Soul Jamaica

Featuring Alton Ellis, Jackie Mittoo, The Heptones, Sound Dimension and more!

Soul Jazz Records

Reggae Studio One

2xLP SJRLP574

£28.00 In stock

CD SJRCD574

£12.00 In stock

Digital SJRD574 Includes sjr-lp574-soul-jamaica-sleeve MP3 320

£9.99 In stock

Tracklist

1 Tumbling Tears Alton Ellis

2 Turn Back The Hands Of Time Winston Francis

3 Sing A Simple Song Sound Dimension

4 Fling It Gimme The Gladiators

5 Soul Finger Jackie Mittoo

6 Groovy Situation Winston Francis

7 La La 69 Calvin Marshall

8 Way Back Home Soul Defenders

9 Young, Gifted and Black The Heptones

10 Up Fully Im and David

11 Keep That Light Slim Smith

12 Give It Away Sound Dimension

13 Real Gone Loser Zoot Simms

14 Soul Bowl Sound Dimension

15 Can’t You See Peter Tosh and The Wailers

16 Someday We’ll Be Together Joy Roberts

17 Give Peace A Chance The Freedom Singers

Soul Jazz Records’ new Soul Jamaica brings together a wicked selection of reggae funk and soul tracks from the legendary Studio One stable, featuring a stellar line-up of artists including Jackie Mittoo, The Heptones, The Gladiators, Sim Smith, Peter Tosh and The Wailers, Cedric ‘Im’ Brooks and many more.

For a short period of time at the end of the 1960s and early 1970s, nestled between the end of rocksteady and the arrival of roots reggae, Studio One released a small stream of superb soul and funk reggae tunes – covering everyone from Sly and The Family Stone, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Nina Simone, Gene Chandler, Tyrone Davis and more.

Most of the tracks featured on Soul Jamaica were only ever released on Studio One’s UK-subsidiary label Bamboo in small-run pressings and are now consequently extremely hard to find.

The cover photograph features images of Air Jamaica, the new airline created by the Jamaican government at the end of the 1960s, showing how in the years following independence the country assumed its place on the world stage, with reggae music playing a key role in creating the island’s new cultural identity.