 | Dread Meets Punk Rockers Uptown: the Soundtrack to London's Legendary Roxy Club December 1976-April 1977 by Various Artists
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £6.99 Awesome selection of stone cold classics, and a great starting point. If nothing here floats your boat, you don't like reggae. Harsh but true.
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 | 300% Dynamite: Ska Soul Rocksteady Funk & Dub in Jamaica by Various Artists
Buy used from: £9.40 Brilliant compilation that covers the 60's up to the 80's without putting a foot wrong. The Dynamite collections are all good - this is my favourite in the series.
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 | Natty Dread by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.49 Top notch songwriting and soulful singing are two reasons Bob Marley is held in such high regard - and you'll find both on this, his first solo album. And check the Wailers stuff with Lee Perry too!
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 | Blackheart Man by Bunny Wailer
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £2.01 Bob wasn't the only one in the Wailers who was copiously talented, as this haunting masterpiece goes to show.
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 | Life of Contradiction by Joe Higgs
Buy new: £9.38 / Used from: £10.72 Joe Higgs gave Bob Marley singing lessons, helped the Wailers arrange their music, and even sang with them on tour once! This is his first solo album, and it's a peach.
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 | Marcus Garvey/Garvey's Ghost by Burning Spear
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £9.35 An album that touches on slavery and silenced revolutionaries and somehow manages to be uplifting and tuneful. And with a chanting, wailing, heartfelt voice that is simply one of a kind.
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 | Original Rockers Vol.1 by Augustus Pablo
Buy new: £7.89 / Used from: £8.72 Melodic and relaxed instrumental reggae at it's best - perfect for dancing around the kitchen while doing the dishes!
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 | Arkology by Lee "Scratch" Perry
Buy new: £17.98 / Used from: £9.94 A 3 CD feast of quality hits and wonderful obscurites by the most adventurous producer of the time, this is expensive but boy is it worth it! But don't gorge youself - chew your food and savour it...
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 | Studio One Rockers: the Best of Studio One by Various Artists
Buy new: £9.58 / Used from: £7.25 Studio One was one of the first labels and studios in Jamaica, and this all killer, no filler selection includes some of the greatest songs recorded there. Pretty much guaranteed to rock your world.
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 | Mojo Rocksteady Beat: Soul Jazz Presents by Sound Dimension
Buy new: £9.18 / Used from: £9.10 Sound Dimension were reggae's version of Booker T and the MGs, and this fine, funky and fun selection will have you whistling along in minutes.
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