Various Artists - Studio One: Kings 2LP

This is a very special one-off new special edition of one of the most popular of all the Soul Jazz Records’ collections that has been out of print for many years! Featuring great new sleeve design as well as a special coloured vinyl pressing, Studio One "Kings" is a 'who's who' of the world's greatest reggae artists.

Studio One’s list of singers launched at the famous label reads like a roll call of Jamaican music. Horace Andy, Alton Ellis, Ken Boothe, Freddie McGregor, Johnny Osbourne and more. This album features classic and rare tracks that span the breadth of the legendary Studio One catalogue: "Ska", "Roots", "Rocksteady", "Lovers" and more from the 1960s and 70s.

The album also comes with sleeve-notes by the great writer Chris Salewicz, author of books on Reggae Explosion, Rude Boy as well as books on Bob Marley, The Rolling Stones, Jimmy Page, Joe Strummer and more.

Tracklist:

1. I've Got to Make It [Larry Marshall]
2. Every Tongue Shall Tell [Horace Andy]
3. Well Run Dry [Alton Ellis]
4. Water More Than Flour [Johnny Osbourne]
5. I am the Ruler [Anthony Rocky Ellis]
6. Pretty Looks Isn't All [Cornell Campbell]
7. Please Be True [Alexander Henry]
8. Them a Come [Burning Spear]
9. Change of Plan [Joe Higgs]
10. Roots Natty [Devon Russell]
11. Be Yourself [Ken Boothe]
12. I Shall Be Released [Freddie McGregor]
13. Father Will Cut You Off [Freddie McKay]
14. Locust [The Ethiopian]
15. One, One [George Philip]
16. I Don't Want to See You Cry [John Holt]
17. Won't You Come Home [Delroy Wilson]

About this product: this is the RSD Black Friday '23 reissue on 2x yellow vinyl.