Just about anything on the Blood and Fire label is excellent. These are mostly re-issues of older material from the '70's to early '80's, but are beautifully remastered and carried into the modern digital world. The label is cleary a labor of love and run by people who really CARE about the music. In spite of it's decidedly non 'hi-fi' origins, most of these recordings that I have heard are amazingly punchy and full of earth & life. It's also a good way of digging past the exterior and the three or four reggae artists that most are familiar with. The Auralux label is a new label with an equal amount of obsession for unearthing the old sounds. They have been sourcing from master tapes and profess in the liner notes to using valve pre-amps and other gear in the mastering process.
