The idea reunite some of the the leading artists from the 60's rocksteady scene to film a documentary along the lines of Buena Visata Social club.
The Soundtrack some of the best songs of the era rerecorded by the original artists
The result some all time classics sounding better than ever!
Where do you start... this album is just brilliant the quality of the original songs was good but they now sound amazing, obviously when some of the songs were first recorded they sounded pretty rough and scratchy, in the Jamaican DIY Analouge studio style of the time, so to hear some of these songs enter the digital age is great.
This sort of idea can go one of two ways be an unmitigated disaster or be totally amazing. Thankfully it's the latter each track has been recorded with total respect for the original version. Every track on this is a winner with songs like 007, Stop that Train,you don't love me, Tide is high. tougher than tough you simply can't go wrong!
for anyone with an interest in reggae or roots music this is essential, as a compilation this album is essential, for people who already have the original tracks this is essential, for someone who doesn't own any reggae albums or thinks Bob Marleys Legend album is the only Reggae record they need, this is a great starting point to show you how many great songs are out there.
Key Tracks - all of them
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