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Sleng Teng Extravaganza
Kudos to Heatwave for pointing out that it’s 25 years this week since Sleng Teng was played out in a dance. The story goes that on February 23 1985 Jammy’s Super Power met Black Scorpio at Waltham Park...
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Here is the audio and some pictures of the last Rewind Mi selectah! (see below for some videclips). This was a superb night – many thanks to the guest selectors Alan McKay and Ras Digby who both put in...
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More from the Prince..
Just as Greensleeves/VP come out with a compilation of big sides from Jammy’s pre digital days Pressure Sounds take it to another level by re-issuing the (relatively) obscure 1981 dub LP Prince Jammy...
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In a welcome return to the Sleng Teng theme that’s undoubtedly going to run for the next few months Gold Shop Records have just put out another three Shinehead reissue singles on the African Love...
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The greatest 100 Rocksteady tunes #30
The last 30 of the top 100 Rocksteady tunes will be featured as individual posts on this blog. My Number One – The Paragons (Paragons Production) Back at number 48 in the list was Memories By The Score...
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New York’s Deadly Dragon make another foray into the now crowded digital reggae vinyl re-issue market with three sevens from New Yorks Park Heights label. Sleepy Wonder & Jango – Fade Away/Version...
View ArticleA new Zion Gate
On DanceCrasher I rarely talk about brand new music that is coming out, there are two main reasons for this; firstly others better informed than me do it alot better, and secondly, really good stuff...
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Rockin' With Laurel
Pressure Drop are back with another instalment of their Laurel Aitken odyssey, a 28 track release called You Got Me Rockin’ an entertaining though patchy release of pre Ska R&B type sides that were...
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2 twelves from Kiddus I part 2
Sometimes it’s hard to keep up with reissues coming out, not that this is a bad thing… A week or so ago I mentioned that Dub Store had reissued a couple of 12″ singles from Frank Dowding AKA Kiddus I...
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Live Injection 3rd November
Live Injection – a day of the finest in rocksteady, early reggae and a bit of soul. The usual suspects Allan Finnie, Tim P and Andy Hynd on the decks joined by guests Paul Landers and Spider John.
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