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One of the most rock & roll acts out there, Barry Ashworth’s merry band of reprobates — the unstoppable Dub Pistols — are staying true to form with their sixth long-player. It’s called ‘White Lines’, although Barry is keen to stress that the title isn’t some sort of blatant drug reference. “It’s about the number of white lines we see on motorways and at airports when we’re travelling around all the time,” he says.

To celebrate the tour they are giving away a rather huge remix of their crowd rocking hit Alive (word on the street is the remix package dropping soon includes mixes from our very own DJ B-Side & The Dancefloor Outlaws, big t’ings !!)



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Thu14 Oct Jazz Café – London
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The Dubs continue to be one of the busiest bands on the circuit. Seemingly no music festival is complete without their riotous blend of ska, dub, hip-hop, electro, breakbeat, punk and drum & bass. Good times are guaranteed when the Dub Pistols blaze in to fire up the joint, and they’ll party all night — if you let them — until the motorway sun comes up with the morning light.

Over they years the Dubs have earned their ticket to ride the white line highway — and if you aren’t already hooked, baby, it’s nobody else’s fault. They originally grew out of the DJ sound system that Barry Ashworth started with cohort Jason O’Bryan in the mid-90s.
Along with contemporaries the Chemical Brothers and Fatboy Slim, the Dubs initially surfed the late ‘90s big beat wave with tracks like ‘Cyclone’, ‘Westway’ and ‘There’s Gonna Be A Riot’ before swerving into the more political ‘Six Million Ways To Live’ album after the Millennium and their first hook-up with unforgettable Specials frontman Terry Hall.

The procession of guest vocalists who’ve joined them in the intervening decade or so reads like a roll call of urban legends. UK hip-hopper Rodney P, late reggae great Gregory Isaacs, Freak Power man Ashley Slater, Beats International’s Lindy Layton, acid house original Justin Robertson, the sweet tones of Horace Andy, UK rapper Akala, TK from New York, Red Star Lion from the West Indies, Dan Bowskills… the list goes on. Despite these top collaborators, they’ve somehow still managed to remain a cohesive unit, and it’s for their riotous sense of fun, entertainment value and tireless ability to make crowds jump that the Dubs have carved a niche for themselves. Verily, they’re something of a phenomenon.

‘White Lines’ is more of a party album than the conscious vibes of previous LP ‘Worshipping The Dollar’, and also has its fair share of top-notch guests. Reggae don Earl 16, eminent hip-hopper Seanie T, in-demand rhymer Serocee — as well as regulars TK, Darrison, Sir Real, Ashley Slater, Rodney P and Barry Ashworth himself on vocals — all make an appearance, as well as the dubwise horns of Tim Hutton.

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Alive (Benny Kane & Dr Specs Remix) 2

CAPITAL LETTERS
 ‘REALITY’ 

14 Track CD, Limited Edition Vinyl and Digital Download. 
Released 10th February 2014.

Reggae Archive Records launched with an album from Birmingham band Eclipse and we've always planned to return to British Reggae Midlands’s heartland, home to so many great bands and source of so many great records. We got our chance to return to the Black Country when we were contacted by Wolverhampton’s Capital Letters and so the Reggae Archive team embarked on the journey north, up the M5 where we enjoyed the hospitality of the band's JB and his wife Rose. We returned to Bristol bearing treasure, several reels of tape and a fantastic scrapbook full of photos and press clippings that Rose had lovingly compiled and kept safe.
       Unfortunately, for various reasons, several of the recordings were unusable whilst other tapes contained the unmixed multi-track masters. We really wanted to tell the story of Capital Letters in their own words and so we gave the unmixed multi-tracks to Dave 'Oldwah' Sandford who did such a good job mixing vintage tracks on the album “Reminisce” by Bristol band Vibes. The results of our efforts are a brand new, yet vintage, 14 track Capital Letters album from 1985, the year everything was recorded. Five of the tracks are the band's original 1985 mixes, one track is a live recording and the other eight are newly mixed from the original session tapes.
       The music itself has something of a roots edge with title track “Reality” and “No Jobs” both having strong messages. There is also an entirely new mix of the bands breakthrough hit “Smoking My Ganja” which is completed with its dub version whilst “Reality” comes with both original and 'Oldwah' vocals and dubs. The other tracks take a different direction and emphasise how versatile the band were.
      Having originally formed in 1971 just for the fun of playing, Wolverhampton’s Capital Letters were one of the UK's first Reggae bands. They enjoyed huge popularity and success during the late seventies and early eighties both within the UK, becoming firm favourites of BBC Radio 1's John Peel, and further afield in Europe where they undertook pioneering tours and built up a strong Continental fan base. The tracks on this album represent the last recordings from that classic line-up.
       In addition to the previously unreleased music, the package contains extensive sleeve notes telling the story of the band based on interviews with original members and fully illustrated with archive photos, posters and other ephemera thanks to Rose Brown and her precious scrapbook that she kept safe for so many years. This release helps to document another piece in the often untold story of British Reggae.
       Released on 10th February 2014 Capital Letters “Reality” is available on CD, limited edition vinyl, (featuring an exclusive track),  and digital download, available from all good retailers and direct from Reggae Archive Records.


