This ya mix was done by Scratch Famous for Tom Chasteen's (DubClub) show Meditation of Sound on Dublab Radio. I put together this mix highlighting some of my favorite tunes, some exclusive Japanese reissues and original music, and the exciting new voice of Deadly Dragon’s own Jonny Go Figure.

1. Don Drummond – Last Call (Coxsone Pre)

2. Matt Sounds –Seven Samurai (G Stone/Overheat)

3. Justin Hinds – Why I should Worry (Treasure Isle/Push Music)

4. Helmsley Morris – Think I’m a Fool (Clancy’s Pre)

5. Bob and Tyrone – I Don’t Mind (Studio One Pre)

6. Gloria Crawford – You Miss Me (Treasure Isle / Push Music)

7. Prince Buster – All My Loving (Fab)

8. Matt Sounds – Baku Steady (G Stone / Overheat)

9. Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra Feat. Bitty McLean – Fu Manchu (Axe Attack Records)

10. Dave Barker – Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying (Upsetter Pre)

11. Tommy McCook – Psychedelic Reggae (Treasure Isle / Push Music)

12. Hippy Boys – Nigeria (Gay Feet)

13. Winston Turner & Untouchables – Apollo 13 Explosion (Pisces)

14. Sounds Unlimited – Middle East Skank (Scorpio)

15. Cornell Campbell – Magic Spell ( Jackpot)

16. Mudies All Stars – Theme From The Gun Court (Moodisc)

17. Heptones – Love Without Feeling (Jungle)

18. Inge Larsen – Love Is Gone (Moodisc)

19. John Holt – Gone Is Love (Moodisc)

20. Mudies All Stars – Kick Them Face (Moodisc)

21. Vin Gordon – Red Blood (Studio One)

22. Dub Specialist – Bionic Dub (Studio One)

23. Dubforce – Liar Dub (Dubforce/Overheat)

24. Lee Perry & Upsetters – Upsetters Shuffle Dubfiles remix (Beatnik/Pressure Sounds)

25. God Sons – South East Trumpet (Southeast)

26. Don D Junior – Zion Youth (Fe Me Time)

27. Freddy McKay – I’m a Free Man (Studio One)

28. Lloyd Crosdale – Set Me Free (London Records)

29. Tony Brown – Inflation (London Records)

30. Slowly Sounds Feat. Courtney John – The Right Way (Slowly Sounds)

31. Skatalites – Ceiling Bud (Ximeno)

32. H2O – Medusa Pt. 2 (Aquarius / Pressure Sounds)

33. Dennis Brown – When You Are Down Dub (Joe Gibbs)

34. Earl Daley – Love and Happiness (Scorpio)

35. Ronnie Davis – I Won’t Cry (U Man Rites)

36. Diggory Kenrick – Psalm 16 (Now Records)

37. Vivian Jackson & Prophets – Judgement on The Land (Prophets)

38. Diggory Kenrick & Prophets – Vengence (Now Records)

39. Don Drummond Junior – Fisherman Special (Globe Records)

40. The Aquarians – Arise (Aquarius / Pressure Sounds)

41. Tartans – Solid as A Rock (Rythem Force)

42. Tidals – What a Great Day (Sunshot)

43. Dillinger – Dread no Warrior (Gorgon)

44. Rothadam – I Was Born To Be a Rebel (Shella)

45. Karl Bryan & Count Ossie – Black Up (Coxsone)

46. Sound Dimension – Blank

47. Lennie Hibbert – Real Hot (Creation LP)

48. Jackie Mittoo – Who Done It (Coxsone)

49. Lloyd Charmers – Who Done It (Splash)

50. James Eastwood – Darkest Night (Scorpio)

51. Nana MacLean – Give Love Another Try (Studio One)

52. Linval Thompson – Another Man (Marts)

