New GROVER / VOR release: CAROLOREGIANS “Fat Is Back” LP vinyl! CD on DO THE DOG

LP VINYL finally available from GROVER / VOR Records!!!  CD on DOG THE DOG still in stock!

Fans of JUMP UP are no strangers to the funky skinhead reggae sounds of THE CAROLOREGIANS. They are back with a brand new album entitled “FAT IS BACK”. You got a taste of this new album on our limited edition SOUL OF PUM PUM LP edition, so thrill to these 14 tracks that have soul/funk swagger and hot Jamaican organ licks. It just does not get better than this!

Tracklisting: 1. Fat Is Back 2. Forward 3. Donna Donna 4. Back In the Day 5. City Life 6. From The Congo Square 7. Bedtime Stories 8. Noonish 9. Undercover Agent  10 .Mokka 36 See All 2 11. Iris Skank 12. You Got to Be a Man 13. Biscuit Serenade 14. Quagga Read the rest of this entry »

New MOON SKA Europe import: DUB CITY ROCKERS CD / 7″ + TOO MANY CROOKS CD

Now in stock at JUMP UP!  Introducing the DUB CITY ROCKERS from the UK!  A killer debut, a band that mixes the energy and wordplay of Jamacian dancehall with neo-traditional ska and reggae grooves. When I first heard this album, I immediately thought it was like a cross between Coolie Ranx era TOASTERS 90′s material, a little BUJU BANTON, and just a touch of THE SELECTER as there’s a woman who as a powerful presence as well. An album that will transform you back to Jamaica, you can feel the hot summer grooves! It’s more “modern” with respect to dancehall than we usually carry here at JUMP UP, but it does deliver and we fell it is a worthy addition to our distro catalog! Check out the album sampler:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAHYze-4S0Q

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New DO THE DOG: SMOKE LIKE A FISH and DREWIS CDs

Two brand new albums from DO THE DOG UK!

Smoke Like A Fish “Blood, Fish & Bone” CD  – the long awaited new album by the Kings of UK 2 tone is finally here! Featuring 12 scorching hot, unstoppable tunes, full of highly danceable rhythms, catchy brass melodies, fiercely anti-establishment lyrics & great sing-a-long choruses this superb disc is very much an essential purchase for any fan of the 2 tone genre! Read the rest of this entry »

Classic MOON SKA WORLD CDs – Boss Sounds in Modern Times!

Check it out! Boss Sounds from modern times! Legendary skinhead icon DAVE BARKER teamed up with THE SELECTER back in 2000 for “KINGSTON AFFAIR”.  ROY ELLIS, the voice of SYMARIP captured live in the UK when he returned to perform in the skinhead scene! And finally we proudly stock the debut disc from one of our top selling European artists – superb skinhead / early reggae from THE UPSESSIONS. Get these discs!

New ROCKERS REVOLT: INTENSIFIED Lunar City Groove CD/LP

Celebrating their 20th anniversary – one of the UK’s finest ska & rocksteady bands, Intensified have their brand new album ‘Lunar City Groove’ issued on Rockers Revolt and Grover Records (vinyl). The CD comes with the ‘Come Forward’ documentary DVD, which charts their 20 year career. Inspired by the authentic sounds of 1960′s Jamaica, the band’s goodtime feel has taken them around the globe, including backing Jamaican greats Rico Rodriguez, Dennis Alcapone and the voice of Dave & Ansell Collins – Mr.Dave Barker. With 11 superbly crafted songs, irresistible dance beats, Read the rest of this entry »

New ROCKERS REVOLT release: PAMA INTL meets MAD PROFESSOR “Rewired In Dub” CD

An entire dub reworking of Pama Intl’s latest critically acclaimed album ‘Outernational’, by legendary dub producer Mad Professor, at his Ariwa studios. A living dub legend from the get go, starting in the early 1980′s launching his label/studio – producing, remixing, collaborating and releasing 1000′s of reggae titles, with a who’s who of reggae royalty & beyond, including; Lee Scratch Perry, U Roy, Mikey Dread, Horace Andy, Max Romeo, and  many more. In the mid Nineties, Mad Professor’s profile increased to global status after remixing Massive Attack. The resulting album ‘No Read the rest of this entry »

New ROCKERS REVOLT release: MAROON TOWN “Urban Myths” CD

Brand new album from London’s 9 piece genre-defying sensation! Started in the mid 80s by two boyhood pals, Deuan German and Rajan Datar, who shared a passion for classic Jamaican ska and the spirit of the original Jamaican Maroons – who fought off slavery and the English occupying army and create their autonomous township. Their debut single, ‘City Riot’ was produced by The Specials drummer John Bradbury, and immediately drew the attention of John Peel. Their second single, ‘Pound to the Dollar’, again produced by Read the rest of this entry »

New DO THE DOG release: ROBB BLAKE CD

ROBB BLAKE Aint Got No Soul CD

Ex-Whitmore frontman returns with his 3rd superb solo album. Kicks out 10 more very tasty helpings of pumping 2 tone ska & soulful reggae tunes with great sing-a-long choruses. Robb Blake presents to us a very impressive ska album giving us a mixture of a heavier ska punk sound to a more mellow reggae sound. The whole album sounds like a complete band Read the rest of this entry »

MR SYMARIP – “The Skinheads Dem a Come” CD – (JUMP072)

MR SYMARIP is ROY ELLIS – the legendary voice behind the original skinhead reggae band SYMARIP…and he is back from the moon! Fourteen tracks of classic Jamaican ska and reggae backed by an all star European band! Nothing watered down here – pure skinhead delight! Tight riddims, ruffneck energy, and catchy lyrics that could have been penned during the late 60’s when the skinhead movement was in full swing. That was when the driving beat of reggae was taking Britian by storm, and a little known group by the name of SYMARIP recorded Read the rest of this entry »