ARTIST: Capital Letters
TITLE: ‘Reality’
RELEASE DATE: 10th February 2014  
LABEL: Reggae Archive Records
DISTRIBUTION: Shellshock
FORMAT:  CD, Vinyl and Digital Download
CAT NO: RARC009CD and RARC009V
BARCODE: 5052571052228 / 5052571052310

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Capital Letters - Reality Dub

JOSHUA MOSES
’JOSHUA TO JASHWHA - 30 YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS’. 
RELEASED 9th APRIL 2012 VIA BRISTOL ARCHIVE RECORDS.
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From the beginning of Bristol Archive Records involvement in documenting Bristol's neglected reggae heritage we've wanted to release an album that showcases the great talent of one of the local reggae scene's mainstays, Joshua Moses.

Unfortunately, Joshua has no copies of the many recording sessions he has done in the years since his first session in 1978, and so it has taken more than eighteen months of painstaking research and the pursuit of numerous leads to gather together the fifteen tracks on “Joshua To Jashwha – 30 Years In The Wilderness”. The result is more than worth any effort involved on our part and is as strong a debut album as anyone could wish for, guaranteed to create a buzz among reggae fans worldwide.

The tracks on this album were recorded between 1978 and 2003 yet prior to Bristol Archive's involvement the only tracks to have been previously released were the very scarce “Africa (Is Our Land) and it's dub counterpart “Home”. The former, included on the “Bristol Reggae Explosion 1978-1983” and both tracks will be reissued on a very limited 12” in February 2012. The only other track to have previously seen the light of day is “Rise Up”, first heard on “The Bristol Reggae Explosion Volume 2”. Again we have included it's dub counterpart and again we are releasing a very limited edition 12” alongside “Africa (Is Our Land)” in February 2012.

The other 11 tracks were recorded over a period of twenty years and include a trio of live recordings, but all the tracks have one thing in common, they are all roots tunes of the highest order and Joshua being a multi talented musician has created the music with as much skill as the lyrics. Having dealt with repatriation with “Africa (Is Our Land)”, we move on to “House of Dread”. One of the highlights of Joshua's live shows in the early eighties, it welcomes all of humanity to embrace Rastafari in universal unity, although there is the caveat that the rich may not be welcome. 

Evildoers come under attack in “Stick It Up” which attacks the hypocrites and parasites, (vampires and old pirates), who have caused so much suffering throughout history. We then move onto “Jah Time Has Come” that skilfully adapts Aswad’s “Promised Land” rhythm as Joshua looks forward to the coming of Jah and universal justice. Another candidate for the twelve inch treatment is “Suffering Is In the Past” and it's dub counterpart, a tale of life's struggles and overcoming suffering. This is followed by “Rise Up”, Joshua's call to fight oppression and injustice wherever it is found. “Steel” calls for love to triumph over evil. Joshua then proclaims his Rastafarian, Jamaican and African identity in “Bobby Wrong”. “Children Of the Light” and “Nothing To Lose” show Joshua's vocal versatility as he uses a falsetto voice, whilst “Protection” says that if you embrace Jah he will guide and protect you and show you the way. The final track “Distant Guns” introduces a bluesy guitar giving the song a unique and extremely catchy feel as Joshua sings how love will triumph over adversity come judgement day. All the tracks are sung with the utmost conviction, by an artist who truly believes what he sings.

It's likely that if Joshua had been recording in Kingston rather than Bristol he would have become an international star, his music avidly collected and lauded with praise. It may be rather belated, but this release should go a long way towards establishing Joshua's reputation internationally.

The other purpose of this release is to draw a line under Joshua Moses and see him reborn as Jashwha Moses, Jashwha has had many trials and tribulations over the decades and his lonely struggle for musical success has often been an uphill battle. Now with this career retrospective and a new name to tie in with his new, but equally spiritual material, he can hopefully look forward to the success and wider recognition his talents have always deserved.
  
