Reggae is a musical umbrella. All kinds of music gets jammed under it that really doesn't belong there.
If you want some musical direction here, start with Toots and the Maytals. All respect due to Marley and Sly and Robbie and Studio One legends, Rocksteady is some of the finest music ever made and you cannot go wrong with it.
Vinyl:No Cover Jacket:No Cover Canada GAC https://www.discogs.com/release/4151606
Vinyl:VG+ Jacket:VG+ US Vinyl holds up in hard light. A lone cosmetic hairline on A is the only real blemish. Jacket has a little wear at the lip. https://www.discogs.com/release/2371153
Vinyl:VG Jacket:VG Jamaica Label variant with black (not green) text & other small differences. Vinyl has like-new lustre with a cosmetic 3-inch hairline/scuff on A. Jacket has a bend in...
Vinyl:Very Good Plus (VG+) Jacket:Very Good Plus (VG+) US https://www.discogs.com/Arrow-Soca-Dance-Party/release/5010261?sort=title&sort_order=asc
Vinyl:Mint (M) Jacket:Mint (M) US Reissue of their 5th album (2008). https://www.discogs.com/Thievery-Corporation-Radio-Retaliation/release/6326379
Vinyl:Very Good Plus (VG+) Jacket:Very Good Plus (VG+) US https://www.discogs.com/Arrow-Outrageous/release/1829575?sort=title&sort_order=asc
Vinyl:G+ Jacket:G+ Vinyl is quiet even before a proper cleaning. Jacket has a quarter sized tear top right corner (front) and is otherwise VG. Still has the BWIA plastic sleeve....
Vinyl:Very Good Plus (VG+) Jacket:Very Good Plus (VG+) UK
Vinyl:VG Jacket:VG Canada A few soundless cosmetic imperfections. Full lustre vinyl. Jacket has "Bob" in small handwritten ink on the back. Presents VG+, no ringwear but some softness bottom right....
Vinyl:Very Good (VG) Jacket:Very Good (VG) US Vinyl lustre and dynamics are great but there's a sizeable scuff/hairline that crosses A2 and A3 and is sporadically soft-audible. Jacket is a...
Vinyl: Near Mint (NM or M-) Jacket: Near Mint (NM or M-) Canada Record and sleeve are immaculate. Includes original inner sleeve.link to discogs
Vinyl: NM Jacket: NM Canada SEALED. https://www.discogs.com/release/7795739
Vinyl:Very Good Plus (VG+) Jacket:Very Good Plus (VG+) Canada BarbadianBarbadianlink to discogs
Vinyl:VG Jacket:VG Jamaica Lustrous vinyl but several cosmetic hairlines and manufacturing imperfections on B, one of which creates a soft pop on a few rotations on B2. The rest of...
Vinyl: Near Mint (NM or M-) Jacket: Near Mint (NM or M-) US Lee Perry. As if you didn't know https://www.discogs.com/The-Upsetters-Super-Ape/release/7232261
Vinyl:VG+ Jacket:VG+ US Vinyl is excellent but for a scuff on the runout of side 1. https://www.discogs.com/release/3243423
Vinyl:Very Good (VG) Jacket:Good Plus (G+) Vinyl, LP, Compilation Vinyl looks to be about 75% lustre. Plays clean but I'd guess it has been cleaned poorly and stored poorly and...
Vinyl:Near Mint (NM or M-) Jacket:Near Mint (NM or M-) Canada Maybe a lonely cosmetic hairline (hepline?) in hard light. https://www.discogs.com/The-Heptones-Party-Time/release/10673329?sort=title&sort_order=asc
Vinyl:VG Jacket:VG Jamaica Original sleeve! Has 696 in faint blue on front. Worn in corners, particularly top left. Vinyl in great shape. Has Spiderman on the runout. Delroy Thompson? https://www.discogs.com/release/3797165
Vinyl:Very Good Plus (VG+) Jacket:Very Good Plus (VG+) Canada Date stamp on front jacket cover. https://www.discogs.com/Kalyan-Kalyan/release/2586834?sort=title&sort_order=asc
Vinyl: Near Mint (NM or M-) Jacket: Very Good Plus (VG+) US Excellent condition. Original inner sleeve I think. Jacket has minor frayingDancehall. Shaba Rankin!link to discogs
Vinyl:Very Good (VG) Jacket:Very Good (VG) Canada Jacket has some tattering at the spine. Vinyl dusty but not worn.UB40 is (or was) the form required to get unemployment benefitslink to...
Vinyl:VG+ Jacket:VG+ US No hairlines but cosmetic scuffing, likely from manufacturing. Needs a proper bath. Jacket in shrink and only the exposed lip shows any wear. A poor man's NM....
Vinyl:G+ Jacket:G+ Canada GAC https://www.discogs.com/release/8894500
Vinyl:Very Good Plus (VG+) Jacket:Very Good Plus (VG+) Canada Looks clean but the content is quite dirty. https://www.discogs.com/Calypso-Rose-Action-Is-Tight/release/13832316?sort=title&sort_order=asc
Vinyl:NM Jacket:NM US Has straker's sleeve that is otherwise soca generic. https://www.discogs.com/release/3716550
Vinyl:Very Good Plus (VG+) Jacket:Very Good (VG) Canada Name in pen on jacket https://www.discogs.com/Godley-Creme-Freeze-Frame/release/1806667?sort=title&sort_order=asc
Vinyl:VG+ Jacket:VG+ Canada Vinyl shows fine cosmetic lines in hard light, but so few that I kept it NM. Jacket is clean with a hint of ringwear and a spot...
Vinyl: Jacket: Canada https://www.discogs.com/release/13087946
Vinyl:Very Good Plus (VG+) Jacket:Very Good (VG) Barbados
Vinyl:Very Good (VG) Jacket:Very Good (VG) US Records show wear in hard (hard!) light and the jacket has a broken spine so they may have been DJ records. On the...
Vinyl:Very Good Plus (VG+) Jacket:Good Plus (G+) US Jacket is in shrink and structurally ok but has water damage at the lip"The midget of Calypso". I kid you not.link to...
Vinyl: Near Mint (NM or M-) Jacket: Very Good (VG) US Jacket has a spider crease or two and some light rub. Vinyl is New Reverend Daylights Decadent clean.New Bohemians,...
Vinyl:VG Jacket:VG US Vinly is clean but has cosmetic scuffs, including a long one on A. Jacket has a touch of ringwear but its chief (Cliff?) complaint is a creased...