VA - (2002) Ska All Mighty (Top Ska Classics From The Treasure Isle Label) CD

 Heartbeat Records ‎– 7617

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1. Don Drummond - Don De Lion [02:04]
2. Owen + Leon Silvera - Running Around [02:33]
3. The Upsetters - Mama Let Her Out [02:36]
4. Tommy McCook And Lynn Taitt - Spanish Eyes [02:59]
5. Derrick Morgan & Naomi - Time Marches On [02:34]
6. Dottie And Bunny - Foul Play [02:39]
7. Don Drummond & The Baba Brooks Band - Melody Jamboree [03:09]
8. The Skatalites - Sailing Along [03:12]
9. Duke Reid Group - Man May Go, Man May Come [02:29]
10. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - What Have I Done [02:37]
11. Roland Alphonso - Feeling Fine [02:52]
12. The Slickers - Man Is Going To Eat Man [02:40]
13. Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Why Should I Worry [02:59]
14. The Skatalites - Strolling In [02:23]
15. Owen And Leon Silvera With The Skatalites - Skill And Craft[02:28]
16. Stranger Cole With Owen And Leon Silvera - Koo Koo Do [02:10]
17. Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Corner Stone [02:23]
18. Lynn Taitt And The Baba Brooks Band - Independence Ska [02:35]
19. Hayward Brice And The Baba Brooks Band - Red Gal Ring [02:54]

Playing Time.........: 50:24
Total Size...........: 116.72 MB

VA - (2007) Studio One Rub-A-Dub CD

 Soul Jazz Records ‎– 154 

In the 1970s, Clement Dodd’s legendary Studio One Records went through an amazing period of re-birth working with new artists such as Willie Williams, Lone Ranger, Michigan and Smiley, Horace Andy as well as continuing to work with classic artists such as Alton Ellis, Freddie McGregor, etc. Re-versioning classic Studio One rhythms became the order of the day in the 1970s, not just with Studio One boss Clement ‘Coxsone’ Dodd, but with every Jamaican producer of note employing their own in-house musicians to copy the music emanating from Brentford Road. The music on Studio One Rub-A-Dub features classic and rare tracks from this amazing period, from the likes of Cornel Campbell, The Heptones, Johnny Osbourne and many other legendary artists. Sleeve-notes are by Chris Salewicz, the acclaimed writer who has written books on Joe Strummer, Bob Marley, The Rolling Stones and many more.

 Tracklist:
Cornell Campbell - My Conversation
Lone Ranger - Screw Gone A North Coast
Judah Eskender Tafari - Danger In Your Eyes
Rapper Robert & Jim Brown - Minister For Ganja
Freddie McGregor - How Could You Leave
Barry Brown - Give Love
Len Allen Jr - White Belly Rat
Johnny Osbourne - Forgive Them
Jennifer Lara - Natural Mystic
Horace Andy - Happiness
Rapper Robert & Jim Brown - Pirate
Willie Williams - Keep On Moving
Papa Michigan & General Smiley - Jah A The Creator
Ethiopian - Empty Belly
Earl 16 - No Mash Up The Dance
The Jay Tees - Forward To Jah
Lone Ranger - Natty Chalwa

VA - (2007) This Is Dub: The Original Dub Masters 3xCD

Union Square Music Ltd. ‎– 830 

Here is the history of dub from its experimental origins to the end of its golden era of the 1970s. Featuring King Tubby, Lee Perry, Horace Andy, and any number of echoing appearances by some of reggae's greatest voices, this is the roughest, toughest, yet most chilled sound ever recorded.

