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From the Crate - Catch a Fire (Deluxe Edition) - Bob Marley & the Wailers

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I guess this blog had to come to this...

The man, the group, that is the bastion for this wonderful genre of music.

From the Crate - Augustus Pablo - King Tubby's Meets Rockers Uptown

Blaise

Welcome to the latest instalment of the From the Crate series. In this series we are highlighting a variety of reggae classics, so far we have covered the likes of Burning Spear, Aswad and Beenie Man.

From the Crate - Beenie Man - Art and LIfe

Blaise

Welcome to the fourth instalment of the From the Crate series.

From the Crate - Aswad - Crucial Tracks

Blaise Welcome to the third instalment of the From the Crate series.

Today, am focusing on a more recent reggae group, namely Aswad. I normally steer clear of ‘Best Of’s’, but I will be looking at their hits collection, Crucial Tracks – The Best of Aswad released on Mango in 1989.

From the Crate - Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey/Garvey's Ghost 100th Anniversary

Blaise

Welcome to the second instalment of the new Planet Urban series, From the Crate.

From the Crate - Alpha Blondy & The Wailers - Jerusalem

Blaise

Welcome to a new series of articles on Planet Urban, called FROM THE CRATE.

In this series I will be taking you through some of the essential, classic albums that make up the Reggae genre. From dancehall, dub, roots and mento, these are the seminal albums of the Reggae canon.