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Juno Recommends Roots / Lovers Rock Best of 2020

Juno Recommends Roots/Lovers Rock

Juno Recommends Roots/Lovers Rock

Juno Recommends Roots/Lovers Rock Best of 2020
2 Dec 2020
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Cat: 0546459 65071. Rel: 09 Dec 19
 
Roots/Lovers Rock
Johnny Osbourne - "In Your Eyes" (3:08)
Roots Radics - "Dangerous Match Four" (3:29)
Review: This big one from Johnny Osbourne has never, ever, officially been on 7" before now. It comes from a time when roots was at its peak, but dancehall was on the horizon and starting to make an impact. The longing vocals are matched by drawn out slide guitar, distant reggae riffs and a bendy bassline that takes you on a real journey. Roots Radics appear on the flipside with their own take on things with "Dangerous Match Four" before proceeding to serve up an even more horizontal take on the original.
out of stock $12.10
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Cat: 005464 5964975. Rel: 09 Dec 19
 
Roots/Lovers Rock
Hugh Mundell - "Jacqueline" (3:10)
Roots Radics - "Dangerous Match Three" (3:05)
Review: Henry "Junjo" Lawes produced "Jacqueline" by Hugh Mundell back in 1982 and now it's re-issued on 7" single, backed with the Roots Radics dub mix by Scientist. The original is a spaced out riddim with plenty of smart studio trickery fleshing out the heady atmospheres. The lazy drums and horns are slowly but surely absorbing and the vocals full of love. The flipside is even more sparse, allowing ear head room and inviting you right into the mix. Tasty stuff all round, and definitely one to add to the collection before it disappears again.
out of stock $9.21
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Cat: CGI 7017. Rel: 01 Jun 20
 
Roots/Lovers Rock
Bring Back The Good Old Days (4:02)
Bring Back The Good Old Days (version) (4:14)
Review: Freddy McKay's "Bring Back The Good Old Days" is one of roots reggae's rarer singles. It was recorded and pressed up on a white label "45" sometime in the 1970s, though quite how many copies exist remains a mystery - hence any copy that does come up for sale online tends to go for serious money. Helpfully Typhoon has decided to finally give it a release. Produced by McKay's regular collaborator Alvin Ranglin (AKA soundsystem operator GG), the track sees the singer soulfully but wearily plea for the good times of old over a deep but jaunty roots-reggae riddim. Ranglin's flipside dub mix is superb, too, and sounds every bit as good as anything produced by contemporaries such as Lee 'Scratch' Perry and King Tubby.
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out of stock $13.95
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Cat: 054645 706612. Rel: 24 Aug 20
 
Roots/Lovers Rock
Al Campbell & Trinity - "Respect" (5:50)
Trinity - "Vampire" (4:06)
Trinity - "Vampire" (version) (4:01)
Review: Al Campbell and Trinity's "Respect" is now available on 12" for the first time thanks Greensleeves. Campbell provides the vocal work, which is aloof and detached on "respect", with dreamy trumpets somewhere off in the distance as the rhythm section rolls on with real warmth. Trinity's production is fully on point throughout. The flip is more direct, with heavier beats and more reverb underlining the crisp Al Campbell, and it also features an exclusive dub mix of the same tune that is scorching hot and carries serious weight.
out of stock $18.17
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Cat: NYCT 7063. Rel: 20 Jul 20
 
Roots/Lovers Rock
The Loser (feat Alex Desert & Black Shakespeare) (4:14)
The Loser (feat Ruben Durazo - instrumental) (4:12)
Review: This one comes on like a lovely breezy on a warm and balmy evening. It's a real gem from LA reggae veterans The Lions feat. Alex Desert & Black Shakespeare and is perfectly timed for summer. It comes with iconic piano chimes that are instantly recognisable from the Derrick Harriott 1967 rock steady classic, as well as warming rays of sun and period-perfect chat from Shakespeare. On the flip side, Ruben Durazo's instrumental is more playful and led by those gorgeous keys. Both tunes are perfectly heavy.
out of stock $12.37
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Cat: 005464 596647. Rel: 04 May 20
 