 Tracklist:
1-1 –The Destroyers Straight To The Head
1-2 –Lynn Taitt & The Jets Soul Food
1-3 –The Engineers & The Upsetters Evol Yanoh
1-4 –Tommy & The Upsetters Lock Jaw
1-5 –The Upsetters Clint Eastwood
1-6 –The Crashers Musical Fighting (aka Target)
1-7 –Rue Lloyd Loving You
1-8 –The Hippy Boys Voodoo
1-9 –Lee 'Scratch' Perry & The Upsetters Kill Them All
1-10 –The Upsetters Kinky Mood
1-11 –Lee 'Scratch' Perry & The Upsetters Sipreano
1-12 –Byron Lee & The Dragonaires Squeeze Up
1-13 –Augustus Pablo East Of The River Nile
1-14 –Bob Marley & The Wailers Kaya (Scat Mix / Kaya Version)
1-15 –Dennis Brown & The Crystalites Acid Version
1-16 –Charlie Ace & Lee Perry Cow Thief Skank
1-17 –The Upsetters Tipper Special
1-18 –The Crystalites Tough Version
1-19 –Augustus Pablo & The Crystalites Bells Of Death
1-20 –Augustus Pablo & King Tubby Bass and Drums
2-1 –The Upsetters Feat. Dillinger Dub Organiser
2-2 –The Upsetters V/S Panta Rock
2-3 –Augustus Pablo Hot & Cold Version One
2-4 –The Observers New Style
2-5 –Lee Perry & The Upsetters Liquid Serenade
2-6 –Rupie Edwards Dr Satan's Echo Chamber
2-7 –Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators A Version I Can Feel With Love
2-8 –Observer All Stars & King Tubby Rasta Locks
2-9 –Treasure Isle All Stars Arabian Dub
2-10 –Techniques All Stars Stalag 17 Version
2-11 –The Observer & King Tubby Youth Man
2-12 –Mafia All Stars & King Tubby Don't Think About Me (I'm Alright)
2-13 –King Tubby & The Aggrovators Jehovah Version
2-14 –King Tubby Dread Satta Version
2-15 –Horace Andy Nice And Easy Dub
2-16 –King Tubby & The Aggrovators A Glorious Dub
2-17 –King Tubby & The Aggrovators Crisp Version
2-18 –King Tubby Watchman Dub
2-19 –King Tubby King Tubby's In Fine Style
2-20 –Jackie Edwards & The Aggrovators Invasion Version
3-1 –King Tubby A Rougher Version
3-2 –Johnny Clarke & The Aggrovators A Ruffer Version
3-3 –Rupie Edwards Ire Feelings (Skanga)
3-4 –Lee 'Scratch' Perry & The Upsetters* Doctor On The Go
3-5 –The Upsetters Kingdom Of Dub
3-6 –Lee 'Scratch' Perry & The Upsetters Woman's Dub
3-7 –Prince Jazzbo Ital Corner
3-8 –Linval Thompson & The Aggrovators A King Version
3-9 –Linval Thompson & The Revolutionaries Jamaican Colley Version
3-10 –Bob Marley & The Wailers Rainbow Country Dub
3-11 –Lee 'Scratch' Perry Disco Devil
3-12 –Twin Roots Know Love
3-13 –Linval Thompson & The Aggrovators Conquering Version
3-14 –Michael Rose & Prince Jammy Born Free Dub
3-15 –Scientist & The Roots Radics Scientist Ganja Dub
3-16 –Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators African World Wide Version
3-17 –The Roots Radics Band Mission Impossible
3-18 –Sly & Robbie Soon Forward Dub
3-19 –Prince Far I Natty Champion
3-20 –The Revolutionaries Feat. Sly & Robbie 79 Rock

