Soul Jazz Records Presents: Soul Jamaica 2LP 1
Soul Jazz Records Presents: Soul Jamaica 2LP 2
Genre: Reggae
Label: Soul Jazz
Format: 33RPM,

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Soul Jazz Records Presents: Soul Jamaica 2LP

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SKU:
SJRLP574
UPC:
5026328005744

Coming October 10, 2025 pre-order your copy today!

Hard-to-Find Studio One Funk & Soul Reggae Tunes on Double Vinyl LP!
Features Slim Smith, The Heptones, Peter Tosh & the Wailers, Zoot Sims, Jackie Mittoo, The Gladiators & More!

Soul Jazz Records' Soul Jamaica brings together a wicked selection of reggae funk and soul tracks from the legendary Studio One stable, featuring a stellar lineup of artists including Jackie Mittoo, The Heptones, The Gladiators, Slim Smith, Peter Tosh and The Wailers, Cedric 'Im' Brooks and many more.

For a short period of time at the end of the 1960s and early 1970s, nestled between the end of rocksteady and the arrival of roots reggae, Studio One released a small stream of superb soul and funk reggae tunes – covering everyone from Sly and the Family Stone, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Nina Simone, Gene Chandler, Tyrone Davis and more.

Most of the tracks featured on Soul Jamaica were only ever released on Studio One's UK-subsidiary label Bamboo in small-run pressings and are now consequently extremely hard to find.

The cover photograph features images of Air Jamaica, the new airline created by the Jamaican government at the end of the 1960s, showing how in the years following independence the country assumed its place on the world stage, with reggae music playing a key role in creating the island's new cultural identity.

Features

  • Double LP
  • Gatefold Sleeve
  • Limited-Time Download Card
  • Hard-to-Find Tracks Originally Released on Studio One's UK-Subsidiary Label Bamboo in Small-Run Pressings

Selections

Side One:

  1. Alton Ellis – Tumbling Tears
  2. Winston Francis – Turn Back the Hands of Time
  3. Sound Dimension – Sing a Simple Song
  4. The Gladiators – Flint It Gimme

Side Two:

  1. Jackie Mittoo – Soul Finger
  2. Winston Francis – Groovy Situation
  3. Calvin Marshall – La La
  4. Soul Defenders – Way Back Home

Side Three:

  1. The Heptones – Young, Gifted and Black
  2. Im and David – Up Fully
  3. Slim Smith – Keep That Light
  4. Sound Dimension – Give It Away

Side Four:

  1. Zoot Sims – Real Gone Loser
  2. Sound Dimension – Soul Bowl
  3. Peter Tosh – Can't You See
  4. Joy Roberts – Someday We'll Be Together
  5. The Freedom Singers – Give Peace a Chance

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