Collector's Corner

Black Roots - Black Roots – Kick (KIC LP 02)

UK 1983 cov : EX / rec : EX price : 60 euros

Produced by Black Roots and Denny Vidal. The first album by the band from Bristol. Hard UK roots deep and slow ridims, great album with Rico an Dick Cuthell on horns section, original issue…

Prodigal – Reality / Version

Roots Vibration (DSR 2757 DT) JAM 1981 EX price : 35 euros

Prod by Michael Palmer, tuff soundman tune, strickly build for Sound Systems, lead vocal by Michael Palmer as Prodigal, hard bassline and heavy Rub a Dub Style version…play this loud only !!!

Naturiser – Fire A Go Burn / Version

Breathren Of Art (DSR 3149) JAM 1976 EX price : 20 euros

Produced by ??, heavy mid 70’s roots by this unknown artist of this beautiful but impossible to find JA label…. Strong dub…

Yabby You & Prophets (as the prophet) – Love of Jahovia / Version

UMR (GL 2455 RRS) JAM 1973 EX- / VG+ to EX- price : 20 euros

Produced by Herbie Carter, rare single, one of the first by Yabby You, released on Herbie Crater’s UMR label, different version on B side than the Prophet issue called love of jah, aka regular rock…

Junior Byles & Rupert Reid – Chant Down Babylon / Version

Ja-Man (DSLH 2773) JAM 1975 EX price : 30 euros

Produced by Dudley Swaby, killer mid 70’s roots with great dub on flip, original issue on beautiful Ja-Man label…

The Heptones – Drifting Away / Version

Teem (FPF 7610) JAM 1973 EX- price : 35 euros

Produced by Pat francis, tuff Randys material over Ain’t no Sunshine ridim, hard lead vocal by Leroy Sibbles, with dub on flip, original issue on Jah lloyd’s Teem label…

Paul Blackman – Earth Wind & Fire / Version

Daddy Kool (DKR 123) UK 1978 / EX+ price : 50 euros

Produced by Augustus Pablo, killer alternative vocal over Hugh Mundell’s Run Run Run ridim, with finest dub version on flip…

Little John & Billy Boyo – Janet Sinclair / Version

Greensleeves (Gred 92) UK 1982 / EX price : 15 euros

Produced by Toyan, tuff tune over Johnny Osborune Love universal ridim backed by Radics, Little John at his vocal best, in a crazy DJ combination on extended mix with Youth Billy Boyo and terrible dub version on flip mix by Professor at King Tubby’s…Original issue with company sleeve..

Sylford Walker – Lambs Bread / Version

South East Music (lambs bread) JAM EX+ price : 45 euros

Produced by Glen Brown, one of the biggest Glen Brown productions, terrible ridim mixed by King Tubbys, orig issue…

Matumbi – Point of View – Sonopresse

FR 1979 cov : EX- / rec : EX price : 12 euros

Produced by Errol Thompson & Matumbi, fine UK roots album by Dennis Bovell’s Matumbi, with great horny tunes, this European issue has some bonus tracks to the Uk issue…

Sugar Minott – Black Roots – Mango (MLPS 9561)

USA 1979 cov : EX / rec : EX+ price : 25 euros

Produced by Lincoln Minott, great roots album, his first out of the Studio One issues, backed by Soul Syndicate, with beautiful harmonies by Don Carlos, Lacksley Castell, Ashanti Waugh…