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Formats and Editions
1. Mr Fire Coal Man -Wailing Souls
2. Solid Foundation - Righteous Flames
3. Give a Helping Hand - Gaylads
4. Things a Come Up to Bump -Bassies
5. You Will Never Know - the Mad Lads
6. You Can't Be Happy - Clarendonians
7. What Is It - the Consumates
8. Happy Land - Carlton and His Shoes
9. The Struggle - Viceroys
10. I'll Never Grow Old - Maytals
11. Get in the Groove - Heptones
12. Pick Up the Pieces - Royals
13. Jah Jah Go Before Us - the Gladiators
14. Love and Affection - Bob Marley
15. Down Presser International - the Stingers
16. Baby Why - the Cables
17. Owe Me No Pay Me -The Ethiopians
18. The Pressure Is on - the Purpleites
19. Cheating and Lying - the Silvertones
More Info:
2006 release featuring legendary groups from the foundation label of Reggae. Bob Marley & the Wailers, Toots & the Maytals, the Heptones plus other talents including the Righteous Flames, the Bassies, the Royals, the Cables, the Ethiopians & more musical output from the 1960s & 70s. Studio One Groups were key of the label's success. The sweet three-part harmonies so close to the heart of Jamaican music, can be heard throughout every stylistic change of Reggae music - Ska, Rocksteady, Roots and beyond, all featured here. Includes liner notes by Rob Chapman, author of the acclaimed Studio One discography, Never Grow Old.back to top