53. Barrington Levy – Deep In The Dark (BL Sounds)

54. Prince Pampidoo – Do You Mommy Know (Lightning)

55. Jah Peter – Silent Zone Rock (Armagedon)

56. Rock It So Good

57. Ringo – New Yorker (Atomic Bum)

58. Pablo Roots – Reggae Mr. Operator (Stepping Lightning)

59. Nice Up The Dance Dub (King Culture)

60. Barry Brown – Nice Up The Dance (King Culture)

61. Stamma Ranks – Stamma Special (King Culture)

62. Linval Thompson – Fussing & Fighting (Medtone)

63. Itals – Dis Yah Time (Hopewell Surviors)

64. Vin Gordon – Harbour View Rock (Rattie Soul)

65. Itals – Ina Dis Ya Time (Spiderman)

66. Trinity – Ready Done (Spiderman)

67. Yellow Man – Over Me (Spiderman)

68. Clement Irie – Mr Magnificent (Hummingbird)

69. Jonny Go Figure – Vinyl Lover (Bent Backs)

70. Koffee – Raggamuffin (Frankie Music)

71. Johnny Osbourne – Let There Be Love (Version City)

72. Johnny Osbourne – No Ice Cream Dub (Special)

73. Salaam Remi – Acid Rain (Acid Rain)

74. Ghost – Come Back Again (Acid Rain)

75. Omar Gosh – New Millenium (Acid Rain)

About 15 years ago, we released a mix called Year Of the Gun chronicling the "Gun Tune" era of early-mid 90s. It was a mix that got a bunch of attention both positive and negative. Well, I decided to finally make a part 2 featuring some more obscure tunes and some tunes that, for whatever reason, got left out of the first one. Track List: Terry Ganzie - Welcome The Outlaw (John John) / Rickie General - Informer (Stone Love) / Spragga Benz - Bad Man No Beg Friend (John John) / Sebastien - Bad Boy (John John) / Spragga Benz - chunky (John John) / Spragga Benz - Bad Man Over Deh So (John John) / Junior Cat - Twilight Zone (John John) / Rickie General - Gun In a Barrow (Stone Love) / Destruction and Dennis Rock - Shoot Out (Remix Records) / Derrick Parker - I Don't Give a Chance (Stereo One) / Ratta Ranks - Original Bad Boy (Astra) / Junior Cat - Killing Pussy (John John) / Little John - Gun Ina Mi Hand (Romantic) / Junior Cat - Who So Ever (Kingston 11) / Panhead - One Fi The Money (How Yu Fi Say Dat) / Grindsman - Rude Boy No Powder (How Yu Fi Say Dat) / Yankee - Send Threat (Stone Love) / Ricky General - Mi Have The Gun (Mixing Lab) / Ward 21 - Never Bow Vow (Father and Son) / Funky - From You See Mi Gun (Kingston 11) / Curney Ranks - Ruder Then Dem (Shining Star) / Bomb Dandymite - Mass Murderer (Kingston 11) / Killer Ranks - My Gun Pull Out (Crystal Ball) / Alley Cat - Badman Nuh Trace (Rude Boy) / Culture t - Original Rude Boy (Redman) / Major Damage - Gun Greedy (Look Up) / Terror Fabulous - Rude Boy Mind (Arrows) / Judas - Rude Boy Fi Live (Rude Boy) / Ninja Ford - Cold Like Ice (Shocking Vibes) / Panhead - Original Gun In a Hand (Bravo the Best Baby Father) / Super Lappy - Gun talk (Meatman Connection) / Jim Irie - Nuh Gun Pon Me (Pisces) / Ricky General - Bad Man Gun Nuh Rest (A Name We) / General Pecos - Dead Man Tell No Tale (Firehouse Crew) / Gadafi & Major Damage - From a Distant (Look Up) / Bucky Ranks - Gun Mechanic (White Label) / Hitman - Dead Wah (Pantone)

