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DKR 136EP
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"A great reggae mystery, now solved. The infamous 'Conquering Lion' dubplate as played by Coxsone sound, revealed. Like most who hear it, we became entranced with this infamous and awesome tune after hearing a recording of its famous broadcast on David Rodigan's Capitol Radio show, by Coxsone sound selector Festus. He announced the tune as being sung by Lloyd Ruddock, 'King Tubby's from Jamaica's brother.' That man of course, is better known as Scunna, the original force behind the Jayes, who had a string of massive hits in late '70s for Channel 1, like 'Queen Majesty' and 'Truly.' As Scunna is also now a Brooklyn native, we checked him to find out more about the tune. 'Conquering Lion' was given by Prince Jazzbo to the then-young Coxsone sound system in London, for play and promotion on the sound. Over the years and through the Capitol Radio broadcast, the tune became legendary."
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DKR 137EP
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"Jazzbo produced 'Heaven & Earth' on the 'Bootlegger' rhythm. It was released in Jamaica for the Invaders on their own new Invader label."
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DKR 122EP
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"Deep late '70s roots from Prince Far I's Cry Tuff label reissued for the first time. As lovers of female fronted roots tunes we had to get this killer Jennifer Lara tune out there, a rugged lick of the 'rockfort rock' riddim."
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DKR 123EP
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"Deep late '70s roots from Prince Far I's Cry Tuff label reissued for the first time. A monster instrumental/dub single, Deadly Headley and Asher's killer lick of the 'drum song' riddim, wicked horns, keyboard and melodica at the forefront. RIP Prince Far I, your legacy of music lives on. "
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DKR 135EP
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"This tune, called 'Bootlegger,' was only ever pressed in a miniscule quantity as a blank label pre-release, managing to elude most collectors of JA music for nearly 40 years. Prince Jazzbo confirmed that he indeed produced the Naggo Morris tune found here, at the same time as the more well known 'Clean Hands' 45 which appeared on his Brisco label."
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DKR 124EP
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"So many Wackie's productions are long among our personal favorites, and some helped introduce us to the wonderful world of Jamaican music. Joe Axumite's tune is one we've long wanted to present, awesome tune backed by an incredible dub featuring what sounds like infinite echo."
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DKR 125EP
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"Wayne Jarrett rose to notoriety with Wackie's, and this single is one of his all-time best, backed by a great horns version by Wackie's stalwart horns man Jerry Johnson."
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DKR 127EP
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"Jah I Maz's great 'Freedom Is a Must,' fantastic roots with the trademark deep and murky Wackie's sound. The flip side is a great dub by another long time Wackie's horns man, Baba Leslie."
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DKR 111EP
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"Throughout the 1970s, I-Roy recorded for tons of producers, and eventually began bartering with many of them for cuts of rhythms to voice himself on, as his own productions. Through his popularity in the UK, I-Roy got a deal with Virgin Records to release many of these new self-productions. Tucked away on these albums are this pair of wicked tunes, prime for release on singles, and here they are. 'Fire in a Wire' was originally released on I-Roy's The General vocal and dub double-album, and as a 12-inch single. Here we have the album cut, the vocal, and it's dub, entitled 'Warlord of Zenda' (presumably named after the novel/film The Prisoner of Zenda). These tunes are re-presented on the Royco Inc. label, I-Roy's own original label used in the early 1970's."
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DKR 101EP
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"'Set the Captives Free' was originally released on the World on Fire LP, a very tough rhythm. The voice of Freddie McKay is heard singing behind I-Roy, and despite our best efforts, we were still unable to find out more about this mystery vocal! On the flip of this single is the killer horns dub to this rhythm, called 'Bubbling Jug,' which was released on I-Roy's Cancer dub LP. Apparently this dub and the Freddie McKay vocal were run on dubplate by Jah Shaka back in the day."
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