Cornell Campbell Bandulo

Previously unreleased late 70s beauty from Cornell Campbell. Produced by Charles Reid AKA the UK Duke Reid in Jamaica, but never saw the light of day. Restored direct from the original tapes by Horus records.

Conscious or Righteous still sounds heavy as..mid 70s heavyweight roots from Cornell Campbell plus check King Tubby's awesome dub on the flip..worth the money alone!

Wicked next vocal cut from Johnny Clarke with King Tubby's heavy dub on the flip.

Top dee jay cut over the heavyweight "late night blues" riddim but the killer here is the ULTRA HEAVY dubplate mix on the flip.

Killer roots rocker from Johnny Clarke originally released in 1975 with awesome King Tubby dub on the flip.

two vocal cuts from 1983 over don carlos's "nice time/late night blues" both produced by bunny lee and come with hard company sleeve.

Barry Brown on the killer "Money Money" riddim with The Aggrovators providing the muscle.

Great roots vocal cut from Barry Brown but head to the dub for some heaviness dubwize style!!

Deep roots reggae from The Black Ark with Horse Mouth "Herb Vendor" and the rare Delroy Butler's "Give Thanks" on the flip. Limited press...

Rico's awesome instrumental cut to errol dunkley's "repatrition" heavy heavy roots a must, produced by bunny lee mid 70s comes with heavy card sleeve. buy before they fly...

Killer roots tune first vocal cut on the Truth And Rights riddim. as featured on Studio 1 Roots 2

Killer 1980 tune from Johnny Osbourne on a update of Burning Spear's 'He Prayed' rhythm but flip the 7" over for a awesome dub.

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AVAILABLE NOW Unique Soul Jazz Records’ Record Store Day seven-inch box set comprising five separate singles featuring ten killer rare collectors tracks from Studio One Records, featuring Ska, Roots, Rocksteady, Dub.

Seminal, rare and classic tunes!  These singles have only ever ever been available exclusively direct from Soul Jazz Records' Soho shop in London and are available worldwide only for this collectors box set RSD special release.

This unique box-set edition is only available as a one-off pressing especially for Record Store Day 2017.

Late seventies roots with Jamaican DJ Prince Jazzbo & Moon Rocks produced by Clem "Bushranger" Bushay

**Repressed!**

Reissue of this CLASSIC deep, spiritual Chicago house gem from the one and only Ron Trent that was originally released on his peerless Prescription label back in 1995.

superb uptempo mid 70s roots from dennis brown with version, produced by niney the observer and king tubby dub on the flip.

Tuff roots remake from 1973 of the John Holt rocksteady classic with king tubby's filter crazy dub on the flip.

Killer melodica cut deep rockers tune from the mid 70s with stripped down version on the flip.

Early roots version from 1972 produced and arranged by Harry Johnson superb clean repress from France limited stock

Take a much-loved UK soul/proto-house gem, Loose Ends classic from ‘85 ‘Hangin’ On A String’ and hand it to the godfather of house, Frankie Knuckles to work his unquestionable magic and there was no doubt the result would be a slice of house music heaven. Features Frankie’s '1992 Club Mix' and the elusive 'Classic Club Reprise' that sit alongside the Loose Ends' 'Original 12" Mix'.

5 superb Cuts of the 'I'm a freeman' rhythm. The vocal is by Fredie McKay. Hap Ki Do is a top notch Pablo Clavinet workout. All spread over 2 sides of a re-mastered 10 inch. Comes in a one off house bag.

Killer roots version of satta massagana!

Soul Jazz Records new album Rastafari: The Dreads Enter Babylon 1955-83 charts the many links between reggae music and the Rastafarian religion.

Spanning nearly 30 years of revolutionary music and featuring the music of Count Ossie, Johnny Clarke, The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari, Ras Michael and The Sons of Negus, Bongo Herman, Roy Ashanti (The Congos), Earth & Stone, Mutabaruka and many more, this is an in-depth look at some of the most unique and righteous music ever made and comes complete with a 40+ page outsize booklet, containing exclusive photography and extensive historical and contextual sleevenotes.

The new religion of Rastafari emerged in Jamaica during a time of intense political and social change in the 1930s. The first stirrings of anti-colonialism and workers’ rights were in motion, while Marcus Garvey’s Back-to-Africa movement was beginning to wane. But the pivotal catalyst to the birth of the Rastafari faith was the crowning of a black king in Africa in 1930.

One of the earliest mentions of Ethiopia in Jamaican music can be found on mento singer Lord Lebby and the Jamaican Calpysonians’ 1955 recording ‘Etheopia’. In the song Noel Williams, aka Lord Lebby, discusses Ethiopianism, the political movement that calls for a return to Africa for black people.

The 1960s saw the emergence of the first Rastafarian music on record with Count Ossie’s Rastafarian drummers. The visit of Haile Selassie to Kingston in 1966 was like an electric current throughout Kingston’s music scene – many of who had become adherents to the Rastafari faith.  By the 1970s Rastafarianism become practically synonymous with reggae, as many roots reggae artists became known throughout the world, led by the success of Bob Marley and The Wailers.

At the source of the music of Rastafari is the figurehead master drummer and leader Count Ossie, who first bought the deeply spiritual nyabinghi and burro rhythms heard and played at sacred Rastafarian grounation (reasoning) sessions into popular Jamaican music through his many collaborations and performances with artists – from The Skatalites to The Folks Brothers - and producers – including Clement Dodd, Prince Buster and Harry Mudie.

At the start of the 1970s Count Ossie formed the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari with saxophonist Cedric Brooks, which immediately became the most significant group of the Rastafari faith, bringing together authentic rasta nyabinghi drumming together with spiritual and avant-garde jazz influences of Sun Ra, John Coltrane and Albert Ayler into a truly unique and groundbreaking sound.

As ‘roots reggae’ artists in the 1970s continued to spread the word of Jah (God) in their music, Rastafari reggae became the ultimate rebel sound throughout the world.

This album comes in three separate formats: Deluxe CD with slipcase and 40-page outsize booklet featuring stunning photography plus text, deluxe limited-edition heavyweight gatefold-vinyl edition + free download code (w/full sleeve notes etc) and as a worldwide digital release.

REVIEWS/FEATURES:

"This may be the most righteous compilation to come from the Soul Jazz stable to date, as they focus on links between the Rastafarian religion and reggae music." IRISH TIMES

"Soul Jazz's most recent in a line of high-quality compilations" PITCHFORK

 "Ambitious but incredibly informative compendium from Soul Jazz Records" BLEEP

"Outstanding compilation from the masters, Soul Jazz"  HOT SALVATION

"Fascinating compilation of deep Rastafari themed music" DUB VENDOR 

Read full Pitchfork feature here

Great twisted early 70s reggae from DJ Charlie Ace and Producer Lee Perry. The tune is in fact three songs spliced together by Scatch - "Stand By Me" Better Days" & "Musical Transplant" KILLER...

This record is so heavy! An absolute bomb! 'Inside Out' is an AWESOME tune! - one of the heaviest bass lines of all-time, super tough Fender Rhodes keys and vocalist Steve Clisby sounds more like Gil Scott-Heron than well Gil Scott-Heron!

'Golden Ring' is like Jon Lucien meets Terry Callier before dropping in and out of wild jazz dance sections. 'Stuck on You' is an UNBELIEVABLY uplifting soulful tune!

This album is one of the most in-demand rare groove releases ever from a group that most people have never heard of.

Pre-order special limited edition GOLD coloured vinyl

great uptempo roots cut on the mr. bassie rhythm