Ska & Reggae Classics

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Bob Marley & The Masters of Reggae (2CD, 2022) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at July 3, 2024

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Bob Marley & The Masters of Reggae (2CD, 2022)
MP3 320 kbps | 1:21:12 | 182 Mb
Genre: Reggae

Bob Marley Reggae's most transcendent and iconic figure, Bob Marley was the first Jamaican artist to achieve international superstardom, in the process introducing the music of his native island nation to the far-flung corners of the globe. Marley's music gave voice to the day-to-day struggles of the Jamaican experience, vividly capturing not only the plight of the country's impoverished and oppressed but also the devout spirituality that remains their source of strength. Backed by his all-star band the Wailers, Marley delivered classics in the ska era of the early '60s, all but invented roots music with '70s albums like Catch a Fire, and offered millions of listeners an entry point to reggae with his posthumous best-of collection, 1984's Legend. His songs of faith, devotion, and revolution created a legacy that continues to live on not only through the music of his extended family but also through generations of artists around the world touched by his genius. Robert Nesta Marley was born February 6, 1945, in rural St. Ann's Parish, Jamaica; the son of a middle-aged white father and teenaged Black mother, he left home at 14 to pursue a music career in Kingston, becoming a pupil of local singer and devout Rastafarian Joe Higgs.

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VA - Soul Jazz Records presents DISCO REGGAE ROCKERS (2022) Music

Posted by Rtax at Sept. 29, 2022

VA - Soul Jazz Records presents DISCO REGGAE ROCKERS (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 493 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 190 MB
1:21:34 | Reggae, Disco | Label: Soul Jazz Records

Disco Reggae Rockers features wicked reggae disco versions of funk, soul and disco classics! This new album follows on from Soul Jazz Records' earlier highly successful 'Hustle: Disco Reggae.' and features reggae covers of classic songs by Earth, Wind and Fire, Michael Jackson, The Isley Brothers, Candi Staton, Curtis Mayfield and more as performed by Derrick Harriott, Devon Russell, Hortense Ellis, Glen Adams, Dave Barker and others

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VA - From Jamaica With Jazz (2010) {Boutique/Universal Germany} Music

Posted by TestTickles at June 26, 2018

VA - From Jamaica With Jazz (2010) {Boutique/Universal Germany}
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 176 mb
Genre: jazz, reggae

From Jamaica With Jazz is a 2010 compilation exploring Jamaica's love of jazz, influenced by what came from the southern United States and what would become a major part of ska music. Some of these songs are jazz renditions of well known reggae classics while a few are reggae randitions of other songs. This was released by Boutique via Universal Germany.

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VA - Best Of Calypso 1912-1952 (2018) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Sept. 29, 2018

VA - Best Of Calypso 1912-1952 (2018)
WEB FLAC (tracks) / MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 51:12 | 115 Mb / 177 Mb
Genre: Funk, Ska, Reggae, Socca, Rocksteady, Soul / Label: Arc Music

• Exciting, Calypso classics from the 'Golden Age of Calypso' - quick-witted, humorous comments on social issues or human behaviour. Satirical songs about scandals, politics, and everything from local to international events, presented in song. Featuring: The Roaring Lion, Houdini, Lord Kitchener, Sir Lancelot, The Duke of Iron and others, including even Ella Fitzgerald as well as the Andrews Sisters! •

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Ken Boothe - Essential Artist Collection (2023) Music

Posted by delpotro at Aug. 5, 2023

Ken Boothe - Essential Artist Collection (2023)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 968 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 352 Mb | 02:33:21
Reggae, Rocksteady | Label: Trojan Records

Arguably the most gifted Jamaican performer of his generation, Ken Boothe is today widely regarded as a living legend, having recorded innumerable ska, rocksteady and reggae classics over a period spanning some 60 years. After making his recording debut in 1962, Ken enjoyed a hugely successful career in Jamaica before achieving international stardom in 1974 with his chart-topping interpretation of "Everything I Own" and the top 10 follow-up "Crying Over You." Both of these hugely popular tracks feature on this collection, which forms part of Trojan Record's new Essential Artist series, which showcases the best-loved recordings of some of Jamaica's greatest musical talents.

