Coxsone's Music is a stunning new double 2x LP (+ free download) collection featuring over two and half hours of early Jamaican proto-ska, rhythm and blues, jazz, rastafari and gospel music - charting the earliest recordings produced by Clement Dodd, in the years before he launched the mighty Studio One Records, brought together here for the first time ever.
Clement Dodd's Sir Coxsone The Downbeat Soundsystem ruled Kingston's dancehalls during this era and these recordings strongly reflect the influences of American rhythm and blues and jump jazz on Jamaican music fans. By the time the new record company formed in Brentford Road, Kingston in 1963, the young Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd had already managed to release an incredible wealth of recordings by the talented musicians and artists on the island of Jamaica and this collection reflects just that.
Featuring Don Drummond, Roland Alphonso, Derrick Harriott, Owen Gray, Clancy Eccles, Count Ossie, Monty Alexander, The Blues Busters, Ernest Ranglin, Rico Rodriguez and many, many more all captured here in their formative early years.
Before Studio One, Clement Dodd released this music on a variety of his early record labels such as Worldisc, All Stars, Coxsone, D Darling (named after Coxsone's mother, who received a production credit on the label), Muzik City (named after Dodd's record store on East Queen's Street), Port O Jam, Supreme and Sensational. Sleevenotes to this collection are by Studio One authority Rob Chapman, author of the Never Grow Old and Downbeat Special books cataloguing the many recordings of the label.1. Don Drummond — Roll On Sweet Don 2. Derrick Harriott — Answer Me 3. Aubrey Adams — Do Du Wap 4. Busty & Cool — What A World 5. Roland Alphonso — Counter Punch 6. Owen & Millie — Do You Know 7. Workshop Musicians — Calypso Jazz 8. Don Drummond — Elevation Rock 9. The Blues Busters — There's Always Sunshine 10. Clue J and his Blues Blasters — Unkown Shuffle Blues 11. The Jiving Juniors — Darling Don't Leave Me 12. The Mellow Larks — Time To Pray 13. Owen Gray — Twisting My Baby 14. Cecil Loyd Quintet — What Is The Thing Called Love 15. Theo Beckford — That's Me 16. Simms & Robinson — White Christmas 17. Cecil Lloyd Quintet — Sometimes I'm Happy 18. Owen Gray — Best Twist 19. The Blues Busters — Tell Me Why 20. Don Drummond — Dew Drops 21. Clancy Eccles — River Jordan 22. Workshop Musicians — Serenade In Sound 23. Owen Gray — Young Lover 24. The City Slickers — Oceans 11
