{"title":"Roots Music","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"beg-you-put-it-down-put-down-the-dub","title":"Beg You Put it Down \/ Put Down the Dub","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Midnight Rock label was home to some of the greatest productions of the era, and like any smart Jamaican producer, label owner Nkrumah Jah Thomas worked his rhythms hard, using them to create scores of records by dozens of artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas came up just at the right time, and his breakthrough recordings were made at the finest studios, using the finest musicians: often they were recorded at Channel One and used the Roots Radics. And sometimes the voicings that he created were released, but still more languished in the vaults. Caught on multi-track tape, but never released.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat was the fate of a session that he recorded with Sugar Minott. The singer – known in the UK for his monster hit ‘Good Thing Going’ – had made his name in the vocal group The African Brothers, before working as a soloist for Coxsone Dodd at Studio One, where he became a pioneer of the dancehall, his voice riding over many of Dodd’s greatest rhythms to create timeless music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas has worked hard in creating sharp new mixes from his sessions with Minott, and this single – a plea against gun violence as apt today as when it was put down on tape – is the first fruits of that work. A fantastic Radics rhythm with an exceptional vocal and brand new dub by Jah Thomas and Rory on the flip.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Music","offers":[{"title":"Black 7\"","offer_id":50382490927435,"sku":"2222188","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Put-It-Down_0475d164_thumbnail_4096.png?v=1726251253"},{"product_id":"midnight-rock-s-secret-tapes","title":"Midnight Rock's Secret Tapes","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Nkrumah Jah Thomas’ hit #1 on the Jamaican charts in 1976 with his debut single ‘Midnight Rock’ on Alvin Ranglin’s GG label it gave the new DJ a theme song and an entry into the world of music. Within 3 years he had launched his own label Midnight Rock and alongside more music under his own name he produced a series of classics by the likes of Tristan Palmer, Anthony Johnson, Early B and many more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1997 he signed a deal with Acid Jazz’s Roots label and since then through their on-going collaborations his career as a producer has been anthologised and developed, including the release of a series of archive King Tubby and Scientist mixes, the use of his masters to be sampled by Nas (on The Don), Protoje and others, and re-issues of his classic albums. To celebrate 40 year of Midnight Rock, last year Thomas went back into his tape archive to unearth another 10 tracks, either with original vocals or guest names brought in. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehind original rhythms recorded at Channel 1, Tuff Gong and others, featuring the Roots Radics and The Midnight Rock Band and mixed in places like King Jammy’s and Tubby’s we are given a line-up of stellar talent. We have Lynval Thomson with the plaintive ‘I Can Be Your Man’, and forthright Super Cat on ‘Me Glad She Gone’ and first rare Luciano on ‘Good Thing Goin’ On. They are joined by Courtney Melody, Pinchers and Joesy Wales, Daville and more. Keeping the circle whole Thomas appears on two tracks including the future classic ‘Sounds A Go Dead Tonight’ with Junior Vibes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eSide A\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI Can Be Your Man – Linval Thompson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGood Thing Goin’ On – Luciano\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHey Sexy Lady – Courtney Melody\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI Love To Smoke – Gryphan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSounds A Go Dead Tonight – Jah Thomas \u0026amp; Junior Vibes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSide B\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll A The Gal Them – Pinchers \u0026amp; Josey Wales\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMe Glad She Gone – Super Cat\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrunk and Stage – Jah Thomas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince I Laid Eyes On You – Daville\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove Songs Are Back Again (Adopted Song) – Tony Curtis, Ghost \u0026amp; Mitch\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Music","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50509527712075,"sku":"1116957","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/f6255421-4d77-45f7-a0a2-e0052b162c18_thumbnail_4096.png?v=1727865932"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/roots-music.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}