Various Artists – Soul Jazz Records presents Studio One Soul 2

Description

New 18th anniversary edition of the long out of print Studio One Soul 2, thelong-awaited second volume of one of the largest selling Soul Jazz RecordsStudio One collections.

Studio One Soul 2 takes us deep into Jamaicas long-standing fascinationwith American soul and funk music.

Featuring a host of seminal Reggae artists who all first established theircareers at Studio One before finding worldwide success. Featured artistsinclude Horace Andy, The Heptones, Cornell Campbell, Ken Boothe, JackieMittoo, Jacob Miller and many more Studio One legends interpreting bothclassic and little-known American soul and funk tunes by the likes of CurtisMayfield, Bill Withers, The Five Stairsteps, Marvin Gaye, The Stylistics, LeeDorsey, Al Green, Syl Johnson and more.

Curtis Mayfield is without a doubt the main soul influence for many reggaegroups in the 1960s and 1970s. Cornell Campbells Ten to One is astunning recut of the original Studio One single by The Mad Lads, who firstcovered this Curtis-penned hit for the Impressions. Another great CurtisMayfield production, The Five Stairsteps and Cubies Dont Change isinterpreted by Studio One soul man Winston Francis. Similarly, Devon
Russells superb Make Me Believe in You is, if anything, superior to CurtisMayfields ground-breaking original.

While American soul and funk remain a constant source of inspiration on thisalbum, classic DJs such as Prince Jazzbo and Little Joe also used theserhythms to ride vocal toasts over to serious effect.

This selection features a mixture of classics, rare and unreleased tracks fromStudio One, all lovingly digitally re-mastered for this release.

The new CD edition comes as digipack plus extensive booklet.

The vinyl edition comes on yellow coloured loud double vinyl housed in agatefold sleeve with download code.

“After eulogizing Morgan Khans Street Sounds series, I would have to addthat Soul Jazz have done what Khan did for electro for reggae, by doing thehard work for the listener and releasing one quality compilation after another,all packed with the finest reggae songs around. – White Noise

Tracklist:

Jacob Miller – Westbound Train
Hortense Ellis – People Make The World GoRound
Horace Andy – Aint No Sunshine
Soul Vendors – Swing Easy
The Heptones – Choice Of Colours
Jackie Mittoo and the Brentford Disco Set -Choice Of Music Part 2
Prine Jazzbo – Fool for Love
Conrnell Campbell – Ten to One
Winston Francis – Dont Change
Jackie Mittoo – Jumping Jeshosophat
Tony Gregory – Get Out of My Life Woman
Dub Specialist – Darker Block
Little Joe – Red Robe
Devon Russell – Make Me Believe in You
Jerry Jones – Compared to What
Ken Boothe – Thinking
Anthony Creary – Land Call Africa
Jackie Mittoo – Fancy Pants