VA - (2006) Lagos - Stori Plenti - Urban Sounds from Nigeria CD

Out Here Records ‎– 005 

 Lagos Stori Plenti is the first internationally-released compilation that presents the new sound from Nigeria. Straight from the largest country in Africa, this release taps into the lyrical and musical expressions of a young generation that grew up on hip-hop, reggae and dancehall in one of the craziest cities in the world. It is about guys like Eedris Abdulkareem from Kano coming to Lagos with nothing in his pocket but a dream to make it as a musician, who would later tour Nigeria with 50 Cent. There is Ruggedman who took hip-hop to a new level by dissing many of the fake American-sounding rap star wannabes. JJC from London experiments with fusing traditional instruments into his productions. Cologne-based Bantu mixes fuji and Afrobeat on his award-winning album Fuji Satisfaction and created a style that blends Lagos sensibilities with the European sound. Afrobeat is heartily represented by Dede Mabiaku, who used to open shows for Fela Kuti and releases his first track internationally here. The most vibrant music comes from Lagos' neglected ghetto, Ajegunle (AJ). "Nigeria's Kingston" as some call it, lives on reggae/dancehall with its own style of pidgin and hilarious dancing. AJ is represented here by Nutty & Wharfy and African China from neighboring Orile whose song "Mr President" is huge in Lagos at the moment. Then there are the guys who rap in English: Modenine with "419 State Of Mind Pt. 2" takes up the topic of 419, the legal term for "advance fee fraud," and Terry Tha Rapman, with his politically-charged spoof on Eminem, on "I Am A Nigerian." There are also songs about love and loss, for example, Six Foot +'s song "Anwuli," with the chorus: "Anwuli, she chop (eat) my money and go." Lagos Stori Plenti represents a fresh mix of hip-hop, reggae, salsa and dancehall that truly represents the sound of youth, as they struggle to preserve their completely unique Nigerian sound while still reflecting their diverse musical influences.

“Hi, do you trust Nigerians, the kind of people who are rugged and resilient, shady like Sicilians … ”? In the opening track ’I am a Nigerian’ Terry tha Rapman from Lagos shares his daily life experience quoting a song by one of his favourite rappers from the US: “I buy fake designer clothes from Aba, you wanna try? Who needs Calvin Klein, when you got Oko Klien? My shoes are dead from trekking, I`m close to stealing yours and exchanging your designer boxers with my stinking drawers. So tell me, am I dead or alive? I can barely decide, so many times I contemplated suicide ...“.

‘Lagos stori plenti’ is about tapping into the lyrical and musical expressions of a young generation from the largest country in Africa. A generation that grew up on hip-hop, reggae and dancehall in one of the craziest cities in the world. This is the first internationally released compilation that presents this new sound from Nigeria. It is about guys like Eedris Abdulkareem from Kano coming to Lagos with nothing in his pocket but a dream to make it as a musician. Eight years later he tours Nigeria with 50 Cent, but gets into a fight with 50 Cent’s bodyguards, feeling Nigerian artists on the tour are not getting the respect they deserve. There is Ruggedman who took hip-hop to a new level by dissing many of the fake American sounding rap star wannabees. Another voice comes from the Nigerian Diaspora. It is the innovative force in terms of sound. JJC from London experiments with fusing traditional instruments into his productions. Bantu living in Cologne just came up with a new mix of fuji and afrobeat on his Kora award-winning album ‘Fuji Satisfaction’ and created a style that could not have come out of Lagos. Afrobeat is represented by Dede Mabiaku, who used to open shows for the late Fela and releases his first track internationally here. The most vibrant music comes from Lagos’ neglected ghetto Ajegunle (AJ). Nigeria’s Kingston as some call it, lives on reggae/dancehall with an own style of Pidgin and hilarious dancing. AJ is represented here by Nutty & Wharfy and African China from neighbouring Orile whose song ‘Mr President’ is huge in Lagos at the moment. Then there are the guys who rap in English: Modenine and Terry tha Rapman. Check out Modenine’s ‘419 state of mind pt. 2’ that takes up the topic of 419, the legal term for the so-called ‘advance fee fraud’, a form of crime the country has become notorious for. Six Foot + with his song ‘Anwuli’, about a girl he loved an trusted, with the chorus: “Anwuli, she chop (eat) my money and go…” or Terry tha Rapman in ‘I am a Nigerian’ whose girlfriend feels that: ”Nigerian men are not romantic, they don’t buy expensive gifts”. Fed up with his situation, he sums up his feelings: “…I`m a very angry man, arrgh, so don’t tempt me man. Just for letting you live, you oughta thank me man, cuz we live in a country, where nothin` works and it drives me beserk to face another day wit an empty purse''.

