any recomendations for roots instrumentals?

[greg]

im wondering if anybody loves roots reggae instrumentals as much as i do. please feel free to give recomendations on any artists/albums
NOT DUB! im talkin dry mix instrumentals

i have found it the hardest to collect instrumentals due to their unpopularity especially in roots reggae.

[anbessa]

I absolutely love roots instrumentals, specially when they are led with horns, or organ.
Some of my favourites :

Conscious Minds - Brain wash
Conscious Minds - Jamaican boy
Observers - Zorro
Revolutionaries - PLA
Azul - Rockfort rock
Rico - Dial Africa
Tommy McCook - Harvest in the east
Horn Fingers - Locks lee
Phil Pratt All Stars - Strange Mood

[informer]

if you go to he chatty mouth board there surely someone will be so kind to copy some volumes of "Jamaican serenades" for you. all instrumentals. but not all on heavy roots riddims, also 60s stuff. great series.
there are over 40 volumes ..........


just an example what to expect (Vol 1 - 5):

vol 1
01. Herman Maquis – Jamaican Serenade
02. Vin Gordon – Zion Youth
03. God Sons – South East Trumpet
04. Bobby Ellis – Step Softly
05. Crystalites - Slippery
06. Roland Alphonso – Hop Special
07. Tommy McCook – Everyday Sax
08. Augustus Pablo – Memories Of The Ghetto
09. Rhythm Rulers – Moodies Mood
10. Black Disciples – Sounds Of Thunder
11. Rico Over The Mountain
12. Family Man & the Rebel Arms – Well Pleased (Disco Mix)
13. Light Of Saba - Sabyindah
14. Sonny Bradshaw 7 – Love Me Forever
15. Lester Sterling & the Hippy Boys - Safari
16. Johnny Moore & Karl Bryan – The Opener
17. Ernest Ranglin & Tommy McCook – Ranglin On Bond Street
18. Bobby Ellis – Stormy Weather
19. Vin Gordon – Evil Spirit
20. Roland Alphonso – Saucy Horn
21. Val Bennett – Judgement Warrant
22. Tommy McCook & the Supersonics – Hot Shot
23. Ernest Ranglin – Ranglin Satta
24. Pratt Allstars – Strange Mood


vol2
01. Phil Pratt Allstars – Cut Throat
02. Undivided – My Reggae Music
03. Vin Gordon - Heavenless
04. Ska-talites with the Taxi Gang – Red Fire
05. Jo Jo Bennett – Mother’s Love
06. Rico – Over The Dub
07. Success Allstars – Tank Skank
08. Roy Richards – Death Rides A Horse
09. Lloyd Charmers & the Hippy Boys – Look-Ea-Py-Py
10. Count Ossie & the Rasta Family – Drums For The Wise Man
11. Gladdy Anderson – Black Beat
12. Lester Sterling – Reggae In The Wind
13. Soul Brothers – Early Bird
14. Leslie Butler – Skank Indigo
15. Ska-talites – Eastern Rock
16. Ansell Collins – Cotton Dandy
17. Rico – Destroy Them
18. Revolutionaries – Uganda (aka Idi Amin)
19. Theo Beckford Group – Te Ta Toe
20. Glen Brown & the God Sons – South East Rock
21. Crystalites – Cool It
22. Organ D (aka Tyrone Downie) – Black Man’s World
23. G.G. Allstars – Musical Shot


vol3
01. Music Doctors - Bush Doctor
02. Lloyd Charmers - Zylon
03. Sound Dimension - Soul Food
04. Cornell Campbell - Devil In Bed Dub
05. Augustus Pablo - Pipers Of Zion
06. Roland Alphonso - Zapatoo The Tiger
07. Clancy Set - Western Organ
08. Dean Fraser - Ram Dancehall
09. Dennis Bovell - Brain Smashing Dub
10. Lester Sterling - Spoogy
11. Roland Alphonso - Crime Wave
12. Upsetters - Beware
13. Roy Richards - Honky Panky
14. Crystalites - Ghost Rider
15. Robin Kenyatta - Temptation Took Control Of Me
16. Jr. Brown - Babylon In A Dub
17. Skatalites meet King Tubby - Give Thanks
18. Johnny Moore - Red Is Danger
19. Soul Defenders - Way Back Home
20. 3rd Generation
21. Lloyd Coxson - Tribute To Mohammed Ali
22. Azul - Black Rose (extended)
23. Lyn Tait & the Jets - Something Stupid


