Terrific selection of Joe Gibbs productions from 1970, featuring a clutch of killer Upsetter-influenced instrumentals, Niney and Andy Capp, and ace deejaying from Lord Comic.

A storming selection, warmly endorsed by Honest Jons old boy Steve Barrow: ‘Many unreleased and alternate versions of prime-quality ska, produced by a founding father of the genre, featuring great Jamaican musicians like Baba Brooks, Roland Alphonso and Raymond Harper, and various permutations of the premiere group of musicians collectively known as the Skatalites. It includes in-demand collector’s items like the Spanish Town Skabeats’ Stop That Train. All tracks are taken directly from tape. This release is truly a feast for lovers of ska, and Jamaican R&B in general.’

It was Prince Buster who convinced a reluctant Melodisc lawyer to give the go ahead to our London Is The Place For Me series, nearly twenty years ago.

The classic Scientist dub LP, plus vocal counterparts by the likes of Wayne Wade and the Wailing Souls.

The classic set of Scientist / Roots Radics dubs, originally out on Starlight Records in 1981, now matched with its vocal counterparts, including previously unreleased cuts by Junior Reid and Ranking. The vinyl comes with a two-feet-square colour poster of Tony McDermott’s cover art.

No less than forty-four High Note sides: the original album plus a heap of 45s.
Sonia Pottinger presenting Earth & Stone, Bobby Ellis, Reggae George, The Itals…

Barrington Levy’s Poor Man Style album, Scientist & Prince Jammy Strike Back, The Viceroys’ We Must Unite, Tristan Palma’s Settle Down Girl… and a couple of Majestarians.

These two early-eighties dub albums, plus a disc with nineteen dubs originally out on the Trojan subsidiary Attack.

A second helping as sublimely pleasurable as the first, with Prince Buster, Rupie Edwards, Derrick Harriott, Dobby Dobson and Joe Higgs amongst the singers.
‘Enthralling to anyone,’ according to The Guardian.

Fifteen sides produced by Carl ‘Stereo’ Fletcher for his Uprising and Stereo Beat labels. Quality, mellow, seventies roots, in vocals, toasts and instrumentals. Five previously unreleased recordings in amongst hard-to-finds, and classics like Little Roy’s Christopher Columbus.