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1. I am a Nigerian (Terry tha Rapman) (4:38)
2. Demu Gani (JJC & 419 Squad feat. T.I.D.) (4:04)
3. Tetter to the President (Eedris Abdulkareem) (4:54)
4. Ijoya (Weird MC) (3:32)
5. Odolayé (Azadus, Bantu, Modenine, Dede) (5:25)
6. 419 State of Mind pt. 2 (Modenine feat. OD) (4:10)
7. Give me a Chance (Nutty & Wharfy) (4:25)
8. Mr. President (Africa China feat. Efe) (5:15)
9. Baraje (Ruggedman) (5:10)
10. Faze alone (Faze) (5:08)
11. Tongolo (D'banj) (4:07)
12. Oya (Bantu feat. Ayuba) (6:15)
13. Niger Delta Jam (Dede) (8:18)
14. Anwuli (Six Foot +) (4:58)

Total Playing Time: 70:26 (min:sec)
Total Size : 161.2 MB (169,073,905 bytes)

VA - (2010) Noah Found Grace LP

Social Music Records ‎– 002

Amazing stuff, never before anthologized! This compilation collects Jamaican gospel music from the '60s + '70s. We guarantee you've never heard anything like this.

Track Listing
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[01/17] The Alphabet (Astley Dixon) (2:50) 234 kbps 5.20 MB
[02/17] The Lord Will Make A Way Somehow (L. Winter) (2:37) 225 kbps 4.67 MB
[03/17] The Land Of Beulah (Gordon & Berry) (3:13) 232 kbps 5.77 MB
[04/17] How Great Is The Lord (Grace & Peggy) (3:48) 236 kbps 6.88 MB
[05/17] Bright Blue Galilee (Stafford Coombs) (2:18) 232 kbps 4.27 MB
[06/17] It's Soon Be Done (Otis Wright) (2:48) 241 kbps 5.28 MB
[07/17] Leave It There (Jo Johnson Swf) (1:36) 232 kbps 3.10 MB
[08/17] We Shall Arise (Heavenly Dreamers) (2:29) 234 kbps 4.59 MB
[09/17] Noah Found Grace (The Gospel Singers) (1:58) 256 kbps 4.05 MB
[10/17] He's So Real To Me (The Marvetts) (2:32) 225 kbps 4.52 MB
[11/17] All My Days Are Numbered (Glen Francis) (3:23) 233 kbps 6.07 MB
[12/17] Since I Get Inside The Gate (Joan Creary) (2:21) 259 kbps 4.80 MB
[13/17] Something's Got A Hold On Me (Audrey Williams & The Joybells) (1:48) 243 kbps 3.58 MB
[14/17] No Turning Back The Weary Traveler (Cliff Titus & His Group) (2:38) 232 kbps 4.81 MB
[15/17] In My Father's House (Hubert Cunningham) (2:57) 229 kbps 5.29 MB
[16/17] Telephone To Glory (Ken Parker) (2:24) 246 kbps 4.69 MB
[17/17] The Comforter Has Come (Alton & Otis) (2:23) 231 kbps 4.38 MB

VA - (2014) Studio One Rocksteady CD

 Soul Jazz Records ‎– 277 

Digging deeper into the vaults of Studio One -- rightfully and often referred to as "the Jamaican Motown" -- this Soul Jazz compilation focuses on the label/studio's rocksteady output, rocksteady being the genre that built the bridge from ska to reggae. Add to ska the "one drop" rhythm so prevalent in reggae, then slow down the tempo to a '60s R&B pace and that's the general idea, but past Larry & Alvin, the Classics, and Carlton & the Shoes, most of the genre's artists continued on to reggae, so expect some names every island music fan should know. Superstars John Holt ("Fancy Make Up"), Marcia Griffiths ("My Ambition"), the Wailing Souls ("Row Fisherman Row"), and Dennis Brown ("Easy Take It Easy") are all here with highlights, while author Lloyd Bradley (This Is Reggae Music and Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King) provides the helpful liner notes. Consider it a primer or a refresher, but no doubt, consider it.
Tracklist
A1 – The Eternals – Stars
A2 – John Holt – Fancy Make Up
A3 – Cecile Campbell – Whisper To Me
A4 – The Heptones – Party Time
A5 – The Gaylads – Joy In The Morning
B1 – Marcia Griffiths – My Ambition
B2 – The Heptones – Love Won't Come Easy
B3 – Alton Ellis – Hurting Me
B4 – Wailing Souls – Row Fisherman Row
C1 – Ken Boothe – Home, Home, Home
C2 – Jackie Mittoo – Our Thing
C3 – Ken Boothe – When I Fall In Love
C4 – Larry & Alvin – Throw Me Corn
C5 – Duke Morgan – Lick It Back
D1 – Carlton And The Shoes – Me And You
D2 – Dennis Brown – Easy Take It Easy
D3 – The Classics – Pack UpD4 – Ken Boothe – Moving Away 

