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noreply@blogger.com (Monkey SKA) — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 04:23:00 +0000

Comprehensive anthology of the Joe Mansano’s early productions.

After moving to London from his native Trinidad in 1963, Joe Mansano quickly made his mark as one of the UK’s leading West Indian music salesmen. Within five years, his reputation had grown to such an extent that he was head-hunted by Trojan Records to manage one of their key record shops.

Joe’s Records shop in Brixton soon became the place to buy reggae music in the capital and with his finger firmly on the country’s musical pulse, allied to a keen ear for sound, his move into record production seemed a natural progression.

In the studio, Joe’s music-making skills equalled, if not surpassed his talents as a salesman and from late 1968 to 1970 his productions - issued on the Trojan’ Blue Cat, Duke and Joe subsidiaries - proved particularly popular among the country’s skinhead fans. Since then, his work has become highly regarded among aficionados of the UK boss reggae sound, with his releases from this time fetching significant sums on today’s collector’s market.

This 3CD box set comprises the entirety of Joe’s productions from this golden age of reggae, including his seminal 1969 ‘Brixton Cat’ album, and features numerous skinhead classics along with tracks that have remained unissued for well over half a century!

DISC ONE

1 Since I Met You, Baby - Joe’s All Stars

2 Reggae On The Shore - Joe’s All Stars

3 The Judge – Dice The Boss

4 But Officer - Dice The Boss

5 The Bullet - Rico & Joe’s All Stars

6 The Proud One – Rico & Joe’s All Stars

7 Friendly Persuasion – Rico & Joe’s All Stars

8 Sugar Serenade - Joe’s All Stars

9 Hey Jude - Joe’s All Stars

10 Brixton Cat - Dice The Boss

11 Snake Poison – Rico & Joe’s All Stars

12 Funky Reggae (Part 1) – Rico & Joe’s All Stars

13 Reco’s Torpedo - Rico & Joe’s All Stars

14 Honky - Rico & Joe’s All Stars

BONUS TRACKS

15 Return Of The Bullet - Rico & The Rhythm Aces 16 Read The News - Tito Simon

17 Z.Z. Beat - Rico & The Rhythm Aces

18 Life On Reggae Planet - Joe The Boss

19 Rhythm In - Rico & The Rhythm Aces

20 Friends And Lovers - Patti La Donne

21 The Accused - Joe The Boss & Rico

DISC TWO

1 Hot Line – Rico’s & Joe’s All Stars

2 Lash Them - Joe’s All Stars

3 Musical Feet - Pama Dice

4 Battle Cry Of Biafra - Pama Dice

5 Funky Reggae, Part 2 - Joe’s All Stars

6 Dracula, Prince Of Darkness- King Horror

7 Soul Of Joel - Ron & Joe’s All Stars

8 African Meeting - Girlie & Junior

9 Higher And Higher - Josh & Joe’s All Stars

10 Solitude - Joe’s All Stars

11 Gun The Man Down - Dice The Boss

12 The Thief - Joe The Boss

13 Your Boss D.J. - Dice The Boss

14 Behold - The Critics

15 Tea, Patty, Sex & Ganja - Sexy Frankie

16 Since I Met You, Baby (vocal) - Paula Dean

17 Jughead - Paula Dean

18 Teahouse From Emperor Rosko - Joe The Boss

19 She Caught The Train - Ray Martell

20 Tony B’s Theme - Joe’s All Stars

21 Skinhead Revolt – Joe The Boss

DISC THREE

1 Trial Of Pama Dice - Lloyd, Pama Dice & Girlie

2 Jughead Returns Version 1 - Nyah Shuffle

3 Son Of Al Capone - Joe The Boss

4 All My Enemies Beware - Joe The Boss

5 Small Change - Girlie

6 Mind Your Business - Girlie

7 People Are Running - Pamela Brown

8 Schooldays – The Critics

9 Don’t Play That Song - Delroy Williams

10 Appeal Of Pama Dice - Lloyd, Girlie & Joe

11 Young And Strong Version 2- The Boss All Stars

12 The Informer - Dice The Boss

13 Cool It - Dice The Boss

14 Tea House – The Opening

15 Brixton Fight – Pama Dice

16 Brixton Fight Part 2 – The Opening

17 Brixton Pum Pum Wrecker – Pama Dice

18 Bad Day At Black Rock – The Cimaron Kid

19 Fragile – The Cimarons

20 Take Good Care Of My Baby – Clive Williams

21 In Loving Memory – Dice, Rico & The Heat Wave

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Soul Jamaica

noreply@blogger.com (Monkey SKA) — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 04:15:00 +0000

Soul Jazz Records’ new Soul Jamaica brings together a wicked selection of reggae funk and soul tracks from the legendary Studio One stable, featuring a stellar line-up of artists including Jackie Mittoo, The Heptones, The Gladiators, Sim Smith, Peter Tosh and The Wailers, Cedric ‘Im’ Brooks and many more.

For a short period of time at the end of the 1960s and early 1970s, nestled between the end of rocksteady and the arrival of roots reggae, Studio One released a small stream of superb soul and funk reggae tunes – covering everyone from Sly and The Family Stone, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Nina Simone, Gene Chandler, Tyrone Davis and more.

Most of the tracks featured on Soul Jamaica were only ever released on Studio One’s UK-subsidiary label Bamboo in small-run pressings and are now consequently extremely hard to find.

