The Bristol Reggae Explosion: Best of the 70’s and 80’s

If you’re a fan of British reggae, then you need to make sure you’re aware of the criminally overlooked Bristol scene, which flourished in the 1970s and 1980s. This outstanding compilation (the first of several in a series on the Bristol Archive label) brings together 17 tracks by artists that you’ve almost certainly never heard of, but will be glad to have encountered here — including Talisman (with an alternate mix of “Takin’ the Strain”), Zion Band (“Twelve Tribes”), and the magnificent Joshua Moses (a.k.a. Jashwah Moses).