I-Mo-Jah - Rockers From the Land of Reggae and Phillip Fullwood's Words in Dub LP mark the 100th and 101st releases from the venerable Pressure Sounds label. I have always admired Pressure Sounds for their dedication to finding some of the most interesting, inspiring and superb Jamaican music to release -- from Rocksteady to serious roots to crazy dubwise styles to the digital revolution of the 1980s. There is hardly a title among those 100 that I don't rate and there are plenty that travel with me everytime I play records. Furthermore, Pressure Sounds' releases have always looked great -- they showcase a respect for Jamaican music by taking the time and effort to make their packaging worthy of music contained within. In any case, I wanted to celebrate PRESSURE SOUNDS 100 by making this mix of some of my top Pressure Sounds releases that I was specifically feeling this week! Please take a look at https://www.pressure.co.uk/ for all of these great titles. TRACK LIST: I-Mo-Jah – Jah Love / Phillip Fullwood – Jah Say Love (Words In Dub Lp) / I-Mo-Jah - Love Everyone + Dub/ Phillip Fullwood – Reorganize The Race / Lee Perry & Kendrick Diggory – Chim Cherie Rock / Bob Marlery – Natural Mystic / Don Prendes – Ska Ba Doo / Yabby You – Deliver Me From My Enemies (Dub Plate Mix) / Keith Goode – Jah Jah Deliver Us / Carl Moore – My Forefathers Died In The Sand / Tidals – What A Great Day / Alric Forbes – Warn The Nation / Tommy McCook – Bigger Things / Phil Pratt & Ken Boothe – Sweet Song For My Baby / Phil Pratt – Safe Travel / Cool Cats – What Kind of Man / Termites – Push It Up / Termites – Miss Stella / Lee Perry & Upsetters – Hit Me Back / Dynamites – Nyah Rock / Lee Perry – Inna Iwah / Delroy Wilson – Baby Don’t You Do It / Barrington Spence – Wake You Shake You / Cornell Campbell – Give The Little Man a Great Big Hand / Al Brown – Aint No Love / Rudy Thomas – Grand Father Bogle (Dub) / Lloyd Parks – Slaving & Slaving Dub / Revoltuionaries – Kunte Kinte / Al Brown – Wisdom / Wayne Smith – Life is a Moment in Space / Althea & Donna – Going to Negril & Dub/ Prince Far I – Zacky The High Priest

Part Two of my Studio One Roots Mix moving from the 1970s into the early 1990s. Tracklist:

Dreamland / Dennis Brown - Take it Easy / Lloyd Forrest - Where its At / The Officials - Ten Years Ago / Wailing Souls - Stick Together / Cornell Campbell - Natty Don't Go / Karl Bryan & Count Ossie - Black Up / Cedric Brooks - Ethiopia / Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace - Far Beyond / Dudley Sibley - Love in Our Nation / Freddy McKay -- Free Man / New Establishment - People Skanking / Gladiators - Bongo Red / Lloyd Jones - Get Up and Try / George Phillip - One One / Prince Lincoln - Live Up To Your Name / Viceroys - Slogan on the Wall / Liberation Group - Namibia / Linton Cooper - You'll Get Your Pay / Magnificent 7 - Jack Johnson / Cedric Brooks - Power to the People / Im & Count Ossie - Right On Rasta / Gladiators - Roots Natty Roots / Lone Ranger - Natty Chalwa / DJ Dawn - Peace Truce Thing / Freddie McGregor - I Shall Be Released / Briggy - Every Man Mi Bredrin / Johnny Osbourne - Forgive Them / Silvertones - Make a Joyful Noise / Dolly Man - Trigger Happy / K Vibes - Frenemies / Eddie Constantine - Tenement Yard / Al Campbell - Take a Ride / Johnny Osbourne - Take a Ride / Willie Williams - Armageddion Time / Jah Mike - Humble Yourself.

