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V.A. Studio One Supreme - Maxiumum 70s & 80s Early Dancehall Sounds

Soul Jazz | Item No: 547118
CD | 2017 / UK – Original | New
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Item Description
This is Soul Jazz Records’ latest new collection of classic and rare Studio One recordings.

By the 1970s Studio One and Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd had already proved himself to be the defining force in Reggae for almost two decades. From running the Downbeat sound system on the lawns and yards of Kingston in the late 1950s to opening Studio One at 13 Brentford Road at the start of the 1960s, ushering in Ska and Rocksteady and establishing the careers of most of Jamaica’s artists – everyone from Bob Marley and The Wailers, Ken Boothe, Toots and The Maytals, The Skatalites, Jackie Mittoo and more – Clement Dodd had until this point dominated the Jamaican musical world.
And yet, incredibly, Clement Dodd was barely half way through his musical path, maintaining Studio One’s number one position in the Jamaican music scene throughout the 1970s with a combination of musical and creative innovation and an endless capacity to adapt and create new musical fashions. By the end of the 1970s Dancehall had become the defining sound on the island. Dancehall was essentially a tribute by other Jamaican producers and artists to the classic music of Studio One created in the 1960s as young artists across the island created new songs, while musicians recreated these original classic foundation Studio One rhythms. As on other occasions, Clement Dodd rose to this new musical challenge by producing a whole new era of classics for Studio One.
The roots of Dancehall begin with the DJs of the early 1970s, who were the first to sing new material over earlier classic rhythms. Early DJ pioneers such as Dillinger and Prince Jazzbo both feature here toasting over classic songs - The Mad Lad’s Ten to One and The Eternals’ Queen of the Minstrel. But it is the new wave of artists who arrived at Studio One at the onset of Dancehall which enabled Studio One to maintain its number one status as the whole of Kingston’s rival music producers – Channel One, Joe Gibbs and many others – attempted to challenge this position.
Sugar Minott, Michigan and Smiley, Willie Williams, Lone Ranger had all grown up listening to the classic Studio One music of the 1960s and were able to pay the greatest compliment to the label by creating the defining new music of this new era with songs that combined all the musical and technological developments of the 1970s – dub, deejaying, discomixes, syndrums, synthesizers and more – into the sound of the future: Dancehall.
Throughout this era Clement Dodd also continued to work with a number of original and returning artists – such as Alton Ellis, Horace Andy, Freddie McGregor, Johnny Osbourne – updating old rhythms and creating new ones while employing the in-house band variously known as The Brentford All-Stars/Rockers/Disco Set to update these sounds in order to maintain Studio One’s number one position as the defining force in Reggae.
Item Details
Item No: 547118
Artist: V.A.
Title: Studio One Supreme - Maxiumum 70s & 80s Early Dancehall Sounds
Label: Soul Jazz
Catalog No: SJRCD396
Format: CD
Pressing: UK – Original
Release Date: 2017
Genre: Reggae & Dancehall
Style: Roots & Culture, Dub
Available since: 2017-10-09
Condition: New
Price: $ 14.64
Weight: 100g (plus 250g Packaging)
Tracklist
01 Johnny Osbourne & The Prophets - Keep That Light
02 Dillinger - Natty Ten To One
03 Lone Ranger - Natty Dread On The Go
04 Prince Jazzbo - Minstral
05 Johnny Osbourne - Jah Promise
06 Freddie Mcgregor - Wine Of Violence
07 Papa Michigan & General Smilie - Compliment To Studio One
08 Willie Williams - Easy
09 Lone Ranger - Quarter Pound Of Ishen
10 Alton Ellis - A Fool
11 Jackie Mittoo & Brentford All Stars - In Cold Blood
12 Jim Nastic & C Dodd - Chanting
13 Brentford Rockers - Bushmaster
14 The Gladiators & Brentford Disco Set - Happy Man
15 Dub Specialist - Still Dubbing
16 Sugar Minott - Jah A Love You
17 Horace Andy - Show & Tell
18 Freddie Mcgregor - Rastaman Camp
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