VARIOUS – 100% Dynamite (Ska-Soul-Rocksteady & Funk In Jamaica) – 2LP – Black Vinyl

2LP Black Vinyl. Soul Jazz Records seminal reggae meets funk and soul collection.

100% Dynamite is the cornerstone of Soul Jazz Records releases and launched their long-running series of highly-regarded reggae albums. This album is the fully expanded version and comes with download code.

Since the albums original release, 100% Dynamite has become a cornerstone of funky reggae music. Eighteen killer tracks that show the influence that American jazz, funk and soul music had on Jamaican reggae.

The album was Soul Jazz Records first foray into the mighty vaults of Studio One and many of the tracks featured come from the legendary label. 100% Dynamite features come serious and heavyweight Jamaican funk by Jackie Mittoo, The Upsetters and Toots and The Maytals, alongside the cream of Jamaican jazz musicians such as Tommy McCook, Cedric Brooks and Lennie Hibbert. Also included here are killer Reggae versions of USA Soul classics including Marlena Shaws Woman of the Ghetto, Aretha Franklins Rocksteady, Syl Johnsons Is It Because Im Black, William DeVaughans seminal Be Thankful and more.

Jamaican/USA influences went both ways and included here are many cornerstone reggae songs that cross into the worlds of both hip-hop and punk worlds check Brentford All Stars massive Greedy G, the basis for Boogie Down Productions Jack of Spades, and Willie Williams Armagideon Time later covered by The Clash.

Tracklisting:

Side 1
1. Willie Williams Armageddon Time
2. Toots & The Maytals Night And Day
3. The Marvels – Rocksteady
4. The Upsetters Popcorn
5. Bunny Clarke Be Thankful

Side 2
1. Tommy McCook Green Mango
2. Brentford All-Stars Greedy G
3. Lennie Hibbert Real Hot
4. Horace Andy My Soul
5. Johnny Osbourne We Need Love

Side 3
1. Bunny Brown I Love The Way You Love
2. Jackie Mittoo Stereo Freeze
3. Phyllis Dillon Woman Of The Ghetto
4. Cedric Brooks Give Rasta Glory
5. Alton Ellis Son Of Man

Side 4
1. Sound Dimension Granny Scratch Scratch
2. Lloyd Robinson Cuss Cuss
3. Sound Dimension Drum Song
4. Ken Boothe Is It Because Im Black