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STUDIO ONE DANCEHALL - Sir Coxsone In The Dance: The Foundation Sound
Soul Jazz
A collection spanning Studio One’s dancehall period - When Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd first ruled the dancehalls of 1950s Kingston, few could imagine how far the reign of Studio One would last.
However, the emergence of dancehall as a distinct style of reggae at the end of the 1970s in many ways made Clement Dodd’s vision more powerful than ever before. He soon began voicing the new stable of Studio One singers & DJs, such as Sugar Minott & Lone Ranger, over original classic Studio One rhythms recorded in the late 1960s - producing some of the most innovative, time-bending & creative music of his career. "Dodd nurtured the career of nearly every internationally renowned reggae artist." - The Guardian

Tracklist
- Ernest Wilson - Why Oh Why
- Johnny Osbourne - Lend Me The Sixteen
- Windel Haye - Haunted House
- Green Tea & Chassy - Ghetto Girl
- Johnny Osbourne - Time A Run Out
- Lone Ranger - Noah In The Ark
- Devon Russell - Thanks And Praise
- Brentford Disco Set - Rebel Disco
- Doreen Schaffer - I Don’t Know Why
- Slim Smith - Lonely Lover
- Field Marshall Haye - Roots And Herb Style
- DJ Dawn & The Ranking Queens - Peace Truce Thing
- Jim Brown - Cure For The Fever
- Sugar Minott - Peace Treaty Style
- Lloyd Robinson - It Deep Barry Brown - Far East
- Windel Haye & Captain Morgan - Flood Victim