Tag: Skatalites


Send that special someone a ROIR Valentine’s Day Card & Free Mixtape!
Posted February 4th, 2011 in ROIR sale

Select one of our six Valentine’s Day Card designs and on February 14 (EST), we’ll send your Valentine an email with your chosen image and a link to download the ROIR Valentine’s Day mix!

Our Valentine’s Day Mix features 10 tracks from the ROIR vaults and includes artists like New York Dolls, Skatalites, Bad Brains, Martin Rev, 10 Ft. Ganja Plant, Bush Tetras and more… don’t worry we’ll also send you a copy! Everyone can use a little self love.

Can you think of a better way to say “I La-la-love you”? Actually… we very well may have. Just check out our Valentine’s Day Gift Guide below and don’t tell us that giving your special someone a GG Allin bobblehead or a Suicide tee doesn’t just say it all?

 

10 Ft. Ganja Plant, Raincoats & The Skatalites only $5 on Amazon!
Posted August 11th, 2010 in sale

Download 3 ROIR albums for only $5 each at Amazon MP3! Aug 1 – Aug 31. How sweet is that??

Raincoats - Kitchen Tapes Skatalites - Stretching Out 10 Ft. Ganja Plant - Midnight Landing

 

Skatalites “Stretching Out: Vol. 2″ LP out now!
Posted October 8th, 2009 in ROIR
Ever feel like something was missing in your life? We at ROIR have been feeling that way for the past few months. But since the second volume of the Skatalites “Stretching Out” LP set arrived in our office last week, we feel complete at last.

So… come ye revelers to hear in the original Skatalites, in their prime, in long extended jam sessions, recorded live in Jamaica in 1983 at the Blue Monk Jazz Gallery Nightclub before their friends and fellow musicians.

Check out both volumes 1 & 2 here.
Buy both volumes together & get a FREE Essential Dub CD!

Both volumes are also available as a double CD for all you not into hot wax.

 

Skatalites “Stretching Out: Vol. One” out now on vinyl!
Posted October 28th, 2008 in ROIR
Come ye revelers to hear the original Skatalites, in their prime, in long extended jam sessions, recorded live in Jamaica in 1983 at The Blue Monk Jazz Gallery Night Club before their friends & fellow musicians.

STRETCHING OUT: Our famous 1986 double length cassette became our famous double length CD set and will soon become our famous double length LP set!

Stretching Out: Vol. One is now available on vinyl (with a very pretty blue cover)… Vol. Two will be out soon!

VINYL BACK IN STOCK:
James Chance & The Contortions “White Cannibal
Bill Laswell w/ Jah Wobble “Version 2 Version: A Dub Transmission
Bill Laswell “Sacred System: Chapter One
Bill Laswell “Dub Chamber 4: Book of Exit
Twilight Circus “Dub from the Secret Vaults
Ras Michael & The Sons of Negus “A Weh Dem A Go Do Wid It
Dub Trio “Another Sound is Dying“.

 

SOON COME: Fleshtones “Blast Off”, Skatalites LP & new album by Legendary Pink Dots!
Posted July 1st, 2008 in ROIR

Upcoming Fleshtones Shows:
7/2 – Rocks Off Boat Cruise, New York, NY
7/11 – Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ
8/9 – Booze Party Festival, Sardegna, ITALY

Fleshtones “Blast Off” available digitally July 8th
You don’t have to worry about ruining your favorite garage rock cassette anymore ‘cos “Blast Off!” is coming to a computer near you next week!

Yep, next Tuesday July 8th, The Fleshtones’ early recordings will be available digitally on iTunes, eMusic, Amazon & more…

I know all you garage rockers have been waiting for this one!

Any fan of the Fleshtones should make sure they have the 1978 sessions in their collection in some form. They are the cornerstone upon which the Fleshtones’ hall of fame was built.” – All Music Guide

http://www.fleshtones.org

Skatalites “Stretching Out: Vol. One” LP out in September

SOON COME ON VINYL! Hear the original Skatalites in their prime, in long extended jam sessions, recorded live in Jamaica in 1983 at The Blue Monk Jazz Gallery before their friends & peers!

Featuring:
Tommy McCook
Roland Alphonso
Lester Sterling
“Dizzy” Johnny Moore
Jackie Mittoo
Lloyd Brivitte
Lloyd Knibbs
Lord Tanamo
…and special solo by Cedric Brooks

This is volume one of a two volume set!
Volume Two out on vinyl later this year!

Both volumes available on CD:
Stretching Out (Double CD)

“Skank that swings like a cat in a very small space.” - Melody Maker

“Sounds better than the 60′s studio rarities.” – Robert Christgau

Four stars! – Rolling Stone

Skatalites on tour in Europe, US & Japan!

Also check out:
Under Triple Moons (CD)
All the King’s Men (LP)
The Whispering Wall (CD)
Your Children Placate You From Premature Graves (CD)

Legendary Pink Dots Upcoming European Dates:
Aug 9 – M’era Luna Festival, Hildesheim, GERMANY
Aug 27 – Festival, Norrkopping, SWEDEN
Sep 12 – Paard van troye, Den Haag, NETHERLANDS
Sep 18 – Feierwerk, Munich, GERMANY

http://brainwashed.com/lpd

The Legendary Pink Dots “Plutonium Blonde” CD + US Tour this fall!

The Legendary Pink Dots “Plutonium Blonde” is coming out on CD this September! The ‘Dots will be supporting their new album with a US tour.

Legendary Pink Dots US Tour Fall 2008*:
Thu/Oct-16 Vancouver, BC
Fri/Oct-17 Portland, OR
Sat/Oct-18 Seattle, WA
Mon/Oct-20 Salt Lake City, UT
Tue/Oct-21 Denver, CO
Thu/Oct-23 Minneapolis, MN
Fri/Oct-24 Chicago, IL /Empty Bottle
Sat/Oct-25 Detroit, MI
Sun/Oct-26 Toronto, ONT
Tue/Oct-28 Montreal, QUE
Wed/Oct-29 New York, NY
Sat/Nov-01 Atlanta, GA
Sun/Nov-02 Orlando FL
Mon/Nov-03 Tampa, FL
Tue/Nov-04 New Orleans , LA
Wed/Nov-05 Houston, TX
Fri/Nov-07 Austin, TX
Sat/Nov-08 Dallas, TX
Tue/Nov-11 Phoenix, AZ
Wed/Nov-12 Los Angeles CA
Fri/Nov-14 San Francisco, CA
Sat/Nov-15 San Francisco, CA

*all dates are tentative

CLICK HERE FOR MORE TOUR DATES….