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* This CD release comprises of a selection of 14 Roots Vocal, Dub & Instrumental tracks, from the ACL/RRR vaults. Previously only available on limited edition Cassette, features special versions and new mixes of the selected tracks. Alternate Versions of selected tracks are available on Vinyl 7'/12'LP. The rhythms derive from various musicians, Martin Campbell's Hi-Tech Roots Dynamics, Alien Dread, Neville Brown (Cornerstone).

* Album features special and new mixes/versions of in demand Martin Campbell & Alien Dread
productions. Alternate versions of tracks indicated 'z' are also available on Vinyl (Different Mixes).
* Recorded at Channel One (Uk), Alien Dread Studio (Uk), King Tubby's (Ja)*.
* Produced by: Martin Campbell / Alien Dread / Neville Brown.
* Album also available on Cassette: RRCAS

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[L] CD 12 | Cornerstone (Neville Brown) - Move off Satan (Discomix)z.

It's summer time and at First Word we like to have a little break and recharge our batteries: go to a few festivals, take a holiday, relax with some Pimms and a BBQ or two. Before we sign off for a few months though, we'd like to leave you with something to soundtrack our hiatus in the shape of the irrepressible Souleance. Last year's 'Brotha EP' solidified the French duo's status as producers who know how to create dance floor dynamite. This time Soulist (DJ behind the legendary Paris party What The Funk) and Fulgeance (Musique Large label boss & producer) have reached into the extensive Brasilian collection of Alice Dufay, the lady behind the fresh and distinctive artwork of all Souleance releases, to bring us the 'Jogar EP'. With the World Cup in full swing, the sounds of South America are a natural choice for summer 2014 and Souleance's offering is as funky as you'd expect.

'Segrados do Samba' is their take on the classic Samba rhythm with a gentle rolling break nuanced with percussive licks and subtle keys. 'Vem Jogar' adds some trademark Souleance synth bass to the party taking it into darker club territory whilst still retaining a summery lightness. 'Novo Mundo' rounds off the 7" with hip hop drums added to a lazy keys break and catchy vocal hook. The digital version of the EP comes with a bonus track 'Dum Dum' - imagine the soundtrack to a Sao Paulo carnival chopped and twisted through an MPC and you're halfway there! Released to bridge the gap between the World Cup fever and the summer festival season, Jogar is what we'll be listening to whilst we're on our holidays - we hope you will too.

Leroy Smart the self proclaimed 'Don' carries much respect in the Jamaican musical community, he came through the Alpha boys school in Kingston that provided us with the cream of Jamaican artistic talent.
Such legends as Don Drummond,Tommy Mc Cook and Johnny Dizzy Moore to name but a few.
Leroy Smarts talent lay in his vocal attacking style that gives his lyrics and tune that extra meaning.
His best work came in the heady mid 70's working with 'The Hitmaker from Jamaica' Mr.Bunny Striker Lee.
Bunny put Leroy Smart on some of his best rhythms starting in 1973 with 'God Helps the Man' and 'Wreck up my Life'.
Other killer hits were to follow such as 'Mr.Smart','Pride and Ambition','Bad Minded People' and the attacking 'Mr.Richman'.
All tracks telling it like it is.............
We have compiled all these cuts together,every song a story in itself,told only as Leroy Smart could.

The Sound Systems of Jamaica were always the people's radio station.
Tunes were tried and tested in the lion's den of the dance to see which songs rose to the top and became the most popular.
This was the litmus test and the first step to a tracks commercial release to capitalise its hotness on the circuit.
Then the Dub/Version hit big in Jamaica in the early to mid 70's this was also the case and many times the version cut of a track would even prove more popular than its vocal counterpart.
We have compiled some great 70's dub plates that rocked the Sound Systems in fine style...
Hope you enjoy the set....

London-based Oliver Rodigan, who produces under the name Cadenza, is quietly killing it. He produced on Ryan Leslie's Black Mozart album, has released on Mad Decent, and Fools Gold, is now touring with Major Lazer, and co-produced on TALA's awesome "Black Scorpio," which came out yesterday.
His next release is a double A-side single, with the timeless "How Many Times," featuring newcomer Kiko Bun on vocals, joined by "Poison Dart." Check out the premiere of "How Many Times" below, and wish you were chilling on a sunny beach in Jamaica.
Early supports include Toddla T, David Rodigan & Shy FX.