ARTIST: Joshua Moses
TITLE: ‘Joshua to Jashwha – 30 Years In The Wilderness’
RELEASE DATE: 9th April 2012
LABEL: Bristol Archive Records
DISTRIBUTION: Shellshock
FORMAT: Format:  CD, Vinyl and Digital Download 
CAT NO: ARC250CD and ARC250V
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Joshua Moses - Suffering Is In The Past

FASHION RECORDS 
VARIOUS ARTISTS – ‘Fashion In Fine Style Significant Hits Volume One’
Released 10th September 2012 as a Digitally Remastered CD  
through Reggae Archive Records /Fashion.

There is no other label that defines UK reggae in the eighties and nineties as well as Fashion Records. For two decades they captured the sound of the UK as it was happening. Their constant stream of singles and LPs effectively defined the UK MC style, dominated the UK lovers rock charts, pioneered the UK ragga sound, released roots and dub and provided huge inspiration for the jungle and garage scenes.
  After a long hiatus, Fashion has been relaunched in the digital domain but, with a strong demand for physical releases of their back catalogue from fans old and new, John and Chris have chosen Reggae Archive Records as their partner to meet that demand with a comprehensive programme of vinyl and CD releases and giving the new label access to all of the Fashion catalogue, including unreleased tracks.
       To launch the new partnership, Reggae Archive Records have decided to start with the same compilation that launched Fashion's arrival on the digital platform and will be releasing the various artists compilation “Fashion In Fine Style – Significant Hits Volume One” as a digitally remastered CD on 10th September 2012.
        Personally selected by John and Chris, the compilation starts with the first release on the label and indeed its first hit Dee Sharp's “Let's Dub It Up”. The next five tracks continue in a similar lovers vein with Peter Hunnigale, Winsome and Janet Lee-Davis joined by Jamaican legend Alton Ellis.
        The album keeps up a mellow vibe, but heads in a roots direction with tracks from Nereus Joseph and Jah Mali before Frankie Paul ushers in the dancehall sounds the label was famous for. We are given nine variations on the dancehall style ranging from roots themes to sound clash tunes and the early digital style to raga. There's even a jungle remix amongst them with the remix of Top Cat's “Request this Style” though it rather conflicts with the message of Starkey Banton's “Jungle Bungle”
       Last, but by no means least, is a track from the label's twilight. Chris Lane in his Dub Organiser alter ego with the excellent “Herbal Dub”, a great slice of dub and a final reminder of  just how versatile the label was.
        This is a great opportunity for fans old and new to pick up some of Fashion's biggest hits on CD.
        
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ARTIST: Various Artists
TITLE: Fashion In Fine Style Significant Hits Volume One
RELEASE DATE: 10th September 2012
LABEL: Reggae  Archive Records / Fashion
DISTRIBUTION: Shellshock
FORMAT: Digitally Remastered CD 
CAT NO: RARC002CD
BARCODE: 5052571033524
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Alton Ellis - Play It Cool

ECLIPSE
‘CORRUPTED SOCIETY’
Released 15th October 2012 as a CD & Digital Download,
through Reggae Archive Records / Shellshock and all digital platforms.

Having already successfully turned the spotlight on Bristol's lost reggae heritage, Bristol Archive Record's new sister label Reggae Archive Records launches with similar ambitions for other UK towns and cities. We begin that mission with some long lost music from legendary Birmingham band Eclipse.

Friends and contemporaries of fellow Handsworth band Steel Pulse, Eclipse  never achieved the same level of commercial success. Back in the seventies the two bands vied with each other to be acclaimed as Handsworth's best, as the area bubbled with musical creativity. Eclipse were together for ten years, from 1975 until 1985. In that time they managed to release just one album and three 7” singles, a small, but powerful legacy and one that deserves to be   recognised by a wider audience.

The bulk of this CD features Eclipse's lone album release, known as “Eclipsed.” The British pressing is now very scarce and was repressed as “Inner Reggae Rhythm for a Canadian release. The album includes these eight tracks plus both sides of the bands final single and a brace of previously unreleased tracks. Unlike previous reissues this project has been completed with the full cooperation of the original band members. They have provided their recollections of the band's history for the sleeve notes as well as supplying precious archive photographs.

