Showing posts with label Skatalites. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Skatalites. Show all posts

Thursday, July 6, 2023

Soul Jazz limited run Studio One 007 box repackaged as 2LP set

The Studio One 007 RSD 7"-inch box set has been repackaged as a 2LP (and CD) set due from Soul Jazz on July 14th. 


Here's the scoop...

Soul Jazz Records are releasing this new 2xLP expanded version of Studio One 007 - Licenced to Ska: James Bond and other Film Soundtracks and TV Themes, originally only ever available as a long deleted 7” RSD box set. This new edition is fully remastered and expanded to a massive 18 super rare and killer cuts from the Studio One empire.

Featuring the Skatalites, Lee Perry, Jackie Mittoo, Bob Marley The Wailers. Roland Alphonso and The Soul Brothers, rare and classic tracks from Jamaica's no.1 record label, Studio One

Extensive sleeve-notes discuss the connections between James Bond, Jamaica and Ska music. Jamaica was the setting for Dr. No, Live and Let Die, The Man with the Golden Gun and the recent ‘No Time to Die’, and the home for Bond’s creator Ian Fleming. There is also an extended essay on The Skatalites and their post-modern love and ska-ification of all styles of music – from classical music to TV themes, from detective movies to Fiddler on the Roof!

Aside from the James Bond-related cuts this album also includes killer tracks from the secret agent 1969 spoof ‘Our Man Flint', the Clint Eastwood-starring Spaghetti Western ‘Hang ‘Em High’, the Brazilian movie masterpiece ‘Black Orpheus’ and more besides.

The vinyl album is presented in superb gatefold sleeve, with full inner and house bag. The album is also available for the first time ever on CD and comes in double walled-slipcase with 28-page outsized booklet.



Various Artists – Studio One 007

1 Jackie Mittoo and The Soul Brothers – James Bond

2 The Skatalites – Dick Tracy

3 The Soul Brothers – James Bond Girl

4 The Skatalites – Guns Of Navarone

5 Roland Alphonso and The Studio One Orchestra – From Russia With Love

6 The Soul Brothers – Thunderball

7 Jackie Mittoo – Hang 'Em High

8 The Soul Brothers – Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

9 The Soul Brothers – 007

10 Lee Perry and The Wailers – Pussy Galore

11 The Soul Brothers – Mr. Flint

12 The Skatalites – Ball Of Fire

13 The Soul Brothers – James Bond Danger Man

14 The Soul Brothers – Lawman

15 The Skatalites – Black Orpheus

16 The Skatalites – Exodus

17 The Skatalites – Dr. Kildare

18 The Soul Brothers – Fiddler On The Roof





Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Happy Birthday Roland Alphonso!

Remembering legendary Skatalites saxophonist Roland Alphonso on his birthday with a couple of seven-inch gems.





Saturday, July 17, 2021

Soul Jazz issues Studio One Ska Fire! singles box for RSD

The limited-run Studio One Ska Fire! box includes ska gems from Bob Marley, The Maytals, Lee Perry & The Skatalites.  


Here's the scoop... 

Soul Jazz Records are releasing the Studio One Ska Fire! box set, a limited-edition one-off pressing exclusive for Record Store Day 2021 on July 17. The collectors seven-inch box set includes 10 amazing and super-rare Studio One ska tracks on five 7” singles, all produced with separate inner sleeves. Featuring The Skatalites, Lee Perry, Toots and the Maytals, Bob Marley and The Wailers, Don Drummond, Jackie Opel, Derrick Morgan, The Ethiopians and more – a who’s who of the biggest names in reggae history! Rare and classic original ska tracks from Jamaica's no.1 record label, all recorded by Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd at Studio One Records. All tracks have been digitally remastered and the singles come housed in a thick, heavyweight card box.

Check the track list following the clips of Lee Perry's "Open Up," The Skatalites (Rolando Al & The Soul Brothers) "Something Special" and The Regals' "Shammy Back"





RECORD 1

A: Bob Marley and The Wailers – Rude Boy

AA: Derrick Morgan – It’s Alright

RECORD 2

A: Don Drummond – Don D Special

AA: The Maytals – A Man Who Knows

RECORD 3

A: The Skatalites – Something Special

AA: Lee Perry – Open Up (aka Cook Book)

RECORD 4

A: The Regals – Shammy Back

AA: Bob Marley and The Wailers – Diamond Baby

RECORD 5

A: Jackie Opel – The Mill Man

AA: Ethiopians – I Am Free

Friday, March 12, 2021

Happy Birthday Don Drummond!

Remembering Jamaican trombone titan Don Drummond on his birthday with "Heaven & Hell" and a few old ska faves. 



Sunday, January 31, 2016

Happy 80th Birthday Lester Sterling!

Celebrating the birthday of original Skatalites saxophonist Lester Sterling with a couple of classic recordings. 



Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Happy Birthday Roland Alphonso

Remembering the late saxophone great Roland Alphonso with his 1968 classic Dreamland.

Monday, January 12, 2015

Happy Birthday Roland Alphonso

Remembering Skatalites saxophone supremo Roland Alphonso with a couple of his sweet sevens.