• Jackie Mittoo Hits

Unmissable, cornerstone Wackies, back in.Horace Andy’s greatest artistic achievement, surpassing even his Skylarking set for Studio One. With definitive reworks of songs he first recorded for Bunny Lee and Derrick Harriott (Money Money and Lonely Woman); a deadly version of Lloyd Robinson’s Cuss Cuss; and a first outing for Spying Glass, later versioned by Massive Attack. Musicians include Wackies regulars like Owen Stewart and Oral Cooke from Itopia, and Ras Menilik and Jah T; also Sleepy’s multi-instrumentalist spar Myrie Dread from the In The Light sessions for Hungry Town. At the desk, Lloyd Barnes, Junior Delahaye and Douglas Levy coax unequalled vocal performances from the singer, bejewelling ineffable extended mixes.Essential reggae.

Zero G Sound Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.- Anais Nin. Dienstag, 31. Combining some of his most famous chamber music and songs with jazz-inspired improvisations and audio collages. Jackie Mittoo - In London (1967) Buffy Sainte-Marie - Moonshot (1972).

Rudie will recognise Bobby Sarkie from The Tartans and The Immortals (not to mention his solo roots killer Better World). His singing here is expertly reined in by desolation, numbness and regret, over a hollowed-out, mesmeric rhythm, with some nasty synth-work and casually brilliant effects on the drums. The vocal cut is more than a minute longer than the version which opens the Jah Son Invasion album with such a flourish; and the mix is different, with more prominent keys, and toned-down bass. It’s previously unreleased, like the dub.The B-side is booby-trapped with sensational instrumental excursions on Junior Delahaye’s Working Hard For The Rent Man and Jackie Mittoo’s almighty Drum Song, which conclude the same original tape-reel as Over And Over. Rent Rebate features masterful, boppish soprano saxophone-playing by Roland Alphonso, and restrained guitar interjections by Barry Vincent, with a Spanish tang. The superb hand-drumming on Mount Zion is by Ras Menelik; and it’s Mittoo himself on organ (or just maybe Clive Hunt, Wackies can’t quite remember). Originally out in 1983, Love Power is co-produced by Fabian Cooke (from Itopia) and Lloyd Bullwackie Barnes, with assistance from Prince Douglas.

Cooke plays most of the instruments himself, with his drumming centre-stage, though Ras Menelik puts in a brilliant shift on congas, and backing vocals are by Sugar Minott and the Love Joys. Cooke’s own well-crafted compositions are joined by covers of Irene Cara and the Four Tops, infectiously bridging roots, lovers and synthy, soulful eighties boogie.Betrayed is solid-gold, signature Wackies. He’s My God is a tasty sip of low-slung, grooving gospel-reggae. Evoking Michael Jackson, the jamming album-closer Drums is top-notch disco-reggae, opportunely poised for revival.Terrific stuff, full of personality, charm and in-ting hybridity. Deep, rootical lovers, darkly seething with one-step-at-a-time hurt and steely, vengeful self-esteem. Out originally in 1979, on the Wackies’ imprint Hardwax.

(The original cover celebrated the first year of Honest Jon’s new reggae shop Maroons Tunes, Bullwackies’ UK distributor.)Leroy Sibbles and Joe Auxumite, Drifter and Skylarking Sibbles guides a tough selection, as well as sharing bass duties. There are versions of his classic composition Guiding Star and stylish Wackies heavyweight, This World; and Tribute To Studio One reworks Heptones Gonna Fight / Hail Don D. As modern steppers, with the kit-drums — as throughout this album — supplemented effectively by the in ting from Japan. Drifter and Skylarking put in appearances; and two full Joe Auxumite vocals from the solo album scheduled for release around this time, but abandoned when most of the tapes were lost. A dub version of Delroy Wilson’s Rain From The Skies rounds out proceedings.

Originally released in 1982 this album recasts Philadelphia-style sweet soul within the shimmering, bass-heavy textures of classic Wackies dub, with spine-chilling results.Includes interpretations of Billy Stewart’s ‘Sitting in the Park’ and Fuzz’s Sigma-recorded 1971 smash ‘I Love You For All Seasons’, alongside the reggae evergreen ‘Travelling Man’; together with three fabulous Delahaye originals. Features such Wackies stalwarts as Jerry Harris, Jah T and Roland Alphonso. JA-born Junior Delahaye remains co-engineer; of course Lloyd Bullwackie Barnes is the producer. Besides Sugar’s International Herb, this 1980 dub album is engineer Douglas Levy’s finest work. Many of the rhythms are derived from a tape given to the studio by Sly and Robbie, containing their versions of recent Joe Gibbs hits.

