2023 Record Store Day Black Friday release - This is a very special one-off new special edition of one of the most popular of all the Soul Jazz Records' collections that has been out of print for many years! Featuring great new sleeve design as well as a special coloured vinyl pressing, Studio One Kings is a 'who's who' of the world's greatest reggae artists.
Studio One's list of singers launched at the famous label reads like a roll call of Jamaican music. Horace Andy, Alton Ellis, Ken Boothe, Freddie McGregor, Johnny Osbourne and more. This album features classic and rare tracks that span the breadth of the legendary Studio One catalogue: Ska, Roots, Rocksteady, Lovers and more from the 1960s and 70s. The album also comes with sleeve-notes by the great writer Chris Salewicz, author of books on Reggae Explosion, Rude Boy as well as books on Bob Marley, The Rolling Stones, Jimmy Page, Joe Strummer and more.
| A1 | Larry Marshall - I've Got To Make It |
| A2 | Horace Andy - Every Tongue Shall Tell |
| A3 | Alton Ellis - The Well Run Dry |
| A4 | Johnny Osbourne - Water More Than Flour |
| B1 | Anthony Rocky Ellis - I'm The Ruler |
| B2 | Cornell Campbell - Pretty Looks Isn't All |
| B3 | Alexander Henry - Please Be True |
| B4 | Burning Spear - Them A Come |
| B5 | Joe Higgs - Change Of Plan |
| B6 | Devon Russell - Roots Natty |
| C1 | Ken Boothe - Be Yourself |
| C2 | Freddie McGregor - I Shall Be Released |
| C3 | Freddie McKay - Father Will Cut You Off |
| D1 | The Ethiopian - Locust |
| D2 | George Philip - One One |
| D3 | John Holt - I Don't Want To See You Cry |
| D4 | Delroy Wilson - Won't You Come Home Now |