During the course of 2014 Da Lata were forced to negotiate a tricky situation, but nonetheless a joyous one, as singer Jandira Silva gave birth to a baby girl in March. In Jandira's leave, Patrick Forge and Chris Franck decided to enlist the considerable talents of Vanessa Freeman for some gigs. Following on from some superb performances, the band decided a cover version might expand the repertoire to suit the gospel fuelled talents of Ms. Freeman. For Patrick this was a no brainer, the very first tune that sprung to his mind was Seawind's "Free". The Hawaiian groovers anthem having just the right balance of spiritual message and sambafied rhythm. Infact Vanessa could have been born to sing this song and indeed she effortlessly made it her own bringing a full blooded soulfulness to bear. It seemed a shame to not make some record of this serendipitous coming together, so that's exactly what they decided to do... make a record. Going in to Ray Davies legendary Konk studio at the beginning of the summer, "Free" captures Da Lata live band in full flight, tight, funky and sinuously grooving their way. The B-side reinstates "Monkeys And Anvils" to its original incarnation as an instrumental, before Rich Medina dropped some dope poetics on this afro-funk 6/8 groover. Bringing Finn Peters deft and passionate sax back into the foreground, this is another rework from Da Lata's acclaimed "Fabiola" album.

FORMAT: VINYL 7 INCH
TENNORS CLASSIC COMPLIMENTED BY ITS INSTRUMENTAL NEXT CUT ON THE FLIP BACK TO BACK MONSTER BOSS REGGAE SELECTIONS BACK ON 45 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALMOST 45 YEARS

The Life Rockerfellas, hailing from Trinidad & Tobago, released this heavy two-sider in 1968. Both sides are hammond B3 led tropical-funk cuts with additional flute on the B side. A perfect purchase for a cold european winter.

HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER DOUBLE HEADED BOSS REGGAE CLASSIC FROM THE LEGEND THAT IS JACKIE BERNARD (Backed by The Tennors inspite of the credit on the original release to The Kingstonians) BACK ON 45 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALMOST 45 YEARS AND IN THE SAME A-SIDE B-SIDE COMBINATION AS THE ORIGINAL RELEASE

Countless incredible records were made in Kingston between 1968 and 1971 that has never been able to lose the stigma of being described as 'Skinhead Reggae' but in Jamaica the term never meant anything. However Bunny Lee's Aggro Sound's both at home and away.
They were tougher then tough ,rougher then rough ,kicked like a 'bovver' boot and were sharper then a razor cut trim.
Raw, pure and undiluted every time...some even troubled the UK national charts..
To say the man and his music dominated at the time would be a complete understatement.
'Striker' was everywhere...travelling between Kingston, where he opened his Agro Sounds record shop at 101 Orange Street and London where he set up his Unity label with the Palmer Brothers for the exclusive release of his productions and his Jackpot subsidiaries with both Trojan and Pama records.
Ubiquitous does not start to come into it.
We sincerely hope that this compilation helps to point you in the direction of some of the best music from this often overlooked period from one of the greatest producers EVER!
'The Aggro Man' himself Bunny Lee

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* Ken Boothe's haunting 'You're no Good' again backed up with its classic Dub cut

King Tubby's Hometown Hi-Fi was one the great Sound Systems in Jamaica. It also proved a fantastic outlet for the Dub Plate Specials cut at Tubby's studio, providing exclusive cuts to be played out and to intice the dance's audience. The tracks at the time were mainly cut over producer Bunny 'Striker' Lee rhythms, that Bunny stored at Tubby's studio which was in fact his home, 18 Drumilly Avenue,Kingston, Jamaica.The versions were given exclusive plays at Tubby's sound
before some finding their way on to vinyl, as the b-side version cut to it's a-side vocal, proving so popular that the records were often brought for its version side over its vocal counterpart. King Tubby and Producer Bunny 'Striker' Lee are intertwined in the birth of Dub Music, after discovering a mistake that made a 'serious joke' (more of which later...) they went on to release the first pressings of this new musical genre namely 'Dub Music'. Tubby's vast knowledge of electronics and Bunny's vast catalogue of rhythms would lay the foundations of what today is taken as a standard... the Remix / Version cuts to an existing vocal tune. Osbourne 'King Tubby' Ruddock was born in Kingston, Jamaica on 28th January 1941 and grew up n the High Holborn Street area of downtown Kingston. He studied electronics at Kingston's
*CD Bonus Tracks

7' features Vocal & Dub tracks from Martin Campbell & the Hi-Tech's . Martin is featured on an observational Roots vocal track, which has been receiving extensive Sound System play, in many countries, on Dub plate since early 2012. The tracks are very much in demand and now receive a vinyl only general release. Sample MP3's of the tracks can be found on the ACL web site.