From the very start, Coxsone Dodd allowed the more spiritual side of his musicians to speak in the studio on select tracks. As Rasta consciousness became more and more prevalent, Dodd managed to keep his finger on the pulse, releasing a wide variety of roots and conscious Tunes. This is part one of a two part mix examining some of my favorites. Track List: Skatalites – Exodus / Skatalites – Last Call / Skatalites – Addis Ababa / Gaylads – Africa / Bonny & Skitter – Lumumba / Hamlins – People Get Ready / Carlton & Shoes – Happy Land / The Melodians – Let’s Join Together / Denise Darlington – War No Right / Heptones – Equal Rights (12” discomix version) / Jah Jesco – Warning / Big Joe – Get Out Bald Head / King Stitt – Be A Man / Keith Wilson – God I Say / Bob Andy – Unchained / Alton Ellis – African Descendants / Abyssinians – Declaration Of Rights / The Heptones – Message From a Black Man / Sir Harry – Sound #1 / Lloyd Williams – Is It Because I’m Black / Zoot Simms – African Challenge / Im & Dave – Black Is Black / African Challenge Dub / Burning Spear – Rocking Time / Burning Spear – Door Peeper / Burning Spear – Joe Frazier / New Establishment – Joe Grazer / Rheuban Alexander – Happy Valley / Burning Spear – Foggy Road / Pablove Black – High Locks / Burning Spear – Swell Headed / Gladiators – Tribulation / Freddy McKay – Drunken Sailor / Horace Andy – See A Mans Face / Wildman Johnson – Face Version / Horace Andy – Something on My Mind / Peter Broggs – Sing a New Song Unto Jah / Bobby Kalphat – Addis Wa Wa / Cedric Brooks – Satta / Jah Scotchie – Man of Creation / Tony Tuff – Cool Down / Trevor Beltone – Life / Lennox Brown – Born to Be Winner / Larry Marshall – Run Babylon

For the past couple months I have found myself oddly obsessed with a certain sound. Basically what I used to consider "Country Man" tunes circa 1971-1973 (although I added a bunch of exceptions) heavy in harmony (both group and solo) and touching on sufferation and heartbreak. Soo...this mix covers a grouping of those type of tunes selected in a way that I thought created a consistent "conversation" within the music. Apologies to Earth & Stone because I used their image for this mix, but none of their tunes as their wonderful music did not quite fit the parameters. TRACK LIST: The Rulers – Let My People Go (JJ) / King Alpha and the Saints – March To Zion (Blank) / Invaders – Story of Love (Sir Collins) / The Immortals – You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down (Mellotone) / Invaders – You Touch My Soul (Sir Collins) / Black Brothers – School Children (Studio One) / Roslyn Sweat & Paragons – Black Bird Singing (Duke) / Tony Brevett – Over Hills and Valleys (Blank) / Tidals – What a Great Day (Pressure Sounds) / Noel Cample – Sufferation (Studio One) / The Flames – Solid as a Rock (Ryththm Force) / Eric Morris & Shocking Heights – Love I (Sure Shot) / Winston Heywood – I’ll Never Fall in Love (La-Fud-Del) / Fud Christian & the Shoemakers – Never Fall In Love Chapter 6 (La-Fud-Del) / Selectors – Pleading For Your Love (Swing Bird) / Bill Gentles – Darling Its You (Queen) / Tempo & The Jet Sets – Sweetest Thing To Me (Globe) / Peter Tosh – Secondhand (Justice League) / David Anthony – Make Haste (Son John) / Trevor Belltone – Life (Coxsone) / Judy & Bolivar – Man A Skankar (Dart) / Little Sport – Aint No Love (Sporty’s) / Milton McLean – Brimstone (Vision) / The Pebbles – Black Soul (Black Soul) / Lloyd Forrest – Where Its At (Bongo Man) / Wailing Souls – Stick Together (Studio One) / The Abbysinians – Love Comes and Goes (Arab) / Peacemakers – Hear Me Calling (Work Shop 12) / Alan Wallace – Melona (Wallace) / The Mighty Revelation – Smoking Race (Wag Intl) / The Strugglers – Light My Fire (First Time Around) / Johnny Osbourne – Sun Rise (Summer) / Dynamic Four – Let’s Make Love (Faze Four)

