Article Details

Article ID

LP-14502

Format

2x LP

Artist

Various Artists

Title

Studio One Groups

Track list

Pos.	Artist	Title	Riddim
1	Wailing Souls	Mr Fire Coal Man
2	Righteous Flames	Solid Foundation
3	Gaylads	Give A Helping Hand
4	Bassies	Things A Come Up To Bump
5	Mad Lads	You Will Never Know
6	Clarendonians	You Can't Be Happy	You Can't Be Happy
7	Consumates	What Is It
8	Carlton And The Shoes	Happy Land
9	Viceroys	The Struggle
10	Maytals	I'll Never Grow Old
11	Heptones	Get In The Groove
12	Royals	Pick Up The Pieces
13	Gladiators	Jah Jah Go Before Us
14	Bob Marley	Love And Affection
15	Stingers	Down Presser International
16	Cables	Baby Why
17	Ethiopians	Owe Me No Pay Me
18	Purpleites	The Pressure Is On
19	Silvertones	Cheating And Lying	Love To Share

Style(s)

Studio One, Reggae

Label

Studio One/Soul Jazz 151C

Producer

Dodd

Year

1965

Country

GB - United Kingdom

Quality

m/m re

Remarks

red vinyl reissue 2021
15 years on from its original release Studio One Groups remains one of the toughest of all Soul Jazz/Studio One releases and features some of the biggest groups in the history of Reggae music including Bob Marley and The Wailers, Toots and the Maytals and The Heptones who all began their careers at 13 Brentford Road, under the guidance of the great producer and label owner Clement ‘Sir Coxsone' Dodd.
Featuring many, many classic and killer tunes from The Wailing Souls, Carlton and His Shoes, The Gladiators, The Ethiopians, The Mad Lads and more. Studio One Groups brings together numerous classic artists alongside a number of rarities and delves into Studio One’s musical output in its prime in the 1960s and 70s featuring Ska, Roots, Rocksteady, Dub and more. Clement Dodd’s role in launching and nurturing Reggae groups and singers is unsurpassed and Studio One’s success was due to Dodd’s ability to see talent, surround himself with it and nurture artists.
Launching Bob Marley and The Wailers career at Studio One also meant housing Marley in a flat in the studio compound, as well as employing Marley in an A&R role, checking out the latest American soul and jazz 45s that came out for Studio One artists to cover. In similar fashion Leroy Sibbles, lead vocalist with the Heptones, became the key in-house bass player after being taught from scratch by Jackie Mittoo.
Studio One Groups were at the heart of the label’s success. The sweet three-part harmonies, so close to the heart of Jamaican music, can be heard throughout every stylistic change of Reggae music – Ska, Rocksteady, Roots and beyond - all of which are featured here in all their vocalised glory.
The album comes with excellent informative sleevenotes by the author and Studio One discographer Rob Chapman, and exclusive photography including the stunning colour picture of Bob Marley and the Wailers on the front of the release.

Price

EUR 25.44

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