Roots Archives Forum

There have been a lot of reissues and represses over the past few years of roots music made before in 1984.Name some more that you think are good ones:

Here is some from 2008:
10"
Don Carlos - Mr. Big Man; Barry Brown - Shoot Up The Town/Willie Williams - Jah Righteous Reign; Uptempo All Stars Version Uptempo 1983.

Junior Reid - Mini Bus Driver;Mini Bus Driver Dub/Horace Martin - Repatriation; Repatriation Dub Negus Roots 1981.

Neville Brown - killamanjaro;Dub Version/Earl 16 - Beautiful Place; Dub Version Negus Roots

Lacksley Castell - Goverment Man;Dub Version/Earl 16 - What Are We Doing To Our Children; Dub Version Negus Roots.

Wayne Jarrett - African Woman;Dub Black Horns Baba Leslie & Mark/Black Africa - Wackies Rhythm Force;African Version - Bullwackie All Stars 1976.

Rising Fire - Free Black Man (Extended Mix)/ Version Archive 1981.

Prince Alla - Youthman In The Ghetto Scientist Dubwise Archive 1978.

Allan Kingpin - Stand Up For A Right (Extended Mix)/ Mad Professor - Stand Up For A Version; Allan Kingpin - Escort To London Archive 1989 Shakas Little Jimmy.

Wailers Band - Higher Field Marshall; Dub/ Rhythm & Sound - No Partial PK/Honest Johns.

12":
Johnny Clarke - Just Give Up The Badness; Version/ Dillinger - Truth & Rights Striker Lee 1976.

Prince Alla - Heaven Is My Roof; Musical Intimidator - Vrsion/ Rod Taylor - Dont Give It Up; King Tubby - Version Archive 1978.

Chuck Turner - Trying To Conquer I; Professor Grizzly- Fight The Professor/ Version Crat/Basic Replay 1989.

Courtney Melody - Black Liberation; Version/ Courtney Melody - Stop inform; Version Crat/Basic Replay 1989.

Earl Zero - Righteous Works (extended Mix)/ Earl Zero - Heart`s Desire (Extended Mix) Wax Poetics 1976.

7":
Linval Thompson - Black Princess Lady / Version stars 1975.

Knowledge - Centry / Version Stars 1978.

Junior Ross & The Spears - Bad More Than That / Version Stars 1974.

Horace Andy - Run Babylon / Version Stars 1976.

Camajia (Bob Skeng) - Education / Version Archive 1983.

Jackie Mittoo - Wall Street/ Jackie Mittoo - Wall Street PT 2 Archive 1981.

peace

Some nice presses there, i didnt realise Heaven is my roof had been repressed on 12" i only have it on LP
and that Johnny Clarke, i have it on 7" but id love it on 12".

Camajia - Education - thats a nice one for repress but doesnt match the original, it sounds like a different rhythm almost.

10" Horace Andy - I Don't Wanna Be Left Outside/Zion Dub


wicked NEX Tubby mix...not the normal dub to Zions Gate....

yes and those Kingston Connexion (Fr) releases are really nice late 70's roots reissues too!

yes and those Kingston Connexion (Fr) releases are really nice late 70's roots reissues too!

love tha prince buster, gay feet repress from rockashaka japan along with the digital scorchers from deadly dragon. all crucial.

soundkiller wrote:digital scorchers from deadly dragon.

What are those?

I'd like to add John Holt, Fly Yuh Dread / Congo Dread, 12" on Lion label to the list. Not a very good pressing, but killer tunes imho.

10" Hi Try ( on honest jons ) Junior Dan - East of the rio grande
http://www.honestjons.com/shop.php?pid=28330

Jahovah/Ten Man Dub - Matic 16 feat. Levi Roots 7" (Sound box)
sound sample
http://www.blakamixshop.co.uk/product_i ... ts_id=2894

Suffering Child/Version - Symbols 12" (Archive Recordings)
sound sample
http://www.blakamixshop.co.uk/product_i ... ts_id=2902

Africa Is Zion/Zion Is Dub - Tony Benjamin/Mad Professor 7" (Ariwa)
sound sample
http://www.blakamixshop.co.uk/product_i ... ts_id=2882

Years Of Slavery/Freedom - Earl 16/U. Brown/E. Daley 10" (Merge)
Vocal cut, toasting cut and dub cut of Freedom.from 1976.
sound sample
http://www.blakamixshop.co.uk/product_i ... ts_id=2881

Revenge/Version - Yabby U 7" (Vivian Jackson)
sound sample
http://www.blakamixshop.co.uk/product_i ... ts_id=2859

All the tunes are on general release and available in most places.All the sound samples put up are from blakamixshop.co.uk

peace