Mute Beat - 14 Echoes + 1 (20th Anniversary Edition)

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Mute Beat - 14 Echoes + 1 (20th Anniversary Edition)
Released - 2002 (JP)
Label - Pony Canyon Inc.
Style - Ska, Reggae, Dub, Jazz

Tracklist:
1) Still Echo
2) Hat Dance
3) Metro
4) Michishirube
5) Blue Beat Melody
6) From Russia With Love
7) Whisky Bar
8) Harmony in Martinigue
9) Lullaby for Frances
10) March
11) Everyday
12) Super Woofer Dub
13) Down Train
14) Deep Drift Dub
15) Jenka



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Mute Beat - Lover's Rock

Mute Beat - Lover's Rock
Label - Pony Canyon, Inc.
Released - 2002
Style - Ska, Reggae, Dub, Jazz

Tracklist:
1. EVERYDAY
2. JAZZ MAN
3. OLD AIR
4. DUB IN THE FOG
5. RHYTHM TRAX
6. DOWN TRAIN
7. BLUE BEAT MELODY
8. KIYEN NO SORA
9. LULLABY FOR FRANCES

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The Heptones - Unreleased Night Food & Rare Black Ark Sessions

The Heptones - Unreleased Night Food & Rare Black Ark Sessions
Label - Aural*x
Recorded - 1976-77
Style - Ska, Dub, Rare, Reggae, Lee Library, Black Ark

(review from rasputinmusic)
After their five-year contract with Coxsone was up, the Heptones went freelance and recorded at an array of other studios, but it was their classics "Country Boy" and "Book of Rules" for Harry J that endured. Though it's touted with the mystical Black Ark label, most of this album was recorded at Harry J's studios. On the verge of success, the Heptones were booked to tour the UK with the Wailers and Toots and the Maytals in 1973 but Leroy Sibbles got married and emigrated to Canada leaving Barry and Earl high and dry. Two years later he got back with them to record Night Food for UK-based Island records. This high profile issue recut their previous Studio One and Harry J hits and added a dreamy version of Holland-Dozier-Holland's "Baby I need your loving." After Night Food, Island had the ideas of sending the trio into the Black Ark and having Lee Perry, then at the height of his creativity, work his metaphysical magic on them. Party Time was their most challenging and complex album since On Top (Studio One). It includes a sublime version of Dylan's biblical "I shall be released." (Disclaimer: this is the only time you will hear me use "sublime" and "Dylan" in the same sentence.) The Heptones in fact were friends of Perry and added backing vocals to seven of his greatest works. Earl Morgan recalled:

"We go there one night and he doing an album with Max Romeo and he say ‘Come do some work,’ so we do War Inna Babylon. Just start hum a little thing behind ‘it sipple out there.’ We harmony Junior Murvin's Police and Thieves, Columbia Colly with Jah Lloyd, we do the Congos album..."

With Sibbles back in town the trio appeared on the "ethereal dub masterpiece" Super Ape. This new CD then presents the out-takes of both albums. The Night Food session, recorded 30 years ago at Harry J and backed by the Wailers band, without overdubs, has a pleasingly big booming sound. Sibbles' lyrics are to the fore and each song has a dub plate companion. The songs alternate between mushy romanticism ("Crying over you") and politically conscious ones ("Mr President"). These outtakes, taken alone, may not have spurred many buyers, but as lagniappe we get the extended mixes of four of the Black Ark sides which are familiar but again different as they have Ranking King, an obscure deejay (with a dubby name!), toasting on them in different mixes from those Scratch previously issued. The cuts are a bit choppy when he slices into another take with, say, nyabingi drumming, but any new Black Ark material from this era is a revelation. They are like lost Mozart sonatas. However Ranking King is not too original, and how can you top a lyric like "Mystery Babylon's" "When the wine is in the wit, Rasta don't drink wine"? It's Shakespearean! The new mix of "Sorrows" quotes George Harrison's "Something in the way she moves." This is not necessarily a good thing, but an unmistakable hook! "Mystery Babylon" and "Party Time" are classic songs, worth hearing over and over again. Aside from the cover, the package is handsome & informative, and there are wonderful photos by Adrian Boot, but above all some of Jamaica's finest artists return in their peak in clean and clear sound.-- Alastair Johnston

Tracklist:
1. The Heptones - Poverty In The Ghetto
2. Wailers All Stars - Salt Dub
3. The Heptones - Warden
4. Wailers All Stars - Warden Dub
5. The Heptones - Garden Of Life
6. Wailers All Stars - Shake Up Dub
7. The Heptones - Richard Khoury
8. Wailers All Stars - They Say Dub
9. The Heptones - Living Up On A Hill
10. Wailers All Stars - Hill And Dub
11. The Heptones - Party Time (Extended Mix)
12. The Heptones - Come Into My World (Extended Mix)
13. The Heptones & Ranking King - Mystery Babylon (Extended Mix)
14. The Heptones & Ranking King - Sorrows (Extended Mix)

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Various Artist - Muzik City: The Story Of Trojan (4CDs)

Various Artist - Muzik City: The Story Of Trojan (4CDs)
Label: Trojan
Release: 2003
Style: Dub, Lee Library, Roots, Reggae, Ska, Trojan
Comments: Through the varying sounds featured on the 4 discs and the words and images contained in the deluxe booklet, 'Muzik City' highlights the highs and lows of the world's most influential Reggae label and tells the Trojan story as it was - and is. The first two discs focus upon the major hits, along with records that were to have a significant effect on the course of Reggae history. By contrast, Disc 3 highlights oddities and rarities issued in a bold attempt to capture a slice of the Pop and Soul markets, while the final set features 25 previously unreleased recordings that have until now been safely locked away in the Trojan vaults. Compiled and annotated by the authors of 'Young, Gifted & Black - The Story Of Trojan Records', this is indeed a fitting celebration of a British - and Jamaican - success story.

