By 1963, Jamaica’s dancefloors and airwaves rocked to the recently developed sound of ska – the island’s first indigenous style to achieve international...
• Two seminal LPs new to CD.
• Featuring many tracks new to CD.
• Including numerous Ska and Rock Steady hits from the 1960s.
To commemorate Jamaica’s...
Having made his name on the Jamaican music scene in the '60s as an accomplished singer-songwriter with leading Jamaican vocal trio, The Melodians, Brent...
Originally released in Jamaica and the UK in 1970, ‘Reggae Fever’ primarily served as a showcase for the talents of singing duo, The Inspirations (Trevor...
First official CD reissue of seminal 1968 rock steady album
• Includes numerous Jamaican hits and elusive rarities
• Features tracks new to CD
Although...
Released in 1972 on Trojan Records’ Attack subsidiary label and, in Jamaica, on Sonia Pottinger’s Gay Feet label, Errol Dunkley’s debut album “Darling...
By the early Seventies, Derrick Harriott was firmly established as one of the leading lights on the Jamaican music scene, writing, performing and producing...
After being released in the UK by Trojan Records in 1970, ‘The Undertaker’ became an instant best seller among the country’s growing number of reggae...
By the time the strident sound of original dancehall came to dominate the Jamaican music scene at the close of the Seventies, Sonia Pottinger had long...
36 tracks new to CD Three 1970s High Note albums new to CD Showcases Jamaica’s most popular mento artists of the 1970s
Over the past few decades interest...
Soon after embarking on a career as a record producer in 1966, record retailer and jukebox businessman Karl ‘J.J.’ Johnson, enjoyed a series of significant...
• FIRST OFFICIAL RE-ISSUE OF THE ICONIC ALBUM ON CD• MOST TRACKS CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE DIGITALLY• SLEEVE NOTES BY LEE PERRY BIOGRAPHER, DAVID KATZ
Released...
Album unavailable on any format for 47 years, Includes numerous tracks currently unavailable digitally Complements other recent Doctor Bird compilations...
First official reissue of two classic 1970 Trojan albums Six tracks previously unreleased 25 tracks unavailable digitally.
By the close of the Sixties,...
The dawning of the rock steady sound, late in 1966, eliminated the need for record producers to employ horn sections, a consequence of which was to significantly...
Debut CD release of the popular Sonia Pottinger-produced long-player showcasing the island’s biggest reggae hits of 1977, performed by some of Kingston’s...
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...
Today, almost half a century since its emergence in Jamaica, dub still continues to exert a profound influence upon popular music globally, although it...
By the mid-1960s, ska was in full swing, but while the driving, energetic sound dominated Jamaica’s musical landscape, other genres, such as rhythm &...
Featuring two of the most collectable early reggae LPs of all time. Both albums new to CD. Includes some of the biggest Jamaican hits of the late Sixties...
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...
By the late Seventies, increasing numbers of Jamaican performers were turning their hand to studio production work, and of these few made the transition...
The rock steady era that dominated Jamaica’s musical landscape between late-1966 and mid-1968 is today widely acknowledged as the most influential period...
Leslie Kong’s Beverley’s Records dominated the Jamaican music scene throughout the years that immediately followed the arrival of reggae music in the...
Among the first major recording stars to emerge in Jamaica, Derrick Seymour Morgan first made his mark in the studio in the late 1950s, becoming the island’s...
Making his mark on the international recording scene with a series of global hits in the late Sixties and early Seventies, Desmond Dekker enjoyed success...
Stranger Cole with a soulful vocal on an infectious rhythm. All the components of the skinhead period reggae are here. Roy Richards on the flipside on...
Two rocksteady nuggets for your dancing pleasure with Chuck Jaques & Lynn Taitt's shuffling ska from the mid 60s and LynnTaitt's funky rocksteady instrumental...
Another AOTN outing into Deep Soul Space. You might recognise this track as Mayer Hawthorne's did respectable cover a few year back, as heads (Mayer included)...
Superb take on Carole King's Pop Soul classic from Dennis Brown with a wicked drum free version on the flip. slight crackle on pressing but doesn't interfere...
Only available EXCLUSIVELY to customers at Soul Jazz Records/Sounds of the Universe.
Stone-cold CLASSIC two-step funky soul bomb!
Soul Jazz Records/Sounds...
Late 60s stone cold classic with "Conversation" from Slim Smith & The Uniques with Jimmy Riley's lead vocal cut "Love & Devotion" on the flip..don't leave!
Stone-cold classic Studio One 45 back in stock after years! loud, clean, boom!
One off-repress will sell out! Don’t miss out!
The Skatalites’ massive...
it's rocksteady time on broadwick street, 5 new 7" only treasure isle reissues. roy cousins leading the royals over a rocksteady beat with the senations...