Wow… the triumphant comeback of the indomitable King Culture. Super-heavy, Radics-style, wrecking-ball rhythm; proper singing; tough dub. The mixing of the harmony singing is magical.

Black Ark recording.

Love Punaany Bad — a tale of hard times in New York City, with a nice steelpan sample; and a badman Admiral Bailey.

A set of four Jammys dub-plates, courtesy of Dub Store, Tokyo.

With Culture.

Tough roots, produced by Rod Taylor.

In which Actress douses the rejoicing Noah with gallons of water, slips him a stiffener, and pulls him by the marimbas straight onto the dancefloor. Cracking remix.

Fire! The Federal musical director walks it like he talks it. Blazing horns and jazzy brilliance all round.

This beautiful acoustic cut is previously unissued. Raw soulful lovers, with close-harmony backing, and double bass and guitar as irresistible as Egyptian Reggae. Terrific.

Opportunity knocking once. Mid-tempo doowop-ska. On the flip, the Sneer Towners, hardly a household name themselves.

Three chilled, heavy dubplates deployed by Junjo’s Volcano and Hyman Wright’s Jah Life soundsystems, back in the day, on John Holt’s Chanting rhythm.