Tracklist:

1-1 Alton Ellis - Tumbling Tears

1-2 Winston Francis - Turn Back The Hands Of Time

1-3 Sound Dimension - Sing A Simple Song

1-4 The Gladiators - Fling It Gimme

1-5 Jackie Mittoo;JACKIE MITTOO - Soul Finger

1-6 Winston Francis - Groovy Situation

1-7 Calvin Marshall - La La 69

1-8 Soul Defenders - Way Back Home

1-9 The Heptones - Young, Gifted and Black

1-10 Im and David - Up Fully

1-11 Slim Smith - Keep That Light

1-12 Sound Dimension - Give It Away

1-13 Zoot Simms - Real Gone Loser

1-14 Sound Dimension - Soul Bowl

1-15 Peter Tosh - Can't You See

1-16 Joy Roberts - Someday We'll Be Together

1-17 The Freedom Singers - Give Peace A Chance

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The Ska's The Limit

noreply@blogger.com (Monkey SKA) — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 04:04:00 +0000

The very best of Dandy’s early recordings.

Long before joining the ranks of Trojan Records and achieving international success, Robert Thompson AKA Dandy was a rookie singer-songwriter recording for Carnival, a subsidiary of Crossbow Records, a small independent London-based company owned by Allan Crawford.

Keen to take advantage of the ska craze, sparked by Millie Small’s international smash ‘My Boy Lollipop’, the Australian music entrepreneur signed the young Jamaican-born singer-songwriter with the intention of pairing him with another vocalist, although it was not until after Dandy had cut a number of singles on which his voice had been double-tracked that Keith Foster filled the role of ‘Sugar’.

Throughout the second half of 1964 and into the following year, Sugar & Dandy featured on a series of popular singles, followed by the release of the LP, ‘The Ska’s The Limit’, on which they were presented as the headline act. Dandy subsequently cut solo material for Carnival, but after the label was wound up in the summer of 65, he moved on to record for Jamaican music specialists, Melodisc and R&B before making his home at the newly created Trojan Records in 1968.

This collection focuses on Dandy’s formative years as a performer, featuring significant best-sellers, such as ‘What A Life!’, ‘Oh Dear What Can The Matter Be’, ‘I’m Not Crying Now’ and ‘Let’s Ska’, along with numerous obscurities that have remained unavailable on any format for six decades. As with the companion Doctor Bird volume, ‘Rock Steady With Dandy’, all recordings have been officially licensed from the singer himself, and with 24 of the 28 tracks new to CD this is a must-have acquisition for fans of the singer and the timeless sound of ska!

Tracklist:

1 - Sugar 'N' Dandy - What A Life

2 - Sugar 'N' Dandy - Time And Tide

3 - Sugar 'N' Dandy - One Man Went To Mow

4 - Sugar 'N' Dandy - I'm Not Crying Now

5 - Sugar 'N' Dandy - Cryin'

6 - Sugar 'N' Dandy - Oh Dear

7 - Sugar 'N' Dandy - Vipers

8 - Sugar 'N' Dandy - Let's Ska

9 - Sugar 'N' Dandy - Blues Got A Hold On Me

10 - Sugar 'N' Dandy - Tra-La-La-La-La

11 - Sugar 'N' Dandy - Think Of The Good Times

12 - Sugar 'N' Dandy - Only Heaven Knows

13 - Sugar 'N' Dandy - I'm Into Something Good

14 - Sugar 'N' Dandy - I Want To Be Your Lover Man

15 - Sugar 'N' Dandy - Crazy For You

16 - Sugar 'N' Dandy - I Don't Know What I'm Gonna Do Now

17 - Sugar 'N' Dandy - Girl Come See

18 - The Rub-A-Dubs - Without Love

19 - Dandy - To Love You

20 - Dandy - You Got To Pray

21 - Dandy - I'm Looking For Love

22 - The Rub-A-Dubs - I Know

23 - Dandy - It's Just Got To Be

24 - Dandy And Del - So Long Baby

25 - Dandy - My Babe

26 - Dandy And Barbara - Now I Have You

27 - Dandy - I'm Gonna Sop Lovin' You

28 - Dandy And Del - Hey, Little Girl, Hey Litte Boy

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Big Bamboo Sample

noreply@blogger.com (Monkey SKA) — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 03:54:00 +0000

BIG BAMBOO SAMPLE, compiled by Clement Dodd in the early 1970s was intended as a sampler for the UK Bamboo label.

This remixed and remastered version features some of Studio One’s recent recordings, including the Soul Defenders first session.

Contains the original album and two bonus tracks including the unreleased Africa Yama. From the Studio One archives.

Tracklist:

01 – Rainy Night In Georgia - Lord Tanamo

02 – Get Ourselves Together - Winston & Jerry

03 – Choking Kind - Ken Parker

04 – Africa Yama - Sound Dimension

05 - Fat Dog - Roy Richards & The Invaders

06 – Heavy Beat (Take 2) - Im & David

07 – So Long Rastafari Calling - Im & Count Ossie with Mystic Revelation of Rastafari

08 – Suspicious Minds - The Heptones

09 – Selection Train - Selected Few

10 – Maga Dog - Larry Marshall & The Invaders

11 – My Whole World - Ken Parker

12 – Moving Away (Take 2) - Ken Boothe

13 – Mr. Fire Coal Man - Wailing Souls

14 – Sweet You Sour You - Freddie McKay

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PRINCE BUSTER- FUNKY JAMAICA

noreply@blogger.com (Monkey SKA) — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 05:46:00 +0000

Among the highlights is the original ’67 extended take of Prince Buster’s “A Tribute To The Toughest” aka "Ghost Dance" with Buster delivering a message and paying homage to his departed “rudeboy” friends…Tell them, music is the food of love, so I forever sing on....baah tuff!”

