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coxsone's music 2: the sound of young jamaica - more early cuts from the vaults of studio one 1959-63 - soul jazz records - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Reggae / Dub

1. Roland Alphonso & His Alley Cats - Jerk Pork
2. Neville Esson - Lover's Jive
3. Monty & The Cyclones - Lazy Lou
4. Owen Gray - Get Drunk
5. Monty & The Cyclones - Dog It
6. Clancy Eccles - More Proof
7. Jazz Jamaica From The Workshop - Exodus
8. Clue J & His Blues Blasters - Swanee River Rock
9. Delroy Wilson - Spit In The Sky
10. Roland Alphonso - Federal Special
11. Owen Gray - Grandma Grandpa
12. Don Drummond - Cuban Blockade
13. Theophilus Beckford & Clue J & His City Slickers - Little Lady
14. Jazz Jamaica From The Workshop - Away From You
15. Clancy Eccles & Hersan & His City Slickers - I Live & I Love
16. Roland Alphonso & The Alley Cats - Hully Gully Rock
17. Delroy Wilson - Lion Of Judah
18. Tommy McCook - Two For One
19. The Maytals - Sweet Sweet Jenny
20. Down Beats All Stars - Grand National
21. Owen Gray & Hersan & His City Slickers - "Sinners Weep & Mourn
22. Tommy McCook - Peanut Vendor
23. The Maytals - Shining Light
24. Lascelles Perkins & Clue J & His Blues Blasters - Lonely Moments
25. The Maytals - Six & Seven Books Of Mose
26. Jazz Jamaica From The Workshop - It Happens
27. Bunny & Scully - Don't Do It
28. Don Drummond - Scrap Iron
29. Lascelles Perkins & Clue J & His Blues Blasters - Creation
30. The Skatalite - Don't Slam The Door
31. The Rhythm Aces - Joybells Of Independence
32. Roland Alphonso - Jack Ruby
33. The Maytals - Hallelujah
34. The Wailers - Habits
35. Tommy McCook - Wheel & Turn
36. Busty & Cool - Kingston To Mo'bay
37. Jazz Jamaica From The Workshop - Mr. Propman
38. Higgs & Wilson - Mighty Man
39. Tommy McCook & Roland Alphonso - Trotting In
40. Bunny & Skitter & Count Ossie & His Wareikas - Cool Breeze
41. The Mellow Larks - Light Of My Life

These recordings were made when Sir Coxsone ruled the dancehalls of Kingston in the late 1950s and early 1960s with his number one Downbeat Sound System, where songs were tested out on dub plates at a dance to see a crowd's reaction - the most popular of which were then released commercially

Featuring early material by Roland Alphonso, Don Drummond, Tommy McCook (all of whom would form The Skatalites), Toots and The Maytals, young singers such as Bob Marley and The Wailers, Delroy Wilson, Owen Gray all captured in their formative days. The music here spans a wealth of styles - Jamaican rhythm and blues, jazz, gospel, proto-ska, Rastafarian - all of which were drawn upon to create the future sounds of Jamaican reggae that Sir Coxsone and the artists featured would soon create at Studio One which opened its doors in 1963.