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Shabba Rankin was the rage at the time. I think Japanese people and Jamaicans are the complete opposite of each other. From my point of view Jamaica and Japan are completely different. If there was a blank label record I would automatically discard it! Bob Marley became really popular around the end of the 70s — beginning of the 80s when he came over to Japan. A 45 vinyl LP with bob marley and the wailers 3.

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That was what reggae was like in Japan then. At the time Sleng Teng was a really popular dancehall rhythm in Jamaica.

Rock A Shacka : Honest Jon's Records

Over there I got to know a guy called Echo Vibration. Continuing with our series of re-issues from the vaults of the mighty Prince Buster, we are proud to announce the release of four shwcka tracks, this time in a 7" dub-plate format. But because there was this reggae movement in Japan, you would get these tiny clubs packed with customers.

We hope you enjoy our new releases from our shadka friend and sadly missed Mr Soul Of Jamaica.

Staring with Soulful Music,which provided the original rhythm for Freddie Mcregor's Bandulo,the collection also includes such London Collector session classics as Rave Allnight and I Make A Woman,as well as Jackie Mitto's cool instrumental Sure Shots,making this a compilation of some of the highest quality tracks Coxsone ever recorded.

Everywhere you went dancehall would be playing. I wanted to do the same thing. When I first started playing it was at a place called Kingstone Lounge. That was in Umeda in Osaka.

Reggae in Japan: The Rock A Shacka Story

Ha ha ha… It was like that for a long time…. There are lots of stories which have never been told. So I invited Prince Buster over for the tour and then Universal wanted to get in on it and they said they would sort everything out for me. So I saved money, went to Jamaica and after that I made a list and started selling records by mail order.

A 7 inch record from Another essential release for Upsetter fans! He is back on the mixing desk and wants to release it on the upsetter label! Summer Time is a standard number that has been covered by countless artists in the past, including Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Janis Joplin. Rock A Shacka Releases are also available at And there are shops which offer those different types, including ours. Hi Juan, thank you very much for your comment.

A friend of mine went to Jamaica to buy those kinds of records. It seemed to me if you think too much about those things you end up with a finished product that is no good.

This is a boss tune guaranteed to have the floor jumping from the moment the needle drops. Meeting up with them was really easy.

All the while I was listening to reggae and getting into older stuff — realising that dancehall tracks were based on oldies rhythms — so after I quit rocl band I became a selector playing oldies shackz at clubs.

Masaya Hayashi Massa runs the business for over 20 years, bringing Jamaican vintage vibes from on Island to an other. All four tunes are instrumentals featuring the cream of Jamaica's session musicians under the nom de guerre of The Buster All Stars.

From my point of view Jamaica and Japan are completely different.

Before I started playing records I was the bassist in a reggae dancehall band and we used to play at various festivals. Ali Shuffle aka Rock Steady was Buster's homage to Muhammad Ali, and Vera Cruz named after the film were both released on the Bluebeat label in the UK and are revered as ska classics, while the other two side are previously unreleased and were apparently only ever cut on acetates for sound system use. I played there every Saturday for 2 years.

Suddenly we were getting customers coming. Then when Shabba Rankin came to Japan the reggae movement began in Japan and that was what all the youth were listening to. Sticking with the Black Ark stable, We are proud to announce two new re-issue tracks for the first time on 10" vinyl.

Bob Marley became really popular around the end of the 70s — beginning of the 80s when he came over to Japan.