Also included are alternative takes of Buster's "Dark End of the Street" (a soul original by James Carr), Buster Allstars -"Come Get Me", Winston Samuels "I'm Still Here", a beautiful rock steady track with Larry Marshall on backing harmonies. You also have Buster covering songs from the likes of - James Brown "Bring It Up" (Clap Your Hand), Beginning Of The End "Funky Nassau" (Funky Jamaica), The Clovers "Don't You Know I Love You So".....Buster loved good songs when he heard them! Lee Perry makes an appearance with "Call On Me"....."so get my number - 6453708, just ask for the whup whop man!...". Prince Buster and Teddy Charmers also feature on the album with two previously un-released gems - "Got To Be Free" and "All My life" both recorded in '69. The great Gregory Isaacs one and only recording "Dancing Floor" is also included for your musical pleasure. Last but not least, "Black Soul" by Prince Buster Allstars from '69, a beautiful horns instrumental from the early reggae era!

Prince Buster still remains one of the most iconic figure in Jamaican music and his music will forver live on.

Tracklist:

1. Funky Jamaica - Prince Buster

2. Clap Your Hands - Prince Buster

3. Got To Be Free - Prince Buster

4. Black Soul - Prince Buster & His All Stars

5. Dark End Of The Street - Prince Buster

6. All In My Life - Teddy Charmers

7. Tribute To The Toughest - Prince Buster

8. Call On Me - Lee Perry

9. Don’t You Know I Love You So - Prince Buster

10. Dancing Floor - Gregory Isaacs

11. I’m Still Here - Winston Samuels

12. Come Get Me - Ernest Ranglin

Format - FLAC

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Max Romeo - The Coming Of Jah - Anthology 1967-1976

noreply@blogger.com (Monkey SKA) — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 05:40:00 +0000

The Coming of Jah: Anthology 1967-76 Review by Steve Leggett

A gifted and versatile singer, Max Romeo's first big hits ("Wet Dream," "Wine Her Goosie") played with slack themes, but as this two-disc anthology from Trojan shows, he grew into more mature and spiritual territory.

High points here include his one-off with producer Willie Francis, "Maccabee Version," released in 1970, and three solid songs for producer Winston "Niney" Holmes, "The Coming of Jah," "Rasta Bandwagon," and "Beardman Feast.

"Babylon's Burning," produced by Lee "Scratch" Perry, is another high point here.

Romeo did his best work with Perry, leading to the masterful album War ina Babylon, which was released in 1976 and falls just out of the reach of this anthology.

Listeners curious about Romeo should pick up that album first and then investigate this set, which traces the steps that led up to his masterpiece.

Tracklist:

1.No Use To Cry

2.Rude Boy Confession

3.I Can't Do No More

4.I'll Buy You A Rainbow

5.I Don't Want To Let You Go

6.Soulful Music

7.Careless Hands

8.Put Me In The Mood

9.My One Girl

10.Walk Into The Dawn

11.Indeed I Love You

12.Wet Dream

13.Wine Her Goosie

14.I've Been Looking Back

15.Blowin' In The Wind

16.Sweet Chariot

17.Love Oh Love

18.Michael Row The Boat Ashore

19.The Horn

20.Let The Power Fall On I

21.Don't You Weep

22.Macabee Version

23.Black Equality

24.Holla Zion

25.Don't Be Prejudice

Disc Two

1.Jordan River

2.Rent Man

3.Chi Chi Bud

4.Ginalship

5.Aily And Ailaloo

6.The Coming Of Jah

7.Beardman Feast

8.Rasta Band Wagon

9.When Jah Speak

10.Fling Fire Stick

11.Babylon's Burning

12.Public Enemy Number One

13.Two Faced People

14.Pray For Me

15.Bald Headed Teacher

16.Murder In The Place

17.Everybody Watching Everybody

18.Sexy Sadie

19.Evening News

20.Hole Under Crutches

21.Nobody's Child

22.My Jamaican Collie

23.No Joshua No

24.Mr Fix It

25.I Man A African

FORMAT- FLAC

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Riding The Roots Chariot (Derrick Harriott)

noreply@blogger.com (Monkey SKA) — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 05:31:00 +0000

Tracklist:

Big Youth - Cool Breeze

The Ethiopians - Good Ambition

I Roy - Tougher Than Tough

The Crystalites - Tougher Than Tough (Version)

Derrick Harriott - Slave (12" Version)

Big Youth - Dock Of The Bay

Augustus Pablo, Big Youth & The Crystalites - Bass and Drum Version

Dennis Brown - Concentration

The Ethiopians - No Baptism

Bongo Herman & Les Davis & Bunny - Know For I

Bongo Herman, Les & Bunny - Know For I (Version)