*7 inch Vinyl, in Channel One (Uk) Picture sleeve.
*Roots Vocals & Vs recorded at Channel One Uk
*Produced By: Martin Campbell & Alien Dread.
*Exec Producer: Jo Jo Hookim (Channel One Ja)
*Limited initial press, All numbered.

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REGGAE TOYBOX RECORDS presents its brand new 7' release featuring REGGAE TOY BOX (JP) and the "real general" Mr.williamz (UK)
Founded in 2011, REGGAE TOY BOX is a KYOTO (JAPAN) based JAPANESE REGGAE PRODCTION. 'The DIGITONIGHT Riddim is Digital reggae with brand-new electronic influence and modern recut of "Sugar Me Riddim" dear to Conroy Smith. it was made by dj yama from reggae toybox records.
Mr.Williamz emerged onto the reggae scene in 2008 with his debut single "Babylon in Helicopter" (Produced by Necessary Mayhem) which reached No1 in the U.S singles charts, No2 in the German reggae charts and charted No 15 in the German reggae charts of the year 2008.This lead to Mr.Williamz being honoured by the BBC as the UK artiste of the year 2008. He has since released his follow up single "No Cigarette" which features on The Biggest Reggae Anthems 2009 (Greensleeves CD). Then the "Real General" single which reached No1 in Japan reggae singles charts, with current singles "Better Meds" & "London" also doing very well, Mr.Williamz is fast proving to be one of the most promising artiste out of London,UK
Played on Culture Dub Radio Show: Radio Pulsar 95.9 FM (France)
Played on Dread squad,King high,dub boy,OBF soundsystem,etc

Wherein our intrepid travellers reconcile (Temptations) Motown output w/JA input. Square peg / round hole Flip over for more heavy vibes as they Tubby up to the Brick House. LTD stamped.

LEGENDARY RAGGA MC, REGULARLY EMPLOYED ON STUDIO TRACKS BY JUNGLE/DRUM AND BASS DJS.

HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR THE TRACK "INCREDIBLE" WHICH HE RECORDED WITH M-BEAT. A REMIXED VERSION OF THIS REACHED NUMBER 8 IN THE UK SINGLES CHART IN 1994

RECENTLY HEADLINED THE AWOL/JUNGLE MANIA EVENT WITH THE RAGGA TWINS AND TOP CAT.

20 years after his mega-hit 'Incredible' General Levy is back to his roots.

This time in collaboration with Bonnot, the multi­talented producer for Italian hip­hop band Assalti Frontali and AP2P.

An incredible partnership that's been active for the last 4 years, presents the new album '4ward' out on 8th December on the imprint Jungle Heritage Recordings.

Their shows combined reggae and electronics and the album comes right after the smash hit single 'The Highest Grade', written by the General on the THC riddim built by Bonnot

The legendary MC and young producer have been collaborating for some time now, with more than 100 shows in five years.

The record is the result of a symbiotic interchange: an unbeatable flow, which follows the heritage of the British urban rhythms.

LEGENDARY RAGGA MC, REGULARLY EMPLOYED ON STUDIO TRACKS BY JUNGLE/DRUM AND BASS DJS.

HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR THE TRACK "INCREDIBLE" WHICH HE RECORDED WITH M-BEAT. A REMIXED VERSION OF THIS REACHED NUMBER 8 IN THE UK SINGLES CHART IN 1994

RECENTLY HEADLINED THE AWOL/JUNGLE MANIA EVENT WITH THE RAGGA TWINS AND TOP CAT.

20 years after his mega-hit 'Incredible' General Levy is back to his roots.

This time in collaboration with Bonnot, the multi­talented producer for Italian hip­hop band Assalti Frontali and AP2P.

An incredible partnership that's been active for the last 4 years, presents the new album '4ward' out on 8th December on the imprint Jungle Heritage Recordings.

Their shows combined reggae and electronics and the album comes right after the smash hit single 'The Highest Grade', written by the General on the THC riddim built by Bonnot

The legendary MC and young producer have been collaborating for some time now, with more than 100 shows in five years.

The record is the result of a symbiotic interchange: an unbeatable flow, which follows the heritage of the British urban rhythms.

Having had their music described as 'British reggae at its best' by none other than the UK's international ambassador for the genre, David Rodigan MBE, and having blazed a trail across the country with their exuberant and powerful live show, Resonators return with the final single to be taken from their highly acclaimed second album, 'The Constant'.

