STUDIO ONE SUPREME Dancehall Sounds 3Vinyl LP 2017

Johnny Osbourne & The Prophets - Keep That LightDillinger - Natty Ten To OneLone Ranger - Natty Dread On The GoPrince Jazzbo - MinstralJohnny Osbourne - Jah PromiseFreddie McGregor - Wine Of ViolenceGeneral Smilie & Papa Michigan - Compliment To Studio OneWillie Williams - EasyLone Ranger - Quarter Pound Of IshenAlton Ellis - A FoolJackie Mittoo & Brentford All Stars - In Cold BloodJim Nastic & C. Dodd - ChantingBrentford Rockers - BushmasterThe Gladiators & Brentford Disco Set - Happy ManDub Specialist - Still DubbingSugar Minott - Jah A Love YouHorace Andy - Show And TellFreddie McGregor - Rastaman Camp

By the 1970s Studio One and Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd had already proved himself to be the defining force in reggae for almost two decades. From running the Downbeat sound system on the lawns and yards of Kingston in the late 1950s to opening Studio One at 13 Brentford Road at the start of the 1960s, ushering in ska and rocksteady and establishing the careers of most of Jamaica’s artists - everyone from Bob Marley and The Wailers, Ken Boothe, Toots and The Maytals, The Skatalites, Jackie Mittoo and more - Clement Dodd had until this point dominated the Jamaican musical world. And yet, incredibly, Clement Dodd was barely halfway through his musical path, maintaining Studio One’s number one position in the Jamaican music scene throughout the 1970s with a combination of musical and creative innovation and an endless capacity to adapt and create new musical fashions. By the end of the 1970s dancehall had become the defining sound on the island. Dancehall was essentially a tribute by other Jamaican producers and artists to the classic music of Studio One created in the 1960s as young artists across the island created new songs, while musicians recreated these original classic foundation Studio One rhythms. As on other occasions, Clement Dodd rose to this new musical challenge by producing a whole new era of classics for Studio One.