Dennis Brown - He Can't Spell

Augustus Pablo - Bells Of Death

Scotty - Draw Your Breaks

U Roy - Penny For Your Dub

Bongo Herman & Les Davis & Bunny - We Are Praying

FORMAT - FLAC

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Soul To Soul - D.J's Choice

noreply@blogger.com (Monkey SKA) — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 05:22:00 +0000

1.Dennis Alcapone–D.J's Choice

2.Dennis Alcapone–The Funky Tang

3.Dennis Alcapone–Picture On The Wall

4.Lizzie & Dennis–Cry Tough

5.Natural Youth–Jungle Skank

6.Lizzy–Tricks Of The Trade (I See Your Face) (Version)

7.Dennis Alcapone–Wake Up Jamaica

8.Lizzy–Love Is A Treasure

9.Lizzy & Dennis–Ba Ba Ri Ba Skank

10.Dennis & Lizzy–The Right Song

11.Dennis Alcapone–Engine Engine Number Nine

12.Dennis Alcapone–The Wedding Song

13.Dennis Alcapone–Rock To The Beat

14.Dennis Alcapone–Love Is Not A Gamble

15.U-Roy–Super Boss

16.Dennis Alcapone–Teach The Children

17.U-Roy–Do It Right

18.U-Roy–True True

19.Dennis Alcapone–The Great Woggie

20.Dennis Alcapone & Hopeton Lewis–Judgement Day

Format -Flac

CD, Compilation, Reissue 1995

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Techniques Rocksteady & Early Reggae Singles 1- 1968-1971 - 10 Singles Set

noreply@blogger.com (Monkey SKA) — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 05:14:00 +0000

1.Techniques - Man Of My World 02:10

2.Techniques - Time Has Come 01:56

3.Techniques - You Are My Everything 03:07

4.Techniques - What Am I To Do 02:23

5.Techniques - Where Were You 02:36

6.Techniques - Just One Smile 02:35

7.Dave Barker - Your Love Is A Game 02:24

8.Techniques - Lonely Man 02:29

9.Techniques - I Feel Alive Again 02:16

10.Techniques - Heart Of A Man 02:05

11.Mad Lads - So Afraid 02:24

12.Techniques - The Reason Why 02:36

13.Mad Lads - I Never Know 02:20

14.Mad Lads - Mother Nature 02:14

15.Shades - She's Gonna Marry Me 02:10

16.Shades - Never Gonna Give You Up 02:07

17.Techniques - Silhouette 02:28

18.Techniques - Travelling Man 02:29

19.Dave Barker - Your Own Thing 03:01

20.Techniques - War Boat 02:17

Format : Flac

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The Inspirations - Reggae Fever [1998 Reissue] CD (1970)

noreply@blogger.com (Monkey SKA) — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 05:05:00 +0000

Tracklist:

Lloyd Willis & The Destroyers - Mad Rooster

The Inspirations - Ease Up

The Inspirations - Wet Dreams

The Inspirations - Why Do We Laugh At My Calamities

The Inspirations - Samfie Man

Ken Parker - Only Yesterday

Lloyd Willis - Reggae Fever

The Inspirations - Bongo Nyah

The Inspirations - Who You Gonna Run To

The Inspirations - Sweet Sensation

The Inspirations - Fattie Fattie

Lloyd Willis & The Destroyers - Liquidator

Joe Gibson & The Destroyers - Franco Nero

The Inspirations - Take Back Your Duck

The Destroyers - Niney Special

The Immortals - Perfect Born Ya

Joe Gibbs & The Destroyers - Rock The Clock

The Inspirations - La La

Joe Gibbs & The Destroyers - Money Raper

The Inspirations - The Train Is Coming

The Destroyers - Danger Zone(Only Yesterday Instrumental)

The Inspirations - Man Oh Man

The Destroyers - Hijacked

The Inspirations - This Message Is To You

The Destroyers & Count Machuki - Franco Nero Version 2

The Immortals - Red Red Wine

Format : FLAC

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Head Shot: Reggae Instrumentals, Dubs and Other Oddities - Repost

noreply@blogger.com (Monkey SKA) — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 04:59:00 +0000

Tracklist:

1. Soul Syndicate - Zimbabwe [Extended Mix]

2. Observers - Come Dub

3. Dillinger - Nebuchadnezze

4. Observers + Bobby Ellis - Head Shot

5. Observers - Last Call Version

6. Observers + Tommy McCook - One Train Load of Collie

7. Observers - Organ Satta

8. Scully, Bobby Ellis, Soul Syndicate - Doreth

9. Observers, Niney the Observer - Can't Enter Zion With Your Big Checkbook

10. Observers - Chapter Ten

11. Bongo Herman + Fay Bennett - Nosey Joe Version

12. Bottlehead - Bottlehead in Fine Style

13. Observers - Clean Heart Rasta

14. Observers + Tommy McCook - Zorro

15. Observers - Boiling Over

16. Observers - Beardsman Shuffle

17. Observers - Steam Pip

Format : FLAC

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Phyllis Dillon - Love Is All I Had ~ A Tribute To The Queen Of Jamaican Soul- Request

noreply@blogger.com (Monkey SKA) — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 04:54:00 +0000

1. Don't Stay Away (2:33)

2. (This Is) A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening (2:50)

