New 2026 Edition of 600% Dynamite, part of Soul Jazz Records classic compilation series of Jamaican music, featuring killer reggae in all styles – ska, soul, rocksteady, dancehall, funk and dub. Originally released in 2003 this album has been out of print for nearly 20 years making it one of the most-collectible of Soul Jazz Records’ Dynamite! Series.
Newly remastered and relicensed for 2026, the album is packed with dancefloor classics and non-stop reggae anthems such as Tenor Saw’s ‘Golden Hen’, Johnny Osbourne’s ‘Buddy Bye’, Dennis Brown’s ‘Wolf & Shepard’ and Sister Nancy’s ’Transport Connection’ alongside hard-to-find cuts by Tall T and the Touchers, The Interns, Tetrack and others, making the album a superlative…
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…Amaika Rude’s album, The Ska and the Abstract Truth, evokes happy head nodding to the tunes found on Oliver Nelson’s masterpiece Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961). The original album, released in February 1961, featured Nelson on saxophone and included such jazz luminaries as Freddie Hubbard, Eric Dolphy, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers and Roy Haynes. With a lineup like that, is it any wonder why many jazz publications have given it 5-star accolades?
Amaika Rude’s remake adds a new dimension — the ska beat — to the mix, hopefully attracting new listeners to this timeless set of compositions. The band, comprised of Inigo Elexpuru (drums), Inigo Imatz (bass), Andres Navascuez (piano/organ), Borja Goni (guitar), Joan Gonga…
Formed in North London, Madness have grown into one of Britain’s most successful and best-loved bands, selling millions of records worldwide and inspiring generations of artists. More than four decades on, their music, spirit, and style are woven into the fabric of British culture.
Madness released their latest record Theatre of the Absurd Presents C’est La Vie in 2023, which was the band’s first ever No.1 studio album in their 45 year career. The band have also had two No.1 compilation albums, 10 UK Top 10 albums, 15 Top 10 singles and have won a multitude of awards including a prestigious Ivor Novello.
Hit Parade celebrates that remarkable legacy, a career-spanning anthology, the band have chosen 45 singles from 45 years from…
…The CD is actually 13 tracks and includes bonus track ‘My God is Better than You’re Gawd’.
The initial single from Stockholm Syndrome, Fishbone’s first new album in nearly two decades, arrived shortly before last year’s presidential election. The bluntly titled “Racist Piece of Shit” pulls no punches regarding the ska-funk-metal pioneers’ feelings toward our current president and his supporters, even if musically, it’s a relatively unambitious (though scorching) tune. Eight months and a lot of bad news later, Fishbone’s still fuming, but they’ve worked hard to channel that fury into heavy, complex, and deeply idiosyncratic music that can stand up to their best material from the late 1980s and early ’90s.
The band began as a bunch of junior high misfits…
Special new 25th anniversary edition of this most popular and highly-acclaimed of all Soul Jazz Records’ Dynamite! series – 300% Dynamite is jam-packed with reggae tunes that crossed-over to become dancefloor hits and are 100% guaranteed to rock any party!
Out of print for the last 15 years, this new edition is being released in a one-off limited-edition heavyweight special-edition coloured blue vinyl pressing + download code exclusively for Record Store Day 2024.
This album is fully remastered, recut and with new tracks exclusively for RSD 24. Wayne Smith’s booming anthem “Sleng Teng”, Althea & Donna’s worldwide hit ‘Uptown Top Ranking’, Sister Nancy’s classic “Bam Bam”, Augustus Pablo…
The 2025 release of Look At All The Love We Found: A Tribute to Sublime marks the 20th anniversary of the original 2005 tribute album Look At All The Love We Found (Cornerstone R.A.S.), now reworked and remastered, featuring over 30 artists covering classic Sublime tracks including Zac Brown Band (“Wrong Way”), Pennywise (“Same In The End”), Jack Johnson (“Badfish”) and more, in addition to 8 previously unreleased tracks. One of the unreleased tracks includes a collaboration with Slightly Stoopid and Stick Figure with their take of the Sublime classic “Slow Ride.”
“We’re honored to release our cover of “Slow Ride” with our brother Stick Figure to honor the legacy of Sublime. Produced by our good friend “Miguel” Happoldt, the OG Sublime producer…