VA - (2018) Disques Debs International Vol. 1 (An Island Story: Biguine, Afro Latin & Musique Antillaise 1960-1972)

Strut ‎– 187

Strut present the first ever compilation series to access the archives of one of the greatest of all French Caribbean labels, Disques Debs out of Guadeloupe. Set up by the late Henri Debs during the late ‘50s, the label and studio has continued for over 50 years, releasing over 300 7” singles and 200 LPs, covering styles varying from early biguine and bolero to zouk and reggae. Debs played a pivotal role in bringing the créole music of Guadeloupe and Martinique to a wider international audience.

Volume 1 of this series marks the first decade of the label’s existence and takes in big band orchestras, home-grown stars, touring bands and a new generation that would emerge at the end of the ‘60s. Early releases were recorded in the back of Henri’s shop in Pointe-a- Pitre, from his own sextet playing percussive biguines to young saxophonist Edouard Benoit, leader of Les Maxels and regular arranger for Debs bands. Other artists ranged from big bands like Orchestre Esperanza and Orchestre Caribbean Jazz to poet and radio personality Casimir “Caso” Létang and folkloric gwo ka artist Sydney Leremon. Debs also capitalised on recording foreign touring artists visiting Guadeloupe during the early ‘60s including Haitian trumpeter Raymond Cicault and Trinidadian bandleader Cyril Diaz.

Compiled by Hugo Mendez (Sofrito) and Emile Omar (Radio Nova), ‘Disques Debs International’ is released in conjunction with Henri Debs Et Fils and Air Caraibes. The package features a host of rare and unseen photos from the Debs archive with both formats featuring extensive sleeve notes and interviews with Philippe Debs and Max “Maxo” Severin of Les Vikings. Volumes 2 and 3 follow in 2019.

 Tracklist:
1 –Daniel Forestal Et Sa Guitare Ces P’tits Je T’Aime
2 –Casimir Létang Travail Z’Enfants! Chantez Après!
3 –Cyril Diaz & Orchestra Feeling Happy
4 –Georges Tinedor Et Manuela Pioche Collié Et Zanno
5 –Henri Debs Quintet Douce Kombass
6 –Joseph Lacides Mr. Morin
7 –Geno Exilie Lan Misè
8 –Dolor Et Les Diables Du Rythme Salvana
9 –Sydney Lérémon Et Ses Amis Du Calvaire Baie- Mahault You You Matayango
10 –Raymond Cicault Et Son Orchestre Volcan À Mon Ami Lucien Jolibois
11 –Orchestre Esperanza Et Jean Leroy Ou Pas Bel
12 –Henri Debs Sextet Et Paul Blamar Moin Çé On Maléré
13 –Le Ry-Co Jazz Si I Bon DI I Bon
14 –Rémy Mondey Meringue Mondey
15 –Henri Guedon Et Les Contesta Van Van
16 –Les Shupa Shupa D'Haiti Batterie Shupa
17 –Paul Blamar Et Vélo Lovency
18 –Eric Virgal Stanislas
19 –Les Aiglons Les Aiglons Ka Satisfait
20 –Tutus De La Guyane Nanao Nanao