Try Again' has always been one of the big crowd pleasers from the record - an optimistic, summery delight, reminiscent in tone to the single that started things off for this brilliant dub outfit, 'Sweet Love Affair', a couple of years ago now. Produced by the legendary Nick Manasseh it comes complete with a stunning dub from the man himself, perfect for those late night festival moments, of which we're sure there will be plenty this summer.

In-demand roots anthem from 1975 produced by Joe Gibbs complete with Mighty Two dub.

Music of Domenico Scuteri (aka Time Passing) is the focal point of a complex network of musical experience, gained after years of work dedicated to the research of new forms of composition and expression. The musical family where he was born, led him to become interested young age - to the magical world of sound. By studying and experimenting with jazz and applications of electronic music has become multi-edge. This new album is a collection of published pieces, composed in time by Mr. Scuteri, most of the remixes that give new life to the historical parts of the artist. A number of collaborations between the musicians and deejays to remark, all the remixes created for the song Miss Tia "Miss Tia Regrets." The album explores the sounds warmer and softer, more commonly described as a lounge or chill out, but that in of itself bring the essence of the soul, Latin jazz and easy listening sounds

01. Reminescence
02. Red Sky - remix
03. Amazzonica - remix
04. Miss Tia Regrets - Time Passing Remix
05. Bossample - Remix
06. It's Samba - original re-edit
07. Party People - original album mix
08. It's a New Day - original album mix
09. Dance With Me - Remix
10. Hello My Friend - original album mix
11. The Last Night - original album mix
12. Time Passing - original album mix
13. A little Tour - orignal album mix
14. Bossample - original album mix

Island Presents: Dub, Teil 5 der hochgeschätzten Serie, versammelt 38 beliebte und von Fans begehrte Songs der Ära.

38 Tracks auf 2 CDs bringen das Beste des ursprünglichen Dub-Sounds der 70er & 80er. Aus den Archiven des Kult-Plattenlabels Island-Records erscheint Island Presents: Dub: kompetent kompiliert und zum fairen Preis.

Wah Wah 45s are proud to present their debut release from vocalist, keyboard player, producer and afrobeat giant Dele Sosimi!

Born in Hackney, East London, but soon to return to his parents' native Nigeria at the age of four, Dele was schooled and raised in Fela Anikulapo Kuti's shadow at the height of early 70s afrobeat. Having been chosen by Fela to join his band at somewhat of a tender age, he was still a young man when sharing Fela's Glastonbury stage in 1984, and became both Musical Director for both Fela's Egypt 80 and Femi Kuti's Positive Force.

After Fela's passing in 1997, Dele went on to concentrate on his own solo career and, with diligent patience, carved out his own afrobeat crown. In London, where he now resides, his Afrobeat Vibration all-nighters are charged with his passion, labours and his unrelenting spirit and deliver Fela classics alongside his own compositions from his first two studio albums, Turbulent Times, and Identity.

This new single, Sanctuary, marks a new era in Dele's musical story. Recorded, mixed and produced by Nostalgia 77 (Tru Thoughts) and featuring most of his regular Afrobeat Orchestra members, it's the first taste of what's to come with his third long-player due for release on Wah Wah 45s in the spring of 2015. With an organic, urgent afro-funk sound, combined with Nostalgia 77's perfectly pitched production, it's sure to make it worth the wait.

The Souljazz Orchestra, hailing from Ottawa Canada, are one of the hardest working bands in show business. For the last decade, Pierre Chretien and company have been spreading the gospel of heavy funk, soul, Latin and African sounds via their crowd moving live show, and a catalogue of outstanding releases.

Do Right! Music is proud to announce the newly remastered 180g vinyl reissue of 2007's now classicFreedom No Go Die. SJO's debut on Do Right!,Freedomshowcases the roots of the band's now undeniable afrobeat sound.The album notably includes "Mista President," the breakout single that started it all, a militant afro-banger that is still filling dancefloors internationally.

Freedom No Go Die is a must have for any record collector whose strong humanist politics are only matched by their need for infectious untouchable grooves.

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Horace Andy's timeless 'Skylarking' backed up with its King Tubby's version

Wah Wah 45s are proud to present their debut release from vocalist, keyboard player, producer and afrobeat giant Dele Sosimi!

