Reggae

Vivian "Yabby You" Jackson was, along with Lee "Scratch" Perry, Augustus Pablo, King Tubby, Burning Spear and Culture, one of the key creators of the roots reggae style and dub revolution which swept the world in the 1970s and was a catalyst for punk...

Vinyl LP pressing. If you're a fan of Daptone Records, chances are you've read or heard the name Victor Axelrod, and even if you haven't, you've heard music from his hand. As a producer, arranger, recording and mixing engineer, and keyboardist, his...

Vintage reggae from British band Native who traveled to Kingston Jamiaca to record with legendary producer Lee "Scratch" Perry at his world famous Black Ark studio! Beautifully remastered audio, with hypnotic dub versions, and packaged in an attractive...

U-Roy's final full-length, Solid Gold U-Roy. The album has become a celebration of one of the most profoundly influential reggae stars of his generation. An originator of the chatty rhythmic vocal style known as toasting - a key foundational element in...

Uptown Rebel is Cat Coores debut album featuring Nyabighi, Ska Roots Reggae, Lovers Rock, Dancehall and Hip-Hop Reggae sounds as well as a blazing ska version of the "James Bond theme" played on the cello. Guests include Roots and Dancehall stars:...

Upon the Bridge brings listeners closer to the overall concept of Groundation, as all 4 previous albums have led to this point. Picking up where WE FREE (2004) left off, UPON THE BRIDGE, is the individual's journey beyond their known world to a bridge of...

UNIVERSAL CRY is Nasio Fontaine's fourth album and unlike his prior albums which were self produced, Nasio worked with UK producer Richard Evans of Peter Gabriel's band and studios on this release. The result is a new and unique sound not heard before, a...

UK-only five CD box set containing a quintet of albums from the late Reggae great packaged in mini LP sleeves and housed in a slipcase. Includes the albums BUSH DOCTOR (1978), MYSTIC MAN (1979), WANTED DREAD AND ALIVE (1981), MAMA AFRICA (1983) and NO...

UK two CD set. From the 1950s, when his sound system ruled Kingston's dancehalls, through to his untimely passing early in 1975, Arthur 'Duke' Reid remained a giant of the Jamaican music industry, playing, promoting and producing some of the most...

UK two CD set. For any female to make their mark in the male dominated music industry, prolonged success has always been a struggle, and back in the Sixties and Seventies, the challenge was even greater. Yet in this harsh environment, Sonia Pottinger...

UK two CD set. At the close of the 1970s, a new, strident style of reggae developed that by the close of the year had supplanted the roots sound, continuing to dominate Jamaica's musical landscape through to the mid-Eighties: dancehall. Few producers...

UK two CD set. Among those at the vanguard of the reggae explosion that took the music world by storm in the late '60s and early '70s was performer-turned producer, Rupie Edwards. Having launched the aptly named Success Records in 1968, his productions...