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GREL 074LP
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"Dancehall singjay Half Pint recorded some of the genre's early classics during the first half of the '80s. His appeal outside Jamaica was somewhat limited by his willingness to repeat simple musical ideas, but the best of his work was frequently brilliant. He was the first major artist produced by Prince Jammy (later King Jammy), and together they helped establish a lighter, more relaxed, more melodic approach to dancehall that made for an easy transition into the digital ragga era. While Half Pint's subject matter was mostly romantic, he also offered the occasional conscious lyrics, which for a time made him an exception in the dancehall world among both singers and DJs (his vocal delivery contained elements of both styles, but was weighted more toward the former)."
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GREL 098LP
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"Dub companion to the 'five-star' 1978 release, Africa Must Be Free By 1983, this album underscores the relationship be-tween producer Augustus Pablo and performer Hugh Mundell. Pablo's dub productions, mixed by King Jammy form the perfect complement to these classic rhythms and melodies. Re-mastered for release in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Greensleeves label, the album is example of why Augustus Pablo continues to inspire reggae music fans and musicians these decades later."
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GREL 2175LP
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Special Halloween color vinyl edition: Format: 2 color vinyl (mix 11 copper nugget/mix 14 America). Includes: 24"x24" poster. "Produced and arranged by Henry Junjo Lawes. Rhythm tracks laid at Channel One mixed at King Tubby's by Scientist at Midnight Friday 13th. June 1981. Roots Radics as themselves; Flabba on bass; Style and Santa on drums; Sowell and Bingy Bunny on rhythm guitar; Gladdie, Ansel, and Winston on rhythm guitar; Bo Pee and Alan on lead guitar; Scully, Sticky, and Sky Juice on percussion; Deadly Headley, Dean, and Nambo on horns."
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GREL 2104LP
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$43.00
PREORDER
RELEASE DATE: 9/15/2023
2023 repress on vinyl. Featuring the Roots Radics, Barrington Levy, General Echo, and Ranking Joe.
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GREL 2107LP
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$43.00
PREORDER
RELEASE DATE: 9/15/2023
2023 repress on vinyl. Featuring: Roots Radics, Johnny Osbourne, Little John, Billy Boyo, Hugh Mundell, Wayne Jarrett, Toyan, and Captain Sinbad.
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GREL 2105LP
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2023 repress on double-vinyl. Better known as originally released in 1981 as Scientist Meets The Space Invaders. Featuring: Roots Radics, Sammy Dread, Bunny Lie Lie, Wayne Wade, Wailing Souls, Sunny Dread, Pap Tullo, Saddle Dread, Linval Thompson, and Johnny Osbourne. Greensleeves dub classic, remastered with bonus disc of original vocal cuts. Includes giant cover poster (24" x 24"). Recorded at Channel One, mixed by Scientist at King Tubby's. Bonus vocal tracks by Sammy Dread, Wayne Wade, Wailing Souls, Linval Thompson, and Johnny Osbourne.
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VPGS 7064CD
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"King Jammy breathes new life into a top draw selection of Cool Ruler Classics on this highest upgrade to Gregory Isaacs' Kingston 11 catalog. Making the journey down to Jammy's warehouse HQ to lock down the safest combinations is an A-list selection of Jamaica's finest including Sean Paul, Shaggy, Alborosie, Jesse Royal, Bounty Killer, Jr. Reid, and Ras Shiloh."
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VPGS 7064LP
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LP version. "King Jammy breathes new life into a top draw selection of Cool Ruler Classics on this highest upgrade to Gregory Isaacs' Kingston 11 catalog. Making the journey down to Jammy's warehouse HQ to lock down the safest combinations is an A-list selection of Jamaica's finest including Sean Paul, Shaggy, Alborosie, Jesse Royal, Bounty Killer, Jr. Reid, and Ras Shiloh."
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VPGS 7106LP
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"Greensleeves Records, the legendary U.K. label, has teamed up with the 'Roots Defenders of Notting Hill Carnival', Channel One Soundsystem to head Down In The Dub Vaults. The enigmatic selector Mikey Dread has been let loose in the Greensleeves archives, curating a serious set of roots & dub gems that have featured over the years on Channel One's unique handbuilt soundsystem. Revered Jamaican vocalists such as the Wailing Souls, Michael Prophet, Linval Thompson, Hugh Mundell and many more feature on this collection plus on the second disc we enter the Echo Chamber with their dub counterparts from the likes of Sly & Robbie, Scientist, Augustus Pablo, and The Rockers All-Stars et al to complete the listening experience."
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VPGS 7076LP
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LP version. "Cries From The Youth' rounds up ten in-demand 80's roots anthems. Produced by King jammy 'Cries From The Youth' showcases the rising stars of the '80s 'longside '70s elders like Dennis Brown & Junior Murvin. Conscious reggae very much standing the test of time!"
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VPGS 7092LP
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"From his secret dub laboratory, Alborosie, 'The Dub Mechanic' reaches deep inside the echo chamber to unleash another crucial heavyweight dub testament. Deep & heavy -- this is dub from the roots!"
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VPGS 7091LP
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"From his secret dub laboratory, Alborosie, 'The Dub Mechanic' reaches deep inside the echo chamber to unleash another crucial heavyweight dub testament. Deep & heavy -- this is dub from the roots!"
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VPGS 7090CD
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"From his secret dub laboratory, Alborosie, 'The Dub Mechanic' reaches deep inside the echo chamber to unleash another crucial heavyweight dub testament. Deep & heavy -- this is dub from the roots! CD release collects up two Alborosie dub testaments on one value packed dub master."
