VA – Studio One Classics (DOLP)
Soul Jazz Records’ new 20th anniversary one-off limited-edition
heavyweight special-edition purple coloured double vinyl pressing +
download code and striking ‘Wailers’ alternative gatefold sleeve only
available for Record Store Day 2022.
Studio One Classics features a non-stop selection of stone-cold classic Studio One killers! Spanning 40 years of the legendary label, this album is a celebration of the music of Studio One Records and features a who’s who of Jamaican Reggae: Bob Marley, The Heptones, Horace Andy, Sugar Minott, Don Drummond, Prince Jazzbo & more.
This collection contains numerous legendary tracks, including Bob Marley and the Wailers’ “Simmer Down”," "Love Me Forever" by Carlton & His Shoes, Slim Smith's "Rougher Yet," Horace Andy's "Fever,", Alton Ellis’s “I’m Just A Guy’, The Skatalites’ blazing ‘Confucious’ and loads more. Timeless stuff - every track here is indeed a classic, no-one can argue about that!
Studio One produced literally hundreds of hits and this selection includes some of the label’s most enduring songs. Often described as both the University of Reggae, and the Motown of Jamaica, never were these phrases more apt than if we look at the number of artists who launched their musical careers at Studio One. It is simply impossible to imagine modern Jamaican music without Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, founder of the iconic label, and virtually every singer and musician of note in Reggae cut their teeth at Studio One.
Studio One's output spans over four decades, all represented here. Coxsone Dodd pioneered nearly every new form of Jamaican music as it developed over time and this album includes Ska, Dancehall, Roots, Rocksteady, DJ, Lovers and more.
This is probably the best entry of the many Soul Jazz Studio One releases if you're after a primer in the Studio One sound. It's all here from the stomping Ska of the Skatalites to The Lone Ranger's Rub-a-dub stylee!
Like it says on the wrapper 'Classics' pretty much sums it up.
| Tracklisting: |
Class Of '55 1-1 Birth Of Rock And Roll 1-2 Sixteen Candles 1-3 Class Of '55 1-4 Waymore's Blues 1-5 We Remember The King 1-6 Coming Home 1-7 Rock And Roll (Fais-Do-Do) 1-8 Keep My Motor Running 1-9 I Will Rock And Roll With You 1-10 Big Train (From Memphis) Johnny Cash Is Coming To Town 2-1 The Big Light 2-2 The Ballad Of Barbara 2-3 I'd Rather Have You 2-4 Let Him Roll 2-5 The Night Hank Williams Came To Town 2-6 Sixteen Tons 2-7 Letters From Home 2-8 W. Lee O'Daniel (And The Light Crust Dough Boys) 2-9 Heavy Metal (Don't Mean Rock And Roll To Me) 2-10 My Ship Will Sail Water From The Wells Of Home 3-1 Ballad Of A Teenage Queen 3-2 As Long As I Live 3-3 Where Did We Go Right 3-4 The Last Of The Drifters 3-5 Call Me The Breeze 3-6 That Old Wheel 3-7 Sweeter Than The Flowers 3-8 A Croft In Clachan (The Ballad Of Rob Macdunn) 3-9 New Moon Over Jamaica 3-10 Water From The Wells Of Home Classic Cash: Hall Of Fame Series 4-1 Get Rhythm 4-2 Tennessee Flat Top Box 4-3 Long Black Veil 4-4 A Thing Called Love 4-5 I Still Miss Someone 4-6 Cry, Cry, Cry 4-7 Blue Train 4-8 Sunday Morning Coming Down 4-9 Five Feet High And Rising 4-10 Peace In The Valley Classic Cash: Hall Of Fame Series 5-1 Don't Take Your Guns To Town 5-2 Home Of The Blues 5-3 Guess Things Happen That Way 5-4 I Got Stripes 5-5 I Walk The Line 5-6 Ring Of Fire 5-7 Ballad Of Ira Hayes 5-8 The Ways Of A Woman In Love 5-9 Folsom Prison Blues 5-10 Supper Time Boom Chicka Boom 6-1 A Backstage Pass 6-2 Cat's In The Cradle 6-3 Farmer's Almanac 6-4 Don't Go Near The Water 6-5 Family Bible 6-6 Harley 6-7 I Love You, Love You 6-8 Hidden Shame 6-9 Monteagle Mountain 6-10 That's One You Own Me The Mystery Of Life 7-1 The Greatest Cowboy Of Them All 7-2 I'm An Easy Rider 7-3 The Mystery Of Life 7-4 Hey Porter 7-5 Beans For Breakfast 7-6 Goin' By The Book 7-7 Wanted Man 7-8 I'll Go Somewhere And Sing My Songs Again 7-9 The Hobo Song 7-10 Angel And The Badman |
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| Release Date: | 2020 |
| Label: | Soul Jazz Records |
| Genre: | Reggae, Rocksteady, Roots, Ska |
| Product Group: | DOLP |
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