The Well Pack Band The Workers Speak To Their Slave Masters With Strike

KILLER RARITY!! Bargain priced!

Very rare Upsetters & Vin Gordon album 'Musical Bones' was first released in the U.K. in 1975 only on a white-label pressing without a sleeve on Dip records (£400+). Only 300 were made at the time.

Superb Studio One rhythm recuts, deep, deep funk cuts - sparse, raw and edgy - CLASSIC Lee Perry!

The title is a play on word 'Trombone' being the instrument of the lead artist Vin Gordon. Produced by Lee Perry at The Black Ark, Kingston, raw Jamaican roots music 1975. Don't miss..

From the man who played trombone on the all time classic Studio 1 anthem "Real Rock" comes forward with the long over due reissue of his first solo album originally released in 1980 by Joe Gibbs. Produced by Errol Thompson and featuring eight tracks of tuff rockers rhythms, two Don Drummond covers plus a medley of "Real Rock & Fiddler Rock" Very hard to find an original now..Don't let this go..

Volume 5 of the Disco Devil Discomix series featuring deep roots vocal cuts from Junior Murvin, Twin Roots, Watty Burnett, Keith Texon & Michael Campbell.

3rd instalment of the Disco Devil Black Ark series featuring Max Romeo, Jolly Brothers,Leroy Sibbles, Devon Irons and more.

Lee Perry's rare mix on 7" vinyl of The Wailers roots classic "Concrete Jungle" with instrumental cut on the flip.

a.k.a. 'jah people' produced by henry 'junjo' lawes in the early 80s and with a dub of barrington levy's "mary long tongue" on the b-side,recorded without joseph hill but with Kenneth Dayes and Albert Walker from the original line up.

As founder member and leader of UK reggae pioneers Matumbi, Dennis Bovell is truly part of UK reggae royalty. Formed in the early 70's, Matumbi and Bovell quickly installed themselves at the front of the UK scene, and during his time with Matumbi, but under the guise of the 4th Street Orchestra, he recorded four classic soundsystem albums. He intended these to appear as Jamaican imports, a trick he pulled off with ease. This particular two-albums-on-one-CD includes "Scientific, Higher Ranking Dubb" and "Yuh Learn!", the last two 4th St Orchestra albums recorded. When these albums exploded at the back end of the 1970s they made their mark instantly. Loved equally by the small house party sized system crews and the bigger sound men the albums simply worked balancing the authenticity required by soundsystem tunes with the commerciality so as not to leave the prospective album buyers running for cover.

Killer obscure 70s roots rocker from Danny Tucker with wicked dub on the flip. 

The Circle of Confusion featuring the legendary sweet falsetto voice of Cornel Campbell. Lausanne Switzerland meets Kingston Jamaica in this heartfelt, stripped back, feel-good homage to the late 70s roots reggae style. The Circle of Confusion are a Swiss production duo: Seb.K (Shakedown productions) and Phil’eas (Black Diamond Music). Diehard reggae fans, they dared to contact their favourite Jamaican singer and got a result with Campbell delivering the lyrics on the spot, written on the day of Nelson Mandela’s death.

Keith Hudson’s Pick A Dub is a classic album by many standards; released in 1974, the session features performances from reggae legends Augustus Pablo, Big Youth and Carlton and Aston Barrett. The 1994 re-issue on the Blood & Fire label introduced a new generation to its" austere sonic qualities" and genre defining techniques. This newly re-mastered edition includes eight vocal cuts of the featured dubs including two previously unreleased tracks.
Pick A Dub showcased the enduring strength and pivitol importance of the rhythm to the development of reggae music. Keith Hudson’s complete mastery of the genre and the unqualified praise that followed its release was fully justified.
The album’s austere sonic qualities are awe inspiring, the superb rhythms are given full rein, unencumbered by extra effects and studio trickery. The overall effect is as mesmerizing now as it was over forty years ago. - Jon Savage: England’s Dreaming

Boogie-cosmic irrestible rolling afro bomb from Nigerian's first female pop bandleader the Voodoo Funk camp! Think full-throttle Roy Ayers! Brilliant!

This unique 7" single is ONLY available to customers to the Soul Jazz Records or Sounds of the Universe websites or retail store!

It is the 2nd EXCLUSIVE in our SOUL series 7"s which debuted last year with Brief Encounter's awesome "Human/Total Satisfaction" release on 45.

This is a fantastic rare killer 1978 hypnotic modern soul 7" groover from ex-staff Motown and Stax staff writer Frank O Johnson.

THIS 7-inch can ONLY be bought directly here from Soul Jazz Records or Sounds of the Universe websites and shop. It is a very limited 300-copies pressing and you need to buy it now!

Long lost Black Ark recording originally released in 1977 on a one off obscure Jamaican label "Grotto" Great Upsetters dub on flip..don't let this go only 500 pressed.

