TITLE: African Anthem - The Mikey Dread Show Dubwise 
ARTIST: Mikey Dread 
LABEL: Dread at the Controls 1978 

If you're going crazy over that 'Soundbwoy superstatus' shit, this is the original, real deal. Heavyweight classic reggae rythms, spiced up with those caracteristic cartoon, jamaican slang sounds, etc etc... The album is stuffed with jingle's from Mikey Dread's famous radio shows in the late 70's early 80's.

TITLE: Children Crying 
ARTIST: Congos 
LABEL: Congo Ashanti 1979 

Original Jamican 45 from the legendary 'Heart of the congo's' set produced by the untouchable Lee 'Scratch' Perry.

TITLE: Rastaman Train 
ARTIST: Doctor Alimantado 
LABEL: Black Art 1977 

This is the first reggae 12" I bought back in '93 for only FL 2.50 dutch gulders... thats 1.25 US Dollars! Back then I didn't had a clue what was in my hands (So did the salesman at the record store, fuckin' hippie!). It just sounded dope to me (duuuh...) And it still sounds as fresh as ever. The flipside is the dubversion of Augustus Pablo's 'Vibrate on'. People in Holland don't even believe me when I tell them what I've spent on this 12"...

TITLE: Don't Be Afraid 
ARTIST: George Faith
LABEL: Upsetters 1977

Classic 'upsetter' 45 from the underrated 'To be a Lover' album by the same artist... Of course produced by Lee Perry. To me beautiful album with roots and lovers rock at the beginning of the smashing 'Black Ark' period. The sound 'scratch' created in that studio is a fine example of jamaican music craftmanship, just as the Studio 1 sound of Coxsone!

TITLE: Banana Stark
ARTIST: Mighty two
LABEL: Heavy Duty 1979/80?

Bought this one just for the graphics! (And again, printed after a fine lambsbread spliff...)

TITLE: More Music
ARTIST: Tommy McCook & Rad Wilson
LABEL: Big Shot 1972

Original UK pressing with Tommy McCook in great form (for those of you who don't know Tommy, he plays probably on every fucking horn session from the mid '60s to mid 80s... The rhythm is produced by one of the best producers in this genre... Glen Brown. This bwoy made the hardest rythms in the circuit from the early 70s till the late 70s, period! Combine them with King Tubby on the B-side and you have instant collectors material!

TITLE: Tubby's at the Control
ARTIST: Glen Brown & King Tubby
LABEL: Pantomine 1978

See, this is what I mean... Even when the a-side is not really special, you just have to buy Glen Brown 45s for the b-sides. Version Galore!!!!!!

TITLE: One Life to Live
ARTIST: Phyllis Dylon
LABEL: Treasure Isle 1972

Every hiphop music collector knows Sister Nancys 'What a Bam-Bam' over the immortal stalag rythm. (Best example Main Sources 'Just hangin' out') I've always wonderd why there hasn't come up one song with a sample from Phyllis's voice (or the great horn sections on these rythms). One of my favorite lady singers from the rock steady era delivers great vocals over classic Duke Reid material!

TITLE: Pick-a-Dub
ARTIST: Keith Hudson (feat. King Tubby)
LABEL: Atra (Rockers Universite) 1974

I think this is a UK-pressing. One of the first Dub albums ever made, not a collection of instrumentals, just strictly DUBWISE. That's why I'm gonna rob the man who's got an original copy (out of approx. 500) of this one. Probably the best dub-album ever made!

TITLE: Traveling
ARTIST: Burning Spear
LABEL: Spear 1975

Title: Traveling Artist: Burning Spear Label: Spear (1975) Spears best 45 not available on an album! Haunting horn section and heavyweight bass! Theme tune for Lloydie Coxsone Outernational sound.