Dennis Brown - The Best of Dennis Brown: The Niney Years
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Bug - London Zoo
 
 
 
 
 
 
Burning Spear - Jah Is Real
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cocoa Tea - The Sweet Sound of Cocoa Tea
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dub Specialist - Dub
 
 
 
 
 
 
Elephant Man - Let’s Get Physical
 
 
 
 
 
 
Michael Franti & Spearhead - All Rebel Rockers (CD/DVD)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gyptian - I Can Feel Your Pain
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beres Hammond - A Moment in Time
 
 
 
 
 
 
Joe Higgs - Life of Contradiction
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Brown’s Body - Amplify
 
 
 
 
 
 
Morgan Heritage - Mission in Progress
 
 
 
 
 
 
Augustus Pablo - The Mystic World of Augustus Pablo
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lee “Scratch” Perry - Chicken Scratch (Deluxe Edition)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lee “Scratch” Perry - Repentance
 
 
 
 
 
 
David Rodigan - Real Authentic Reggae, Vol. 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rootz Underground - Movement
 
 
 
 
 
 
Toots & the Maytals - The Sensational Maytals (Bonus Tracks)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Various Artists - Channel 1 Story Chapter Two
 
 
 
 
 
 
Various Artists - Don Letts Presents: The Mighty Trojan Sounds
 
 
 
 
 
 
Various Artists - Lead with the Bass, Vol. 3
 
 
 
 
 
 
Various Artists - Micron Music Presents: Every Mouth Must Be Fed
 
 
 
 
 
 
Various Artists - Strictly the Best, Vol. 39
 
 
 
 
 
 

Stories surrounding Jamaican singer Slim Smith’s final recording session and tragic early death are many, and conflicting, and we may never know definitively what happened in his last days. The former lead singer of rocksteady groups the Techniques and the Uniques, Smith’s fragile tenor was easily one of the finest and most recognizable voices to emerge from Jamaica, and he turned songs like “The Beatitude” and “My Conversation” into enduring classics. His last recording session was in early October 1972 with producer Bunny Lee, when Smith tracked the achingly beautiful “The Time Has Come,” as well as an attempt at remaking Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay.” According to Winston Riley, Smith was not in very good shape in the studio, although his singing on “The Time Is Come” is sublime and timeless, arguably his finest vocal yet.

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