VARIOUS / SOUL JAZZ RECORDS presents – 200% DYNAMITE! : Ska, Soul, Rocksteady, Funk & Dub in Jamaica (2023 Edition) – 2LP – Vinyl

2LP – Black Vinyl withNew Bonus tracks on this updated 2023 edition (2024 Repress).

Soul Jazz Records 200% DYNAMITE! set the benchmark for reggae-meets-funk compilations that has never been bettered. Jam-packed with reggae tunes that crossed over to become dancefloor hits, such as Tenor Saws soundboy anthem, Ring the Alarm, K.C. Whites classic cut of the seminal No, No, No and Augustus Pablos Rockers Rock, 200% DYNAMITE explores the links between reggae, jazz, funk and soul.

Carrying on perfectly from 100% DYNAMITE, this second compilation continues to trace the history of Jamaican reggae and the influence of American styles such as funk and jazz had on this music.

Featured here are serious funk and rocksteady tunes from the likes of The Skatalites and Johnny Osbourne through to Jamaican jazz from masters such as Tommy McCookand Byron Lee, as well as some serious dub from the likes of Augustus Pablo, King Tubby and Jackie Mittoo.

New bonus tracks on this updated 2023 edition include seminal dancehall party cuts Sister Nancys One Two and Chaka Demus and Pliers Murder She Wrote, alongside classic soul to reggae covers including cuts of Marlena Shaws Women of the Ghetto and Odysseys Dont Tell Me Tell Her.

In Soul Jazzs outstanding DYNAMITE! series, 200% is the head turner. The label has its finger on the pulse of the now just as surely as it does on that of the past. – Pitchfork

Tracklist:

Side A
1. Augustus Pablo – Rockers Rock (2.48)
2. K.C. White – No No No (3.27)
3. Tenor Saw – Ring The Alarm (3.12)
4. Johnny Organ – Bewitched (1.55)

Side B
1. Pinchers – Agony (3.34)
2. The Abyssinians – Mandela (3.46)
3. Sister Nancy – One, Two (3.37)

Side C
1. King Tubby Meets Tommy McCook and The Aggrovators – King Tubby Dub (3.08)
2. Chaka Demus & Pliers – Murder She Wrote (4.07)
3. Johnny Osbourne – Ready Or Not (3.22)
4. Jackie Mittoo – Earthquake (3.26)

Side D
1. Sandra Reid – Don’t Tell Me Tell Her (5.58)
2. The Skatalites Meet King Tubby – Herb Man Dub (3.20)
3. Kim Harriott – Woman Of The Ghetto (5.04)