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v/a - 100% dynamite - 2015 edition - soul jazz records - vinyl

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Genre: Reggae / Dub

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. Lennie Hibbert - 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. Elton Ellis - Son Of Man
16. Sound Dimension - Granny Scratch Scratch
17. Floyd Robinson - Cuss Cuss
18. Sound Dimension - Drum Song
19. Ken Boothe - Is It Because I%u2019m Black

Cool compilation covering Ska, Soul, Rocksteady & Funk in Jamaica. Trks by Jackie Mittoo, Sound Dimesion, Phyllis Dillon, Johnny Osbourne ao. TIP!

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 Dub. 100% Dynamite features some serious Jamaican funk by Jackie Mittoo, The Upsetters and Toots & 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.