Born in Hackney, East London, but soon to return to his parents' native Nigeria at the age of four, Dele was schooled and raised in Fela Anikulapo Kuti's shadow at the height of early 70s afrobeat. Having been chosen by Fela to join his band at somewhat of a tender age, he was still a young man when sharing Fela's Glastonbury stage in 1984, and became both Musical Director for both Fela's Egypt 80 and Femi Kuti's Positive Force.


After Fela's passing in 1997, Dele went on to concentrate on his own solo career and, with diligent patience, carved out his own afrobeat crown. In London, where he now resides, his Afrobeat Vibration all-nighters are charged with his passion, labours and his unrelenting spirit and deliver Fela classics alongside his own compositions from his first two studio albums, Turbulent Times, and Identity.

This new single, Sanctuary, marks a new era in Dele's musical story. Recorded, mixed and produced by Nostalgia 77 (Tru Thoughts) and featuring most of his regular Afrobeat Orchestra members, it's the first taste of what's to come with his third long-player due for release on Wah Wah 45s in the spring of 2015. With an organic, urgent afro-funk sound, combined with Nostalgia 77's perfectly pitched production, it's sure to make it worth the wait.

London's afrobeat king is coming to party and you're all welcome to join in!

One of the finest Reggae crews in the UK' according to Time Out, Reggae Roast have had a massive year in 2013. With sell out events, critically acclaimed releases and massive festival appearances, they have cemented their place as the number one sound in the new wave of British Reggae. With the 'Telephone Riddim', their first offering for 2014, they are starting the new year as they mean to go on with possibly their biggest release to date. Already a proven hit in the clubs, it is now being released to a wider audience with an official release on 12' vinyl and digital download alongside a classy music video to boot. This tune is UK dancehall fyah at its best - Run go tell a friend! Ed West, also well known as the drummer from the highly respected band The Drop, on this occasion takes control of the buttons and hits us with a classic slice of UK dancehall that has been mashing up dances across the country. With 2 different cuts of equally high pedigree from 2 of the most exciting UK talents, Parly B and Jago, each with its own heavy weight dub version from UK legend Manasseh plus murderous Jungle remixes from J-Man and FLeCK this release is a sure fire anthem for 2014. .LIGHTER! Parly B: What a year it has been for this man. Having established his reputation with the Skints, Parly has gone on to take 2013 by storm establishing himself as the most saught after MC on the UK dancehall scene with recent hits on Mungo's Hi Fi's Scotch Bonnet and Reggae Roast amoung many others. His track 'Dem a Fight' on this release is arguably his biggest and baddest to date and sets a message of intent for 2014. Watch out for this man, he is gonna be BIG! - Check out the video for Dem a Fight here: Jago came to fame as the front man of dub/reggae outfit Onlyjoe and brings his rugged, energetic style to the release with great effect. Jago's cut, entitled Ilani, is a tribute to his first daughter who has been a continual source of inspiration to him. He is currently putting the finishing touches on his debut album, entitled 'Jago And Friends' which is set to be released in early 2014 and is set to make big waves in the UK Reggae scene and beyond. J-man delivers an absolute killer of a Jungle remix that is sure to excite Europe's vast sea of Jungle fanatics. Fast becoming one of the most talked about up and coming producers on the UK underground rave circuit, Bristol's dub plate munching badman has been taking the scene by storm with his trademark style of party flexed Ragga-Jungle. Having just signed to Run Tingz Records and with his debut album soon to drop, things are heating up for this exciting talent. FLeCK: Next up we have FLeCK ,an electronic music producer extraordinaire hailing from Athens, Greece, who hits us with a down tempo 140 BPM Jungle reworking. RUFF an TUFF this is a hard hitting alternative to the original and brings brand new flavour to the release. Having made big waves in the electronic music scene since the 90s, FLeCK's music has found its way into the record boxes of the likes Public Enemy's DJ Lord, Rusko and many others as well featuring on Diplo's Mad Decent blog and massive radio support. Reggae Roast is building a formidable catalogue featuring some of the most exciting artists in the UK and beyond. Key players in the resurgence of the UK Roots scene over the past 5 years, they are a leading light in the new generation of dub music. 2013 was big but 2014 is set to be even bigger.

LP, which reunites the riddim killers with dub maestro extraordinaire Paul 'Groucho' Smykle for the first time in more than twenty years.

Anyone unfamiliar with the work of former Island Records in-house mixing engineer Paul 'Groucho' Smykle need only drop the needle on any one of several landmark dub reggae recordings he mixed in the 1980s and 1990s.

Take a blisteringly energetic and danceable trip with London's Hot Border Special and their eponymously titled debut long player - There really isn't anything quite like it!

