{"product_id":"va-soul-jazz-records-presents-studio-one-roots-new-card-wallet-cd-edition","title":"VA \/ Soul Jazz Records Presents - STUDIO ONE ROOTS [New card wallet CD edition]","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: CD \u003cbr\u003eCatalogue No.: SJRCD56B\u003cbr\u003eBarcode: 5026328900568\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 05 Jun 2026\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Reggae\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Soul 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, released as special edition card wallet CD (where applicable) and one-off pressing coloured double vinyl editions. \u003cbr\u003e ‘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. \u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e Double LP pressed onto Orange vinyl. \u003cbr\u003e “The music of this compilation is of a rare, rare beauty and is essential to anyone’s reggae collection.” - All Music\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracklisting\u003cbr\u003eThe Cyclones with Count Ossie – Meditation\u003cbr\u003eCornell Campbell – Natty Don't Go\u003cbr\u003eFreddie McGregor – Africa Here I Come\u003cbr\u003eBunnie \u0026amp; Skitter – Lumumbo\u003cbr\u003eWillie Williams – Addis A Baba\u003cbr\u003eL Crosdale – Set Me Free\u003cbr\u003eLeroy Wallace – Far Beyond\u003cbr\u003eLennie Hibbert – More Creation\u003cbr\u003eAlton Ellis – Blackish White\u003cbr\u003eWinston Jarrett – Fear Not\u003cbr\u003eDevon Russell – Drum Song\u003cbr\u003eThe Gaylads – Africa\u003cbr\u003eBlack Brothers – School Children\u003cbr\u003eLinton Cooper – You'll Get Your Pay\u003cbr\u003eSound Dimension – Congo Rock\u003cbr\u003eZoot Simms – African Challenge\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soul Jazz Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46832886415516,"sku":"SJRCD56B","price":13.57,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/files\/cd_d44c0c82-f2c4-46b3-a920-957d55216cd2.jpg?v=1778423673","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/va-soul-jazz-records-presents-studio-one-roots-new-card-wallet-cd-edition","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}