V/A Studio One Rocksteady 2 2x LP NEW VINYL Soul Jazz Hortense Alton Ellis John

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Heavyweight gatefold sleeve double vinyl, includes download code. Soul Jazz Records’ new journey into the mighty vaults of Clement Dodd’s Studio One steps once more into the fertile musical environment of Jamaican music in the late 1960s and early 1970s, from the sweet harmony vocals of seminal 1960s Rocksteady right up to the nascent birth of Reggae and Roots music at the start of the 1970s. Sleevenotes to this album are by Steve Barrow, author of ‘Rough Guide to Reggae’ as well as Soul Jazz Records’ own ‘Reggae Soundsystem Cover Art’ books.

While Ska at the start of the 1960s had taken American Rhythm and Blues as its main influence, Rocksteady focused on the emergence of American Soul music – with Jamaican vocal harmony groups such as The Gaylads, John Holt & The Paragons, Carlton & The Shoes showing a particular fascination with the close harmonies of Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions and other US Soul acts. Here The Heptones even feature with a cover of Bob Dylan’s ‘I Shall Be Released’.

The influence of Soul music on Jamaican Rocksteady and Reggae is almost palpable, so much so that one wonders how much more successful singers like Delroy Wilson, Alton Ellis, Slim Smith and John Holt would have been had they been born in Chicago, Detroit or Memphis. Artists such as Alton Ellis, Delroy Wilson and Owen Gray defined the era – a slowed down beat as Jamaican political and social heat slowly increased when the 1960s progressed into the start of the 1970s – and the music evolved further from Rocksteady into Roots Reggae.

01: Hortense Ellis - Sitting In The Park

02: The Termites - Rub Up Push Up

03: Carlton & The Shoes - Never Let Go

04: Alton Ellis - I'm Still In Love With You

05: Owen Gray - Give Me A Little Sign

06: The Bassies - Big Mistake

07: Alton & Hortense Ellis - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

08: Slim Smith - Born To Love

09: Cannon & The Soul Vendors - Bad Treatment

10: John Holt - Strange Things

11: The Actions - Giddy Up

12: Larry Marshall - It Makes Me Feel

13: The Paragons - Change Your Style

14: Jerry Jones - Trying Times

15: The Heptones - I Shall Be Released

16: The Gaylads - The Soul Beat

17: Delroy Wilson - Run Run

18: The Soul Two - Puppy Love

19: Delroy Wilson - Riding For A Fall