With Influences ranging from afrobeat to rock, highlife to funk, and even a hint towards samba, listening serves to affirm this LP's effortlessness, it's an uplifting and joyous audio mystery tour - marvellous surprises seem to be hiding around every corner.

The musicianship is tight - raw, rootsy and percussion heavy rhythms underpin lush interwoven guitar melodies - and it's seriously rich, so rich in fact that you don't even notice the absence of a vocalist!

This ten track affair takes you on an exhilarating ride of light and shade - up tempo bangers like "El Frantico" and "Hot Border Express" get the bodies moving, while the more dark and sinister tracks like "Mulartoo Deetoo" and 'Wei Wu Wei' transport your soul to an iboga style trance.

Hot Border Special feature musicians from The Noisettes, Quantic, Heliocentrics, JetTricks and more. Their live performances are an exhilarating experience which, if you appreciate and love live music, you just can't afford to miss, with dancefloors in and around London dancing and jumping all night to the freshest sound around!

Boss reggae holy grail unearthed! Long awaited, legit re-issue of one of the most collectible albums in reggae history, originally on the BIG SHOT label from 1968 and just reissued thanks to the GROVER label, on 180g LP vinyl which includes a CD of the entire album. Features THE TENNORS with TOMMY McCOOK, HARMONIANS, MONTY MORRIS, CHARLIE ORGANAIRE, and THE KINGSTONIANS! DON'T SLEEP ON THIS or IT WILL BE GONE!

Track list:
1) Tennors - Reggae Girl 2) Harmonians - Oh My Baby 3) Tennors - Kahki 4) Tennors - Stage 5) Clive's All Stars - Donkey Trot 6) Roman Stewart - While I Was Walking 7) Johnny Moore, Karl Bryan - Parapinto 8) Charlie Organire, Tommy McCook - Copy Me Donkey 9) Eric Monty Morris - He Is Back 10) Tennors - Rid Your Donkey 11) Cliff Smith - I'm Gonna Make It 12) Harmonians - Go Your Way 13) Tennors - Gram Pa 14) Tennors - Cleopatra 15) Mules, Winston Wright - Puzzle 16) Tennors, Delroy Jones - Double Attack

Black Ark Vampires is propelled by subsonic bass, bubbling skanks & pulsing beats that balance the murky & mystical vibes of Perry's classic recordings w/the flammable energy & bass vibrations of current electronic music.

The first installment of the One-derful! Collection focuses on the namesake imprint of this legendary Chicago label group - to be followed by compilations of the Mar-V-Lus, M-Pac!, Halo, Midas, and Toddlin' Town sub-labels. It marks the first in-depth study of what was once one of Chicago's most prominent African-American run labels.

One-derful! Records is available in 2xLP and CD formats, and within the grooves of these 25 tracks lie orchestrated soul classics from McKinley Mitchell and Betty Everett, raucous mid-1960s R&B dancers from the Five Du-Tones which shake every bone, superb deep soul ballads from Otis Clay, and extraordinary group harmony sides from The Sharpees and The Admirations, plus 12 tracks that have never been issued!

Between 1962 and 1971, the One-derful! family of labels released 180+ 45s of stunning soul, funk, and gospel. Over two years of painstaking research and work, including countless hours spent cataloging, transferring, and mastering 250 of the label's tapes, has contributed to an amazingly extensive reissue collection.

In addition, some of the world's leading experts have contributed liner notes and interviewed virtually every known surviving artist, producer, and otherwise involved party.

Central to One-derful! is the Leaner family. By 1962 when brothers George and Ernie Leaner started One-derful! Records, they were revered figures on Chicago's Record Row and beyond. They distributed material from labels like Motown and Stax and One-derful! attracted top talent. It wasn't uncommon for a WVON DJ to help One-derful! sign their newest discovery, or for their singers, musicians, songwriters, or producers to have Chess or Motown on their resumes.

Nearly 20 years prior, George and Ernie started work at their sister's Groove Record Shop. Before long, George was an assistant to legendary blues producer Lester Melrose, and later the brothers helped run Parkway Records - recording historic 78s featuring Little Walter and Muddy Waters. They did all of this before launching United Record Distributors in 1950 - regarded as the nation's first black owned record distributor. In addition, their uncle Al Benson was the most influential Radio DJ on Chicago's South Side. His on-air support and occasional partnerships with the Chess brothers proved crucial to their early success. He also helped many DJs get their start, including Vivian Carter who later

formed Vee-Jay Records. In fact, United Record Distributors hosted her wedding. The Leaner name also turns up in connection with many of the greats in blues and soul: George Leaner produced an early release for Berry Gordy's Tamla label, and in the 1970s Ernie Leaner and Stax's Al Bell partnered to form Ernie's Onestop and a chain of Record World stores. The Leaner family were among the most important black businessmen of music's golden era, yet much of their history has only been superficially documented until now.

