Originally released by Epic in 1953.

Originally relelased on the Moondog label in 1955.

‘*****’, The Independent; ‘captivating… Q Recommends’; ‘there is no end of exhilarating music on this beguiling album’, The Sunday Times; ‘full of heartstopping musical twists and turns’, The Beat.

With the Loose Lips MC in full flow, and complete with a Spinna house version. On percussion, Miguel Fuentes brings classic Philly vibes courtesy of the MFSB family.

Full, bone-heavy horns, swirling organ and rocking nyabinghi drumming; and with a storming dub.

West London broken beat meets JA dancehall. A Co-op classic by this Bugz mainstay.

Tearaway soca from the studio of Darryl Braxton, mixing it up with ragga and rave vibes.

Thirteen and twenty-two minute slices of carnival thunder and lightning from the hill above Port Of Spain in Trinidad. Lengths of steel, assorted bits of metal, African drums. An Honest Jon’s recording.

Classic soul sides rewound as state-of-the-art dance music: brilliant, epic house; hard-funk breakbeat.

The second son of King Jammy, Trevor James aka Baby G is at the cutting edge of the new wave of dancehall producers. Jammy’s stalwarts Ward 21 and newcomers Rasta Youth on the mic.