3. Tulips (And Heather) (3:09)

4. A Thing Of The Past (2:42)

5. Make Me Yours (2:20)

6. Leave It In The Hands Of Love (2:55)

7. Perfidia (2:46)

8. It's Rocking Time (2:49)

9. Nice Time (2:26)

10. I Wear His Ring (2:10)

11. Don't Touch Me Tomato (2:58)

12. Why Did You Leave Me (2:38)

13. Love Letters (2:38)

14. Love Is All I Had (2:46)

15. Boys And Girls Reggae (2:15)

16. Take My Heart (2:20)

17. The Right Track (2:28)

18. Walk Through This World With Me (2:15)

19. Remember That Sunday (2:37)

20. You Are Like Heaven To Me (2:05)

21. Living In Love (2:32)

22. Midnight Confessions (2:32)

23. Woman In The Ghetto (3:22)

24. I Can't Forget About You Baby (3:05)

25. Picture On The Wall (2:43)

26. Eddie Oh Baby (2:43)

27. The Love That A Woman Should Give A Man (3:28)

28. We Belong Together (2:54)

29. Love The One You're With (2:53)

Format : M4A 256klps

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Bunny Wailer - Solomonic Singles Vol. 1,2

noreply@blogger.com (Monkey SKA) — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 05:45:00 +0000

At the same time that Neville 'Bunny Wailer' Livingston recorded his debut solo long playing masterpiece, 'Blackheart Man', he was also creating a series of singles for his own Solomonic label.

These records were every bit as good, at times even better, but they have never been released outside of Jamaica. Until now…

It is next to impossible to ever overstate the importance of The Wailers to the history of Jamaican music and, as the last surviving member of the group, Bunny Wailer rightly regards himself as the sole keeper of their history ever mindful of the group's exalted position in the story of reggae music and the importance of their legacy.

In 2010 Dub Store were proud to be able to work with Bunny on re-releasing a selection of his earliest recordings for the Solomonic label, lovingly restored and presented in reproduction sleeves and labels, on limited edition seven and twelve inch singles. Now, taking another step forward, we are more than proud to present Bunny's timeless music on two beautifully packaged CD's and double LP's.

Tracklist:

Bunny Wailer - Solomonic Singles, vol. 1 - Tread Along 1969-1976

Bunny Wailer–Tread Along

Bunny Wailer–Bide Up

Bunny Wailer–Searching For Love

Tuff Gong All Stars–Must Skank

The Wailers–Life Line

The Wailers–Pass It On

Solomonic All Stars–Trod On

The Wailers–Arabs Oil Weapon

Solomonic All Stars–Dubd

Bunny Wailer–Amagideon

Solomonic All Stars–Amagideon Dub

Bunny Wailer–Dream Land

Bunny Wailer–Battering Down Sentence

Solomonic All Stars–Battering Down Sentence Version

Bunny Wailer–Rasta Man

Bunny Wailer - Solomonic Singles, vol. 2 - Rise & Shine 1977-1986

Solomonic Reggae Star–Anti-Apartheid

Solomonic Reggae Star–Solidarity

Bunny Wailer–Arab Oil Weapon (12" Disco Mix)

Bunny Wailer–Love Fire

Bunny Wailer–Love's Version

Bunny Wailer–Bright Soul

Bunny Wailer–Rise & Shine

Solomonic All Stars–Solomonic Dub

Bunny Wailer–Riding

Bunny Wailer–Galang So

Bunny Wailer–Trouble Is On The Road Again

Bunny Wailer–Cease Fire

Bunny Wailer–Rule Dancehall

Solomonic All Stars–Rule Dancehall Version

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Justin Hinds & The Dominoes – Jezebel + Just In Time (Island Records)

noreply@blogger.com (Monkey SKA) — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 05:33:00 +0000

Tracklist:

Jezebel

Natty Take Over

Dip And Fall Back

Fire

Carry Go Bring Come

Prophecy

Babylon Children

What You Don't Know

Spotlight

Precious Morning

Just In Time

Let's Rock

Let Jah Arise

Help Your Falling Brother

Bad Minded People

What You Gonna Do

(On) Broadway

One Bird In The Hand

Groovin'

Positive Way

Stop The Rain

Released : 2004 Japan

Format: Flac

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Leslie Kong's Connection Vol. 1

noreply@blogger.com (Monkey SKA) — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 05:24:00 +0000

Tracklist:

01 The Gaylads - Peace, Love & Understanding

02 Ken Boothe - I Wish It Could Be Peaceful

03 Delroy Wilson - Gave You My Love

04 Bruce Ruffin - Dry Up Your Tears

05 The Pioneers - Samphie Man

06 The Melodians - Sweet Sensation

07 Toots & The Maytals - Monkey Girl

08 The Gaylads - Cold & Lonely Night

09 Bruce Ruffin - Ooh Child

10 The Melodians - It Took A Miracle

11 Ken Boothe - Drums Of Freedom

12 The Pioneers - Driven Back

13 Toots & The Maytals - Peeping Tom

14 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Caution

15 The Gaylads - Don’t Listen To The Rumours

16 Bruce Downer - Free The People

17 The Pioneers - Money Day

18 The Melodians - Let’s Give Praise & Thanks

19 The Gaylads - There’s A Fire

20 Ansel Collins - Sentimental Journey

Released : 1997

Format : Flac

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Queens Of Jamaica - The Ladies Who Made Reggae

noreply@blogger.com (Monkey SKA) — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 05:17:00 +0000

