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DKR 320EP
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$15.00
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RELEASE DATE: 8/7/2026
"Well-necessary reissue of Little Roy's Uprising classic, which was previously featured on the Roots Aggregation compilation LP in 2019. This time it's with the dub version as on the original 45, both tracks from master tape. On the B-side are two more previously unreleased instrumentals from the 12 Tribes musical maestro, Pablove Black. 'Reaching Our Goal' is an instrumental cut to George Beaufort's single of the same name on the Orthodox label, while 'Kissinger in Africa' is a wild synthesizer cut to the classic 'Black Star Liner' rhythm that's been spotted on dubplate a few times over the years."
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DKR 342EP
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$9.00
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RELEASE DATE: 8/7/2026
"First time on 45 for this heavy cut from the Diamonds' 1983 LP Backstage, another gem from the Diamonds decade long run of greatness, moving from Channel 1 to Gussie Clarke and beyond. Beyond just their hits, the Diamonds have a healthy list of great tracks like this that were tucked away on albums and never on singles. So here's one being pushed a little further into the light, a crisp remaster from the master tape."
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DKR 198LP
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$23.00
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RELEASE DATE: 8/7/2026
"A long overdue return to the Chopper label, after some singles from way back in 2010. This 12 song LP corrals all our favorites from the label. The album features a mix of early '80s style live rhythms laid at Channel 1 and some great classical late '80s digital style. Lionel Barrett was the original and perhaps the core artist of the Chopper stable, and is featured heavily here. A few of his tracks as well as a couple others here are now issued on vinyl for the first time. The remaining are retrieved from long out of press albums and singles. The jacket features a survey of all of Chopper's excellent graphic design. All told this LP is a great overview of a prolific JA-NYC connected label from dancehall's best era."
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DKR 351LP
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$23.00
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RELEASE DATE: 8/7/2026
"10-song compilation LP. Comes with insert detailing full musician and studio credits. Howard 'Sir Tommy' Mapp is one of the original guards of New York sound men, playing sound system since 1974. Around a decade after that, he began producing for his newly formed label of the same name. Later in the 1990's he established his own studio, which became a hub of New York's dancehall scene. In true independent fashion, Tommy covered nearly every aspect of the reggae business himself, marking him firmly as a peer in the NYC scene with others who blazed a similar path, like Wackie's, Jah Life, and Philip Smart. This is the first reissue of the early gems in Tommy's catalog and makes some more classic New York reggae accessible again. So what better to start with than a new compilation, 100% heaters, culled from long unavailable singles and albums. This LP is packed with prime cuts of just such music. Absolutely essential stuff for 1980's reggae heads."
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DKR 296EP
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$9.00
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RELEASE DATE: 8/7/2026
"Another banger from Everton Chambers' awesome late '80s run with Parish. Like some other Parish releases this is right in the early digi sweet spot, with a great uptempo rhythm and sing-jay story telling lyrics. This is a long-time personal favorite of its era, and better still is that this issue is in pristine quality from master tapes, and unlike the original press, features the correct dub version. The original unfortunately had a pressing error where the wrong version side was used, and the correct version was mis-pressed on the flip of another unrelated tune (shout out to all the soldiers who hunted down the version side over the years!)."
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DKR 339EP
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$15.00
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RELEASE DATE: 8/7/2026
"A little something out of the ordinary for DKR here, a four track dub 12" featuring one old and three new mixes, the latter done in excellent faithful fashion to the sound and Music Works dubplate style of their time. Junior Moore's 'Atlantis' is one of our favorite Gussie tunes, very underrated and under the radar. For the other three tracks, these are new mixes done from the original multi track tapes, in faithful style to the way they would have come on dubplate for sound systems, right out of Gussie's original Music Works studio on Slipe Road. If you like the spare, raw drum and bass style of the Taxi label, or the early '80s sound of Channel 1, these mixes will be right up your alley. These two early Hopeton Lindo roots tracks should be familiar to hardcore roots heads. The Pam Hall is another sleeper cut, a dark lovers take on the Stylistics' soul classic, which gets harder and moodier when stripped back like this -- indeed some raw rhythm cuts of this one were played by sounds like Jah Shaka."
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DKR 292EP
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$9.00
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RELEASE DATE: 8/7/2026
"First time on 7" for this killer dark lovers cut that appeared on the Parish showcase showdown album with Hopeton & Robert Ffrench. Recorded and mixed at Channel 1 in the mid '80s, these tracks ended up on the aforementioned LP which didn't make it out until '87. The style is the heavy live sound of that last moment before digital took over, quite like the Gifted Roots Band or Music Mountain studio style."
