Various Artists - Studio One: Showcase 45 (Expanded) CD/2LP

RELEASES ON THE 28/3/25

Brand new expanded double album edition of "Showcase 45" includes 8 bonus tracks!

Soul Jazz Records' "Studio One: Showcase 45" features a roll call of classic Studio One reggae legends including Horace Andy, Cormel Campbell, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Jackie Mittoo, The Heptones, The Skatalites and more - seminal reggae artists who all launched their careers at the legendary Studio One label.

The album was previously only ever released as a long-deleted limited-edition seven-inch box set for Record Store Day. This album has now been expanded into a super double-vinyl album edition as well as first time on CD, with both featuring a massive eight bonus tracks of wicked Studio One classics and rarities. The album also comes with newly commissioned sleeve and track notes by Noel Hawks.

Featuring seminal cuts like Bob Marley and The Wailer's original version of One Love, Freddie McGregor's take on the classic Beat Down Babylon, Judah Eskender Tafari's re-version of Danger In Your Eyes plus more from The Skatalites, Lone Ranger, Johnny Osbourne and more!

Tracklist:

1. Beat Down Babylon [Freddie McGregor]
2. No Man's Land [Cornel Campbell]
3. Danger In Your Eyes [Judas Eskender Tafari]
4. Fun It Up [Tony & Howie]
5. Namibia [Liberation Group]
6. Love Me Today, Not Tomorrow [Winston Francis]
7. Jah Shakey [Roland Alphonso]
8. Dinah [Joe Higgs]
9. Natural Living [Brown Eagle]
10. So Long, Farewell [Freddie McKay]
11. Mixing [Jackie Mittoo]
12. How Can I Leave You [The Heptones]
13. Sudden Destruction [The Skatalites]
14. Dance a Fe Cork [Lone Ranger]
15. Mamie Blue [Horace Andy]
16. Run Up Your Mouth [Johnny Osbourne]
17. One Love [Bob Marley and The Wailers]
18. What Am I To Do [The Cables]

About this product: this release is available on CD and 2LP formats.

The 2LP is pressed on black vinyl, housed in a gatefold sleeve.