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Sizzla, “Best of - The Journey”
The idea of compiling Sizzla's best tracks is hardly new, given how prolific Miguel Collins has been (46 albums or compilations, wildly uneven, in 13 years since "Burning Up" in…
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Various Artists, “Every mouth must be fed”
Receiving a Pressure Sounds disc to review always augurs a certain pleasure, so well does the British label, with its fine reissues, satisfy lovers of oldies, in both quantity…
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Dub Incorporation, “Afrikya”
Dub Inc have been treading the stages of European festivals for quite a while. Since the band was formed in 1997, the dates are too many to count, and they now draw a large…
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Mikey Ras Starr, “Fire & Rain”
Faithful to their policy of digging up albums buried too quickly, the members of the Paris label Makasound have picked up their pickaxe again to search the circle of lost albums…
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Richie Spice, “Gideon boot”
"Gideon Boot does'nt fit!" (the boots of Armageddon don't fit!): so ran the headline, under the blunt pen of reporter Roland Henry, in the Jamaica Observer on 2 May, a few days…
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Sugar Minott, “Dancehall Showcase vol 2”
A reissue of a 1983 LP recorded at the Wackies studio in New York, Sugar Minott's "Dancehall showcase volume 2" is the follow-up to a first album released on Black Roots, the…
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Morgan Heritage, “Mission In Progress”
Morgan Heritage is surely the number 1 reggae group in the world today. With no worthy rival on the traditional scene, it is rather towards Groundation that the competition must…
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Lee Scratch Perry, “Collectorama”
Yet another Lee Perry reissue? It looks that way, but it's subtler than that. The point here is not to pile up the hits produced at the Black Ark studio, but to discover, with…
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Barrington Levy & Friends, “Teach The Youth”
Released under VP's "vintage" 17th North Parade imprint, the compilation "Teach the youth" showcases a little-known part of Barrington Levy's work at Joe Gibbs, embellished with…
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Lee Everton, “Inner Exile”
It's a familiar pose. Ben Harper and Patrice had already drawn on the image of Bob Marley singing "Redemption Song", the moment when he becomes a sort of black Dylan, with an…
