VA - Studio One Roots 2: The Original - 2 LP set on limited colored vinyl w/ download
Various Artists
Studio One Roots: The Original
Soul Jazz Records 114C - re-issue 2 LP set on limited GREEN vinyl w/ Download
New one-off press limited edition transparent green double vinyl edition of Soul Jazz Records long unavailable Studio One Roots 2, featuring classic tracks recorded at Studio One. Studio Roots Vol. 2 delves deep into the vaults of the legendary Jamaican Reggae label and features rare and classic roots as well as an unprecedented seven unreleased tracks that up till now had never seen the light of day. Roots and rastafarian music was being recorded at Studio One by Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd from the early 1960s onwards to the 1990s and this album reflects the depth and diversity of roots music at the label. From the slow-ska of Dudley Sibbley, to the deep instrumental jazz cuts of Cedric Im Brooks over classic roots rhythms such as "Satta Massagana" to Winston Mathews stunning eerie version of Bob Marley and the Wailers "Sun Is Shining". The Zion All Stars features the Burro rastafarian drumming of Count Ossie and the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari. This album features many of the classic Studio One artists – Willie Williams, Tommy McCook, Cedric Brooks, The Gladiators, Vin Gordon – as well as many less well known artists – all who produced classic roots music under the guidance of producer Clement "Sir Coxsone" Dodd and recorded at the legendary Studio One Records.
Includes:
Jah Righteous Plan - Willie Williams
Take a Ride - Al Campbell
Satta - Cedric Im Brooks
A Message of Old - Joe Higgs & Ken Boothe
Jah Jah Way - Jackie Bernard
Jah Hold the Key - Devon Russell
Small Garden - Zoot Sims
Sleeping Trees - The Saints
Run Babylon - Larry Marshall
Babylon Rock - Vin Gordon
Talawah The Gladiators
African Shank - Prince Francis
Full Time - Cedric Im Brooks
True Experience - Prince Lincoln
Behold the Land - Joseph Hill
Sun is Shining - Winston Matthews
2K Strut - Karl Bryan
Holy Mount Zion - Count Ossie & Zion All Stars
Tenor On Call - Tommy McCook & The Discosonics
NEW SEALED 2 LP set on limited GREEN vinyl w/ download code
