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When people think of Tuff Gong they usually think of the record label Bob Marley set up to release Wailers tracks in the 1960s. However Tuff Gong was also the name of a complex that included a top level recording studio, pressing plant and distribution centre.

Located at the former residence of Island Records boss Chris Blackwell at 56 Hope Road, and moved to Marcus Garvey Drive following Marley's untimely death from cancer in 1981, Tuff Gong studios was used by many of Jamaica's top musicians and producers. 

Engineers working at the facility included Errol Browne who had worked at Treasure Isle studios, and Hopeton Overton Browne known as “Scientist”, named by the great producer Bunny “Striker” Lee who, having worked with him previously at King Tubby’s and Channel One studios, described Browne's style as being like that of a scientist.

For this release Jamaican Recordings focus on the work carried out by the great Scientist on the songs of the Black Solidarity Label run by Ossie Thomas (aka Joe The Boss) recorded at Tuff Gong studios.