Various Artist - 200% Dynamite! Ska Soul Rocksteady Funk & Dub In Jamaica (reissue)

Label: Soul Jazz
Format: 2xLP
Cat: SJRLP 517
Released: 11 Jan 24
Genre: Reggae Classics/Ska

Tracklist
Side 1
1. Augustus Pablo - "Rockers Rock" (2:45)
2. KC White - "No No No" (3:27)
3. Tenor Saw - "Ring The Alarm" (3:10)
4. Johnny Organ - "Bewitched" (1:54)

Side 2
1. Pinchers - "Agony" (3:33)
2. The Abyssinians - "Mandela" (3:46)
3. Sister Nancy - "One, Two" (3:37)

Side 3
1. King Tubby Meets Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators - "King Tubby Dub" (3:07)
2. Chaka Demus & Pliers - "Murder She Wrote" (4:07)
3. Johnny Osbourne - "Ready Or Not" (3:19)
4. Jackie Mittoo - "Earthquake" (3:26)

Side 4
1. Sandra Reid - "Don't Tell Me Tell Her" (5:57)
2. The Skatalites Meet King Tubby - "Herb Man Dub" (3:18)
3. Kim Harriott - "Woman Of The Ghetto" (5:06)

The mighty Soul Jazz has done it again with this compilation - it features four sides of irresistible ska, soul, rocksteady, funk and dub that traces the history of Jamaican reggae and how American styles like funk and jazz had on it. The record is bursting at the seams with gold from crossover tunes like Tenor Saw's 'Ring the Alarm' to K.C.White's classic 'No, No, No' and Augustus Pablo's always iconic 'Rockers Rock'. Soul Jazz has done all the hard work in digging here so you don't have to.

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