{"product_id":"various-artists-toughest","title":"Various Artists - Toughest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: LP\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: CSL3433\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 5051142010810  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 10 Feb 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Reggae\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSINGLE LP 13 TRACKS \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautiful Songs from the Studio One Archives (First Release 1997)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are only 110 copies in stock\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eTracklist\u003cbr\u003eA1 Roy Burrowes–Grooving The Slide\u003cbr\u003eA2 Rueben Alexander*–Happy Valley\u003cbr\u003eA3 Karl Bryan \u0026amp; Count Ossie–Black Up\u003cbr\u003eA4 Cedric \"Im\" Brooks–Heavy Beat\u003cbr\u003eA5 Pablo Black–Locks High\u003cbr\u003eA6 Scorcher –Consumer Sounds\u003cbr\u003eB1 The New Establishment–Just Mike\u003cbr\u003eB2 Lloyd Brevett–Shank I Shek\u003cbr\u003eB3 Pablo Black–Push Pull\u003cbr\u003eB4 The Magnificent Seven –Jack Johnson\u003cbr\u003eB5 Big Willie –College Rock\u003cbr\u003eB6 Scorcher –Roots Man Hi Fi\u003cbr\u003eB7 Sound Dimension–Down Beat Special\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBIOGRAPHY\u003cbr\u003eStudio One was founded by Clement \"Coxsone\" Dodd[1] in 1954, and the first recordings were cut in 1963 on Brentford Road in Kingston.[1][2] Amongst its earliest records were \"Easy Snappin\" by Theophilus Beckford, backed by Clue J \u0026amp; His Blues Blasters, and \"This Man is Back\" by trombonist Don Drummond. Dodd had previously issued music on a series of other labels, including World Disc, and had run Sir Coxsone the Downbeat, one of the largest and most reputable sound systems in the Kingston ghettos.\u003cbr\u003eIn the early 1960s, the house band providing backing for the vocalists were the Skatalites[3] (1964–65), whose members (including Roland Alphonso, Don Drummond, Tommy McCook, Jackie Mittoo, Lester Sterling and Lloyd Brevett) were recruited from the Kingston jazz scene by Dodd. The Skatalites split up in 1965 after Drummond was jailed for murder, and Dodd formed new house band the Soul Brothers (1965–66), later named the Soul Vendors (1967) and Sound Dimension (1967-). From 1965 to 1968 they played 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 5 days a week, 12 rhythms a day (about 60 rhythms a week) with Jackie Mittoo as music director, Brian Atkinson (1965–1968) on bass, Hux Brown on guitar, Harry Haughton (guitar), Joe Isaacs on drums (1966–1968), Denzel Laing on percussion, and on horns (some initially and some throughout): Roland Alphonso, Dennis 'Ska' Campbell, Bobby Ellis, Lester Sterling, among others on horns during the era of Rock Steady. Headley Bennett, Ernest Ranglin, Vin Gordon and Leroy Sibbles were included among a fluid line-up, to record tracks directed by Jackie Mittoo at Studio One from 1966-1968.\u003cbr\u003eDuring the night hours at Studio One from 1965-1968, singers like Bob Marley, Burning Spear, The Heptones, The Ethiopians, Ken Boothe, Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths, Judy Mowatt, Alton Ellis, Delroy Wilson, Bunny Wailer[4] and Johnny Nash, among others, would put on headphones to sing lyrics to original tracks recorded by the Soul Brothers earlier each day. These seminal recordings included \"Real Rock\" (by Sound Dimension), \"Heavy Rock\", \"Jamaica Underground\", \"Wakie Wakie\", \"Lemon Tree\", \"Hot Shot\", \"I'm Still In Love With You\", \"Dancing Mood\", and \"Creation Rebel\".\u003cbr\u003eJackie Mittoo, Joe Isaacs, and Brian Atkinson left Studio One in 1968, recorded drums and bass for Desmond Dekker's and Toots' biggest hits at other Kingston studios, then moved to Canada. Hux Brown stayed in Jamaica to record on the soundtrack The Harder They Come, The Harder They Fall, and toured in Nigeria with Toots and the Maytals and Fela Kuti. The Soul Brothers (a.k.a.Sound Dimension) formed the basis of reggae music in the late 1960s, being versioned and re-versioned time after time over decades by musicians like Shaggy, Sean Paul, Snoop Lion, The Clash, String Cheese Incident, UB40, Sublime, and countless other Billboard originals and remakes trying to emulate their original Rock Steady sound at Coxsone's Studio One.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Studio One","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42267691155612,"sku":"CSL3433","price":36.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/CSL-3433.jpg?v=1673085334","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/various-artists-toughest","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}