Monster King Tubby production! A notable heavyweight dancehall & dub album from Courtney Melody, an iconic artist of the 80's dancehall scene including his massive hit 'Ninja Mi Ninja'!

Roy Porter is best known for playing an important part of the Bebop movement in the 1940s. He had played with guitarist Teddy Bunn and Howard McGhee as well as Charlie Parker on the now classic Dial session on 28 March 1946. In the late 1960s he began working with a trio which he called Roy Porter Sounds which he later changed to Roy Porter Sound Machine. He released two albums as well as some 45s, one of them being this amazing double-sider featuring jazz singer Dahle Scott.

One of his best 70s roots tunes produced by Bunny Lee, killer vocal cut on clean repress  this reissue comes with a looped rhythm B-Side..

Dancehall vibes from 1984

Striker Showcase finds Jackie Mittoo re-visting much of his Brentford Road past for producer Bunny Lee, classic 70’s recordings that proved extremely popular in the rockers era. 

This is a compilation of some of the finest Soul Vendor-backed Rock Steady 45's from the blue Coxsone label era,featuring tracks which till now have only been available on extremely rare and hard to find original pressings. Staring with Soulful Music,which provided the original rhythm for Freddie Mcregor's Bandulo,the collection also includes such London Collector session classics as Rave Allnight and I Make A Woman,as well as Jackie Mitto's cool instrumental Sure Shots,making this a compilation of some of the highest quality tracks Coxsone ever recorded. Chris Lane from London's Fashion label provides the sleeve notes

Killer digital roots tune from 1992 produced at the Mixing Lab by Junior Brammer (a.k.a. Trinity) & Pat Francis, check b-side for wicked version.

Expanded edition of the sought-after 1970 Trojan LP showcasing the hugely popular recordings of Jamaica's premier hit-maker, Leslie Kong.

Essential I Roy produced by Bunny Lee.

Another eccentric jazz transmittal from Sun Ra, previously unknown and reissued for the very first time on Art Yard records! 

Killer obscure heavyweight vocal roots from the 70s with tuff nyah rhythm b-side. No repress...Limited stock..Don't Delay.

Rude Boys are synonymous with Jamaican Dancehall culture from the present day going back to the very early days of Sir Coxsone Dodd and Duke Reid’s first sound-clashes in Kingston . Studio One Rude Boy features artists and songs about rude boys and rude boy culture from all periods of Studio One’s history.

The album features Ska, Rocksteady, DJs, Roots and Dub The album features classic tracks from Jamaica’s finest singers and groups such as The Wailers, John Holt, the Wailing Souls, Dennis Brown alongside super-rare tracks from artists such as Mr Foundation, Dudley Sibbley and The Soul Brothers all recorded under Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd’s supervision at the legendary recording studio and record label. Musical backing comes from the legendary in-house bands – The Skatalites, The Sound Dimension, Soul Vendors and Soul Defenders – who provide the classic Studio One rhythms so influential in the history of Reggae.

Rare and seriously sought after instrumental album of Gay Feet (label) Rocksteady hits of 1968. Featuring the tenor sax artistry of Roland Alphonso with Aubrey Adams on Organ and the great Lynn Taitt on Guitar.

one of only three dub albums to emerge from duke reid's treasure isle label featuring tommy McCook and the supersonics. mixed by errol brown at treasure isle studio's. classic versions of"ali baba" "tide is high" "ain't that loving you" plus "side walk doctor" on cd only

** cd only tracks not on vinyl version!!

Superb 17 track compilation of the former Uniques singer's self produced rare roots tunes from 1975 to 1985. Check 'Majority Rule' 'Gunman of JA' 'Nyah-Bingi' and many more. Available on double vinyl and cd with full sleevenotes and photos.

Ranking Dread was as much of a myth and enigma as he was a music man and badman. But today he remains the connoisseur’s Dee Jay, admired for his slick style and delivery and compared to other noteworthy DJ’s of the time, can be seen as crucially under-recorded, having only released 4 albums and a handful of singles in his recording career.  Girls Fiesta is Ranking Dread’s first album, originally released in 1978 and contains some tough Linval Thompson rhythms taken from various Linval productions, most notably his "Love Is The Question” album.   This album stands at the crossroads of the Dee Jay phenomenon linking the eras between the might of I Roy and U Roy and the Dancehalls ruled by the Roots Radics rhythms. This is Rub A Dub at its finest.  After the early 80’s Dread’s recording career faded away as he got swept away into a serious life of crime, see the sleeve notes for an eye opening account of Dread’s life.   This is the first ever reissue of Girls Fiesta on LP and is licensed directly from Linval Thompson.  Rhythms laid down at Channel One Studios by Sly & Robbie (amongst others) and Dread’s material voiced at Chalk Farm Studios Camden, engineered by Sid Bucknor.