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Laurel Aitken - Skinhead Train: The Complete Singles Collection 1969-1970 (2020) Music

Posted by Rtax at March 31, 2023

Laurel Aitken - Skinhead Train: The Complete Singles Collection 1969-1970 (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 1.3 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 902 MB
6:20:44 | Ska, Roots Reggae, Rocksteady, Reggae-Pop, Calypso | Label: Pressure Drop

Widely hailed as the Godfather of Ska, Laurel Aitken dominated Jamaica’s recording industry throughout its infancy, enjoying a series of hugely popular mento and Jamaican R&B hits during the latter half of the 1950s. Early the following decade he relocated to London, where, over the years that immediately followed, he recorded for every Afro-Caribbean record company of note. While his ska and rock steady recordings ensured Laurel remained a firm favourite among Jamaican ex-patriots, the reggae explosion of 1969 exposed his work to a wider audience, with productions for Doctor Bird, Pama and Trojan Records establishing him as a musical hero for many of Britain’s young, white working-classes, notably those that had adopted a fashion style dubbed by the national press as ‘skinhead’.

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The Specials - Specials (1979) {Chrysalis Japan CP28-1027 rel 1988} Music

Posted by ruskaval at June 23, 2020

The Specials - Specials (1979) {Chrysalis Japan CP28-1027 rel 1988}
XLD rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 287 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 108 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 27 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1979, 1988 Chrysalis / Toshiba EMI Japan | CP28-1027
Ska / Rocksteady / Reggae / New Wave / Ska Revival

The Specials are still the heavyweight champions of both waves of ska revivals (in the UK and later in the USA). I saw the Specials just before this album was released in 1979 at a Rock Against Racism concert in London's Hyde Park. I was warned by my two British hosts that the Specials would "blow my mind."… but nothing could have prepared me for the inspired anarchy of this young racially mixed Brits playing music that sounded like reggae on steroids. The two manic singers Terry Hall and Neville Staples bounced around the stage and banged their heads together in time to the music.

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Horace Andy & Jah Wobble - Timeless Roots (2024) Music

Posted by Fizzpop at Sept. 26, 2024

Jamaican roots reggae master, and frequent collaborator with British trip hop group Massive Attack, teams up with former PiL bassist Jah Wobble for a brand new set of studio recordings! Andy's voice is one of the most distinguished and inimitable in reggae and thoroughly shines on such classics as Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" The Beatles' "Come Together," and America's "A Horse With No Name" PLUS new versions of Andy's own classics "Skylarking" and "Natty Dread A Weh She Want" and more! Wobble's production blends reggae with modern dub and world music for one of the richest reggae albums likely to be released this year!

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Horace Andy & Jah Wobble - Timeless Roots (2024) Music

Posted by Fizzpop at Sept. 26, 2024

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UB40 - 5 Album Set (2012) {5CD Box Set} Re-Up Music

Posted by popsakov at March 27, 2020

UB40 - 5 Album Set (2012) {5CD Box Set}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 1,47 Gb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 564 Mb
Full Scans ~ 75 Mb | 04:01:25 | RAR 5% Recovery
Reggae, Dub, Reggae-Pop, Synth-Pop | EMI #50999 972153 2 5

UB40 are a British reggae/pop band formed in 1978 in Birmingham, England. The band has placed more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart, and has also achieved considerable international success. The band has been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album four times, and in 1984, were nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Group. One of the world's best-selling music artists, UB40 have sold over 70 million records. This box set contains 5 original albums: Signing Off, Present Arms, UB44, Labour of Love, Geoffery Morgan.

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