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The Expanders

The Expanders - 2026 Reissue

This is the rare, long out-of-print 2011 debut album from Los Angeles-based Roots Reggae specialists The Expanders.

The music on the self- titled debut album (2011) was recorded between 2006 and 2010. The band took the time to develop this recording with the goal that the music have an authentic vintage Jamaican sound. To achieve this type of recording, they enlisted the mixing skills of engineer Jay Bonner, original bass player for The Aggrollites, who now runs the JanDisc record label. The initial tracks were all laid down to analog tape at the famous Killion Studios, owned and operated by engineer Sergio Rios, himself an in-demand musician (most notably as guitarist for Orgone, The Lions, and Breakestra).


TRACK LISTING

1. Evilous Number
2. Something Wrong
3. Moving Along
4. Follow It
5. Careful
6. Turtle Racing (feat. Jah Faith)
7. Snow Beast
8. Gone Away
9. Down In The Valley
10. Race Is Run

Easy Star All-Stars

Ziggy Stardub

Easy Star All-Stars return with their first new tribute album in over a decade! Ziggy Stardub, a reggae re-imagining of David Bowie's entire The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars album. Features guest performances by Macy Gray, Steel Pulse, Fishbone, Alex Lifeson (Rush), Vernon Reid (Living Colour), The Skints, Mortimer, The Expanders, Samory I, Naomi Cowan, and many others.

TRACK LISTING

LP :
1. Five Years
2. Soul Love (feat. Mortimer)
3. Moonage Daydream
4. Starman
5. It Ain't Easy (feat. Samory I)
6. Lady Stardust (feat. SunDub)
7. Star (feat. Carlton Livingston)
8. Hang On To Yourself (feat. Fishbone And JonnyGO Figure)
9. Ziggy Stardust (feat. The Skints)
10. Suffragette City (feat. The Expanders)
11. Rock 'n' Roll Suicide

CD:
1. Five Years
2. Soul Love (feat. Mortimer)
3. Moonage Daydream
4. Starman
5. It Ain't Easy (feat. Samory I)
6. Lady Stardust (feat. SunDub)
7. Star (feat. Carlton Livingston)
8. Hang On To Yourself (feat. Fishbone And JonnyGO Figure)
9. Ziggy Stardust (feat. The Skints)
10. Suffragette City (feat. The Expanders)
11. Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
12. Five Years Dub (CD Only)
13. Moonage Daydream Dub (CD Only)
14. Lady Stardust Dub (CD Only)
15. All The Young Dudes (feat. Kirsty Rock) (CD Only)

Various Artists

Easy Star Presents JonQuan & Associates

Though JonQuan is relatively new to the reggae scene, youd never know it by listening to the music on the upcoming 'Easy Star Presents JonQuan & Associates'.

Working closely with two time Grammy winner Victor Rice (Easy Star All-Stars, Bixiga 70, Ticklah), JonQuan fashions brand new tunes that evoke the majesty of the golden age of reggae.

TRACK LISTING

Spread Love Around (feat. Vernon Maytone)
Sunny Monday (feat. Eazy D)
In A Man's Heart (feat. Sammy Dread)
Accidental Badman (feat. Carlton Livingston)
Special Request To Pupa Quan (It A Murdah) (feat. JonnyGo Figure)
So Far Gone
When Ya Hold Me (feat. Screechy Dan)
I Am Trying (feat. Kelly Di Filippo)
One Bright Road (feat. Elliot Martin)
Lean (feat. Danny Rebel)

Easy Star All Stars

Dub Side Of The Moon - Special Anniversary Green Vinyl Edition

Talk about high concept: 'Dub Side Of The Moon' features the house band of noted New York reggae label Easy Star covering Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side Of The Moon' in the same sequence and in recognisable but reggae fashion. Here, the All Stars turn Floyd's strangely surreal world even stranger and more surreal, adorning the band's dark psychedelic music with slow reggae beats and head-spinning dub-style production that is both inspired and effective. "Money" opens with the sound of bong hits and coughing instead of the cash register, then grooves to a reggae beat as guitar and organ churn out the classic riff - there's even the mandatory sax break in the middle. The group hits it just right on "Great Gig in the Sky", retaining the soaring gospel voice, while the remake of the chiming bells on "Time" reveals a bit of irreverent humour. Tearing away at the alienation of the original, this infusion of new personality makes it all work, elevating the album's concept from the half-baked to visionary.

Celebrate a decade plus of this timeless and ingenious musical experiment with this release, which includes two new bonus tracks (including a new version of “Breathe” that features Rebelution’s Eric Rachmany along with Metric Man, Ruff Scott and Sluggy Ranks) and new artwork.


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