• Pre-Order : Dancehall "The Rise of Jamaican Dancehall Culture" 3LP/2CD

Soul Jazz

Pre-Order by 22nd Dec 2024

Soul Jazz Records are releasing this new 10th anniversary 2017 edition of their classic album ‘Dancehall – The Rise of Jamaican Dancehall Culture’. This long-out-of-print collection is now available as a triple-vinyl edition and double CD pack.

The album is a lightning-flash collection of all-time classic and definitive dancehall classics as well as a stellar selection of more obscure tracks. Featuring Yellowman, Tenor Saw, Sister Nancy, Ini Kamoze, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Michigan & Smiley, Super Cat, Cutty Ranks, Eek-A-Mouse, Gregory Isaacs and more, this album features non-stop floor-filling party tune rockers throughout!

Dancehall is released to coincide the stunning 400+ photos deluxe coffee table book ‘Dancehall – The Rise of Jamaican Dancehall Culture’, featuring Beth Lesser’s amazing Dancehall photography (also newly published by Soul Jazz Records). This book has become the definitive cultural reference book for Jamaican dancehall and features hundreds of killer photographs, extensive text and interviews with many of the artists.

TRACKLISTING :

1. Yellowman – Bam Bam
2. Tenor Saw – Pumpkin Belly
3. Reggie Stepper – Cu Oonuh
4. Chaka Demus and Pliers – Murder She Wrote
5. Pinchers – Agony
6. Michigan & Smiley – Diseases
7. Ini Kamoze – World A Music
8. Junior Murvin – Cool Out Son
9. General Echo – Arleen
10. Cornel Campbell – Boxing
11. Cutty Ranks – Chop Chop
12. Lone Ranger – M16
13. Super Cat – Trash and Ready
14. Gregory Isaacs – Soon Forward
15. Jacob Miller & Trinity – I'm Just A Dread / One Shot
16. Eek A Mouse – Wa Do Dem
17. Sister Nancy – Only Woman DJ With Degree
18. Trinity – Uptown Girl
19. General Echo – Track Shoes
20. Cornel Campbell – Mash You Down
21. Horace Ferguson – Sensi Addict
22. Clint Eastwood – Jump and Pawn