativity.

                                TRACK LISTING

                                Cuddoe Dub
                                Garvey Dub
                                Paul Bogle Dub
                                Malcolm X Dub
                                Martin Luther Dub
                                Swapo Dub
                                Guerilla Dub
                                Maroon Dub
                                Ethiopean Dub
                                P.L.A. Dub

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                                Cover of Drums Ov Sage 1 (Edits & Dubs 2016-2023) by Dreems.

                                Dreems

                                Drums Ov Sage 1 (Edits & Dubs 2016-2023)

                                Especial Specials

                                Especial Specials has recently helped to take the Japanese label Chill Mountain Record into the world of wax after it previously operated only in the digital world. Now it carries on with a similar MO as it works with Multi Culti label head, DJ and producer Dreems on a new set of limited-edition EPs. He has already landed on the likes of Kompakt, Pinchy & Friends and Futureboogie and now digs into his vaults to serve up some edits and dubs that are hard to pin down but often doused in psychedelic overtones, acid and dub. Each one is a unique work in its own right but they all add up to one helluva good EP.

                                STAFF COMMENTS

                                Mine says: Dreems provides all your psychedelic dancefloor needs across two new aurally and visually pleasing 12" compilations on Especial. This one is worth it alone for the addictive groove of 'Battaki'.

                                TRACK LISTING

                                An Ancient
                                Piska Power - Dumm Dumm ~ Ex Riemen (Dreems Rebirth)
                                Un Peu Sage
                                Eye-Mah, Yeah-Mah
                                Umeko Ando - "Battaki" (Dreems Luv It Dub It)

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                                Cover of Drums Ov Sage 2 (Edits & Dubs 2016-2023) by Dreems.

                                Dreems

                                Drums Ov Sage 2 (Edits & Dubs 2016-2023)

                                Especial Specials

                                Especial Specials always deal in releases with a story often as interesting as the music itself. This time out they enlist DJ and producer Dreems for a fine collection of limited-edition 12"s. Angus Gruzman aka Dreems is the man behind the vital Multi Culti label and has dropped his own wares on the likes of Kompakt, Pinchy & Friends and Futureboogie but somehow remains rather in the shadows. This deep dive into his vaults should change that - these are edits and dubs that come doused in psychedelia as they trip through several genres. There is off-kilter dub, melon-twisting dub, intensely percussive and tribal dub, and more across the five fantastic tracks.

                                STAFF COMMENTS

                                Mine says: Part 2 of a collection of shamanic edits and dubs by Dreems. A bit more on the dubbier side and every bit as good as Vol. 1... Nice to look at too!

                                TRACK LISTING

                                Jungle Gym
                                Peter Power - Adamo Waro (Dreems Horn Dub)
                                Zulu For Who
                                Ground & Kabamix - 2099 (Dreems Acid Dub)
                                Simonas & Gustavas - Undubbed (Dreems Redub)

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                                Cover of Censorship Is Killing Music (Gross National Products 1981-1989) by Kalahari Surfers.

                                Kalahari Surfers

                                Censorship Is Killing Music (Gross National Products 1981-1989)

                                Emotional Rescue

                                South African Warrick Sony is a ground breaking composer who was behind the Kalahari Surfers project which now gets a vital spotlight courtesy of Emotional Rescue. This compilation shows how effortlessly eclectic his sound was - from jive rhythms to jazz, tabla to political speeches and much more in between. A Hindu pacifist who was once conscripted into the South African Defense Force, he founded this group as a way out getting his ides out there, calling on other musicians as and when he needed them. It was the first radical white anti-apartheid pop in South Africa and as this vital collection shows it explored polyrhythms, slow motorik, dub sound collage and even a goofy cover of Nancy Sinatra.

                                TRACK LISTING

                                Side 1
                                1. "Free State Fence"
                                2. "Crossed Cheques"
                                3. "Running Out Of Time"
                                4. "Beat About The Bush"
                                5. "Ten Dirty Fingers"
                                6. "Hillbrow 2"

                                Side 2
                                1. "Don't Dance"
                                2. "Beatle Love Song"
                                3. "I Wonder Why"
                                4. "Song For Magnus"
                                5. "Messer Im Kopf"
                                6. "Telephone"
                                7. "Perpetual Emotion"

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                                Cover of At 333 House - 2024 Reissue by Pachyman.

