The Mighty Diamonds
Backstage (LP) [ Radiation Roots / LP - released 15/Mar/2019 ] Vocal trio The Mighty Diamonds was one of the most internationally popular reggae groups to emerge from the '70s roots era. In the 1980s, after Virgin Records turned away from reggae, The Diamonds turned to perceptive producer Gussie Clarke, who... |
Aggrovators
Rasta Dub 76 [ Radiation Roots / CD - released 26/May/2017 ] During the mid-1970s, the Aggrovators could do no wrong. This ace team of session musicians, originally forged as an off-shoot of the Soul Syndicate, were responsible for some of the biggest hits of the decade, recorded with Bunny Lee's rising stars,... |
Aggrovators
Rasta Dub 76 (LP) [ Radiation Roots / LP - released 26/May/2017 ] During the mid-1970s, the Aggrovators could do no wrong. This ace team of session musicians, originally forged as an off-shoot of the Soul Syndicate, were responsible for some of the biggest hits of the decade, recorded with Bunny Lee's rising stars,... |
Alton Ellis
Love To Share [ Radiation Roots / CD - released 26/May/2017 ] Blessed with a particularly emotive voice that brings shivers to the spine, whether singing original material or cover tunes, Ellis was born and raised in Trench Town, the west Kingston ghetto area that gave rise to Bob Marley and the Wailers and... |
Alton Ellis
Love To Share (LP) [ Radiation Roots / LP - released 26/May/2017 ] Blessed with a particularly emotive voice that brings shivers to the spine, whether singing original material or cover tunes, Ellis was born and raised in Trench Town, the west Kingston ghetto area that gave rise to Bob Marley and the Wailers and... |
Barry Brown
I'm Still Waiting [ Radiation Roots / CD - released 17/Mar/2017 ] Reissue of Barry Brown's rare I'm Still Waiting, originally released in 1983. Roots reggae star Barry Brown has a readily identifiable vocal style that has long made him among the most preferred of many roots reggae fans. Drawing largely from the... |
Barry Brown
Vibes Of Barry Brown (LP) [ Radiation Roots / LP - released 17/Aug/2018 ] Reissue of Vibes Of Barry Brown, originally released in 1981. Barry Brown is one of the enigmatic roots reggae vocalists that rose up from the sound system circuit and talent shows of western Kingston. Horace Andy was an obvious vocal influence,... |
Barry Brown
I'm Still Waiting (LP) [ Radiation Roots / LP - released 17/Mar/2017 ] Reissue of Barry Brown's rare I'm Still Waiting, originally released in 1983. Roots reggae star Barry Brown has a readily identifiable vocal style that has long made him among the most preferred of many roots reggae fans. Drawing largely from the... |
Cornell Campbell
Dance In A Greenwich Farm [ Radiation Roots / CD - released 18/Aug/2017 ] He began his career for Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd in 1956, when rhythm and blues held sway in Jamaica, and later cut some ska songs for King Edwards. He then passed through the Sensations in the rock steady phase and worked as a solo singer at... |
Cornell Campbell
Dance In A Greenwich Farm (LP) [ Radiation Roots LP / LP - released 18/Aug/2017 ] He began his career for Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd in 1956, when rhythm and blues held sway in Jamaica, and later cut some ska songs for King Edwards. He then passed through the Sensations in the rock steady phase and worked as a solo singer at... |
Delroy Wilson
Worth Your Weight In Gold (LP) [ Radiation Roots / LP - released 26/Jan/2018 ] Delroy Wilson, one of Jamaica's best loved vocalists, got his start with Coxsone Dodd's Studio One label, scoring his first hit when he was just 15 years old! His career soon took off and Wilson spent most of the following two decades producing... |
Derrick Morgan
People Decision [ Radiation Roots / CD - released 28/Apr/2017 ] One of the very first artists to begin recording in Jamaica, Derrick Morgan, is beloved as a ska icon and a pioneer of the 'skinhead reggae' style. Blessed with a rich, deep tenor, which with he belts out his clever and often humorous lyrics,... |
Derrick Morgan
People Decision (LP) [ Radiation Roots / LP - released 28/Apr/2017 ] One of the very first artists to begin recording in Jamaica, Derrick Morgan, is beloved as a ska icon and a pioneer of the 'skinhead reggae' style. Blessed with a rich, deep tenor, which with he belts out his clever and often humorous lyrics,... |
Dillinger
Answer Me Question [ Radiation Roots / CD - released 17/Mar/2017 ] Trained in the art of deejay toasting by the legendary Dennis Alcapone, Lester Bulllock initially called himself Alcapone Junior, until maverick record producer Lee 'Scratch' Perry renamed him Dillinger in the early 1970s. Perry cut Dillinger's... |
Dillinger
Answer Me Question (LP) [ Radiation Roots / LP - released 17/Mar/2017 ] Trained in the art of deejay toasting by the legendary Dennis Alcapone, Lester Bulllock initially called himself Alcapone Junior, until maverick record producer Lee 'Scratch' Perry renamed him Dillinger in the early 1970s. Perry cut Dillinger's... |
I-Roy
Can't Conquer Rasta [ Radiation Roots / CD - released 26/May/2017 ] Born Roy Samuel Reid in Saint Thomas in 1944, I Roy was one of Jamaica's all-time greatest deejays. A natural-born toaster, his rhyming raps always sounded effortless, whether describing the harsh realities of the inner city, or making light of... |
I-Roy
Can't Conquer Rasta (LP) [ Radiation Roots / LP - released 26/May/2017 ] Born Roy Samuel Reid in Saint Thomas in 1944, I Roy was one of Jamaica's all-time greatest deejays. A natural-born toaster, his rhyming raps always sounded effortless, whether describing the harsh realities of the inner city, or making light of... |
Jackie Mittoo
The Keyboard King [ Radiation Roots / CD - released 24/Mar/2017 ] Jackie Mittoo's contribution to reggae music is immeasurable. Of mixed Indian and African-Jamaican heritage, the man born Donat Roy Mittoo was a gifted musician that played piano in the Skatalites at the age of 16. He was a very important part of... |
Jackie Mittoo
The Keyboard King [ Radiation Roots / LP - released 24/Mar/2017 ] |
Johnny Clarke
Satisfaction [ Radiation Roots / CD - released 28/Apr/2017 ] Tenor singer Johnny Clarke had many false starts in his youthful days. Hanging around Studio One as a schoolboy with Jacob Miller, Clarke was supposed to record material written for him by Bob Andy, but somehow never made the grade. His 1973 debut... |