Album Of The Week: King Jammy in Roots (Auralux)
This week’s album pick is a great 2-LP compilation from King Jammy featuring the likes of Hugh Mundell, Johnny Osbourne, Augustus Pablo, and Lacksley Castell. While the song selections are great (we...
View ArticleLacksley Castell “Princess Lady” (Extended) w/ version (Negus Roots)
Extended cut from the late, great Lacksley Castell titled “Princess Lady.” Track was re-issued several years back on translucent vinyl by Negus Roots/Firehouse. Recorded at Aquarius, JA and mixed at...
View ArticleLacksley Castell Morning Glory plus Dub Tracks
Repost: This is a re-post from November 2, 2012. This album is so good that I must share it here at least twice per year. Better yet, I did a mix of the album which features the hard-to-find dub...
View ArticleI Got 7s and 12s!
Several selections from the bass-ment… The Congos’ “Music Maker” from the Congo Ashanti album. Pressed here on the Congo Ashanty label with a slightly different mix… Very rare cut from Horace Andy...
View Article“GREAT TRIBULATION”: The Life and Times of Hugh Mundell
PART ONE: “BOOK OF LIFE” “The day is coming up so soon, When there shall be the falling of all capitalists, When I and I people shall go home and vanquish Pope Paul down inna Rome, On the Day of…...
View ArticleHugh Mundell “Jah Fire Will Be Burning”/”King of Israel” (JF) 1980
While I have shared previously the 7″ version of “Jah Fire Will Be Burning,” I don’t think I ever shared the original 12″ version which was released on Jammy’s/Fatman label in 1980. The track was...
View ArticleMore Midnight Raver vinyl selections
Always try and hit you with the best vintage Jamaican vinyl. The kind of stuff you just can’t hear anywhere else… Sylford Walker’s “Burn Babylon” on the Joe Gibbs imprint. One of my favorite Horace...
View ArticleThe Riddims That Hit ’em: The Best Reggae Riddims
Over the next several weeks we will focus on Jamaican reggae riddims. In reggae, riddim is king and queen, alpha and omega. So today I have included 10 of my favorite reggae riddims. It was torture...
View ArticleMidnight Raver’s Dreada Dub Mix Volume 6!
FEATURING BRAND NEW DUB SELECTIONS AND EXTENDED MIXES FROM DRE ISLAND, DAMIAN MARLEY, JESSE ROYAL, SOUL OF ANBESSA, SCIENTIST, ASHANTI ROY, ADDIS PABLO, CHEZIDEK, BAD BRAINS, GIANTS, MESSIAN DREAD...
View ArticleSUGAR MINOTT & TREVOR CASTELL in REGGAE INTERNATIONAL LP (Kibwe, Washington,...
Kibwe was a late 80’s label based in Washington D.C., USA. It was run by Ras Jesse who also was the label’s producer. The label recorded and produced Tinga Stewart, Sugar Minott, Eric Monte Morris and...
View ArticleLacksley Castell “Speak Softly”
Lacksley Hugh Castell may have passed away in 1983 but his spirit is alive and well on my turntable. Castell’s solo debut LP Morning Glory was recorded throughout 1982 at Tuff Gong and Channel One and...
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