The Blackstones
Out A Road

Two great rocksteady sides. "What A Botheration" is one of the earliest production by Lee Perry, after he had left Joe Gibbs and had started producing for his own Upsetters label. B-side has the Silvertones first version of "Broken Hearted Melody", which they re-recorded just a year later for Duke Reid.

Rare dancehall from La Barbade. Splashband Conscious 1992

Strictly Dub Records strikes again with a musical piece of the highest quality. Presenting the great Real Rockers! With guns talking here and there and everywhere, a thing called ‘Gunman’ is the order of the day – once more proving reggae as the voice of the people. As the Portuguese rising stars’ name suggests, here we have an exceptional rockers style in full glory, invented four decades ago and now sounding fresh as ever. Fidel’s strong voice, crisp recording and an intelligent version make this seven-inch a pure blaster. This one comes from Portugal through Estonia to the world!

41 years after its original release, it's hard to grasp just how revolutionary the New Age Steppers self-titled debut album was. The brainchild of the Slits' Ari Up and producer Adrian Sherwood, the set brought paired the cream of the post-punk scene (including the Pop Group's Mark Stewart and journalist Vivian Goldman) with a string of experienced dub-wise players to create a set that genuinely took dub and roots reggae in thrilling new directions (think alien noises, industrial sounds, experimental effects and squally guitar textures). Now available on vinyl for the first time since its original release, New Age Steppers is an album that should genuinely be in every serious music-head's collection.