Gold Shop New Release

Witty Records

Gold Shop is pleased to announce a new partnership with one of the most iconic NY dancehall labels Whitfield “Witty” Henry’s Witty Records. Throughout the 80’s, Wittys Music Master Record Shop, and Witty record label were the pulse of the NY dancehall scene. His releases began with licensing tunes from his friends back in Jamaica like Prince Jammy, Junjo, Gussie Clarke and others, but by the mid 80’s Witty began focusing on his own production.  Some of the earlier productions featured rhythms that were made in Jamaica with vocals added by the popular artists of the time. As the label and the NY dancehall scene developed, Wittys became a home to some of the best NY artists like Shelly Thunder, Sluggy Ranks, Knight Rider, Trevor Sparks and others. Witty also employed some of the best NY musicians of this time, most notably John “Raf” Allen who played a lot of the classic Wittys rhythms, as well as legendary engineer Philip Smart, whose HC & F studios served as the home base for all of Wittys in house productions. Gold Shop plans to tell the whole Wittys story over a lengthy campaign of releases which will begin with these titles listed below.

MM200      LITTLE JOHN    CORK UP DANCEHALL

MM091     LITTLE KIRK    I DON’T KNOW

MM064     ECHO MINOTT   FOLLOW ME

MM201       NICODEMUS    EARTH & MOON

MM202       AL CAMPBELL   LEAVE THE HERBSMAN BUSINESS

MM203       TONY TUFF     COOL IT

Gold Shop New Release

African Love Records

With the recent untimely death of the King of pop, Michael Jackson, people all over the world have been compiling playlists of his hits. In reggae music there have been many covers of Michael Jackson songs, and in these playlists, people often list covers of his songs which have become classics on there own. I would say that Shinehead’s version of “Billy Jean” is the most famous example of this. To commemorate the passing of MJ, Gold Shop has released Billy Jean, along with another Michael Jackson cover “Lady In My Life” and the sound killer version on this rhythm “Reprimand”. For this historic release, we saw fit to pay tribute in the sleeve design as well, by adding the signature glove to our beloved Gold Shop mascot. These will be limited to a run of 1000 copies each, and will not be available again in this format.
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ALM-7-001A     Shinehead - Billy Jean

ALM-7-001AA  Shinehead - Mama Used To Say

ALM-7-010A     Shinehead - Lady In My Life

ALM-7-010B      Dub

ALM-7-011A      Shinehead - Reprimand

ALM-7-011B       Dub

Gold Shop New Release

Sluggy Ranks- Sodom & Gomorrah

Here it is, the long awaited 7 Inch Re-issue of Sluggy’s massive sound system anthem “Sodom & Gomorrah”. This tune was produced by Devon “Part 2″ Garnett, a NY promoter and producer around 1991. It was released only on 12 Inch, and has never been re-issued before. Original copies of the 12 Inch consistently fetch big money at auction, as there has not been another way to get this massive tune until now.  As is the standard for Gold Shop, great care has been put into the remastering and re-packaging of this classic tune. This will be a limited run, so get your copy while you can.

PT2-001 Sluggy Ranks - Sodom & Gomorrah

Gold Shop New Releases

Eclipse Records

The first batch of 7 Inch releases on Gold Shop showcases the works of NY’s hometown hero Phillip Smart. An original protege of the great King Tubby, Phillip has been at the center of most NY reggae production since he migrated to NY in the early 80’s. The good folks at Gold Shop have taken great care to re-master these tunes directly from the original master tapes under the guidance of Phillip Smart himself at his legendary HC & F Studios. The same amount of care has also been put into the heavyweight collectors edition sleeves which will package all of these titles, and will not be available again once these run out. These records will only be pressed in limited quantities, and once they are gone, they are gone.

HCF-1007-7-A Sammy Levi - Come Off The Road
HCF-1007-7-B      Dub

HCF-1010-7-A      Lilly Melody - Bad In Bed

HCF-1010-7-AA   Lilly Melody - Cease Fire Selector

HCF-1021-7-A       Sammy Levi - Five Pound Box Of Dubs

HCF-1021-7-B        Dub

HCF-1023-7-A       Nicodemus - Dollars Fi Spend

HCF-1023-7-B       Dub

HCF-1024-7-A        Sammy Levi & Marshall One - Love Is The Message

HCF-1024-7-B        Dub

HCF-1025-7-A        Major Danger - Know Fi Move

HCF-1025-7-A        Dub