Virtus - We a digital (Dubplate)

1999
Declaration of Rights Riddim!
"...We want to be free..."

Al Campbell - Jah Army (Extended)

Vocal by King Kong ;
Riddim by B-no ; 

Special dubplate for my Upfull Posse

B-no ft. King Kong - Rumble jumble life

Pablo Moses - Music Is My Desire (discomix) 10"

The Crystalites - Stranger in Town / Sleng Teng Extravaganza riddim mix - 1985 Master Mega Hits Jammy records digi dancehall / Victor Rice and Mercurias - Carregar / Hugh Mundell - Great Tribulation / Twinkle Brothers - Rasta P'on Top / Kibir La Amlak - Mental Freedom / Daba Makourejah feat Mahom dub - Ganja Tree

5 Twinkle Brothers - Rasta P'on Top

Truths & Rights (ft. Nicole Miller)

Willin' (Original) - The Cimarons

We go reason

New 10" on ROOTIKAL DUBPLATE ARCHIVE records. 
Never heard before mix, from Jah Thomas' Midnight Rock . 


Michael Palmer 'I'm Still Dancing' Dubplate Vocal

featured on the 2008 release 
Roots garden records 
“Showcase Part 1”

( issued on 12" vinyl and digital download)

Produced and mixed by Nick Manasseh 
featuring: Johnny Osbourne, Chezidek 
Bob Skeng and Dark Angel

Catalogue number RGR:SC001

Tracks 7 & 8

Reggae veteran Johnny Osbourne is one of Jamaica’s best-loved singers with scores of hit tunes from nearly four decades for the likes of Winston “Bam Bam” Riley, Studio One, King Jammys,
Channel 1, Bobby Digital and countless others. His hits span
over 30 years and include “Truths and Rights”, “Folly Ranking”,
“Buddy Bye-Bye”, “Come Back Darling”, 
“Give a Little Love” and “Water Pumping”.

“Black Starliner” was first heard as a Sound System dubplate special, eventually released by Roots Garden to popular demand on 7inch single in 2005(RGR:001). Quickly selling out, the song gained massive air play on radio stations worldwide and became a much sought-after modern day roots classic on the European sound system circuit.

Manasseh totally reworks the original rhythm track for the remix
with more of a contemporary feel, yet with obvious references
to the early 1980’s Roots Radics era of ‘dancehall’ roots hits
mixed by Scientist. Johnny Osbourne’s baritone vocal takes a
fresh approach to the popular repatriation theme by
addressing the issue from a sharper angle:
”you wait for the Black Starliner, and you never want to
go a Africa, you never want to hear the words of Jah Jah,
you never read up the holy scripture, you never respect
one another, and yet your waiting for the Black Starliner?!”


Roots Garden Showcase Part 1

Black Starliner (Remix)

Johnny Osbourne - "Black Starliner" (remix) / Manasseh - "Liner Version"

Introducing the next in-line release from the Forward Bound series with another production - featuring the artist Ras Teo  alongside Ashanti Selah. This one manages to encapsulate the vibes of yet an all-time Abyssinians favourite which makes reference to a very iconic narrative of 'Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego' and their mystical journey through the fiery furnace.

The production comes complete on a 7" Vinyl press with a full vocal and dub version to give it the fullest of transitioning from the '70s right up to the present day; with added sax features led by one of the best renowned musicians in the UK Dub scene, Digistep (from the highly-respected, Bristol duo - Dubkasm). This release will surely live up to what it sets to deliver in its full entirety!

Vocals performed by Ras Teo AKA Jah Menelik
"Originally written by L. Manning & Performed by 'The Abyssinians'*

Sax performed by Digistep (B. Glass)

Produced by Ras Teo & Ashanti Selah for Forward Bound records
Mixed & Arranged by Ashanti Selah @ Selah Dub Studio, UK

Artwork by Ras Elijah Tafari

Willin' (Original) - The Cimarons

Houses Of Joy Productions

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