Roots/Lovers Rock
Prince Allah - "Naw Go A Them Burial" (3:06)
Joe Gibbs & The Professionals - "Six Foot SIx" (3:13)
out of stock $8.16
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Cat: BCR 094. Rel: 21 Sep 20
 
Roots/Lovers Rock
White Light (3:18)
Cold & Clear (3:16)
out of stock $8.94
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Cat: ISS 076. Rel: 21 Sep 20
 
Roots/Lovers Rock
Eva Keyes - "A Place Called Home" (3:40)
Indica Dubs & Conscious Sounds - "Place In Dub" (3:39)
Chazbo - "Zion Is Home" (3:40)
Indica Dubs & Conscious Sounds - "Dub In Zion" (3:38)
Review: There's much to set the pulse racing on Indica Sounds' latest ten-inch, not least a first label appearance for rising star Eva Keyes, whose previous releases on Partial Records were all nigh on essential. 'A Place Called Home' is another brilliant soul-fired digital reggae excursion from the singer, with her trademark vocal lilt sounding more haunting than ever. Indica Dubs and Conscious Sounds make the most of selected vocal snippets on their accompanying dub mix, which naturally boasts tougher production and even weighty bass. Melodica maestro Chazbo gets to chance to do his thing over the same riddim on the flip ('Zion Is Home'), before Indica Dubs and Conscious Sounds successfully turn his take into a heavy steppers style workout ('Dub in Zion').
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out of stock $8.94
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Cat: 005464 5966573. Rel: 27 Apr 20
 
Roots/Lovers Rock
Wayne Jarrett - "Love In Mi Heart" (4:17)
The Roots Radics - "Blood On His Lip" (3:02)
out of stock $11.57
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Cat: TUF 180. Rel: 01 Jun 20
 
Roots/Lovers Rock
Jah Give I Love (9:26)
Jerusalem (7:19)
Review: Originally recorded in 1981 but first issued on 12" in 1981, Prince Alla's "Jah Give I Love" remains one of the most potent roots reggae club cuts of the disco era. This Tuff Scout reissue wisely offers up the full extended mix rather than the radio edit, and that's a wise move: while Alla's vocals and the sweet song itself are superb, it's the dancefloor dub style production and weighty groove showcased in the second half of the ten-minute track that really pushes it towards "classic" status. Over on the flip you'll find the similarly lengthy "Jerusalem"; this, too, progresses from a quietly soulful roots reggae number into a dubbed-out dancefloor heater over the course of eight essential minutes.
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out of stock $12.37
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Cat: SOT 005. Rel: 22 Jun 20
 
Roots/Lovers Rock
Keith & Tex - "What About Your Soul" (4:05)
Chakatack - "What About Your Dub" (4:06)
Review: Keith & Tex are best known for their "Stop That Train" fame, but now come good with a hot new tune filled with OG roots goodness. The excellent Soul Of Africa act as backing and to make this a lushly orchestrated tune with lazy lead trumpets and a bubbly bassline. Vocals muse on class, the divide between rich and poor and plenty more socially and politically sensitive subjects that have resonated for many years. On the flip, it's a trip into spaced out dub and liquid synth puddles with so much echo you will end up not knowing which way is left and which is right.
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out of stock $10.01
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Cat: DTWS 001. Rel: 24 Feb 20
 
Roots/Lovers Rock
Abeng - "Crying Time" (3:36)
Russ D In Front Room Studio - "All My Tears Dub" (3:36)
out of stock $12.10
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Cat: CDT 001. Rel: 13 Apr 20
 
Roots/Lovers Rock
Feel No Way (6:09)
Feel No Way (version) (5:13)
out of stock $13.68
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Cat: PSS 155. Rel: 05 Oct 20
 
Roots/Lovers Rock
Vivian Yabby You Jackson - "Fire In A Kingston" (3:13)
King Tubby - "Kingston Dub" (2:35)
out of stock $9.46
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Cat: HRV 121. Rel: 11 May 20
 