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VPGS 7102LP
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"Classic late '80s digi-roots set from the legendary Cultural Roots produced by King Jammy. Follow up album to the best-selling Greensleeves album Hell A Go Pop. Includes the hit singles 'Running Back To Me' and 'Distant Lover'. Remastered with new cover art."
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VPGS 7076CD
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"Cries From The Youth' rounds up ten in-demand 80's roots anthems. Produced by King jammy 'Cries From The Youth' showcases the rising stars of the '80s 'longside '70s elders like Dennis Brown & Junior Murvin. Conscious reggae very much standing the test of time!"
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VPGS 7101LP
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"Classic late '80s digi-roots set from the legendary Wailing Souls produced by King Jammy. Stormy Night takes its place in a long line of classic Wailing Souls albums for Greensleeves stretching from the '81s 'Fire House Rock' to the recent Alborosie produced 'Back A Yard'. Includes the hit single 'Dog Bite'. Re-mastered and re-sequenced with new cover art."
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GREL 2031LP
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"Two albums that shook the world! Dub From The Roots and The Roots of Dub. The release of these two ground-breaking dubs sets in 1975 altered the course of modern music forever. Dub From The Roots and Roots Of Dub make up a crucial selection of King Tubby's mind-altering dub versions. Produced by Bunny "Striker" Lee -- both albums are essential."
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GREL 2032LP
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"Two albums that shook the world! Dub From The Roots and The Roots of Dub. The release of these two ground-breaking dubs sets in 1975 altered the course of modern music forever. Dub From The Roots and Roots Of Dub make up a crucial selection of King Tubby's mind-altering dub versions. Produced by Bunny "Striker" Lee -- both albums are essential."
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GREL 070LP
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2023 repress. Originally released in 1984, reissued in 2015. "Muggers in the Street was released in 1984, and features Junior Murvin in a proto-dancehall mode. The backing band Roots Radics provide bouncy rhythms and Murvin's buoyant vocals are in fine form. Junior Murvin's falsetto became the voice of late '70s social unrest in Jamaica and England, influencing not only reggae artists, but also punk rockers like the Clash."
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GREL 039LP
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Reissue, originally released in 1982. "R&B has long been a major influence on reggae (just as it influenced ska and, before that, mento). In the early 1980s, different reggae artists were being influenced by different types of R&B -- some were getting into slick, keyboard-driven urban contemporary sounds, while others maintained their devotion to 1960s and 1970s soul. On 1982's Big Ship, Freddie McGregor's love of African-American soul music comes through loud and clear -- even though many of the more Rastafarian-oriented lyrics are very much a product of the Jamaican experience. True to form, the singer provides a variety of political and apolitical songs. While gems like 'Holy Mount Zion' and 'Get United' underscore his political/spiritual beliefs as a Rastafarian, McGregor favors more of a lovers rock approach on 'Let Me Be the One,' 'Stop Loving You,' and 'Sweet Lady.' In reggae circles, the term lovers rock refers to reggae that chooses romantic themes over social or political topics -- essentially, it is the reggae equivalent of romantic R&B. And any soul lover who has spent a lot of time savoring the romantic sweet soul of the Delfonics or Brenton Wood should have no problem getting into the lovers rock on this album. For that matter, McGregor's more sociopolitical songs have just as much classic soul appeal..." --AllMusic
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GRED 854EP
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2022 repress. Originally released in 2014. 45rpm.
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GREL 016LP
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2022 repress. 2013 reissue. Originally released in 1980. "Ranking Joe a.k.a. Little Joe (born Joseph Jackson, 1 July 1959, Kingston, Jamaica) is a reggae deejay who rose to prominence in the 1970s and had continuing success in the 1980s. His big break in international terms came in 1980, when the Ray Symbolic Hi Fi sound system, with which he was then the resident deejay, toured the United Kingdom, raising his profile and helping his Weakheart Fadeaway become a major seller for Greensleeves Records."
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GREL 045LP
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2022 repress. 2012 reissue. Originally released in 1982. "Featuring the excellent backing of the Roots Radics band, Don Carlos' Day to Day Living includes ten self-penned, sophisticated roots-reggae cuts. With his slightly hoarse yet sweet vocals, Carlos takes on his usual topical mix of spiritual/Rastafarian themes, ghetto life, and dancehall culture, showing the kind of lovers rock and roots lyric blend also favored by contemporaries like Gregory Isaacs and Dennis Brown. Musically, Carlos alternates between the dimly lit, minimalist drum'n'bass backdrops on 'Street Life' and 'Hog and Goat,' and sunnier, bubbly organ and horn-driven cuts like 'Hey Mr. Babylon' and 'English Woman,' with the updated rock-steady cut 'I'm Not Crazy' standing out in particular. While producer Henry 'Junjo' Lawes (Barrington Levy, Eek-A-Mouse) supplies the album's rugged but slick backdrop, Scientist delivers a spacious, dub-tinged mix. Special mention should also be made of Winston Wright's tasty organ work throughout the set, and 'Flabba' Holt and 'Style' Scott's rock-solid rhythmic support. As is the case with his Harvest Time record, Day to Day Living includes some of the best music Carlos released in the '80s." --AllMusic
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GRED 852EP
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2022 repress. 2012 reissue. Originally released in 1978. Includes dub. 45rpm.
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GREL 066LP
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2022 repress. Originally released in 1984. "Carlton Livingston (born 1962) is a Jamaican reggae vocalist, known for his 1984 hit '100 Weight of Collie Weed'. He has recorded with producers including Coxone Dodd, Winston Riley, Sly& Robbie, Clive Jarrett, and King Jammy."
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