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• I did love Pay It All Back Vol 2. The fantastic collaboration between Lee Perry and Dub Syndicate on Train to Doomsville, Billy Bonds by Barmy Army and Mark Stewart's version of Jerusalem ring down the years.

  Just an eclectic and brilliant introduction to the label.

  Posted by Andrew Brown at 3:33 PM GMT 21/12/2007 Report Abuse

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• two on .u sound long players should appear in your list,the wonderful Dub syndicate's 'strike the balance' not a bad track on the whole lp! hot summers day, turn up 'mafia' give the neighbours someting to think about!
  also African head charge 'songs of praise' just takes you somewhere else!
  my top 5:
  1.Dub syndicate 'strike the balance'
  2.African head charge 'songs of praise'
  3.Bim sherman 'across the red sea'
  4.Singers&Players 'staggering heights'
  5.New age steppers 'foundation steppers'

  Posted by G at 7:27 PM GMT 30/12/2007 Report Abuse

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• African Head Charge's "My Life in a Hole in the Ground" is still unbelievably fresh. It's sense of fun goes far beyond the playful dig at Byrne/Eno of the title. "Elastic Dance" might be slightly gimmicky, but it sure gets me moving.
  New Age Steppers first two albums are nothing to be sniffed at either. Especially "Action Battlefield" with the haunting "My Whole World" - featuring one of the great Ari Up's most over the top performances.
  The best introduction to the later On-u Sound would be "Pay it all Back Volume Three", featuring some brilliant tracks by Barmy Army.
  Most of all, go easy on the Bim Sherman.

  Posted by SiD at 11:20 AM GMT 03/01/2008 Report Abuse

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• 1. All the New Age Steppers albums are favourites, but I love "Foundation Steppers" - its one of my alltime favourite albums, a soul reggae album, or reggae soul album - just listen to the Chaka Khan track "Some Love."
  2. I recently picked up Tackhead's "Power Inc vol.3 - Live" - a perfect introduction to this much misunderstood band, though its nearly impossible to find - including choice cuts from across their career.
  3. Not perfect, but with some stunning tracks, is African Head Charge's "In Pursuit Of Shashamane Land"
  4. Creation Rebel/New Age Steppers - Threat to Creation, great dub album
  5. Pay it all back Volume 1 - my introduction to On-U sound, and I still like it for its diversity and playful insanity!

  Posted by Adrian at 6:19 PM GMT 05/01/2008 Report Abuse

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• On-U Sound - top 5 LPs from Dan I

  Tackhead Sound System: Tackhead Tape Time (Nettwerk) - awesome splice and dice of noisy beats and wild party sounds.

  Gary Clail & On-U Sound System: End Of The Century Party (On-U Sound) - some really powerful tracks here, especially Two Thieves & A Liar, Privatise The Air and Toes Tapping.

  Dub Syndicate: Tunes From The Missing Channel (On-U Sound) - mix Roots Radics with Public Image Ltd and what do you get?

  Adrian Sherwood: Becoming A Cliche/ Dub Cliche (Real World) - awesome return from AMS, always works with the best, usually gets the best out of them too.

  Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Dub Syndicate: Time Boom X De Devil Dead (Syncopate) - Perry's best post-Black Ark album by far, and using some of Dub Syndicate's best rhythms (Night Train, Ravi Shankar, Lighthouse).

  More...
  Deadly Headley - 25 Years From Alpha;
  all the Pay It All Back series;
  Dub Syndicate - Strike The Balance;
  African Head Charge - Songs Of Praise;
  Keith LeBlanc - Major Malfunction.
  

  Posted by Dan I at 7:20 PM GMT 28/04/2008 Report Abuse

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