Various – Coxsone's Music (The First Recordings Of Sir Coxsone The Downbeat 1960-62) (2xLP)
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The breathtaking compilation "Coxsone's Music" spans three CDs or four vinyls (including free download code). That makes a total of two and a half hours of music. However, this does not come from Studio One, which of course immediately comes to mind when thinking of Clement Dodd. Rather, this is "The First Recordings Of Sir Coxsone The Downbeat 1960-63", as the compilation's subtitle reveals. We don't get to hear reggae or dub with this, but tracks that Sir Coxsone put to tape with his Downbeat sound system in the pre-Studio One days (founded in 1963), that is proto-ska, rhythm & blues, jazz , gospel and Rastafarian music.
The 46 tracks are among the earliest recordings Dodd ever produced and streamed on various labels. They are presented together for the first time on "Coxsone's Music 1960-1963". Included are Don Drummond, Roland Alphonso, Derrick Harriott, Owen Gray Clancy Eccles, Count Ossie, Monty Alexander, The Blues Busters, Ernest Ranglin and Rico Rodriguez - big names today, but emerging talents in the early 1960s. If you want to get into the pre-reggae era, you can't get around this compilation. -
A1 You Had It All Wrong
A2 Salt Lane Shuffle
A3 Real Gone Clown
A4 Reload
A5 Freedom
B1 Pine Juice
B2 Over The River
B3 Schooling The Duke
B4 Rock A Man Soul
B5 Summertime
B6 No More Wedding
C1 Just Cool
C2 Sugar Plum
C3 Silky
C4 Independent Blues
C5 That Man Is Back
C6 Searching
D1 Romantic Shuffle
D2 Grooving With The Beat
D3 I Do
D4 Burnie'S Tune
D5 Sit And Cry