Although written and recorded over thirty years ago we couldn't believe how relevant many of the songs still are today. We therefore felt that the best title for this collection would be “Corrupted Society”, a song of protest that starts the CD off in a classic UK roots vein. Things carry on in similar fashion with songs dealing with repatriation, “Immigration” and “Come Me Brethren”. Then political violence, “Six Dead”, the triumph of the righteous, “Blood Fi Dem” and “Visions”, as well as faith with “Jah Can't Fail I”.

The last few tracks take a lighter direction, dealing with love and having a good time. The album ends with the rather beautiful “Eclipse”, a track that's just as strong as any of the band's more rootsy compositions and ends things on a suitably high point. The album is available on CD and as a digital download from all good retail outlets from 15th October 2012.
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ARTIST: Eclipse
TITLE: Corrupted Society
RELEASE DATE: 15th October 2012
LABEL: Reggae Archive Records
DISTRIBUTION: Shellshock
FORMAT: CD and Digital Download
CAT NO: RARC003CD
BARCODE: 5052571037027
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Eclipse - Blood Fi Dem

Promo mash up of the new Dub Pistols single featuring Rodney P and Honey Brown on the classic "Kingston" riddim by Ayatollah.

Ganja (NICE UP! refix) - Dub Pistols featuring Rodney P

 "Could You Be Loved" by Bob Marley is an immortal hymn to love and peace. JL & Afterman blend this song with a pound of happiness and a touch of house music.

OUT ON JUNE 10 , 2016 !!


JL & AFTERMAN  " Could you be loved "  #1  BEATPORT NU DISCO

dubplate para Monster Sound (bon selectah & zaion rocker) por el artista britanico Deadly Hunta

Deadly Hunta "Oh No" dubplate Monster Sound

Reggae music from various Polynesian artist, and others, enjoy the mix! Will include titles and artists soon  Bless!  (12.30.11)

DISCLAIMER:I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE MUSIC CONTAINED IN THIS COMPILATION

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Nesian Reggae Party Vol.1 - DJ Uprising

mash up sobre el digitup riddim con el "we got the" de los beastie boys

Beastie Boys vs Digitup Riddim  (mash up zaion rocker)

Dub Pistols feat. Rodney P from the upcoming album Worshipping The Dollar, released 02/07/2012 on Sunday Best Recordings.

Dub Pistols - Mucky Weekend

Dubplate sobre el remix del next episode (dr dre/snoop dog) de taggy matcher (mato) por el grupo de rap underground HERIDA ABIERTA (barcelona) para Monster Sound ,la pareja de pinchadiscos formada por bon selectah & zaion rocker.

Herida Abierta "Monster Dub" dubplate Monster Sound

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We Have Arrived (Re-Spliffed)

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Dub pistols - Gun Shot (Jinx In Dub Remix)

Koxx - Good vibration (Rub-A-Dub Market eMk Riddm)

FASHION RECORDS 
VARIOUS ARTISTS – ‘Fashion In Fine Style Significant Hits Volume Two’
Released 17th June 2013 as a Digitally Remastered CD  
through Reggae Archive Records /Fashion.


         Following the success of “Significant Hits Volume One”, Reggae Archive Records once again team up with Fashion for the CD release of “Significant Hits Volume Two”. If anything, this latest compilation betters its predecessor and in common with Volume One, it trawls through every corner of the label's deep catalogue to bring fans a great selection of 20 tracks from the Fashion vaults. As with Volume One, this latest compilation reflects the diversity of artists and styles that found a home with Fashion.
     When it comes to veteran Jamaican singers, this compilation includes three of the best. Johnnie Clarke is present with “Rocking To the A-Class Champion” and as befits one of the label's earliest releases it kicks things off setting the bar high. More than rising to the challenge is Horace Andy with his sizeable 1985 hit “Hypocrites”, an essential update of the perennially popular Wailers tune. It's aptly placed back to back, just as they were as vinyl 12”s, with the late Junior Delgado's  superb and understated “Two To Tango”.
      Another legendary figure in seventies reggae is producer and sometime melodica player Glen Brown, represented here with  the wild, album only track “Detrimental Music” a tune that feels like it's about to escape the confines of the studio at any moment.
      One of Fashion's cornerstones was lovers rock and as with Volume One, the genre is well represented with tracks from Michael Gordon, Barry Boom, Winsome and Nerious Joseph, Neville Morrison and Janet Lee Davis with an alternate cut of “Do You Remember”. As well as straight lovers rock, there are lovers rock dancehall crossovers from Philip Leo and C. J. Lewis, Michie One and Louie Lou and General Levy. Nerious Joseph has the distinction of making a second appearance with his huge 1985 hit “Sensi Crisis” whilst the UK MC style for which the label was justly famed can be heard with Pato's “The Boss”.
       The straight dancehall sound can be heard in Papa San's “DJ Business” and Top Cat's “Gallist”, while dancehall pioneer Frankie Paul makes the bold claim to be “The Greatest”. Fashion was never a label that could be pigeon-holed, always willing to spread their wings beyond the core reggae market. The disc is rounded off with dancehall influenced jungle from Tenor Fly and Poison Chang whilst Cutty Ranks is represented by a hip hop mix.
       With Volume Two the series goes from strength to strength bettering its predecessor and being exactly as described, all hits and all significant in the story of reggae in the UK. “Significant Hits Volume Two” is released by Reggae Archive Records and Fashion on CD on 17th June 2013 it is also available on digital download from leading sites.

