Reggae

Digitally remastered and expanded edition. Includes 12 tracks new to CD. One of the Jamaican music-makers most significant body of works. In 1985, Lee 'Scratch' Perry returned to Trojan Records, the celebrated British company which, during reggae's the...

Digitally remastered and expanded edition. In the Spring of 1971, the wildly exuberant 7" single, 'Double Barrel' shot to the top of the British pop charts, resulting in Dave Barker and Ansel Collins becoming international celebrities almost overnight...

Digitally remastered and expanded edition. In the early weeks of 1970, The Melodians joined the still small and select band of Jamaican acts to achieve international success when their lilting 'Sweet Sensation' made the British Top 50. The vocal trio,...

Digitally remastered and expanded edition. In the autumn of 1967, an obscure Jamaican group with a strange sounding rock steady recording, issued in the UK by an obscure small London-based record company achieved the unthinkable by breaching the British...

Digitally remastered and expanded edition. In 1968, having spent the past few years as a key member of leading Jamaican vocal trio, the Gaylads, Winston Delano Stewart embarked on what proved to be a hugely popular solo career, with the best of his early...

Digitally remastered and expanded edition. Having made his mark alongside Billy Dyce in the popular vocal duo, the Inspirations, Trevor Shaw aka Jimmy London embarked on what proved to be immensely successful solo career, commencing with a succession of...

Digitally remastered and expanded edition. Formed early in the 1960s, Justin Hinds & the Dominoes swiftly became one of Jamaica's most celebrated vocal trios, their pioneering work with Treasure Isle producer, Duke Reid opening the way for the roots...

Digitally remastered and expanded edition. During the late 1960s, a select number of independent Jamaican music makers successfully challenged the island's recording industry giants and of these, few proved more talented or influential than Derrick...

Digitally remastered and expanded edition. By the early '70s, the developing style DJ music made popularized by toasting legend U Roy was firmly established as one of the most influential forms of reggae music. Of the scores of youthful talent who found...

Digitally remastered and expanded edition. By the dawn of the Seventies, Leslie Kong's Beverley's Records was firmly established as Jamaica's premier record label, having secured a series of major international hits by some of the island's finest talents...

Digitally remastered and expanded edition. After launching his Beverley's Records label in the early 1960s, Leslie Kong quickly established a reputation as being one of the sharpest operators in the Jamaican music business. By the close of the decade he...

Digitally remastered and expanded edition. After forming in the mid-'60s, The Techniques repeatedly proved themselves to be one of the most popular and influential vocal groups in the history of Jamaican music, recording a formidable number of hit...