Winter is lifting and Springtime is showing signs of life! Over the past months I have received a number of great reissues and new productions from Japan and abroad and I wanted to drop some of these alongside some recent favorite tunes. This mix goes the gambit from Ska to Digital and as always is mixed live and direct with sweet vinyl! Tracklist: Skatalites – Willow Weep (Studio One Blank) / Tommy McCook & Supersonics – Persian Ska (Push Music – Treasure Isle) / The Gladiators – Lie Low (Push Musi – Trojan) / The Paragons – I Wanna Be With You (Push Music – Treasure Isle) / Eric Monty Morris – Tears in My Eyes (Push Music – Dutchess) / Rpy Shirley – The Prophet (Fire) / Johnny Osbourne – The Power & Glory (Techniques) / Tropicos – Alone Not Alone (Freedom Hill Records) / Tommy 115 All Stars – Rock Steady (115 Records) / The Frightnrs – Dispute (Daptone) / Babylon Panic – Guns of Brixton / Kenzo Special – Apache (Reality Bites) / Reckless Breed – Tranquility (Pisces) / Monty Alexander – Soulful Strut (Telarc) / Sound Dimension – Soulful Strut (Studio One Blank) / Young Holt Unlimited – Soulful Strut (Federal) / Yasushi Ide – Brian’s Organ (Grand Gallery) / ?? – Aint To Proud to Beg (Blank)/ Junior Soul – Conversation (Top Hat) / Tempo & Jet Sets – Sweetest Thing To Me (Globe) / Dennis Brown & Heptones – Satisfaction Feeling (D’Augular’s) / Black Traps – No Love (Mutt & Jeff) / Tidals - What a Great Day – (Pressure Sounds) / Joe White – Mumbling & Grumbling (D.W. May’s) / The Cordells – Don’t Take My Love Away (Dotties) / Glen Brown – Sunshine Shower (Dwyer) / Glen Brown – Dirty Harry ( Pantomime) / Glen Brown – Wedden Skank (Pantomime) / Roman Stewart – Cassanova Dub (Hungry town) / Dave Richardson – Soul And Satisfaction Dub (Big 7) / Roland Burrell – Sensi (Yah Wee Gone) / Junior Wisely – Taxi Girl (Faithful African Tribe) / Jolly Stewart – Angie (Target-TRS) / Hya Nya – Some Girls Wicked and Wild (Hya Nya) / Danny Coxsone – One Girl Gone (Gem Star – TRS) / Eek A Mouse – Glammity (Top Ranking Sound)

+ Delroy, Cornell, Alton & Friends Valentines Day Special +

This one dedicated to all the Lovers on Valentines Day! Relying primarily on 70s cuts, Delroy Wilson, Alton Ellis and Cornell Campbell (plus friends!) sing about love and loss in a way guaranteed to melt the heart! As always, this one mixed live and direct from the turntables !!!! Track List: Dave Barker - Dont Let the Sun Catch You Crying (Blank) / Cornell Campbell - Magic Spell (Jackpot) / Delroy Wilson - Just Because Of You (Bongo Man) / Delroy Wilson - Baby Don't You Do It (Pratt/Pressure Sounds) / Delroy Wilson - I'm Trying (Warrika) / Delroy Wilson - How Can I (Micron) / Delroy Wilson - To Be A Lover (Blank) / Delroy wilson - Its a Shame (Well Charged) / Alton Ellis - Its a Shame (Splash) / Alton Ellis - I Dig You Baby (Well Charged) / Alton Ellis - Since I Fell For You (Blank) / Alton Ellis - What Does It Take (Duke Reid) / Cornell Campbell - My Confession (Panther) / Cornell Campbell - The Sun (Jackpot blank) / Carlton & Shoes - You and Me (Trinity) / Delroy Wilson - Don't Be Untrue (Attack) / Delroy Wilson - In The Mood (Jackpot) / Alton Ellis - Slip Away (Clintones) / Alton Ellis - See My Future (Bo So-Bea) / Al Campbell - When Spring is Around (Sunshot) / Delroy Wilson - Love Me Forever (Bunny Lee) / Delroy Wilson - Any Heart Can Be Broken (Jackpot) / Alton Ellis - Breaking Up (Soul Beat) / Termites - Breaking Up (Push Music / Treasure Isle) / Alton Ellis - Hurting Me (Studio One 12") / Alton & Flames - La La Means I Love You (Supersonics) / Alton Ellis - You Make Me Happy (All Tone) / Peter Tosh - A Little Love vers 3 (Impact) / Jimmy London - A Little Love (Impact) / Delroy Wilson - Doing My Thing (Jackpot) / Cornell Campbell - Devil In Bed (Jackpot) / Lennox Brown - Trial of Babylon (Jackpot) / Delroy Wilson - Never Get Away (Jackpot) / Dennis Brown - Rock With Me Baby (Observer) / Alton Ellis - I'm Hoping (Moodisc) / Alton Ellis - Medley (Chart Sounds) / Ken Booth - Aint No Sunshine (Splash) / Errol Dunkley - Running Child (Pressure Disc) / Delroy Wilson - Wont You Come Home (Studio One)

