The Best of Studio One Collection [Box Set] [Box]Various Artists
Release Date: 07/25/2006
Original Release:
2006
# of Discs:
4
J&R Item # 870007_CD
UPC # 011661782624
Label: Rounder Select
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Performer: Various Artists
Distributor: Universal Distribution Notes: From the 1950s to the '80s, Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's Studio One was the most renowned recording facility in Kingston, Jamaica, and its label issued many of the most important singles in the history of reggae and its stylistic precursors, ska and rocksteady. This excellent four-disc box set provides an impressive overview of Studio One's output, presenting a generous sampling of highly melodic and infectiously rhythmic songs by the company's stars (John Holt, Ken Boothe, the Heptones, Burning Spear, etc.), and, even more importantly, its lesser-known artists. Among the latter featured here are the Cables (the buoyant "Baby Why"), Carlton & the Shoes (the breezy "Love Me Forever"), and Sound Dimension (the horn-laden instrumental "Heavy Rock"). For those wanting to delve into reggae's past, this is an excellent point of departure.
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