                                Pachyman

                                At 333 House - 2024 Reissue

                                ATO (UK)

                                  In the spirit of the classic Jamaican recordings of the late 1970s and early 80s, Pachyman brings us his sophomore record with ventures in dub and roots reggae.

                                  Inspired by Roots Radics band, this time Pachyman extends his exploration of the early Studio One sound, Sly & Robbie’s steppers style and a bit of soul jazz reggae.

                                  Mixed using the techniques of Scientist and King Tubby, Pachyman pays tribute to the sonic pallet of the dub masters themselves.

                                  Recorded in between the months of April and October 2019 at his own 333 House studio.

                                  TRACK LISTING

                                  1. Sensi
                                  2. Dose It
                                  3. 333 House
                                  4. Guy Goodwin
                                  5. Babylon Will Fall
                                  6. Easy St. Special
                                  7. I High
                                  8. Smokeshop
                                  9. Feeling Good
                                  10. Zion Love Sound
                                  11. Javius Malones
                                  12. In A Yard
                                  13. Dust To Dust

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                                  Cover of In Dub - 2024 Reissue by Pachyman.

                                  Pachyman

                                  In Dub - 2024 Reissue

                                  ATO (UK)

                                    Envisioned in the style of early dancehall records, Pachy García took upon the task of recreating the sonic endeavours of Scientist, King Tubby, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and the great engineers and players of instruments of early Jamaican reggae music.

                                    Inspired by Channel One Studios and Roots Radics band, the tone was set in a dancehall fashion with some detours into Rub-a-Dub and Rockers style playing.

                                    Recorded at Pachy’s own 333 House from January to March in 2019, with him writing, producing and playing the instruments.

                                    TRACK LISTING

                                    1. Saturday
                                    2. Rocking
                                    3. Space Camp
                                    4. In A Fashion
                                    5. Taserak
                                    6. Jumpy!
                                    7. Bring The Herb
                                    8. Uptown
                                    9. Big & Easy
                                    10. Rootsman Classic
                                    11. Coming Home
                                    12. Flash The Riddim
                                    13. Meet With Friends

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                                    Cover of Alone / Your Love by T Dynamix & Lisa Ellis.

                                    T Dynamix & Lisa Ellis

                                    Alone / Your Love

                                    Planets

                                    An obscure late 80s double sided killer brought to light! Originally released as a 12 inch, this was dug out of a white label box by Planets head honcho on a North London digging mission. 1989 fusion of Lovers, Street Soul & Soundsystem music from T-Dynamix & Lisa Ellis. Originally based up North near Manchester!

                                    STAFF COMMENTS

                                    Matt says: As the months turn brighter and the clouds clear we look towards carnival season and this record in particular could cause more than a casual rukus at your local Mancunian sounds soundsystem. A huge single that traverses that golden boundry between reggae, street soul and lovers rock. Essential!

                                    TRACK LISTING

                                    A1. Alone
                                    B1. Your Love

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                                    Cover of The Seven Gold - 2024 Reissue by U-Roy.

                                    U-Roy

                                    The Seven Gold - 2024 Reissue

                                    333

                                    The late foundation deejay U-Roy recorded The Seven Gold at Michael Carroll's Creative Sounds Studio in Kingston (with assistance from engineer, and singer & producer in his own right, Paul Davidson) for Prince Jazzbo's Ujama imprint - with the LP then seeing the light of day on the label in 1987, and now a reissue on Death Is Not The End sub-label 333.

                                    It features the late, great Ewart Beckford appearing on a range of killer Jazzbo-produced late-80s digitap rhythms - from the inspired Replay version on 'Holo Gow', to the updated digital take on the Heavenless rhythm on 'Jah Jah Call You' and his take on Horace Ferguson's Sensi Addict in 'Musikal Addick'. The bulk of these rhythm tracks were performed by revered multi-instrumentalist Tyrone Downie (a long-time member of Bob Marley & The Wailers since the mid 70s) alongside Tony "Asher" Brissett - another massively undersung session musician perhaps most notable for laying down the initial Sleng Teng rhythm track for Jammys in 1984.

                                    TRACK LISTING

                                    1. I Feel Good
                                    2. Waterboot
                                    3. Holo Gow
                                    4. Jah Jah Call You
                                    5. Reggae Party
                                    6. Warn Them Now
                                    7. Musical Addick

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