Description
Soul Jazz Records’ new one-off limited-edition heavyweight special-edition coloured vinyl pressing + download code exclusively for Black Friday 2024 of Soul Jazz Records’ long out of print classic Studio One Kings.
Featuring a new striking alternative sleeve design (featuring the singer Freddie McKay) as well as a special yellow coloured vinyl pressing, Studio One Kings is a 'who's who' of the world's greatest reggae artists.
Studio One’s list of singers launched at the famous label reads like a roll call of Jamaican music. Horace Andy, Alton Ellis, Ken Boothe, Freddie McGregor, Johnny Osbourne and more. This album features classic and rare tracks that span the breadth of the legendary Studio One catalogue: Ska, Roots, Rocksteady, Lovers and more from the 1960s and 70s.
The album comes with sleeve-notes by the celebrated writer Chris Salewicz, author of Reggae Explosion, Rude Boy as well as notable books on Bob Marley, The Rolling Stones, Jimmy Page, Joe Strummer and more.
TRACKS:
SIDE A
1. Larry Marshall – I've Got To Make It 2. Horace Andy – Every Tongue Shall Tell 3. Alton Ellis – The Well Run Dry 4. Johnny Osbourne – Water More Than Flour
SIDE B
5. Anthony Rocky Ellis – I'm The Ruler 6. Cornell Campbell – Pretty Looks Isn't All 7. Alexander Henry – Please Be True 8. Burning Spear – Them A Come 9. Joe Higgs – Change Of Plan 10. Devon Russell – Roots Natty
SIDE C
11. Ken Boothe – Be Yourself 12. Freddie McGregor – I Shall Be Released 13. Freddie McKay – Father Will Cut You Off
SIDE D
14. The Ethiopian – Locust 15. George Philip – One One 16. John Holt – I Don't Want To See You Cry 17. Delroy Wilson – Won't You Come Home
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