01. Otis Clay - I've Got To Find A Way (alt version)* (2:42)
02. The Sharpees - The Sock (2:28)
03. Joe & Mack - The Prettiest Girl (2:45)
04. The Five Du-Tones - When You Get That Feeling* (2:52)
05. Lucky Laws - Who Is She (2:27)
06. McKinley Mitchell - What Love Will Make You Do* (2:39)
07. Betty Everett - Please Love Me (2:22)
08. The Sharpees - Take Me To Your Leader* (2:43)
09. The Rockmasters - A Wonderful Thing (Love) (2:46)
10. Mary Silvers - Hear Comes My Baby* (2:44)
11. Beverly Shaffer - Meet Me Halfway* (2:11)
12. Liz Lands - Seventh Hour* (3:03)
13. The Admirations - All For You (2:52)
14. The Five Du-Tones - Shake A Tail Feather (2:21)
15. The Sharpees - Do The 45" (3:19)
16. Otis Clay - Thank You Love* (2:07)
17. McKinley Mitchell - The Town I Live In (2:55)
18. Liz Lands - I'm Guilty* (3:07)
19. Betty Everett - Your Love Is Important To Me (3:03)
20. The Five Du-Tones - Enjoy Yourself* (2:56)
21. McKinley Mitchell - Now That You're Gone* (2:50)
22. Jay Jordan - The Man of The Town (2:31)
23. The Admirations - Don't Leave Me (2:43)
24. Beverly Shaffer - Happy Times* (2:40)
25. Otis Clay - A Lasting Love (3:13)

Cubículo Records is very proud of its new vinyl featuring another legend from the reggae world. We are talking about Trevor Junior who voiced over a huge Rub-A-Dub Riddim from the French producer B-no, out of the Upfull Posse Crew.As rub a dub lovers, B-no and his crew Upfull Posse decided in 2013 to organise the return to Europe of a legendary reggae artist from the 80's era, Trevor Junior. After a tour all over Europe and a good connection with him, B-no composed a riddim specially for Trevor to sing with lyrics about love and friendship. A few days before his return to Jamaica, Trevor Junior recorded "People are changing" at B-no's Bunker studio in only one take. Relations with peoples are evaluating for everyone, in every community, all over the world. That is what the tune is about, human feelings.This release will be on a 12' heavyweight vinyl featuring two tracks, on the A Side we can find the conscious lyrical talent of Trevor Junior over the music 'People are Changing' and on the flip side you can find the riddim version.

Tapper Zukie was high on a list of artists that Richard Branson in 1978 had in mind to sign to his new Reggae label Front Line.
The mission was to sign the cream of the reggae crop when the Virgin record boss went down to Jamaica with a group of Reggae minded people,included in that group was one Johnny Rotten,singer of the very recently disbanded group The Sex Pistols.
The result of which would be a two album deal between Tapper and the label.
The first release also in 1978 was the album Peace in the Ghetto(Kingston Sounds KS052) and this release Tapper Roots.
For the cd issue of this release,Tapper has picked two tracks that he feels hapy to put alongside the album.
'Make Faith' cut with the band Knowledge and' New Star'..
This is a very important album from the Tapper Zukie catalogue...Respect

01. O LORD
02. SATTA
03. DON'T SHOOT THE YOUTH
04. RASTAMAN SKANK
05. RIDING WEST
06. TAPPER ROOTS
07. FIRST STREET ROCK
08. GREEN BAY MURDER
09. FREEDOM STREET
10. SIMPLETON LEAVE VIOLENCE
11. MAKE FAITH
12. NEW STAR

2026 Repress

Tapper Zukie was high on a list of artists that Richard Branson in 1978 had in mind to sign to his new Reggae label Front Line.
The mission was to sign the cream of the reggae crop when the Virgin record boss went down to Jamaica with a group of Reggae minded people,included in that group was one Johnny Rotten,singer of the very recently disbanded group The Sex Pistols.
The result of which would be a two album deal between Tapper and the label.
The first release also in 1978 was the album Peace in the Ghetto(Kingston Sounds KS052) and this release Tapper Roots.
For the cd issue of this release,Tapper has picked two tracks that he feels hapy to put alongside the album.
'Make Faith' cut with the band Knowledge and' New Star'..
This is a very important album from the Tapper Zukie catalogue...Respect

