Various - Soul Jazz Presents: Rocksteady Got SoulSoul Jazz Records new Studio One release Rocksteady Got Soul is a collection of uplifting and superb rocksteady and soulful reggae from the late 1960s and early 1970s. Studio One is the number one label in the history of reggae and the album features as ever with Studio One an impeccable and unbeatable line up of reggae superstars, all soaring at the height of their creative powers. Alton Ellis, John Holt, The Heptones, Jackie Mittoo, The Ethiopians,

dark echoing thunderclap gunshots and other ‘implements of sound’ filled his record productions as Bunny Lee explored the outer limits of dub with his friend King Tubby in the mix on wild versions that accompanied any 45

From the opening track "Really Something" to the recent single "Mr Music" (a favourite of Marc Riley and Gideon Coe on BBC 6 music) the album's re-connects Astor's bespoke guitar pop with his long-standing embrace of The Velvet Underground's musical DNA

Kid With Crooked Face

“We sounded great

Culture Factory is proud to re-issue Shankar's classic Portrait of Genius on mixed opaque purple vinyl with the orginal label

Available on limited magenta coloured vinyl

Way Of The World 10

Available on limited edition indies-only transparent sky blue vinyl

This version has been mastered by John Golden and pressed in an edition of 500 copies

hovering ghostly above the tumescent production sound as it echoes with tragic majesty and the sound-fragments of former glory

signed & numbered 12 x 12 art print

Baby It‰۪s Too Late - Senator Jones 6