Apologies to all for my long absence! I have moved to Tokyo and have not had my turntables all set up. Big Thanks to Chii Irie for letting me use his set-up to record this one! Unfortunately, the first half of this mix was damaged and could not be uploaded, but rather than admit I wasted the day, I am just going to post up this short mix (the second half!) Hope you all enjoy and stay tuned as my shit will be set up soon and ready to go! Tracklist: Heptones - Our Day Will Come (Prince Buster) / King Alpha - Marching to Zion (Blank) / Barry Heptone - Law Of The Land (Morwell Esq) / Prince Allah - Born A Fighter (Makosa) / Jerry Johnson - Zion Rock (City Line) / Rico - Take Five (Island 12") / Reggae Clinic 65 - Take Five (EMI), Val Bennett - The Russians are Coming (Lee) / Prince Lincoln - Humanity (Clocktower) / Ray Darwin - Nothing Can'Touch My 45 (Love Tank) / Terror Fabulous - Have You Ever Seen a 45 Dubplate / Chronixx - Spanish Town (Chronixx) / Sound Dimension - Joe Frazier (Blank) / Singing Melody - Dubplate to a Sound (Roof) / Hammer Mouth - Selassie (Young Scorpio) / Mison B (Club Cactus)

This one is all about the heat -- A Whole heap of nice tunes moving from roots into obscure Digital! Mixed Live and Direct with 2 turntables and a mixer!! Track List: Pablo Roots - Reggae Mr. Operator (Stepping) / Anthony Chambers - Free Man (Corner Stone) / Junir Reid - Sufferation (Hard Rock 12") / C. Hylton - Keep Trying (Black Success) / Peter Metro & Dickie Ranking - Rock So Good (Rhythm Ruler) / Eek a Mouse - Sensimilla (Thompson) / Junior Reid - Turn The Radio One (Hard Rock 12") / Al Mighty Dread - Mr. Deejay (Street People) / Ringo - Life In Jail (Musical Ambassador) / Gregory Issacs - Wailing Rudy (African Museum 12") / Burro banton - Ready (Dennis Star) / Karta Ranking - ? (Dennis Star) / Papa San Grandfather ( Kingston 11) / Dignitary Stylish - Pon The Attack (Thunder Bolt) / Junior Frost - Lyrics Degree (Dignitary) / Freddie Star - Sound Get Bury (Sure Spin 12") / Junior Rider - Tunder Rap (Acetate Dub Plate) / Gregory Isaacs - Only You (Sunset) / Tinga Stewart - Float a Come (Calabash) / Super Black - Hit and Run Driver (Pre) / Junia Kirkland - World History (Zebulon) / Junior Reid - Jehovia Children (Sunset) / Rubber T - Nuh Do Me So (Tero) / Little Blackie - New York Everybody Wah Go (Zion Gate) / Black Shines - Fraid a Prison (Gin) / Berris Bassa - Jah Give me Power (Sure Spin) / Steve Austin - Liquor in the Party (New Image) / Jah - Keep The Sabbath Holy (African Museum) / Teddy Brown - Immigration (Young and Fresh) / Al Campbell - Jah Blessings (Reggae Explorer) / Unknown White Label 7"