Reggae

Wagram Music Presents Sounds of Reggae Vol.1 The Best of Reggae and Dancehall Selected by Sly & Robbie album original hits and the original artists genre Reggae.

Every summer, the world's #1 Caribbean music compilation Reggae Gold brings the genre's top hits into one must-have collection for the masses. This year's installment, out Aug 12 on VP Records, is a diverse set of reggae chart toppers and the freshest sounds of the season.

The music of the Caribbean has been cherished around the world for over half a century now. GREATEST EVER REGGAE is a 4CD, 80 track celebration of Jamaica's most precious export.Reading as a Who's Who of reggae over five decades, this far-reaching compilation features Bob Marley, Desmond Dekker, Gregory Isaacs, The Maytals, Aswad, Beres Hammond, Dave & Ansell Collins, Chaka Demus & Pliers and Peter Tosh amongst many others. From reggae's origins in ska and rocksteady, through the massive popular success of the Trojan label in the late 60s and early 70s, and on into lover's rock, dancehall, fusion and huge crossover hits of the 90s, it's all to be rediscovered on GREATEST EVER REGGAE.

Welcome To Reggaeland: The Best Of Reggae Hits is a 1997 compilation CD featuring a diverse range of reggae music from a number of artists. Allegedly this was made in Belgium and the CD doesn't feature a company so its source is unknown.

As the 1960s drew to a close, a new, exciting sound emerged in Jamaica that would swiftly take the music world by storm: reggae. During this formative period, the music was marked by its rapid tempo, which by the dawn of the Seventies had been superseded by the more relaxed style that today is more readily associated with the genre. In recent years, the early, energetic form of reggae has been branded ‘boss’ or ‘skinhead’ reggae – the latter reflecting its association with the UK’s youth sub-culture that championed the style.

Reggae français fête les 23 ans de carrière de Taïro, qui se plaît dans l’univers musical jamaïcain. Au début de sa carrière, l’artiste est pourtant plus habitué aux featurings hip hop qu’au reggae puisque c’est sur la scène dance-hall qu’il se forge ses premières expériences. Une apparition sur la bande originale de Taxi 2 et six albums plus tard, Taïro est prêt à sortir Reggae français. Dans cet opus, le chanteur se souvient de ses premiers pas dans la musique et rappelle avec nostalgie ses souvenirs de jeunesses (Bon vieux temps). Lui qui a parcouru les scènes françaises, ainsi que les pays tropicaux, est en mesure de raconter ses nombreuses aventures aux quatre coins du monde. Du dub au reggae en passant par le dance-hall, Taïro donne à travers les 13 pistes de Reggae français une large panoplie de ce qu’il sait faire.

Originally a record store specializing in reggae, Greensleeves Records was one of the most prestigious record companies in the independent music industry in London, and a music publisher for artists and producers of Jamaican music in Europe. For the 40th anniversary of the "Total Reggae" series, a representative selection of high-quality recordings of classics, hits and rarities was compiled in chronological order. The range ranges from the finest UK reggae of the founding years, Jamaican Roots, Dub and the Deejays of the early Dancehall reggae with the heavy-weight sounds of the Roots Radics, about the end of the 70s to early 80s, over the pioneering development of the digital reggae In 1985, with ever-growing genre boundaries and the most commercially successful phase of the 90s and Nuller years, with the subgenres Hardcore Ragga, Dancehall / Bashment and Modern Roots.

Reggae Gold presents the current trends and future classics in reggae music. Now in it’s 24th year, Reggae Gold continues to set the standard for reggae music compilations. Reggae Gold 2017 includes a bonus DJ mix disc by Jamaica’s Chromatic Sound, "…as far as music and fashion go, they are the taste of Jamaican youth" notes Rob Semmer of The Fader. Cover art for Reggae Gold 2017 features cover model @lili_ann with photography and styl-ing from Philippa Price and Savanah Baker.

When the summer hits, we have the perfect soundtrack for you! Ultimate Summer Reggae is an eclectic collection delivering 100 of greatest & newest sun-drenched reggae hits to brighten up your days all summer long. We have selected the biggest stars of the genre on one amazing album with a great cross-genre of Reggae, Dancehall, Roots & Culture and some '90s Pop classics. The contemporary hits are delivered courtesy of Damian Marley, Amy Winehouse, Beenie Man, Stephen Marley, Akon, Ms. Dynamite, Shaggy, Ziggy Marley to mention but a few. Also included are the big party favourites from UB40, Aswad, Blondie, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Dawn Penn, Grace Jones and Third World. The collection would not be complete without some timeless classics from Jimmy Cliff, John Holt, Steele Pulse, Black Uhuru, Desmond Dekker, Dennis Brown plus many more incredible names.