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I'm looking for some good, rare boss records. Please don't mention any singles as I live in Norway and singles are practically impossible to get in stores (and Ebay is unfortunately too expensive until I find a job).

Thanks for helping and to everyone who read this, have a wonderful, irie new year from all reggae lovers in Norway!

You are going to be paying a small fortune , trying to pick up rare BOSS vinyl LP`s !!

BUT , there are a lot of good TROJAN releases on CD . " Reggae Pressure " - TJCCD 336 - has an outstanding selection of 26 tracks , from 1969-70 .

Laurel Aitken releases on vinyl and CD , on GROVER , are readily availiable , too . " The Pama Years " springs to mind , but this takes in some of his lighter tunes as well .

Lee Perry and The Upsetters crop up with his " Return Of Django " and " The Upsetter " , both on vinyl and CD .

Also , " The Ethiopians Meet Sir J.J. Johnson and Friends " has quite a few good tunes on it .

Happy hunting , the fun is in the research and the tunes you end up with !! (tu)

Yeah, from my visits to England I've found everything a bit too expensive (sadly).
Also, thanks for the recommendations. Of course mentioning Upsetters is redundant seeing as they've been in my collection for a long time (think it's the first reggae records I bought).
I'll definetely check out your other recommendations though and for the future I hope I can get help with some singles as well.
Take care and stay out of Babylons tyranny!

Hi There,
Just to add a couple of Trojan CD's that i have that are kinda in that Skinhead Reggae type are:

http://www.roots-archives.com/release/3087
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http://www.roots-archives.com/release/5013
[cover=7385,5013]
http://www.roots-archives.com/release/4696
[cover=6717,4696]
http://www.roots-archives.com/release/3961#rel4423
[cover=3749,3961]
http://www.roots-archives.com/release/3768#rel4185
[cover=3569,3768]

And one i cant find at this site called,
Dawning of a new era-the roots of skinhead reggae TJDDD252-Trojan
here's a link to it:
http://www.reggaerecord.com/en/catalog/ ... code=74631

Check out " oldwah " on YouTube for a complete range of boss reggae tunes !

@Anorak

I've been a subscriber to oldwah for a long time and really appreciate his devotion to reggae (I hope he's reading this), but thanks for the tip anyways.
To Karl, I haven't seen that Dandy release before but I'll definetely check it out, the other ones are already in my collection but it's always good to get responses.

A) I guess Boss albums are just as hard to find in Norway as singles... I live in the Netherlands... found some pretty rare and obscure stuff in second hand stores during the last 5 years (even 1 Jamaican single from 1964 ) but hardly ever stumble across Boss/Skinhead stuff, so I guess it's even more difficult in your country...

I have only seen one time a complete box with that stuff (couple of months ago..) Original vinyl from labels like Beverely, Jaguar, Trojan, Pama, Harry J ( fair prices, 15/20 euro each... )

B) My experience is that London is in general much cheaper than ebay.

C) If you go to London I can advice you to get to Nudge records at Hanbury street, they have a lot of that early stuff...

I'm going to London in March so thanks for the tip!

Imo one of the best reggae record stores in London when it comes to selection and price. Last time I was there I spend nearly 4 hours digging tru the crates..

http://london.unlike.net/locations/302671-Nudge-Records