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DKR 333EP
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$15.00
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RELEASE DATE: 8/7/2026
"A best of both worlds reissue of the two most sought-after tracks on Keith Cole's Lovebird imprint. Keith cut some sides for producers in Jamaica in the early '70s before coming to New York and starting his own Lovebird label, mostly self-producing thru the first half of the '80s. The A-side here 'Honey Bee Fantasy' is a killer slow burner of mid '80s boogie/funk, featuring a couple of well-known American jazz/funk session players on the rhythm track. The picture sleeve is a near replica of the one that came with the original press. For the B-side comes Keith's production of Canadian singer Ann Marie, who also does backing vocals on 'Honey Bee Fantasy.' On 'Together Again' she's singing on a well known and loved moody early '80s rhythm, laid by the first incarnation of the Roots Radics which featured Blacka & Bingy Bunny of the Morwells."
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DKR 310EP
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"This murder three track 12" is the next installment in the ongoing Park Heights series. The Heptones 'Get Up & Chant' is a certified roots anthem, FINALLY retrieved from album duty and now on a nice fat single for the first time, heavy anthemic roots with a killer mix and lashing reverb. Following this is another total gem formerly hidden away exclusively on an old Park Heights compilation -- Bobby Floyd's 'Need to Belong,' a beautiful soulful roots tune with harmonies by the Heptones. On the flip side is a total killer previously unreleased Stranger Cole roots tune from the early '80s, in extended discomix style."
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DKR 284LP
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"Following the well-received Prince Philip Presents 2LP compilation, here's a lovely overview of the second phase of Philip's career, as engineer and producer at his own studio, HC&F. These ten tracks comprise our favorites from his production catalog, spanning the mid '80s when the studio really got going, right up until 1996 and his last set of proper productions. The album holds a mix of well-known classics like the Garnett Silk, lesser-known album only cuts like the Frankie Paul, NY dancehall 12" staples like the Scion Success or Shelene, as well as some lesser-known gems. This album also contains two previously unreleased cuts -- a wicked mid '80s Tony Tuff, and the wild vocoder laden 1985 theme song for Philip's 'Get Smart' radio show, which ran for many many years on New York University's WNYU radio station."
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DKR 336EP
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"Third installment in the Bobby Aitken series, featuring long unavailable and previously unreleased works by one of Jamaican music's most elder statesmen. The A-side is the stuff dreams are made of, previously unreleased melancholy minor key rocksteady, featuring a young Glen Adams on vocals and cut at WIRL where Bobby & The Carib Beats did a lot of work. The B-side is the great 'Wonder Music,' an upful horns instrumental featuring Val Bennett sitting in with the band, finally back after being long unavailable since it first surfaced in the 1990s."
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DKR 349EP
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"Back to back deep roots here. Both sides produced by Niney the Observer on one of Augustus Pablo's all-time masterpieces, the 555 Crown Street rhythm. The A-side is Johnny Clarke chanting out 'Warrior,' then flip it over for Ranking Trevor, one of the most underrated deejays ever, breezing out over a dubbed cut with plenty of our beloved bleeps. These were undoubtedly dubplates at the time they were made in the '70s, but both first released later, the Johnny Clarke on CD in the 1990s, and the Ranking Trevor actually much earlier in 1979, when the late great Dave Hendley released it on his Sufferers Heights label. Both tunes have been issued in a couple forms since, but not in quite a while; top shelf essential material."
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DKR 340EP
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"Apex militant late '70s style here, if you think you are into steppers you should have this one firmly in your sights. One of Mr. Smart's hardest records, this originally appeared only as an album track, but also had some fame as a dubplate played at the time by Jah Shaka and others. The A-side features the raw dubplate cut vocal, no horns or other adornment, HARD to the point stepping drum and bass style. The B-side features the original Gussie Clarke dub mix aptly titled 'Hot Steppers,' also previously released only on album. This cut as well was run on dubplate back at the time, a killer mix with full horns but no vocal. Leroy Smart is an all-time favorite artists and Digikiller takes pride in having re-released a handful of his all-time best records, this one now added to that list."
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DKR 337EP
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"More excellent and previously unreleased instrumental 1970s roots from 12 Tribes musical director Pablove Black and cohorts. Side A has an instrumental cut of the sublime rhythm used for Ewan Naptali's classic 'Africa Awaiting Its Creator,' the flip side has another instrumental titled 'Sons of the Most High,' which we think was voiced by Dan Hutson but never released."
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DKR 338EP
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"Legendary 12 Tribes instrumental tune here, this is the alternate dubplate version with added instrumentation and different arrangement and mix. 12 Tribes musical director Pablove Black was the maestro of so much great music in the 1970s, from Studio 1 to the sessions for various producers operating in the 12 Tribes milieu at the time, such as his great work for Carl Fletcher's Uprising label. As with the original 45 release of this tune, this is a two-part instrumental spread over both sides."
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DKR 348EP
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"One of the best mid-'70s roots tunes, reissued the way Digikiller always wanted to see it. The Officials (later known as Earth & Stone) 'Babylonian' was released on a very rare Jaguar 45 as a solo vocal, but also had a lesser known release on a Dynamic Sounds compilation album. That album cut is a duo harmony vocal over a slightly different take of the rhythm, and never reissued on vinyl before. Both vocal cuts are now paired back to back in crisp master tape quality."