DISC 1: TIGHTEN UP TIME-THE EARLY YEARS, 1968 TO 1971:
1. Tighten Up - The Untouchables
2. Donkey Returns - The Brother Dan All Stars
3. Angel (Of The Morning) - Joya Landis
4. Reggae In Your Jeggae - Dandy
5. Return Of Django - The Upsetters
6. Red Red Wine - Tony Tribe
7. Ali Baba - John Holt
8. Long Shot Kick De Bucket - The Pioneers
9. Liquidator - Harry J. All Stars
10. Wonderful World, Beautiful People - Jimmy Cliff
11. Skinhead Moonstomp - Symarip
12. Elizabethan Reggae - Boris Gardiner & The Love People
13. Monkey Man - The Maytals
14. One Way Love - The Coloured Raisins
15. Young, Gifted And Black - Bob & Marcia
16. Love Of The Common People - Nicky Thomas (Jamaican mix)
17. You Can Get It If You Really Want - Desmond Dekker
18. Double Barrel - Dave & Ansel Collins
19. Black Pearl - Horace Faith
20. Duppy Conqueror - Bob Marley & The Wailers
21. Rivers Of Babylon - The Melodians
22. Wear You To The Ball - U Roy & John Holt
23. 54 46 Was My Number - The Maytals
24. Johnny Too Bad - The Slickers
25. Rain - Bruce Ruffin
26. Pied Piper - Bob & Marcia
27. Black And White - Greyhound

DISC 2: NONE SHALL ESCAPE THE JUDGEMENT-THE FALL AND RISE OF THE TROJAN EMPIRE, 1971 TO 2003:
1. Let Your Yeah Be Yeah - The Pioneers
2. Cherry Oh Baby - Eric Donaldson
3. Suzanne Beware Of The Devil - Dandy Livingstone
4. Money In My Pocket - Dennis Brown (original version)
5. Big Seven - Judge Dread
6. S. 90 Skank - Big Youth
7. Don't Think About Me - Horace Andy/Earl Flute
8. Help Me Make It Through The Night - John Holt
9. None Shall Escape The Judgement - Johnny Clarke
10. Everything I Own - Ken Boothe
11. Bad Da - Gregory Isaacs
12. Ram Goat Liver - Pluto Shervington
13. Can't Get Used To Losing You - Danny Ray
14. Bush Weed Corn Trash - Bunny & Ricky
15. Heavy Manners, (Under) - Prince Far I
16. I'm Still In Love With You Girl - Alton Ellis
17. Three Piece Suit And Thing - Trinity
18. I Love Marijuana - Linval Thompson
19. Barberman Bawling - Well, Pleased & Satisfied
20. Born Free - Michael Rose/Black Uhuru
21. Pirate - The Ethiopians
22. Evil Brain Rejector - Lee "Scratch" Perry
23. E.B. @ Noon - Ernest Ranglin

DISC 3: LOOP DE LOOP-RARITIES & ODDITIES:
1. Judge Sympathy - The Duke Reid All Stars
2. Spinning Wheel - Horace Faith
3. Dirty Dog - Emile Straker & The Merrymen
4. Mayfair - Millie
5. Serenade To Summer - The Johnny Arthey Orchestra
6. Luciana - The Jubilee Stompers
7. Al Capone - Emperor Rosko
8. It Came Out Of The Sky - Freddie Notes & The Rudies
9. Tribute To Jimmy Hendrix - Jimmy Lindsay
10. Suffering In The Land - Clyde McPhatter
11. Brandy - Scott English
12. You Got Me - James Miller
13. Help Yourself - Jimmy James
14. I Must Go Back - Jackie Edwards
15. Bouncing (All Over The World) - Tony Gregory
16. Snoopy Versus The Red Baron - The Hot Shots
17. Loop-De-Loop - Happy Junior & The I.Q.s
18. Sticky Fingers - Jamaica Jam
19. I Want To Make It With You - Bobbi Houston
20. Stretchin' Out - Doris Troy
21. Reggae Rock Road - King Sporty
22. Fatty Bum Bum Gone A Jail - Laurel Aitken
23. I Say 'Super Jaws' - Owen Gray
24. Let's Spend The Night Together - Teddy Brown & The Discolettes
25. Yodel Reggae - Leroy Gibbs

DISC 4: SOLID SOUNDS-RARE & UNRELEASED GEMS FROM THE VAULTS:
1. You Lied To Me - Slim Smith
2. Power Cut - Aubrey Adams & Boys
3. Betrayed - The Clarendonians
4. Full Up - Hugh Hendricks & The Buccaneers
5. Sock It To Me - The Gaylads
6. Bush Tea - Lee Perry & The Upsetters
7. What Am I To Do - Tony Scott
8. Strings And Things - Tommy McCook & The All Stars
9. Silhouettes - The Sensations
10. I Can't See Nobody - Nicky Thomas
11. Ten Times Sweeter - Winston Francis
12. I'm Not A King - The Aces
13. Same Thing - Teddy & The Upsetters
14. Nowhere - Keith Hudson
15. Don't Give Up - Tony Brevett
16. This World - Hortense Ellis
17. Loving Feeling - I Roy/John Holt
18. Darker Shade Of Black, A (Norwegian Wood) - Willie Lindo
19. Solid Sounds - Jackie Bernard
20. Stigma - Jah Woosh
21. Thunder Dub - Thunder
22. I Don't Want To Be Lonely - John Holt
23. Untitled Instrumental - The Soul Syndicate
24. Fattie Fattie - Zoot Sims
25. In The Room - Lee "Scratch" Perry

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