200% DYNAMITE! Ska, Soul, Rocksteady, Funk & Dub in Jamaica

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Soul Jazz Records’ ‘200% DYNAMITE!’ set the benchmark for reggae-meets-funk compilations that has never been bettered. Jam-packed with reggae tunes that crossed over to become dancefloor hits, such as Tenor Saw’s sound boy anthem, ‘Ring the Alarm’, K.C. White’s classic cut of the seminal ‘No, No, No’ and Augustus Pablo’s ‘Rockers Rock’, ‘200% DYNAMITE’ explores the links between reggae, jazz, funk and soul.

Carrying on perfectly from ‘100% DYNAMITE’, this second compilation continues to trace the history of Jamaican reggae and the influence of American styles such as funk and jazz had on this music.

Featured here are serious funk and rocksteady tunes from the likes of The Skatalites and Johnny Osbourne through to Jamaican jazz from masters such as Tommy Mc Cook and Byron Lee, as well as some serious dub from the likes of Augustus Pablo, King Tubby and Jackie Mittoo.

New bonus tracks on this updated 2023 edition include seminal dancehall party cuts Sister Nancy’s ‘One Two’ and Chaka Demus and Pliers’ ‘Murder She Wrote’, alongside classic soul to reggae covers including cuts of Marlena Shaw’s ‘Women of the Ghetto’ and Odyssey’s ‘Don’t Tell Me Tell Her’.

Tracklist

Augustus Pablo - Rockers Rock
K.C. White - No No No
Tenor Saw - Ring The Alarm
Johnny Osbourne - Bewitched
Pinchers - Agony
The Abyssinians - Mandela
Sister Nancy - One, Two
King Tubby Meets Tommy McCook and The Aggrovators - King Tubby Dub
Chaka Demus & Pliers - Murder She Wrote
Johnny Osbourne - Ready Or Not
Jackie Mittoo - Earthquake
Sandra Reid - Don't Tell Me Tell Her
The Skatalites Meet King Tubby - Herb Man Dub
Kim Harriott - Woman Of The Ghetto