Studio One Classics - V/A

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