Reggae Albums In Need of Reissue

I miss the Blood & Fire label. It was pretty much a given it would be mastered with the best sound possible, surpassing any other version, and with the labour of love packaging, pretty much always an essential reggae purchase. The flow of reissues seems to have slowed down, even though there are still countless classics that remain out of print. 17 North Parade has the Rewind Certified Classic series. The sound and packaging are sometimes iffy, but I'll take them over nothing.

Below is my wishlist. Some of the stuff I've heard via MP3 rips from vinyl or OOP CDs, others I just want to hear.

Abyssinians - Forward 82
Bob Andy - Song Book 70
Cedric Im Brooks - Im Flash Forward 77
Barry Brown - Stand Firm 75
Herman Chin Loy - Aquarius Dub 73
Johnny Clarke - Put It On 75
Johnny Clarke - Enter Into His Gates With Praise 75
Jimmy Cliff - Unlimited 73
Culture - Harder Than The Rest 78
Junior Delgado - Taste Of The Young Heart 78
The Heptones - Book Of Rules 73
The Heptones - Better Days 78
The Heptones - In Love With You 78
The Heptones - Good Life 79
The Jolly Brothers - Conscious Man 78
Freddie McGregor - Lovers Rock 81
Freddie McGregor - Big Ship 82
Marcia Griffiths - Naturally 78
Ras Michael & The Sons Of Negus - Tribute To The Emperor 76
Ras Michael & The Sons Of Negus - Kibir-Am-Lak 77
Ras Michael & The Sons Of Negus - Movements 78
Ras Michael & The Sons Of Negus - Love Thy Neighbour 79
Sugar Minott - Live Loving 77
Sugar Minott - Showcase 77
Sugar Minott - Bitter Sweet 79
Junior Murvin - Badman Possee 82
Johnny Osbourne - Fally Lover 80
Johnny Osbourne - Warrior 81
Johnny Osbourne - Never Stop Fighting 82
Johnny Osbourne - Yo-Yo 82
Augustus Pablo - This Is ..... Augustus Pablo (Rebel Rock Reggae) 73
Prince Far I - Message From The King 77
Prince Jazzbo * Natty Passing Thru/Ital Corner 76
Rico - That Man Is Forward 80
Rico - Jama Rico 82
Sly & The Revolutionaries - Don't Underestimate The Force, The Force Is Within You 77
Sly & The Revolutionaries - Go Deh Wid Riddim 77
Linval Thompson - I Love Marijuana 78
The Twinkle Brothers - Rasta Pon Top 75
The Twinkle Brothers - Miss Labba Labba 77
Bunny Wailer - Struggle 78
Bunny Wailer - In I Father's House 79
Willi Williams - Armagideon Time 82
Delroy Wilson - Captivity 73
Delroy Wilson - For I And I 75
Yabby You - Chant Down Babylon Kingdom 76
Yabby You - Beware 78

Some of these are definitely not out of print (Harder Than The Rest is on Virgin and Naturally is on Shanachie). A lot of good stuff here though.

Ah, the Culture album was reissued in 2000. Good to know. Not sure why Dusty Groove doesn't offer that one. Feel free to add others!

You can find a lot of these at Ernie B's, which I would check 1st for reggae.

(tho obv they most if not all could still benefit from a B&F type reissue)

Think Message From The King was also reissued in that same Virgin series. Armagideon Time and Showcase were both available on CD on Heartbeat until very recently so they might be preparing a lux reissue. Isn't Chant Down Babylon Kingdom mostly on Jesus Dread?

Yeah Ernie B's is the great for basically anything in print. They have Bob Andy's Song Book on Studio One although I'm not sure what the quality is like.

Also have Rasta Pon Top.

I miss the Blood & Fire label.

100% OTM. I hate seeing Blood & Fire discs vanish from eMusic, often replaced by discs from the same artists, but with only some of the same tracks, or released on dodgier labels, or with track omissions, or with other problems.

Ernie B's still has most of the B&F discs pretty cheap and Pressure Sounds discs are regular price only $11.50.

mikey dread's first two

Cedric Im Brooks - Im Flash Forward
i have a 2003 reissue of this that i believe sounds very nice

I've got Bob Andy's Songbook. Sound quality is decent, same as all the Studio One stuff from back then that hasn't been remastered, ie could use some thickening on the low end.

^a song from his Songbook just came up on shuffle, and actually the problem is that there's nothing but muddy bass, drums are barely audible, and the vocals sound like they were recorded by someone holding up a tape recorder at a show.

Message From The King noted. I like the Virgin Frontline series. They don't look spectacular, but they sound good. Regarding Chant Down Babylon, only 3 of the 12 cuts are on Jesus Dread. Great collection, too bad it didn't include the whole album like it does Conquering Lion. All the early 90s Heartbeat issues are pretty shoddy.

Knotty Vision (Nighthawk, 1983)
Fabulous compilation, never released on CD.

The Meditations - Message From The Meditations 78

Keith Hudson - Torch Of Freedom

"Knotty Vision (Nighthawk, 1983)
Fabulous compilation, never released on CD."

Yeah I am pretty sure this is a licensing thing cuz almost everything else Nighthawk has done is available.

My Ernie B's order finally came in. Got the Sugar Minott on Soul Jazz, and also Black Roots and Ghetto-ology. They did have Culture - Harder Than The Rest. Now I want Cumbolo and International Herb, which do seem to be out of print. The Meditations - Guidance was a nice surprise, great songs from the same period as Message and Wake Up (also out of print). It includes the Lee Perry-produced "Life Is Not Easy." Jahgasms!

Culture - Cumbolo 79
Culture - International Herb 79
Gladiators - Naturality 79
The Meditations - Wake Up 78

wayne smith - youthman skanking

saw this reissue the other day on kingston sounds

http://www.dubvendor.co.uk/ekmps/shops/dubvendor/images/lpbbrownblues.jpg

that's a hideous cover image.

you know what reissue is awesome? that royals - pick up the pieces CD.

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Barry Brown is great though. I'm gonna have to look into getting that. Also, I enjoyed that Royals reissue but it's not great in my opinion.

Dadawah - Peace & Love

I cannot stop listening to this.

You made my day with this post. Hadn't heard it before but love some Ras Michael & Sons of Negus / Nyabinnghi stuff i've heard. Not sure if these versions beat Yabby You's versions but they really enhanced my Sunday.

:D

I'm glad. It's an amazing record and the Dug Out reissue sounds glorious.

I haven't seen much since this thread petered out. I've been out of the reggae loop and may have missed some good stuff. Anyone got an update?

has the revived blood & fire label been active, beyond that single they released to relaunch the label on record store day?

Heptones - On Top...great songs but sound quality on copy I have makes it almost unlistenable.

amaterist very otm re: Royals

thank you thread for putting me up on the Twinkle Bros

also has anyone seen this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sm-N7u0XVA

A lot of Fastnbulbous original list have seen light of day on those four CD VP/Greensleeves box sets.

anyone familiar with this site, sweet rare reggae music? interesting, obscure roots reggae.

lol @ "choose your social network to download to"

yeah I fucking hate 4shared