SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Wednesday 22nd May 2009 - Colin's
funeral ...
Further to last months tragic
news concerning Colin Moore's death, the funeral service was
held this week on the 22/05 at St. Philips Church in Norbury,
South London. It was a dignified occasion with a
good turn-out. Many UK Reggae faces turned up to see Colin off
and there is an up & coming dance in his honour.
Amongst the crowd of attendees were - Dennis
Alcapone, Dave Barker, Mike Brooks, Winston Francis, Levi Roots
(Reggae Reggae Sauce), Blacker Dread, Adrian Sherwood, Dave
Katz, Steve Barrow, Bob Brooks, John (Dub Vendor) and others.
Tuesday 28th April 2009
R.I.P. Colin Moore
With a heavy heart we found out today that an associate of
Reggae Retro of many years, a certain Mr Colin Moore of London -
England, has sadly passed away. At this stage we have few
details concerning his death.
Colin, aside from helping this label, also distributed material
through his own label and was well known within the United
Kingdom Reggae community; having a network of friends &
contacts.
We send our best wishes to Colin's family.
New Releases:
● Gideon
Jah Rubbaal - Judgeman Time 10" vinyl
released (June 2009)
Now
available... Gideon Jah Rubbaal -
Judgeman Time & Love Rasta with
respective Dub versions on opaque purple
vinyl in sleeve.
Love
Rasta Dub is a Channel One mix.
Click Here For
Details
● New
classic Martin Campbell 7" vinyl
released (May 2009)
Check the
Channel One catalogue for several
re-issues on 7" vinyl, only limited
numbers available.
Titles
include - Richman, Gunman A Come & Who
Can We Run To.
Click Here For
Details
● Gideon Jah Rubbaal limited
edition & 10" vinyl in stock (April 2009)
A quick message for you - the
stock is finally available! We have two sets ready to ship to
customers. A limited edition vinyl & CD set and also the
standard 10" vinyl release, both on coloured vinyl in picture
sleeve.
For GJR -
Free Us Now - click here
The special edition is limited to
100 pieces.
Also fresh to the catalogue -
Robert Lee / Too Much War on 7" vinyl.
For Robert Lee
- click here
● Gideon Jah Rubbaal - Free
Us Now CD (new release - March 2009)
A selection of
1970s Jamaican roots
Reggae material is now available on CD for the first time from
the legendary Gideon Jah Rubbaal.
All tracks were written by Gideon
and feature The Revolutionaries.
The CD features 10 tracks and 2
bonus tracks. We also have vinyl on the way and expect these to
fly out (the first pressing sold out within days before we had
chance to advertise them on the website).
Click this
link for further information and MP3 samples
● Peter Culture - Sanctified
We now have stock of the eagerly
awaited album entitled 'Sanctified' by the UK Reggae artist,
Peter Culture. This release comes out of the Gadd 59 studio;
featuring a selection of original vocal & dub tracks in
conscious roots style.
Click this
link for further information and MP3 samples
Also available is the new 10"
vinyl release from Martin Campbell entitled, 'Nothings Changed'
- this release has been so popular, that we sold out instantly
on the first pressing and had no stock for the web. This repress
is a deluxe edition, pressed on opaque yellow vinyl with a black
splash effect.
Click this
link for further information
● Neville Brown of Cornerstone
live at the Hare & Hounds (Dec 12/08)
This reporter went along to check
out Neville's acoustic set at the Hare & Hounds public house /
Birmingham, UK on December 4th 2008. A small crowd gathered in
the upstairs room, probably 50 heads in total, so quite an
intimate gathering which suited the laid back set.
Neville stepped up to the
microphone at around 10 PM after a DJ set and played for just
over forty minutes, going through some of his recent material
from the "City Runnings" CD/LP and other unreleased tracks.
The crowd were responsive to the
music and although the sound system wasn't all it could have
been on the night, the set was representative of his attitude
and style; carrying his philosophical perspective clearly (with
a lovers track thrown in for the ladies!).
The curtain call was a cover of
Marley's "War" which really whipped the crowd up and got a few
hesitant feet moving on the dance floor!
This was primarily a charity gig
to raise awareness for the poverty affecting some of the folk
who live in regions of Ghana/Africa and hopefully those who
attended had their consciousness raised by the evenings
presentation.
For more details on Neville's
charity work, please go to:
www.tribute-to-african-children.org.uk
... and don't forget to check out
the Cornerstone releases in the catalogue, a percentage of money
through sales on these items goes towards the running of the
charity.
● Gadd59 set to release Peter
Culture album on CD/10" vinyl
Several new cuts coming out from the Gadd59 workshop and studio,
including the anticipated album called - Sanctified - by Peter
Culture. This will be initially released on 10" vinyl, with a small
run of CD albums.
Also Gadd59 are set release a new mix of the Lloyd Brown track
called, "I'm Sorry" with a promotional DVD video in a two disk set.
This will be strictly limited, and we hope at some point to get this
track out on vinyl.
● Phat Dubz News
At Phat Dubz studio in Devon UK, Alien Dread are steppin' up with a
new 7" release due early 2009. Four roots tracks and due to new
studio equipment, a harder edge to the sound. Those bass cones will
need patchin' up after this vinyl gets a spin!
Kendrick Andy's - Great Old men - is at long last set for a release
on 7". This was also a team up with Andy from Alien Dread and
although we have had a delay on the vinyl, this is imminent.