Tracklist:

1.Rita Marley & The Soulettes–(You're) My Desire

2.Joya Landis–Kansas City

3.Phyllis Dillon–Don't Touch Me Tomato

4.The Webber Sisters–It's You I Love

5.Dawn Penn–I Let You Go Boy

6.Nora Dean–Barbwire (O Mama)

7.Judy Mowatt & The Gaylettes–Zipa Dee Do Da

8.Dorothy Reid–Work It

9.Ken Parker & Dorothy Russell–Sincerely

10.Girl Satchmo–Take You For A Ride

11.Nora Dean–Angie La La (Ay Ay Ay)

12.Joya Landis–When The Lights Are Low

13.Hortense Ellis–Unexpected Places

14.Carole Cole & Sister P (Aisha Morrson)–Ethiopia

15.Cynthia Richards–Aily I

16.Hortense Ellis–With All My Heart

17.Phyllis Dillon–Something

18.Dorothy Reid–Give It To Me (All Your Love)

19.Joya & John– I'll Be Lonely

20.Derrick Morgan & Hortense Ellis–I'm Gone

Released : 2008

Format: Flac

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The Royals - Pick Up the Pieces

noreply@blogger.com (Monkey SKA) — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 04:52:00 +0000

Pick Up the Pieces Review by Nathan Bush

The story of Roy Cousins and the Royals is, sadly, a fairly common one in Jamaican music.

The body of work the group released between the years 1973 and 1979 rightly places them amongst the finest vocal acts of the roots era. Yet the failure of various producers and distributors to support the group, and constant changes in membership, led to their eventual obscurity outside of a relatively small group of reggae collectors. Thankfully, Pressure Sounds has sought to remedy this situation with this enhanced restoration of the group's classic 1977 debut, Pick up the Pieces.

Though the Royals toured the usual Jamaican studio circuit, recording for Coxsone Dodd, Duke Reid, Joe Gibbs, and others, it wasn't until Cousins began funding and supervising the group's sessions that their music was given the necessary space to develop on record.

What followed was a string of stunning, heartfelt releases showcasing the tight harmony singing of the shifting lineup, including "Ghetto Man," "Promised Land," "Only for a Time," and the classic title track. The U.S. soul stylings of the Drifters and the Temptations were an early influence.

This explains in part why these titles are some of the most musically sublime expressions of Rastafarian faith and the hardships of ghetto living Jamaica has produced. Cousins moved to the U.K. in the late '70s and left the group shortly thereafter to focus on producing, thus ending an important chapter in the group's history. This reissue, then, is a much-needed testament to his work, made even more valuable with a host of bonus cuts appearing for the first time on CD.

Another gem in the Pressure Sounds catalog.

Tracklist.

01 - Pick Up the Pieces

02 - Ghetto Man

03 - Heart in Pain

04 - Only Jah Knows

05 - Sufferer of the Ghetto

06 - If I Were You

07 - When You Are Wrong (version 1)

08 - When You Are Wrong (version 2)

09 - Promised Land

10 - Message

11 - Only for a Time

12 - Genuine Way

13 - Blacker Black

14 - Peace and Love

15 - Facts of Life

16 - If You Want Good

17 - Make Believe (version 1)

18 - Make Believe (version 2)

19 - Leave out of Babylon

20 - Down Comes the Rain

Released :2002

Format : Flac

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Gussie presenting: The Right Tracks- Request

noreply@blogger.com (Monkey SKA) — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 04:42:00 +0000

Gussie presenting: The Right Tracks, a 40-track set, remastered, which chronicles the work of producer Augustus “Gussie” Clarke with such notables as Horace Andy, Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, Augustus Pablo, Leroy Smart Jacob Miller and more.

Clarke’s very first production for I-Roy (one year after producing Big Youth’s Screaming Target) is a well-imagined and even better-performed response to Big Youth’s debut. I-Roy’s “Magnificent Seven,” signals that the young Clarke was a talent to be reckoned with. Clarke kicked I-Roy’s career into high gear with “Magnificent Seven” and the follow-up “High Jacking” and the pair seemingly could not stop making hits. It is Gussie Clarke who gives the most eloquent deejay of the time a harder edge and a sense of bravado that is unchecked on I-Roy’s debut album Presenting. The album is bubbling over with Gussie-produced hits and still stands as one of reggae’s greatest time capsules, hailing a period when Jamaican deejays would take shots at each other at every opportunity. Iron Sharpen Iron.

He would go on to produce noteworthy, even classic albums for the likes of Gregory Isaacs, Dennis Brown, Freddie McGregor, Mighty Diamonds, Cocoa Tea, and countless others earning his place in reggae history alongside the great producers like Lee “Scratch” Perry, Coxsone Dodd, Duke Reid, King Tubby and other giants. Gussie Clarke is a giant even among giants.

DISC 1

The Right Track – Tommy McCook

Guiding Star – Leroy Sibbles

Scorch Special – Simplicity People

Gussie Special – Simplicity People

Classical Illusion (12” Version) – Augustus Pablo

Oh No I Can’t Believe – Gregory Isaacs

Believe A Dub – Augustus Pablo

Love You To Want Me – Horace Andy

Girl Don’t Come – Jacob Miller

Lying Lips – Leroy Smart

Schnectady’s Shock – Simplicity People

Logan Street Rock – Simplicity People

How Can I Love Someone – Delroy Wilson

Delilah – Horace Andy

Born To Love You – The Heptones

Born To Dub You – Augustus Pablo

Born To Dub You Pt. 2 – Simplicity People

Their Own Way – Dennis Brown

Pride And Ambition – Leroy Smart

Pride Version – Old Boys Inc.

