Roots Archives Forum

Start with Augustus Pablo Productions, nothing as conscious, roots & rockers at the same time:

DELROY WILLIAMS - I Stand Black
http://www.roots-archives.com/release/1086

HUGH MUNDELL - Africa Must Be Free By 1983
http://www.roots-archives.com/release/2441

JACOB MILLER - Who Say Jah No Dread
http://www.roots-archives.com/release/374

NORRIS REID - Give Jah The Praises
http://www.roots-archives.com/release/1159

RICKY GRANT - I Love Jah Rastafari
http://www.roots-archives.com/release/1647

TETRACK - Let's Get Started
http://www.roots-archives.com/release/745

Just can't go wrong with these...

Blessings,

you are 100 % correct bwoy. Just a joke i make at 4 am. There were a lot essential LPs named, i just felt as if people were missing even more essential ones

in my opinion.

Late Night Dread,
No offense taken. I just threw out some easy to find [for the most part] solid roots albums. There are many more that I would consider essential, but for someone just starting a roots collection, I don't think you can go wrong with any of the albums I listed.
Regards,
Chris

the viceroys
black slate
cultural roots
wailing souls
don carlos
earth n stone


start with these artists first and tell me what u think

i think u have enough to keep u going a few years there trevor! hope u get into them all like i did when i first got into roots, is a magical journey, i just wish the jamiacan youths of today where into roots like they used to be, the roots scene seems to have died in JA from what i've heard, this is such a shame, and makes me sad when i think of this, i suppose thats just same with everything tho, JA had something so special and still does i just hope roots comes back over there.