VARIOUS / SOUL JAZZ RECORDS PRESENTS - Studio One Kings [Black Friday 2023] - 2LP - Yellow Vinyl [NOV 24]

2LP - Limited Yellow Vinyl RSD Black Friday 2023 Edition. 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! 

* RSD Black Friday titles will be available to buy in-store from 8am on Friday 24th November 2023. Any remaining titles will be available to purchase on our website the following morning from 8am on Saturday November 25th.

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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.

Qty. (Worldwide): Limited to 3000 copies
Release type: 'RSD First' Release.  
 

Tracklist: 

SIDE A
1. Larry Marshall – I’ve Got To Make It
2. Horace Andy – Every Tongue Shall Tell
3. Alton Ellis – The Well Run Dry
4. Johnny Osbourne – Water More Than Flour

SIDE B
5. Anthony Rocky Ellis – I’m The Ruler
6. Cornell Campbell – Pretty Looks Isn’t All
7. Alexander Henry – Please Be True
8. Burning Spear – The A Come
9. Joe Higgs – Change Of Plan
10. Devon Russell – Roots Natty

SIDE C
11. Ken Boothe – Be Yourself
12. Freddie McGregor – I Shall Be Released
13. Freddie McKay – Father Will Cut You Off

SIDE D
14. The Ethiopians – Locust
15. George Philip – One On One
16. John Holt – I Don’t Want To See You Cry
17. Delroy Wilson – Won’t You Come Home