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Magic Feeling - Michael Gordon

New Dub remix by Dave 'Oldwah' Sandford of a track from the new Talisman album.

Hey Yout' (Chant) Dub - Talisman

Errol Bellot is one of the best kept secrets in British reggae with a career spanning more than thirty years, he has released dozens of high quality records and become a singer of choice for reggae connoisseurs worldwide. The fact that his name is barely known beyond the hardcore reggae audience, is symptomatic of a career focused on one off singles for small independent reggae labels unable to give Errol's talent the support and exposure it so deserves.
        Reggae Archive Records is all about showcasing the wealth of talent that the UK scene has in abundance; working with Errol was high on our wish list. We originally hoped to compile a best of package, an idea we hope to return to, but when we discovered that there was an entire unreleased album he had recorded in collaboration with the legendary Jah Bunny and Ras Elroy, our plans changed.
        We were given full access to the session tapes recorded between 1983 and 1985 and  selected a standout mixture of 16 vocals, dubs and extended disco mixes to which we've added Errol's first self-production, the excellent, expensive and very sought after “The Wicked Them” which is sequenced together with its previously unreleased dub version discovered on the original  master tape. The only other track on the album to have previously surfaced is “Rootsman” which saw a belated and limited issue on 10” in 2006.
       The bulk of the tracks were recorded to four track and have the raw feel of dubplate mixes with an emphasis on the bass line and sound system play. Rather than try and tame them we've embraced that authentic sound. The tracks were transferred at the famous Conscious Sounds studio and where necessary, were then edited together by Rootikal's David Hill giving us four extended disco mixes that only add to the genuine eighties vibes. Five of the vocals are paired with full dub counterparts with Jah Bunny showing his mastery of the dub version and giving speakers a real workout with tracks like “Do What You Have To Do Dub” pushing your woofers to their limits. This entire album is definitely sound system friendly. 
        The emphasis is heavily towards roots with the majority of tracks having a heavy roots theme, whilst even those songs that aren't ostensibly roots have a seriousness in their delivery that belays their more mundane themes. Even the soul song dealing with relationships, “Reason and Chat”, is about as far removed from lovers rock as one could imagine.
        Although recorded thirty years ago using contemporary rhythms and sounds, these tracks sound totally fresh and are a revelation. Perhaps we should have called this album a best of after all as the calibre of the music is that high. It is the fact that the majority of tracks are previously unreleased that denies them that accolade.
        The package is completed by full sleeve notes telling the story of Errol and Jah Bunny and how they came to collaborate, in their own words, as well as a selection of rare archive photographs. This really is an essential slice of British reggae history featuring many of the key players from the scene.
         Released on 22ND July 2013 on limited edition vinyl, CD and digital download via Reggae  Archive Records.


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Errol Bellot - The Wicked Them (Discomix)

Reggae’s man of the moment Stylo G is back! Fresh from a string of hits including THE underground smash of 2012 "Call Mi A Yardie", as well as "Winter Swag" and Jodie Connor’s "Talk", his latest offering is "Soundbwoy" - a reggae-tinged masterpiece that’s guaranteed to get dancefloors jumping and radio audiences skanking. 
"Soundbwoy" is the first release from Stylo G since he signed to 3Beat Records, the specialist Urban/Dance label behind the recent success of artists such as Skepta, Sway, Duck Sauce and Matrix & Futurebound. Production comes from hot new Dutch talent Diztortion who counts super-producers Chuckie and Giorgio Tunifort as mentors and who recently collaborated with Lethal Bizzle.
Look out for the amazing remix from top Jamaican producer Stephen "Di Genius" McGregor - son of reggae icon Freddie McGregor - a must-have for all the dancehall heads out there.

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3Beat136 Stylo G - Soundbwoy (Cahill Club Mix)

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