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DKR 315EP
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"Six track 12" collecting all the cuts of Wayne's first recording for Wackie's, from 1976. A classic of raw underground vibes from the Sounds Unlimited studio early days of Wackie's productions. This 12" contains: the original NY 45 vocal and dub cuts, the second mix of the vocal from the first Reggae Goodies LP, the rare horns cut by Baba Leslie & Mark, the dub cut from the very rare Dub Unlimited LP, a finally a previously unreleased raw rhythm drum and bass dubplate cut."
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DKR 110EP
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2025 repress. "Part two of the Fox Fire series is here, with more killer 1970s roots from Clive Matthews and Trevor Byfield. 'Am Going Home', is the third and final cut on the legendary rhythm also employed for Clive's 'Apology' and Trevor's 'Tell Me That You Love Me', both of which were released in our first and previous set of Fox Fire tunes. 'Am Going Home' is just as killer as those two, and has its own unique dub side, different to either of the others."
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DKR 109EP
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2025 repress. "Part two of the Fox Fire series is here, with more killer 1970s roots from Clive Matthews and Trevor Byfield. 'My Girl Has Gone' is Clive Matthews' first recording, originally released in the mid '70s on the Percival label, and recorded at Dynamic Sound with the Now Generation Band."
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DKR 282LP
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"Previously unreleased. 12 song dub/instrumental LP. Another excellent find here, an unreleased dub/instrumental album compiled by Lloydie Slim at the end of the '70s, featuring exclusive dubwise & instrumental cuts to many of his rhythms from earlier in the decade. As a bonus we've added two more tracks to the original 10 track album tape -- the vocal & dub cuts to Johnny Clarke's 'I'll Never Fall in Love Again', one of Slim's personal favorites of his productions. This single was originally released in 1975 in JA on his Don One label, and again in New York a few years later on his namesake Ivanhoe the Conqueror label. This album is a great listen which reminds us of the classic Channel 1 Revolutionaries instrumentals of the mid/late 70s."
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DKR 108EP
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2025 repress. "Part two of the Fox Fire series is here, with more killer 1970s roots from Clive Matthews and Trevor Byfield. 'Jah Guide' is classic roots, originally released only on a UK 12-inch on the Ethnic Fight label."
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DKR 177EP
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2025 repress. "A mythical tune for all serious digital reggae collectors, finally reissued. The obscure Junior Khadaffy (various spellings!) released only a handful of tunes in the mid-late '80s, but all are fantastic. This one was cut for E&F Studios in the Bronx, ran by the late artist I-Plee. Stereo Fletcher happens to be family to I-Plee, producing several records by the artist for his own labels. But the works went both ways, and Stereo produced this one for release on E&F's in-house label. Slick but killer digital reggae, this one is reminiscent of the production style of Little Kirk's 'Weed Them Out,' a fantastic arrangement, great vocals and a complex head-nodding rhythm. The original press is extremely rare and the tune is simply too good to remain that way, so here it is, top top top shelf '80s digital, now available for all."
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DKR 305EP
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"An all-time favorite New York dancehall tune, finally back again. 20+ years ago, in a different era of reggae record collecting where there was little to no information to be found about so many '80s reggae records, the original 12" single of this one was a mythical tune. In fact, this one was on the earliest DKR wish lists, but all good things take time. Most followers know Junior's digital masterpiece 'Rampers Music.' But this one is his earliest and first tune, a heavy piece of a rub a dub cut at Munchie Jackson's Sunshine Studio in the Bronx, with Jackie Mittoo at the helm of the session. The original 12" was self-released by Junior on his own label in 1985. The lyrics are a great snapshot of mid '80s New York, a nod to all those making their way, for better or worse, thru the posses and cliques of the Jamaican scene of the day."
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DKR 313EP
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"Previously unreleased. Both sides with dub. A-side is mastertape mixes, B-side is the original early 1980s dubplate mixes. Comes in Bond Export company sleeve. Killer previously unreleased early 1980s Mighty Diamonds straight from producer Gussie Clarke, tuff steppers cut of the Heptones classic. This tune made the rounds on dubplate back at the time, but never ended up seeing release. On the A-side comes the mastertape mix, a hard but spare mix of this canon JA tune, that recalls the dry and heavy 1980 Taxi style. On the B-side comes the original dubplate mixes which were around on plate at the time, mixed down in proper plate style like you would have gotten from Slipe Road if you had the juice."
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DKR 314EP
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"After their epic run with Channel One beginning in the mid 1970s, the Mighty Diamonds moved to producer Gussie Clarke for a string of albums starting in 1979 and running thru the 1980s. Among the many great tunes from this run, the title track of their 1982 album The Roots Is There is simply one of the Diamond's best ever, and probably the most lyrically militant tune they ever made. This tune was never released as a single at the time, though new mixes were released as a single in 2017. Now, this release is presented on Music Works' original early 1980s dubplate label design, just like the original slate would have been adorned with."
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