Roots/Lovers Rock
Frazer Down Below (3:37)
Frazer Down Below (version) (3:52)
out of stock $9.46
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Cat: ROOTS 24. Rel: 04 May 20
 
Roots/Lovers Rock
Winston Heywood - "Long Long Time" (3:19)
The Upsetters - "Long Time Dub" (3:50)
out of stock $12.37
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Cat: MBX 147. Rel: 23 Mar 20
 
Roots/Lovers Rock
Ric Carbi & Dohlance - "Smoking The Highest" (3:44)
Salute - "Smoking Riddim" (4:21)
Review: This is a classic riddim from the hard working folk at Room In The Sky with a new vocal on top, available for the first time on vinyl. Produced by Lewis M, lead tune 'Smoking The Highest' teases and toys with you until it eventually drops into a big, happy, horn lead groove. The vocals are clean and crisp on top, paying love and respect to the smoke as the drums wiggle and horns continue to reach for the skies. Salute takes care of the remix on the flip and ups the ante, with fat bottomed bass and a more noodling lead all vying for your attention.
out of stock $7.63
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Cat: SCOBLP 014. Rel: 24 Aug 20
 
Roots/Lovers Rock
Soma (4:39)
Mama Was Right (4:22)
Divorce A L'Italienne (3:34)
The Beat Goes SKA! (feat Tippa Irie & Dennis Alcapone) (3:53)
Troubles & Worries (3:59)
Searching (5:08)
Nice To Meet You (3:43)
Great Wave (3:40)
My Reminder (4:10)
Wouldn't It Be Something (3:59)
out of stock $17.89
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African Roots (5:16)
Bad Food (3:55)
Moto Ya Motema (7:40)
Mengieb (6:55)
Nakoya (5:43)
Guipimbu Gienu (5:44)
Review: In 1979, dub legend Lee 'Scratch' Perry "adopted" a pair of musicians from Zaire who had been left stranded on Jamaica, put them together with his regular session players in the Black Ark studio he later burned down in a fit of psychosis, and recorded an album, "Roots From The Congo". As this fine reissue proves, the resultant music - a vibrant mix of Perry's particular brand of dub reggae and soukous music - was magical and unlike almost anything that had come before. For some reason it was only ever released on small labels in France and Belgium at the time, meaning that original copies are extremely hard to find. This reissue, then, is long overdue. Do yourself a favour and snap them up before they all disappear.
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out of stock $25.80
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Cat: PH 33006. Rel: 04 May 20
 
Roots/Lovers Rock
Nsie Nsie (3:58)
Asafo Weyasi (4:37)
Rehwe Mi Enyim (3:51)
Get Away (3:02)
Mi Sumolo (instrumental) (3:10)
Zooba Maka (4:01)
Asembi Ara Amba (4:32)
Kame Hu (4:51)
We Are The Band Of Enlightenment, Reason & Love (instrumental) (4:08)
Review: A few years ago, West African music obsessive and Philophon label boss Max Weissenfeldt decided to make some roots reggae with his friend and fellow drummer Josie Coppola. Yet this would be no regular reggae, as they'd be working on songs by Ghanaian artist Y-Bayani (real name Yusef Hussain). Since then, the project has developed further with the addition of a second lead singer, Baby Naa (Naomi Addy), a clutch of talented musicians and a Ghanaian choir. The result is this debut album, a wonderfully hazy, sun-kissed shuffle that does a brilliant job in putting a new, Afro-centric spin on Jamaican roots reggae. The riddims are strong, the multi-lingual vocals superb, the musicianship spot on and the production authentically warm and weighty. In other words, it's an unlikely gem.
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out of stock $16.59
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Cat: NUM 809LP. Rel: 27 Jan 20
 