21 –Guy Conquette Assez Fait Cancan

Yabby You - (2002) Dub It To The Top 1976-1979 CD

 Blood & Fire ‎– 038

The world's finest reggae reissue label strikes again, bringing to the market yet another buried treasure of dub from that genre's heyday in the mid-'70s. As always, the packaging is a labor of love that features rare photos of the artists and liner notes that are detailed and thorough. And as always, the sound is spectacular; Blood and Fire has gained international recognition for its ability to take deteriorated master tapes and dusty vinyl singles and LPs and render them almost pristine without imposing any of the sonic astringency so often associated with digital remastering. This time out the featured album is a rare gem from the Yabby You catalog originally released under the title Yabby You Meets Mad Professor & Black Steel in Ariwa Studio. Here its original ten-track program is expanded by another eight, most of them B-side dub versions of singles produced under Yabby You's direction. The dub mixes were all overseen by the legendary King Tubby, and as usual, the combination of Yabby You's dark, dread musical vision and Tubby's otherworldly approach to remixing results in many moments of absolute brilliance; in this case, those include a deeply twisted dub of the Yabby You composition "Blood a Go Run Down King Street" ("Heads a Roll Dub") and "Achieving in Dub," on which Tony Tuff chats over a cut of his own vocal performance on "I Must Achieve What Is Mine." But really, there are no weak spots to speak of anywhere on this album. This is a unique and beautiful document of two of roots reggae's greatest talents working together at the height of their powers.

Yabby You - (1997) Jesus Dread (1972-1977) 2xCD

 Blood & Fire ‎– 021

Born Vivian Jackson, 14 June 1949, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Yabby acquired his nickname from the drawn-out, chanting refrain on his 1972 debut single, "Conquering Lion": "Be You, Yabby Yabby You". Despite courting controversy in his repudiation of Rastafarian godhead Haile Selassie, in favour of a personalized form of Christianity, his output throughout the 70s and early 80s nonetheless rarely deviated far from the orthodox Rastafarianism typically expressed at the time. As leader of the Prophets (additional personnel at various times included Alric Forbes, Dada Smith, Bobby Melody and the Ralph Brothers), Yabby recorded a remarkable series of roots reggae classics, including "Jah Vengeance", "Run Come Rally", "Love Thy Neighbours", "Valley Of Jehosaphat", "Judgement On The Land", "Fire In Kingston", "Chant Down Babylon' and many others, mostly appearing on his own Vivian Jackson and Prophets labels in Jamaica.

One of the most crucial B&F compilations, if also one of the most obsessive - no less than five versions of 'Jah Vengeance', for instance, follow the original at the close of the first CD. This is one reason why it's so great though - few other collections give you the chance to see rhythms evolving into so many amazingly diverse and subtle new forms, especially in Tubby's hands. Dillinger's version of the Vengeance rhythm, 'Freshly', is probably the deepest bit of dub Tubby ever produced, absolute genius and well worth the admission price by itself.

Yabby You - (1977) Deliver Me From My Enemies [2006 Reissue]