In the beginning of the 80's reggae music became increasingly in tune with what was happening in Kingston's dancehalls....probably more so than at any time since the sound system operators had started to make their own shuffle and boogie in the late 50's..
The international audience and the critics were too busy looking for a new Bob Marley to appreciate what was happening downtown and failed to acknowledge that this was a return to the real,raw roots of the music...brash,confidient,young record producers who were totally in tune with the youth audience stepped forward and seized the moment...
Oswald'Ossie'Thomas began his apprenticeship in the music business at the age of fourteen and served his time as a record salesman for Bunny 'Striker 'Lee and Winston 'Niney the Observer' Holness before moving on to Miss Sonia Pottingers Tip Top Records...
'I ended up working in three record stores on Orange Street from 1976 to 1981...Yeah man,Me deh 'pon me bicycle till I buy my motorcycle..Them days records were coming out left right and centre..everyday'
Ossie Thomas...
It was during his time with Miss Pottinger that Ossie began to produce records for himself and in 1979 Ossie and Phillip Morgan began The Black Solidarity label based deep in the Kingston ghetto on Delamere Avenue.
And the man who had made his name in the business selling other people's records now became one of the most important and influential record producers of the era..

01 BAD BOY-Triston Palma
02 NEVER TROUBLE TROUBLE-Tony Tuff
03 SINGLE LIFE-Robert Ffrench
04 STRING UP THE SOUND SYSTEM-Michael Palmer
05 CHAMPION BUBBLER-Puddy Roots
06 POLICE POLICE-Ashanti Waugh
07 FANCYNESS-Triston Palma
08 A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE-Phillip Frazer
09 BARREL MENTALITY-Bill Blast
10 INNER CITY BLUES-Cutty Ranks
11 REGGAE FEVER-Michael Forbes
12 ETHIOPIA-Tony Carver
13 STRAWBERRY-Eddie Constantine
14 THE LORD IS MY LIGHT-Rod Taylor
15 STOP IT-The Bibles
16 MOTHER IN LAW-Robert Ffrench
17 STEADY SKANKING-Frankie Paul

Crucial recordings of the early 60's multifaceted Jamaican Music. Funny and sharp, with the catchiest tunes: this is foundation music to move your feet! Calypsos Down Jamaica Way is the significant piece to discover howJamaican music was created by the fusion of the Jamaican indigenous Mento and popular Calypso.

The album starts off with the moody instrumental tune 'Good Bye to Rome' which is perfectly harmonized by the excellent performances of Sugar Belly's bamboo sax and Charlie Organaire's harmonica and banjo. The flute freely plays to a pure Mento beat on the next number 'Go Fife Go'. The love song 'Yours' follows and Count Owen sings smoothly on 'Lawd Some Men Could A Smart' to close the A-side.

Comes with liner notes and Japanese obi strip. Available on CD and 2xLP.

Dub Store Records presents Kiddus I - Rockers: Graduation In Zion 1978-1980

Recordings by the legendary Roots singer Kiddus I, who appeared in the "Rockers" film, are released for the first time. "Rockers: Graduation in Zion" is the first release in a series of three albums that will bring to the public the majority of his existing recordings.

Kiddus I is the mysterious figure singing at the start of the film Rockers. A graduate of Ras Michael's Sons Of Negus, a key member of The Wailers milieu, and a Black Ark artist, his recordings - centred on the Roots Reggae period - are marked by the openness of their musical horizons, and a striking originality and integrity. (Also during this era he was a key voice raised in the Jamaican music industry against political oppression.)

Performer, producer, singer, mixer, sound alchemist, eccentric, The Upsetter Lee 'Scratch' Perry born Rainford Hugh Perry in 1936 , Kendal, Jamaica, is one of the most recognisable and well known characters of the reggae world.



The UK version of 'The Good, The Bad and The Upsetters' was released by Trojan Records in 1970, and although it had the Upsetters name on it, Lee Perry had no hand in its conception or production. Angered that an Upsetters album was released without his involvement, Perry issued his own version of the album back home in

Jamaica using the same Trojan album artwork but with totally different songs and a new stickered tracklist on the back.

Sales Points

- Features brand new artwork and reissued for the first time with permission from Lee Perry himself