Jamaica Soul Shake Vol.1 (SILVER VINYL) (Vinyl)
New one-off press limited edition silver coloured double vinyl edition of Soul Jazz Records long unavailable 'Jamaica Soul Shake' collection of tracks from The Sound Dimension, probably the funkiest reggae groups to ever to exist on the planet! Features classic tracks recorded at Studio One. // This is the first ever collection of the music of The Sound Dimension - a mixture of classic tracks alongside super-rare singles only ever released in Jamaica. // Alongside The Skatalites, The Sound Dimension were perhaps the most important group in the history of reggae music. That they remain relatively unknown is explained by the fact that they mostly functioned as the in-house studio group at Studio One Records performing anonymously behind the stars of the day - the reggae equivalent of Motowns Funk Brothers. // In their relatively short-lived career, the groups unique sound came to define reggae music. // During this period the group played on literally hundreds of hits with Jamaicas finest vocalists - Alton Ellis, John Holt, Cornell Campbell, Dennis Brown, Horace Andy, The Heptones, Bob Andy, Marcia Griffiths, Freddie McGregor and many more! // Even more importantly their countless addictive, super-tight, classic tracks at Studio One became the foundation rhythms of all reggae music, countlessly replayed in new forms by an endless list of Dancehall artists from the 1970s onwards as producers such as Joe Gibbs, Sly & Robbie, Steely & Clevie re-interpreted these seminal tunes. // The groups fluid line-up itself features a roll call of Reggae legends - Jackie Mittoo, Leroy Sibbles, Cedric Brooks, Vin Gordon, Ernest Ranglin, Leroy Horsemouth Wallace and others.
A1. Heavy Beat A2. Federated Backdrop A3. Baby Face A4. Rathid B1. Bitter Blood B2. Love Land B3. Full Up B4. Upsetters Dream C1. Soul Shake C2. The Thing C3. My Heart In Rhythm C4. Man Pon Spot D1. Holy Moses D2. Doctor Sappa Too D3. Hail Don D D4. Solas
- Format Detail: 2LP Silver Vinyl [w/ download card]
- Format: Vinyl
- Genre: Reggae