 Blood & Fire ‎– 051

Yabby You isn't the biggest name in roots reggae, but as an artist and producer he generated a body of work that measures up well next to the work of giants like Burning Spear, the Abyssinians, and Culture. Born Vivian Jackson, Yabby was in his twenties when he first took to the producer's chair at Channel One Studios and cut the deep roots trilogy of Conquering Lion, Walls of Jerusalem, and Deliver Me from My Enemies, a formidable set of albums that established his decidedly sparse and rhythmically steady sound.
Deliver Me from My Enemies is the third and final album in the series; it's clear that Yabby was getting a bit restless, as it's the least consistently fundamentalist of the three. A pair of lovers rock tunes-- one a cover of a song by John Holt, the master of the form-- inject variety and signify that Yabby was about more than just singing the praises of Jah and African unity, though he still did plenty of both on the record. Blood & Fire's reissue follows the label's earlier two-fer packaging of Conquering Lion and Walls of Jerusalem and is fortified with seven tracks not on the original album.
Yabby got his hard, steady rhythms the same way a lot of Jamaican producers did in the 1970s: by anchoring his songs to the rock-solid rhythm section of drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare, who provide the bedrock here. Sax legend Tommy McCook leads the three-piece horn section, which provides the album's opening fanfare, a drawn-out, roughshod melody dustily recorded by Yabby. There's a memory-like haziness to the way Yabby captured most of his horn parts, as though he was trying to get them to sound like the way he thought of Africa, an entity halfway between tangible and intangible, simultaneously a part of his past and his possible future.
The album's title track is positively mighty, with the aforementioned horn theme and Yabby's doubled vocals riding an almost unnervingly deliberate rhythm track. The reissue includes the version from the "Deliver Me" 45's B-side, sequenced directly after the original. The new vocal on the version humorously appropriates the Little Miss Muffet children's rhyme, replacing curds and whey with a cherry pie and the spider with a dreadlock who "takes her away."
Then-current events get a rare airing from Yabby on "Pound Get a Blow", equating devaluation of the Jamaican pound with the encroachment of Babylon. "Pick the Beam", which opens with a chord progression that nods to Cannonball Adderley's "Mercy Mercy Mercy", is an appeal from Yabby to clear the obstructions that block our own view of the world, so that we can then lead, rather than proselytize. The bonus tracks include two murky, echo-laden dubplates of the song that each offer an interesting spin on the original.
In fact, it's a bonus track that steals the whole show. The 12" mix of "Babylon a Fall", credited to the Prophets, a group founded by Yabby, is a thumping vocal trio track ballasted by a liquid line from Robbie Shakespeare. After the vocal trio finishes its work, the horns each take a solo on the long coda, with McCook breaking out his flute for a long duel with the rhythm section.
The only somewhat jarring additions are the two sides of a 12" Yabby recorded with DJ Trinity, whose toasting is mixed strangely high and comes as something of a shock so late in the disc. That said, they're not bad songs, even if one of them does bizarrely list Guatemala as an African country. Deliver Me from My Enemies is ultimately a set most roots fans will want to get their hands on, as it wraps up a classic run in the studio by Yabby, gathers a lot of rare material in one place and sounds excellent remastered directly from the source.

VA - (2012) Studio One Sound CD

Soul Jazz Records ‎– 256 

Soul Jazz Records continues it's journey into the vaults of the mighty Studio One with this next instalment featuring everything from classic ska and rocksteady to the deepest roots, heaviest dub and dancehall roots.

As ever the album includes incredible reggae artists such as The Heptones, Ken Boothe, The Skatalites, Johnny Osbourne, Wailing Souls all of whom launched their careers at Studio One, 13 Brentford Road, under the guidance of Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd.

This album features some of the most in-demand and collectible Studio One tracks over the years, all digitally remastered. The sleevenotes are by Rob Chapman, author of the celebrated books about Studio One Records, 'Never Grow Old' and 'Downbeat the Ruler'.

Yabby U - (1979) Babylon A Fall 12''

 Grove Music ‎– 018

Another massive track from Yabby You, probably one of his best-known songs. A side of this 12" was included in the 2015 compilation named "Dread Prophecy (The Strange And Wonderful Story Of Yabby You)" released by Shanachie label. They probably used/made a vinyl rip for this compilation, and a bad one unfortunately. Most of the singles originally released on vinyl have poor audio quality in this compilation.

Yabby You - (2012) Deeper Roots: Dub Plates And Rarities 1976 - 1978

  Pressure Sounds ‎– 077

Pressure Sounds fill the Yabby U shaped gap in the reggae market with this excellent collection of rare and obscure singles and dubs. It may go without saying on here but Yabby U aka Vivian Jackson is one of the cornerstones of roots reggae, with early seventies roots blueprints such as Conquering Lion, Jah Vengeance and Love Thy Neighbours arguably never improved upon. His music remains the very pinnacle of deep roots reggae. Most of his greatest music was collected on Blood & Fire’s peerless Jesus Dread collection. Here, Pressure Sounds dig deeper for such delights as Smith’s Valley Of Joeasaphat and its beautiful Tubby’s dub, or Barrington Spence’s Don’t Tutch I Dread and its dub, some will recall I Roy’s cut on his Crisus Time LP. Then there’s the early rare as rocking horse do-do organ cut to Conquering Lion, Lazy Mood, and a full dub cut to Yabby’s 1977 classic Deliver Me From My Enemies, amongst the previously unreleased gems. Very tasty.

Dorothy Norwood and Northern California G.M.W.A. Mass Choir - (1991) Live CS

 MALACO ‎– 4450