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  SJRCD321CD  £13.00

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Soul Jazz

Soul Jazz Records Present

Soul Jazz Records Presents 100% Dynamite! Ska, Soul, Rocksteady and Funk in Jamaica

This is the new digitally remastered 2015 expanded edition of Soul Jazz Records' biggest ever selling release '100 Dynamite Ska Soul Rocksteady and Funk In Jamaica' Since the album's original release nearly twenty years ago '100 Dynamite' has become a cornerstone of reggae eighteen killer tracks that show the influence that American Jazz Funk and Soul music had on Jamaican Reggae The proximity of the West Indies to the USA meant that many Jamaican musicians were influenced by American styles of music whilst at the same time defining new styles of their own such as Ska Rocksteady and DubA  '100 Dynamite' features some serious Jamaican funk by Jackie Mittoo The Upsetters and Toots and The Maytals the cream of Jamaica's jazz musicians such as Tommy McCook Cedric Brooks and Lennie Hibbert Also included here are heavyweight Reggae versions to Soul classics by Marlena Shaw's 'Woman Of The Ghetto' Aretha Franklin's 'Rocksteady' Syl Johnson's 'Is It Because I'm Black' William DeVaughan's seminal 'Be Thankful' and more '100 Dynamite' also features revolutionary tunes such as Johnny Osbourne's 'We Need Love' Sound Dimension's 'Drum Song' and Lloyd Robinson's 'Cuss Cuss' songs that helped define a unique sound for Jamaican music in the Sixties and Seventies These influences went both ways check Brentford All Stars' massive 'Greedy G' the basis for Boogie Down Productions' 'Jack of Spades' or Willie Williams' 'Armageddon Time' later covered by The Clash This new expanded edition features seminal tracks from the greatest Jamaican producers Clement Dodd Lee Perry Winston Riley Techniques and many more 2LP Heavyweight double viny plus Download

Tracklist

• 1. Willie Williams - Armageddon Time
  2. Toots & The Maytals - Night And Day
  3. The Marvels - Rocksteady
  4. The Upsetters - Popcorn
  5. Bunny Clarke - Be Thankful
  6. Tommy McCook - Green Mango
  7. Brentford All - Stars - Greedy G
  8. LennieHibbert - Real Hot
  9. Horace Andy - My Soul
  10. Johnny Osbourne - We Need Love
  11. Bunny Brown - I Love The Way You Love
  12. Jackie Mittoo - Stereo Freeze
  13. Phyllis Dillon - Woman Of The Ghetto
  14. Cedric Brooks - Give Rasta Glory
  15. Alton Ellis - Son Of Man
  16. Sound Dimension - Granny Scratch Scratch
  17. Lloyd Robinson - Cuss Cuss
  18. Sound Dimension - Drum Song
  19. Ken Boothe - Is It Because I'm Black