And there are brilliant treatments of Tribesman Dub — the rhythm for Tyrone Evans’ Black Like Me — and Wayne Jarrett’s definitive interpretation of Every Tongue Shall Tell. Elsewhere Jah Batta takes deejay duties — likewise Prince Douglas himself. (And there are lovely skewed graphics by team regular Leslie Moore, self-styled ‘LAM International’).

But the deadliest cut of all reworks another gift, Steel Pulse’s Handsworth Revolution, which arrived in a parcel of records from England the same weekend as the session: March Down Babylon Dub, with Bullwackie himself at the microphone in his Chosen Brothers guise, as steely and apocalyptic as Douglas Levy’s fabulous production.

. (Roots Reggae) Black Uhuru - Black Sounds of Freedom - 1986, FLAC (image+.cue), lossless -. (Reggae) Black Uhuru - Sinsemilla - 1980, FLAC (image+.cue), lossless -. (Reggae) Black Uhuru - Reggae Greats - 1985, FLAC (image+.cue), lossless -.

(Reggae) Black Uhuru - Chill Out - 1982, FLAC (image+.cue), lossless -. (Reggae) Black Uhuru - Red - 1981, FLAC (image+.cue), lossless -. (Reggae) Black Uhuru - Brutal - 1986, FLAC (image+.cue), lossless -. (Reggae) Black Uhuru - Guess Who`s Coming To Dinner - 1987, FLAC (image+.cue), lossless.

(Ska Revival) Bad Manners - Special Brew - 2005, APE (image +.cue), lossless -. (Ska Revival) Bad Manners - Magnetism (The Very Best Of) - 2000, FLAC (tracks), lossless -. (Ska Revival) Bad Manners 'Ska 'n' B' 2000 Remastered - 1980, APE (image +.cue), lossless -. (Ska Revival) Bad Manners - Loonee Tunes!.

(SkaMusic / Ska Revival / Rock) Madness + Suggs - Discography FLAC+CUE -. (SkaMusic / Ska Revival / Rock) Madness - The Lot (6CD Boxset) - All 6 Albums Remasterd (Accurate rip, Logs & Cues) FLAC (tracks), lossless -.

(SkaMusic / Ska Revival) Madness - 3 albums (1999-2006), FLAC (tracks), lossless -. (SkaMusic / Ska Revival / Rock)Madness - Divine Madness (Twin disk edition) CD - 2005, APE (image +.cue), lossless -. (SkaMusic / Ska Revival / Rock)Madness - It's. Madness Too - 2004, APE (image +.cue), lossless -. (SkaMusic / Ska Revival / Rock)Madness – Utter - 1997, APE (image +.cue), lossless -. (Ska Revival) Madness - The Business (The Definitive Singles Collection)3 CD's - 1993,. APE (image +.cue), lossless -.

(Ska Revival) Madness - Madstock - 1992, APE (image+.cue), lossless -. (SkaMusic / SkaRevival) Madness - Compilation & Live album - 2005 - 2006, FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless. (SkaPunk) Reel Big Fish - Fame, Fortune and Fornication - 2009, FLAC (tracks), lossless -. (SkaPunk) Reel Big Fish - Greatest Hit. And More - 2006, FLAC (tracks), lossless -.

(SkaPunk) Reel Big Fish - Monkeys For Nothin' And The Chimps For Free - 2007, FLAC (tracks) -. (SkaPunk) Reel Big Fish - Our live album is better than your live album (live) - 2006, FLAC (image+.cue), lossless -. (SkaPunk) Reel Big Fish - Favorite Noise - 2002, FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless -.

(SkaPunk) Reel Big Fish - Why Do They Rock So Hard? - 1998, FLAC (tracks), lossless.

(Ethnic / Dub / Ragga / Jungle / HipHop) Asian Dub Foundation - 1000 Mirrors Japan Only EP - 2003, WAVPack (image +.cue), lossless -. (Ethnic / Dub / Ragga / Jungle / HipHop) Asian Dub Foundation - Fortress Europe EP - 2002, WAVPack (image +.cue), lossless -.

Jackie Mittoo Hits

(Ethnic / Dub / Ragga / Jungle / HipHop) Asian Dub Foundation ( 4CD ) - 1995, APE (image +.cue), lossless -. (Ethnic / Dub / Hip-Hop / Alternative Rock) Asian Dub Foundation - Enemy Of The Enemy - 2003, FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless -. (Dub / Breakbeat / Reggae) Asian Dub Foundation - Tank, 2005, FLAC (tracks), lossless.

(Dub / Reggae) DUB ANTALOGY 2CD - 2007, APE (image +.cue), lossless -. (Dub) Dub Tribute To Radiohead.