Roots/Lovers Rock
Reggae On Sunset (6:27)
Don't Feel No Way (5:55)
Surrender (4:23)
Loving You Is My Thing (4:31)
Sweat Til Your Body's Wet (6:51)
out of stock $23.95
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Home Is Where The Hatred Is (feat Puma Ptah) (4:05)
Rivers Of My Fathers (feat Addis Pablo, Puma Ptah) (4:43)
Peace Go With You Brother (As-salaam-alaikum) (feat Puma Ptah) (4:04)
It's Your World (feat Puma Ptah) (3:31)
Who'll Pay Reparations On My Soul? (feat Mustafa Akbar, Puma Ptah) (4:26)
Song Of The Wind (feat Puma Ptah) (4:15)
Must Be Something (feat Brian Jackson, Puma Ptah) (3:48)
A Toast To The People (feat Raheem Devaughn) (4:44)
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (feat Kenyatta Hill, Mateo Monk) (4:25)
Cane (feat Puma Ptah) (4:19)
Revolution Disguised As Change (feat Mustafa Akbar, Puma Ptah) (3:42)
Winter In America (feat Brian Jackson, Puma Ptah) (7:01)
Home Is Where The Hatred Is Dub (I Grade dub mix) (4:32)
Rivers Of My Fathers Dub (I Grade dub mix) (6:08)
Review: Hailing from Washington D.C, The Archives are a contemporary reggae band with a social conscience and a love of the ground-breaking proto-rap soul of the late, great Gil Scot-Heron and his musical collaborator Brian Jackson. It makes sense then, that their debut album focuses on Scot-Heron and Jackson's work, brilliantly re-inventing such classics as 'Home is Where The Hatred Is', 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised', 'It's Your World' and 'Revolution Disguised as Change' as soulful, 1970s style reggae songs. It's a simple idea, but one that works wonderfully well, with the band's core line-up being joined by a revolving cast of guest musicians whose contributions often offer nods towards Scot-Heron and Jackson's jazz roots. One of the most surprising and inspired covers albums we've heard in some time.
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out of stock $21.58
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Cat: HS 207VL. Rel: 10 Aug 20
 
Roots/Lovers Rock
Menina Mulher Da Pele Preta (2:46)
Feel The Cold (3:37)
Bingi (3:29)
Barcelona (3:15)
Sunday In The Club (3:29)
Canasta (3:18)
Paseo (4:20)
Fly High (3:12)
Pais Azucar (3:56)
Tengo Fe (3:15)
Mo' Dinero (2:53)
Atras Desse Ceu (3:32)
Antiguas (4:02)
Review: 10 years after his cult album "Bad Bad Things", this lovely bad boy, somewhat softened, returns to his first eclectic and varied loves with "Good Good Things".
out of stock $23.69
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Cat: 005464 5265911. Rel: 16 Mar 20
 
Roots/Lovers Rock
Heaven (Ready Fi Di Feeling) (3:40)
Ma'at (Each Man) (3:35)
Note To Self (Okay) (feat Chronixx - Shane & Errol Brown mix) (4:06)
New Race (A Way) (feat Akala) (5:15)
Hey You (4:17)
Highly (Get To Me) (Shane & Errol Brown mix) (3:43)
You & I (feat Pressure Busspipe) (3:42)
Ready To Play (feat Tarrus Riley) (3:48)
Could It Be (4:35)
Review: Since releasing her debut album in 2013, Janine 'Jah9' Cunningham has risen to become one of the genuine underground stars of Jamaican reggae music, with a distinctive vocal style - part singer, part toaster, part spoken word beat poet - that seems to suit a wide variety of reggae-related styles. She's at her diverse best on "Note To Self", singing and toasting over backing tracks that variously touch on contemporary reggae, 1970s roots, dub, dancehall and the kind of digital 'riddims' that were all the rage in the late 1980s and early '90s.
out of stock $20.79
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Cat: JAMWAXLP 07. Rel: 01 Jun 20
 
Roots/Lovers Rock
Crucial Loving (4:50)
Spirit (4:17)
Last Funk (3:45)
Woman At The Well (6:09)
Worlds End (3:16)
Casablanca (3:49)
Catch Dis Beat (4:05)
Alive & Kicking (7:14)
out of stock $20.79
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Cat: 060181 1009017. Rel: 22 Jun 20
 
