{"product_id":"va-studio-one-roots","title":"VA- Studio One Roots","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel: Soul Jazz\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReissued 6\/26\/2026, Originally released 2001\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSoul Jazz Records celebrate 25 years of working in partnership with Studio One with brand new editions of FIVE of their best-selling CLASSIC Studio One collections all released on limited-edition one-off pressing coloured double vinyl. \/\/ The new edition featured albums are Studio One Funk, Studio One Dub, Studio One Ska, Studio One Roots and Studio One Classics. \/\/ Studio One Roots set the standard for Soul Jazz Records’ long-standing series and features many of the classic artists from Clement 'Sir Coxsone’ Dodd’s mighty roster of reggae. \/\/ This album includes Freddie McGregor, Willie Williams, Cornell Campbell, Alton Ellis, Devon Russell alongside some of the defining in-house groups of Jamaican reggae history - The Sound Dimension, Brentford All-Stars, The Skatalites, New Establishment and more. The album is filled with a mixture of seminal cuts and super-rarities from the vast vaults of 13 Brentford Road. \/\/ Stand-out tracks include Alton Ellis’s ‘Blackish White’, a surreal and powerful Afro-centric dream, Count Ossie’s Rastafarian drummers’ genre-defying interpretation of Booker T and The MGs ‘Meditation’, Willie Williams awe-inspiring versioning of the Skatalites' seminal Rastafari anthem ‘Addis Ababa’ and many, many more. \/\/ Original sleevenotes by Lloyd Bradley (author of When Reggae Was King), compiled by Mark Ainley (Honest Jons), high-quality Soul Jazz mastering, wicked images of Count Ossie and the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari on the cover, and a rare image of Clement Dodd and musicians inside the studio at Studio One on the full colour inner sleeves. \/\/ “The music of this compilation is of a rare, rare beauty and is essential to anyone's reggae collection.” All Music\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack listing:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eThe Cyclones With Count Ossie - Meditation\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eCornell Campbell \u0026amp; The Brentford Rockers - Natty Don't Go\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eFreddy Mcgregor With The Sound Dimension - Africa Here I Come\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eBunny \u0026amp; Skitter - Lumumbo\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eWillie Williams \u0026amp; The All Stars - Addis A Baba\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eL.Crosdale With Drummond Bago \u0026amp; the Rebel Group - Set Me Free\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eLeroy Wallace \u0026amp; The New Establishment - Far Beyond\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eLennie Hibbert - More Creation\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eAlton Ellis \u0026amp; The Sound Dimension - Blackish White\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eWinston Jarrett \u0026amp; The Sound Dimension - Fear Not\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eDevon Russell - Drum Song\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eThe Gaylads - Africa\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eBlack Brothers \u0026amp; The New Establishment - School Children\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eLinton Cooper \u0026amp; The Brentford Disco Set - You'll Get Your Pay\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eSound Dimension - Congo Rock\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"p1\"\u003eZoot Simms - African Challenge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Waiting Room Records","offers":[{"title":"Orange 2xLP","offer_id":45135567421555,"sku":null,"price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0082\/4315\/0908\/files\/SJRLP56C-1__83471.jpg?v=1782430579","url":"https:\/\/waitingroomrecords.com\/products\/va-studio-one-roots","provider":"Waiting Room Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}