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This is the new digitally remastered 2015 expanded edition of Soul Jazz Records biggest ever selling release, 100% Dynamite! Ska, Soul, Rocksteady & Funk In Jamaica.
Since the albums original release nearly twenty years ago, 100% Dynamite has become a cornerstone of reggae: eighteen killer tracks that show the influence that American Jazz, Funk and Soul music had on Jamaican Reggae.
The proximity of the West Indies to the USA meant that many Jamaican musicians were influenced by American styles of music whilst at the same time defining new styles of their own such as Ska, Rocksteady and Dub.
100% Dynamite features some serious Jamaican funk by Jackie Mittoo, The Upsetters and Toots & The Maytals, the cream of Jamaicas jazz musicians such as Tommy McCook, Cedric Brooks and Lennie Hibbert. Also included here are heavyweight Reggae versions to Soul classics by Marlena Shaws Woman Of The Ghetto, Aretha Franklins Rocksteady, Syl Johnsons Is It Because Im Black, William DeVaughans seminal Be Thankful and more.
100% Dynamite also features revolutionary tunes such as Johnny Osbournes We Need Love, Sound Dimensions Drum Song and Lloyd Robinsons Cuss Cuss, songs that helped define a unique sound for Jamaican music in the Sixties and Seventies.
These influences went both ways check Brentford All Stars massive Greedy G, the basis for Boogie Down Productions Jack of Spades, or Willie Williams Armageddon Time, later covered by The Clash.
This new expanded edition features seminal tracks from the greatest Jamaican producers Clement Dodd, Lee Perry, Winston Riley (Techniques) and many more.
The album is heavyweight double vinyl (plus digital code).
What the critics had to say on original release: Compilation of the month Muzik;
Brilliant Time Out;
Album Of The Week Mixmag;
Compilation of the f***ing year Melody Maker;
Buy this excellent compilation immediately Mojo
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