Roots/Lovers Rock
Dub Wiser (3:14)
Hop I Land (3:50)
Rising Sun (3:33)
Fire Red (3:25)
Jah Wind (3:19)
Pipers Of Zion (3:58)
The Day Before The Riot (3:56)
African Frontline (3:10)
Melchesedec (The High Priest) (3:36)
Signs & Wonders (4:13)
Review: Rising Sun from 1986 was something of the start of a new chapter for Augustus Pablo. It was the point at which his Rockers Revolution was eased into he new digital age fo the times. He said himself that the music on the album "mixed up the vibes a little" and touched on a wider array of sounds than usual. There are high quality hot steppers like "Pipers of Zion" next to deep cut and heavy rolling gems like "The Day Before The Riot" while revivalist reggae sounds come to the fore on "African Frontline." Of course, ti was originally recorded at Channel One some comes with plenty of the sonic hallmarks of that legendary studio.
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out of stock $20.79
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Cat: MOVLP 2611C. Rel: 17 Feb 20
 
Roots/Lovers Rock
Eastwood Rides Again (2:48)
Hit Me (2:29)
Knock On Wood (2:46)
Popcorn (2:09)
Catch This (2:17)
You Are Adorable (3:27)
Capsol (2:26)
Power Pack (2:28)
Dollar In The Teeth (2:35)
Baby Baby (2:16)
Django (Ol' Man River) (2:32)
Red Hot (2:47)
Salt & Pepper (2:37)
Tight Spot (2:33)
out of stock $23.95
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Cat: 060181 1014912. Rel: 22 Jun 20
 
Roots/Lovers Rock
Blowing With The Wind (5:40)
Twinkling Star (3:51)
Ancient Harmonies (3:45)
Creation Blues (3:45)
Zion UFO (3:22)
Eastern Code (4:04)
Twenty-one Years After (3:37)
First World Call (3:16)
This Song (3:50)
Drums To The King (7:05)
Review: Blowing With The Wind is the second August Pablo album to get the reissue treatment this month following on from 1986's Rising Sun. This one came in 1990 when the legendary dubber had fully updated his original sound with more modern aesthetics and digital techniques. It picked up rave reviews and proved to be one of the artists' most successful records since the seventies. It is defined by a mix of nyahbinghi drumming and hardcore steppers that was fully embraced by the sound system culture of the tie and took Pablo to new heights in the Far East, culminating with a tour of Japan.
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 in stock $15.63
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Cat: MOVLP 2649C. Rel: 03 Aug 20
 
Roots/Lovers Rock
Cloak & Dagger (3:46)
Hail Stone (2:39)
Musical Transplant (4:37)
Liquid Serenade (3:11)
Retail Love (3:13)
Creation (2:46)
Iron Claw (2:20)
Rude Walking (2:51)
Cave Man Skank (2:30)
Pe We Special (2:10)
Sunshine Rock (2:19)
Wakey Wakey (2:16)
out of stock $23.95
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Cat: 005464 5707220. Rel: 22 Jun 20
 
Roots/Lovers Rock
Blowing With The Wind
Twinkling Star
Ancient Harmonies
Creation Blues
Zion UFO
Eastern Code
Twenty-One Years After
First World Call
This Song
Drums To The King
Pablo Meets P Smart In LI
Progression Dub
Revelino Dub
Babylon Loosing Dub
Sun Ray Dub
Jah D Special
Rockers Comes East
Dubbing The Oppressors
Zion Seals Dub
In The Red Dub
Hanging Dub
Riot Dub
One Step Dub
Zion Way Dub
Sunshine Dub
Dubbing King James
Rastaman Dub
Good Looking Dub
Night Patrol Dub
Dub Wiser
Hop I Land
Rising Sun
Fire Red
Jah Wind
Pipers Of Zion
The Day Before The Riot
African Frontline
Melchesedec (The High Priest)
Signs & Wonders
out of stock $13.16
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