Various Artists - Soul Jazz Records Presents Coxsones Music 2: More Early Cuts from the Vaults of Studio One 1959-63 (2016)

This is the second collection to bring together many of the visionary producer Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd’s early recordings made with Jamaica’s most exciting young artists and musicians who helped define the world of reggae music over the decades following Jamaican Independence. These recordings were made when Sir Coxsone ruled the dancehalls of Kingston in the late 1950s and early 1960s with his number one Downbeat Sound System, where songs were tested out on dub plates at a dance to see a crowd’s reaction the most popular of which were then released commercially. Featuring early material by Roland Alphonso, Don Drummond, Tommy McCook (all of whom would form The Skatalites), Toots & The Maytals, young singers such as Bob Marley & The Wailers, Delroy Wilson and Owen Gray, all captured in their formative days. The music here spans a wealth of styles Jamaican rhythm & blues, jazz, gospel, proto-ska, Rastafarian all of which were drawn upon to create the future sounds of Jamaican reggae that Sir Coxsone and the artists featured would soon create at Studio One, which first opened its doors in 1963.

Tracklist:

01. Roland Alphonso & His Alley Cats - Jerk Pork 02:54
02. Neville Esson - Lover's Jive 03:02
03. Monty & The Cyclones - Lazy Lou 02:01
04. Owen Gray - Get Drunk 02:01
05. Monty & The Cyclones - Dog It 02:20
06. Clancy Eccles - More Proof 02:06
07. Tommy McCook - Exodus 02:58
08. Clue J And His Blues Blasters - Swanee River Rock 02:41
09. Delroy Wilson - Spit in the Sky 02:54
10. Roland Alphonso - Federal Special 02:44
11. Owen Gray - Grandma Grandpa 02:14
12. Don Drummond - Cuban Blockade 03:16
13. Theophilus Beckford - Little Lady 02:55
14. Tommy McCook - Away from You 04:24
15. Hersan & His City Slickers - I Live and I Love 02:11
16. Roland Alphonso & His Alley Cats - Hully Gully Roc 02:51
17. Delroy Wilson - Lion of Judah 02:30
18. Tommy McCook - Two for One 02:28
19. Toots & The Maytals - Sweet Sweet Jenny 02:38
20. Roland Alphonso - Grand National 03:02
21. Hersan & His City Slickers - Sinners Weep & Mourn 02:26
22. Tommy McCook - Peanut Vendor 03:14
23. Toots & The Maytals - Shining Light 02:27
24. Lascelles Perkins - Lonely Moments 02:40
25. Toots & The Maytals - Six and Seven Books of Moses 02:24
26. Cecil Lloyd - It Happens 06:29
27. Bunny & Scully - Dont Do It 02:46
28. Don Drummond - Scrap Iron 02:52
29. Lascelles Perkins - Creation 02:41
30. Tommy McCook - Dont Slam the Door 02:18
31. The Rhythm Aces - Joybells of Independence 02:04
32. Roland Alphonso - Jack Ruby 02:47
33. Toots & The Maytals - Hallelujah 02:40
34. Bob Marley - Habits 02:13
35. Frank Anderson - Wheel and Turn 02:40
36. Busty & Cool - Kingston to Mo'Bay 03:01
37. Don Drummond - Mr. Propman 02:30
38. Higgs & Wilson - Mighty Man 01:59
39. Roland Alphonso - Trotting In 03:06
40. Bunny & Skitter - Cool Breeze 02:24
41. The Mellow Larks - Light of My Life 02:34