![]() ![]() ![]() These include Jackie Mittoo, Roland Alphonso, Cedric Brooks, Ernest Ranglin and the Brentford All-Stars. ![]() There is also a wealth of cuts from simply the greatest musicians ever to come out of Jamaica (let alone Studio One). Some of these tunes here are rare and classic versions to seminal Studio One vocal cuts from the likes of Horace Andy and Hortense Ellis. Here you will find some of the deepest and rawest cuts to emanate out the Studio One factory - truly hypnotic rhythms, powerful funk guitar and bass, soaring horns and more interspersed with occasional vocals and toasting as musicians reach for the highest heights and deepest roots of reggae music. For fans of roots reggae The Summer Records Anthology provides invaluable insight into a little known corner of reggae history.This new release delves deep into the unique melting pot sound of reggae, funk and dub created throughout the 1970s at the Studio One music lab situated at 13 Brentford Road, Kingston, where the intense experiments and collaborations of crack musicians, singers, DJs and engineers under the guidance of producer Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd produced the most forward-thinking music ever to come out of Jamaica. At a time when Jamaican producers were moving towards the percussive sounds of dancehall, the folks at Summer Records cultivated a simmering, roots-based aesthetic reminiscent of the best work of legends like Lee Perry and Niney the Observer. Light in The Attic’s phenomenal Summer Records Anthology gathers together some of the best material released by the label including tracks by Jamaican veterans like Johnnie Osbourne, Jackie Mittoo and Willi Williams, and homegrown talents like the willowy voiced Noel Ellis, whose careworn and meditative “Reach My Destiny” is one of this compilations standout tracks. The stellar Seattle based reissue label Light in The Attic has devoted a large portion of its catalogue to documenting the output of one such community. In the wake of the explosive late ‘60s growth of the reggae sound, Jamaican communities around the world, from the Bronx to London, began to work up their own unique variations of Reggae’s infectious rhythms. ![]()
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