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NEW VINYL LP ON SOULJAZZ 2004.

2 X 180 GRAM VINYL.

It is simply impossible to imagine modern Jamaican music without Clement “Coxsone” Dodd’s Studio One. Opened in 1963, Dodd’s recording facility specialized in loose but durably solid rhythms that are among the most versioned in history, and virtually every singer of note on the island seems to have cut their teeth at Studio One. This wonderful collection only scratches the surface of the studio’s riches, but it contains some delightful sides, including “Love Me Forever” by Carlton & His Shoes, the Heptones’ gorgeous “Pretty Looks Isn’t All,” Slim Smith’s “Rougher Yet,” Horace Andy’s striking and delicate rearrangement of “Fever,” and a young Burning Spear doing a hard soul turn on “Rocking Time.” Timeless stuff. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_One_%28record_label%29

Tracklist.

-Skatalites, The El Pussy Cat Ska
Carlton And The Shoes Love Me Forever
Sound Dimension Rockfort Rock
Johnny Osbourne Sing Jah Style AKA Sing-Jay Style
Heptones, The Pretty Looks Isn’t All
Slim Smith Rougher Yet
Lone Ranger Automatic
Horace Andy Fever
Prince Jazzbo Back To School
Wailers, The Simmer Down
Burning Spear Rocking Time
Alton Ellis I’m Just A Guy
Sugar Minott Oh Mr. D.C.
Jennifer Lara Consider Me
Don Drummond Confucious
Michigan & Smiley Rub A Dub Style
Sound Dimension Full Up

Dennis Brown No Man Is An Island