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U-Roy — Version Galore
U-Roy — Version Galore is not simply an early reggae album brought back in a larger package. In the Doctor Bird two-CD edition, it becomes a map of…
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Album histories, artist backgrounds, and liner notes from the archive.
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U-Roy — Version Galore is not simply an early reggae album brought back in a larger package. In the Doctor Bird two-CD edition, it becomes a map of…
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Screaming Target is where Big Youth made the deejay feel like the main event on an album, not a guest voice passing through a rhythm. First issued in…
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Some reggae albums arrive already surrounded by a legend: a famous producer, a big studio, a hit single, a sleeve everyone knows by sight. Presenting The Morwells has…
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A Deep Dive into Dennis Bovellâs rare 1977 4th Street Orchestra albumâan independent UK sound-system record where dub, London, and the Grunwick dispute meet.
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A Deep Dive into Augustus Pablo and King Tubby’s King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown: the melodica, Far East sound, Jacob Miller rhythm behind the title track, and how a stack of dub b-sides became a landmark album.
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A Deep Dive into Culture’s Two Sevens Clash: Joseph Hill, Marcus Garvey, Joe Gibbs, the 7/7/77 prophecy, roots harmony, sound-system culture, and the record’s journey to punk Britain.
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A Roots & Dub Vault Deep Dive into Keith Hudson’s Pick a Dub: Mamba pressings, Harry J sessions, rhythm lineages, dub space, the Blood & Fire reissue, and an honest look at a disputed release date.
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How The Congos and Lee Perry made Heart of the Congos at Black Ark — the original 1977 mix, the expanded 1978 remix, Island’s shelved release, and the record’s eventual rebirth.