VA - Down Beat Special - Expanded LP set

Various Artists
Down Beat Special 
Soul Jazz Records 548 - Expanded re-issue 2 LP set - 18 killer kuts!  

Soul Jazz Records’ Down Beat Special is a roller-coaster ‘greatest hits’ ride through many of the all-time classic tunes hand-picked from across the mighty vaults of, without doubt, Jamaica’s finest ever record label and pioneering powerhouse of reggae music. Seminal tracks such as Michigan and Smiley’s ‘Nice Up The Dance’, Dawn Penn’s ‘No, No, No’, The Wailers’ ‘Simmer Down’, The Eternals’ ‘Queen of the Minstrels’… and on it goes. Non-stop BIG tunes. Down Beat Special is an essential primer to Studio One Records. Originally released as a one-off pressing limited edition (long-since deleted) 7” box set, this new edition is fully remastered and expanded to a massive 18 super rare and killer cuts from the Studio One empire. Featuring the Skatalites, Jackie Mittoo, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Horace Andy, Alton Ellis, Lone Ranger and many more, the album features rare and classic tracks throughout. Newly commissioned sleeve-notes by Noel Hawks (History of the Jamaican Recording Industry) features a track by track historical and musical analysis, label scans and more added to this fantastic collection.

     Includes: 
Queen of the Minstrels - The Eternals 
Nice Up the Dance - Michigan and Smiley 
Ten to One - The Mad Lads 
Totally Together - Jackie Mittoo 
Just Say Who - Horace Andy 
Addis Ababa - The Skatalites 
Live Loving - Sugar Minott 
Can't Stand It - Lone Ranger 
I've Got a Burning Fire - Wailing Souls 
Simmer Down - Bob Marley & The Wailers 
Hooligan - Dub Specialist 
Your Heart is Gonna Pay - Alton Ellis 
Do It Good - Roland Alphonso 
You Should Have Known - Wailing Souls
No No No - Dawn Penn 
You'll Be Sorry - Freddie McKay 
We Need Love - Alton Ellis 
Best to Be Free - Cornel Campbell 

NEW SEALED 2 LP expanded re-issue set