DISC 2

Try Me – Roman Stewart

Leggo Beast – I Roy

Rhythm Style – Simplicity People

Stardom – Augustus Pablo

No, No, No – Leroy Sibbles

Magnificent Seven – I Roy

Origan Style – Augustus Pablo

K. G.’s Halfway Tree – Simplicity People

High Jacking – I Roy

Skylarking – Augustus Pablo

Skylarking 2 – Augustus Pablo

The Killer Version – The Society Squad

My Time – Gregory Isaacs

Funny Feeling – Dennis Brown

Danger In Your Eyes – The Mighty Diamonds

Danger In Your Dub – Tommy McCook

Black Foundation – Augustus ‘Gussie’ Clarke

Proud To Be Black – Mikey Dread

Love The Daughter – Trinity

Peace Can Solve It – I Roy

Released :2014

Format: FLAC

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Lord Tanamo – I'm In The Mood For Ska - The Best Of Lord Tanamo

noreply@blogger.com (Monkey SKA) — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 05:41:00 +0000

Tracklist :

I Had A Dream

Come Down

I Am Holding On

You Belong To My Heart

Taller Than You Are

Mother's Choice

I Love You Truly

If You Were Only Mine

(Let Me) Dance With You

Iron Bar

Mattie Rag (Aka Ol' Matilda)

A Mother's Love

Downtown Gal

You'll Never Know

I'm In The Mood For Ska (Aka I'm In The Mood For Love)

A Dash Of The Sunshine (Calypso)

Got To Have You Baby (Gordon)

China Man (From Montego Bay)

Yellow Bird

Island In The Sun

Jamaica Farewell

Shame And Scandal (In The Family)

Rainy Night In Georgia

Friends Will Let You Down

Ol' Fowl

Released : 2007

Format : Flac

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The Workshop – Jazz Jamaica

noreply@blogger.com (Monkey SKA) — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 05:24:00 +0000

Tracklis:

1.Calypso Jazz

2.Serenade In Sound

3.The Answer

4.Burnie's Tune

5.Never On Sunday

6.Away From You

7.Exodus (From The United Artists' Picture Exodus)

8.Mr. Propman

9.It Happens

Released : CD 1994

Format: Flac

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Lord Creator - Golden Love - Request

noreply@blogger.com (Monkey SKA) — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 05:18:00 +0000

Lord Creator began his career as a calypso singer.

Some time in the mid-to-late '50s he arrived in Jamaica, just as the music scene was starting to take off.

Lord Creator’s smooth, honeyed tones were not ideal for the raucous jump to R&B soon to emerge from ska, but as a big band crooner in Jamaica, he had no equal.

Tracklist:

1.Golden Love 02:38

2.Unfaithful Baby 03:18

3.Rascal Boy 02:44

4.Evening News 02:24

5.Oh Please 02:14

6.Ethiopia 02:48

7.Rhythm of the Blues 02:22

8.Precious Times 03:21

9.Feeling the Rhythm 02:04

10.Little Princess 02:51

11.Everything Crash 02:38

12.You Must Be Love 02:57

13.Bangarang 03:06

14.I Got a Feeling Beyond 02:20

15.Why Can't You 02:29

16.Let's Be Lovers 03:51

Release : 2001

Format : Mp3 128kpls

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Hortense Ellis - Anthology - 1969 -1990

noreply@blogger.com (Monkey SKA) — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 05:05:00 +0000

Tracklist:

1. Unexpected Places

2. I'm Still In Love

3. Mark My Words

4. Play It Cool

5. Willow Tree

6. Words

7. Melody Life

8. Ain't That Loving You

9. Young Hearts Run Free

10. I Am Still In Love

11. Down The Aisle

12. Baby Come On

13. I Can't Say Goodbye

14. Loving Arms

15. Sincerely

16. Where The Boys Are

17. One of Us Will Weep Tonight

18. Wooden Heart

19. Never See My Baby Anymore

20. Devoted To You

21. Stand By Your Man

22. Eddie My Love

23. Don't Want To Cry

Digital Release - 2012

Format : Flac

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Rita Wailer & The Soulettes – Play Play

noreply@blogger.com (Monkey SKA) — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 04:53:00 +0000

Rita Wailer & The Soulettes – Play Play

1.Rita & The Wailers–Play Play

2.The Soulettes–Bring It Up

3.Rita & The Wailers–Lonely Girl

4.TheJustice Leagues–This World

5.Rita & The Soulettes–Why

6.Rita & The Wailers–Give Her Love

7.The Soulettes–My Desire

8.Rita & The Wailers–Give Me A Ticket

9.Rita Marley–When The Festival Is Over

10.Rita & The Soulettes–Friends & Lovers Forever

11.Rita & The Soulettes–Let It Be

12.Rita & The Soulettes–I've Been Lonely

13.Rita Marley–Rainbow Island

14.Rita & The Soulettes–Sylvia's Mother

15.Rita & The Soulettes–I Do

16.Rita Marley–Put Your Hand In The Hand

Released:2004

Format: Flac

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John Holt - The Tide Is High: Anthology 1962-1979

noreply@blogger.com (Monkey SKA) — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 06:48:00 +0000

The Tide Is High: Anthology 1962-1979 Review by Steve Leggett

Sweet-voiced singer/songwriter John Holt has been working professionally in the Jamaican music business since 1958, and his recorded legacy is a long one, with several peaks and valleys, but when he is on his game, and when he is working with a producer who cares about quality as well as commercial viability, he is arguably the greatest of Jamaica's balladeers.