vol 4
1. Batman - Randy's All Stars(actually Lyn Tait & The Jets)*
2. Dulcemenia - Drumbago & The Dynamites
3. Night Flight(aka Sentimental Journey) - Ansell Collins
4. Me And You - Jo Jo Bennett
5. Wondering - The Hippy Boys
6. Red Moon - Clancy Eccles All Stars
7. Big John Wayne - Val Bennett & The Upsetters
8. Joe Gibbs Mood - Ansell Collins
9. Night Train - Sonny Binns & The Rudies
10. Money Raper - The Destroyers
11. Touch Of Fire - The Upsetters
12. Blues - Rico & The Rudies
13. Sweet Organ - Pacesetter Band
14. Straight To The Head - The Upsetters**
15. Rico's Message - Rico & The Rudies
16. Capo - The Hippy Boys
17. Kenyatta - Joe White
18. Invasion(Horns Cut) - Hermans All Stars
19. 110th Avenue - Love Children Band
20. Wise Dub - Sunshot Band
21. Laughing Policeman - Fatman Riddim Section feat. Touter
22. One Dream - Tommy McCook & Impact All Stars
23. Kingston Dub Town - King Tubby & Clancy Eccles All Stars
24. Roman Dub - King Tubby & Harry Mudie
25. Ethiopian War - Roland Alphonso.


vol5
01. Memories / Amalgamated Allstars
02. Determination Skank / Bobby Ellis, Tommy McCook & Richard Hall
03. Psalm 9 To Keep In Mind / Tommy McCook & The Obeservers
04. Untitled Instrumental / The Soul Syndicate
05. Jungle Lion / The Upsetters
06. Shaka The Great / Overnight Players
07. Riot / Dizzy & The Soul Syndicate
08. Jazterpiece (Reggae Version) / Dennis Bovell
09. Leaving Rome / Mudie Allstars
10. Easy Does It / Rico & His Band
11. Stalag 17 / Ansel Collins & The Soul Syndicate
12. Dance A Dub / Junior Delgado
13. Mission Impossible / Randy's Allstars
14. Ghetto Funk / Leslie Butler & Boris Gardiner Happening
15. Hot Milk / Neville Hinds
16. Loran's Dance / Mudies Allstars
17. Fisherman Special / Tommy McCook & Vin Gordon
18. Satta-Masa-Ganna / Cedric "Im" Brooks
19. Internal Dub / Prince Far I & The Arabs
20. Warrior Charge / Aswad
21. Tonight / The Crystalites

[Thomas]

Soul Jazz & Heartbeat have put out some nice Studio One instrumental sets - eg: [cover=5596,4264] [cover=5990,4418]

[Lion]

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Lion

[lanman31337]

Some of my favorite tracks are instrumental:

Elizabethan Reggae - Boris Garnier w/ Byron Lee
Contact - Roy Richards w/ Baba Brooks Band
Liquidator - Harry J
Pop Hi - Rupie Edwards (trying to track this one down)

[mick d]

I also love reggae instrumental albums. Here are some favorites:

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[cover=2785,3233] [cover=2406,2775] [cover=2112,2472]
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And I have really been enjoying this recent re-issue:

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[lanman31337]

I totally forgot - I had the DJ play Jackie Mittoo's Rocksteady Wedding for our reception introduction music.

Double hit 45 Return of Django b/w Dollar in the Teeth by the upsetters is a big hit.

I also have Don Drummond - 100 years on lp, lots of good instrumentals, and who can forget the Skatalites renditions of Guns of Navarone or El Pussycat Ska?

Check out Trojan instrumentals, there's a bunch of good tracks on it.

[greg]

awsome, thanks for all the feed back, i have many of these titles you guys mentioned.

alot of these titles are rocksteady era, i am looking for deep roots instrumentals. i have a couple albums
tommy mccook-top secret
bobby & tommy- green mango
downbeat the ruler-killer instrumentals from studio one
sound dimension-jamaica soul shake
and the trojan instrumentals box set

all are good titles but some have too many ska tunes on them, especially the trojan box set.

[Bellyman]

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