Studio One Roots

by Various Artists

Studio One Roots cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 30 October 2001
  • Label: Soul Jazz
  • Country: Jamaica
  • Community rating: 3.9/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Studio One Roots' collects roots reggae and Nyahbinghi-influenced recordings from Coxsone Dodd's Brentford Road archive. The Soul Jazz set emphasizes the Rastafari spirituality running through the label's 1970s output.

Genres

Descriptors: lo-fi, compilation, rhythmic, vintage, groove-laden

Tracklist

  1. Meditation
  2. Natty Don't Go
  3. Africa Here I Come
  4. Lumumbo
  5. Addis A Baba
  6. Set Me Free
  7. Far Beyond
  8. More Creation
  9. Blackish White
  10. Fear Not
  11. Drum Song
  12. Africa
  13. School Children
  14. You'll Get Your Pay
  15. Congo Rock
  16. African Challenge

Credits

  • Mark Ainley - compiled by
  • Clement "Coxsone" Dodd - producer, written-by
  • Adrian Self - design [sleeve]
  • Barnaby Bilbau - design [sleeve]
  • Angela Scott - legal [licensed by]
  • Lloyd Bradley - liner notes
  • Duncan Cowell - mastered by
  • Pete Reilly - mastered by
  • Pierce Smith - reissue producer [repro man]
  • Cornell Campbell - written-by
  • Freddie McGregor - written-by
  • Jennifer Lara - written-by
  • Scorcher - written-by
  • Willi Williams - written-by
  • Larry Crosdale - written-by
  • Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace - written-by
  • Alton Ellis - written-by
  • Winston Jarrett - written-by
  • Devon Russell - written-by
  • B.B. Seaton - written-by
  • Winston Delano Stewart - written-by
  • Black Brothers - written-by
  • Zoot Simms - written-by

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