VA - Soul Jazz Records Presents Studio One Dub Fire Special (2016)

Soul Jazz's latest trawl through the seemingly endless vaults of Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd's Studio One label focuses on Dubs recorded at the label's infamous Brentford Road studio during the 1970s. In many ways, this is the authentic sound of Studio One, featuring as it does music recorded by the legendary in-house bands (The Sound Dimension, New Establishment, Soul Defenders and Brentford all-stars), whose members included such Jamaican music legends as Jackie Mittoo, Leroy Sibbles, Cedric Brooks and Freddie McGregor. Each of the collection's 18 tracks were produced by the ever-present Dodd, who always achieved a balance between the sparse heaviness of Dub, and showcasing the cheery, soulful musicality of his musicians' performances.