Sixteen killer 70s reggae funk and soul cuts from the likes of John Holt, Lee Perry, Cornel Campbell, The Cimarons, The Chosen Few and more featuring superb reggae takes on songs by artists including The Jackson 5, William DeVaughn, Diana Ross and The Supremes, War, The Temptations, Roberta Flack, The Stylistics and others!
Well-documented is the influence of American black music on Jamaican styles of the 1960s - from the birth of ska music, when The Skatalites ska-ified the jump-up southern USA rhythm and blues music of Rosco Gordon, Louis Jordan and Fats Domino, through to the creation of rocksteady when Jamaican artists like The Techniques, The Paragons, Alton Ellis and The Melodians turned to the slower rhythms and soulful harmonies of groups such as The Impressions and The Drifters for inspiration.
Soul Jazz Records' new 'Rebel Island Soul' tells this story of how soul and funk-infused reggae in the 1970s united the sounds of Jamaica, USA and the UK into a highly addictive cultural hybrid of styles.
Track Listing
Side A
1. John Holt - You'll Never Find
2. Cornell Campbell - Be Thankful
3. Elizabeth Archer ; the Equators - Feel Like Making Love
4. The Chosen Few - People Make the World Go Round
Side B
1. Dave ; Ansel Collins - Single Barrel
2. The Now Generation - Shaft
3. The Marvels - Some Day We'll Be Together
4. The Darker Shades of Black - War
Side C
1. Winston Curtis - Private Number
2. Lee Perry ; the Upsetters - Bathroom Skank
3. Slim Smith - Watch This Sound
4. Winston Francis - Sitting in the Park
Side D
1. The Sensations - If I Don't Watch Out
2. Carl Bert ; the Cimarons - Slipping Into Darkness
3. The Darker Shades of Black - Ball of Confusion
4. Jah Youth - Ain't No Sunshine