This two-disc, 50-track set from Trojan tells at least part of that story, beginning with Holt's wonderful work with the Paragons in the 1960s and continuing on through his subsequent solo career, which found Holt ranging from roots rock to string-drenched MOR fare and then transitioning effortlessly into the dancehall era. Although far from perfect, this interesting set does a wonderful job at profiling Holt's prolific output, managing to hit significantly more peaks than valleys along the way. Among the gems here are the early Paragons' hits "On the Beach" and "The Tide Is High" along with several solo sides where Holt is at his best, including "Never Hurt My Baby," "Have Sympathy," the truly eerie "Strange Things," an amazing Jamaican version of "Stagger Lee," and Holt's own "Up Park Camp," a brilliantly re-imagined and personal version of the Heptones' "Get in the Groove."

Again, this collection doesn't tell the whole story of Holt's half-century long career (it covers the years 1962 to 1979), but it does show that the singer has more grit to offer than his smooth public image would suggest, and while there are plenty of love songs here, there is also some edgier material, too.

Tracklist:

1-1.John Holt–Forever I'll Stay

1-2.The Paragons–Happy Go Lucky

1-3.The Paragons–On The Beach

1-4.The Paragons–Only A Smile

1-5.The Paragons–The Tide Is High

1-6.The Paragons–Wear You To The Ball

1-7.The Paragons–Talking Love

1-8.The Paragons–My Best Girl

1-9.The Paragons–Silver Bird

1-10.The Paragons–Memories By The Score

1-11.The Paragons–Left With A Broken Heart

1-12.The Paragons–Got To Get Away

1-13.The Paragons–My Satisfaction

1-14.John Holt & Joya Landis–I'll Be Lonely

1-15.John Holt–Tonight

1-16.John Holt & Tyrone Evans–Equality & Justice

1-17.John Holt–Ali Baba

1-18.John Holt–Never Hurt My Baby

1-19.John Holt–Share My Rest

1-20.John Holt–Have Sympathy

1-21.John Holt–Don't Break Your Heart

1-22.John Holt–Fat Girl, Sexy Girl

1-23.John Holt–Stealing Stealing

1-24.John Holt–Love I Can Feel

1-25.John Holt–Sometimes

1-26.John Holt–Let's Linger A While

2-1.John Holt–My Heart Is Gone

2-2.John Holt–Strange Things

2-3.John Holt–Sister Big Stuff

2-4.John Holt & Leroy Sibbles–Let's Build Our Dreams

2-5.John Holt–Riding For A Fall

2-6.John Holt–Stick By Me (And I'll Stick By You)

2-7.John Holt–Pledging My Love

2-8.John Holt–Looking Back

2-9.John Holt–Stagger Lee

2-10.John Holt–Anymore

2-11.John Holt–(Land Of) Ecstasy

2-12.John Holt–Don't Break Your Promise

2-13.John Holt–The Further You Look

2-14.John Holt–Help Me Make It Through The Night

2-15.John Holt–Dusty Roads

2-16.John Holt–In The Springtime

2-17.John Holt-Let The Wicked Run Away

2-18.John Holt–Up Park Camp

2-19.John Holt–Ghetto Girl

2-20.John Holt–Don't Fight Your Brothers

2-21.John Holt–You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine

2-22.John Holt–Rock With Me Baby

2-23.John Holt–(I'm Just A) Country Boy

2-24.John Holt–You Are Everything To Me

Format: Flac

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The Wild Bunch - Various - Trojan

noreply@blogger.com (Monkey SKA) — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 06:35:00 +0000

Tracklist:

1.Rico & The Rudies–Session Begin

2.The Hippy Boys–Capo

3.George Lee–Burial Of Long Shot

4.Selwyn Baptiste–Mo' Bay

5.Boris Gardiner–Memories Of Love

6.Crystalites*–Bombshell

7.Vin Gordon–Liquid Horns

8.Tommy McCook–The Saint

9.The Dynamites–Phantom

10.Sound Dimension–Soul Food

11.Lloyd Charmers–Ling Tong Ting

12.The Aggrovators–The Sniper

13.JJ All Stars–Memphis Underground

14.Tommy McCook–Dance With Me

15.Joe White–Jucky Jucky

16.Ansell Collins* & G.G. All Stars*–Atlantic One

17.Lynn Taitt & The Jets–Love Me Forever

18.Herman Marquis–Tom's Version

19.The Upsetters–Cheerio

20.Larry McDonald & Denzil Lang*–Name Of The Game

21.The Tennors–Copy Me Donkey

22.Drumbago*–Flute Flavour

23.Winston Wright–Heads Or Tails

24.Augustus Pablo–Great Pablo

25.Harry J All Stars*–Border Song

26.Tommy McCook–Eight Years After

27.Music Doctors–Wild Bunch

Format: Flac

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