Rebel Island Soul Under The Influence: Reggae, Funk & Soul In Jamaica In The 1970s - Soul Jazz Records Presents - Vinyl LP Record (Arrives in 20 days)

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.
Less-well established is that in the 1970s Jamaicans didn’t (shock!) stop
listening to American black music styles, with many 70s reggae artists as
invested in soul, funk and the proto-disco sounds of Philadelphia, as was the
case with rhythm and blues in the previous decade. In the 1970s, while
Jamaica promoted its own roots reggae styles around the world, powerhouse
USA soul labels such as Motown, Philadelphia International and Stax Records
were at the same time all popular on the island.
This interaction between American and Jamaican music was not limited to
Jamaica. In Britain, first-generation Caribbean-émigré children in the 1960s
and early 70s grew up with an equal love of both soul and reggae, which
manifested itself in the home-grown arrival of lovers rock in the mid-1970s.
Soul Jazz Records’ new ‘Reggae 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.

Tracklist

Disc 1

1. You Ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
2. Be Thankful
3. Feel Like Making Love
4. People Make the World Go Round
5. Single Barrel
6. Shaft
7. Some Day We Ll Be Together
8. War

Disc 2

1. Private Number
2. Bathroom Skank
3. Watch This Sound
4. Sitting In the Park
5. If I Don T Watch Out
6. Slipping Into Darkness
7. Ball of Confusion
8. Ain T No Sunshine

Label: Soul Jazz Records | Origin: Holland