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Soul Jazz Records are releasing a new 2017 edition of their classic album ‘Dancehall: The Rise Of Jamaican Dancehall Culture’. This long-out-of-print collection is now available as a double CD and triple vinyl. The album is a lightning-flash collection of all-time classic and definitive dancehall classics as well as a stellar selection of more obscure tracks. Featuring Yellowman, Tenor Saw, Sister Nancy, Ini Kamoze, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Michigan & Smiley, Super Cat, Cutty Ranks, Eek-A-Mouse, Gregory Isaacs and more, this album features non-stop floor-filling party tune rockers throughout. ‘Dancehall’ is released to coincide with the new 2017 edition of the stunning 400+ photos deluxe coffee table book ‘Dancehall: The Rise Of Jamaican Dancehall Culture’, featuring Beth Lesser’s amazing ‘Dancehall’ photography (also newly published by Soul Jazz Records). This book has become the definitive cultural reference book for Jamaican dancehall and features hundreds of killer photographs, extensive text and interviews with many of the artists. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Patrick says: Soul Jazz can always be relied upon to pack a comp full of heat, and this dancehall collection has all the greats on here. Yellowman, Sister Nancy, Ini Kamoze, Super Cat – you name ‘em, they’re on here. Plus, we get “Murder She Wrote”. Mega!

TRACK LISTING

Yellowman - Bam Bam
Tenor Saw - Pumpkin Belly
Reggie Stepper - Cu Oonuh
Chaka Demus And Pliers - Murder She Wrote
Pinchers - Agony
Michigan & Smiley - Diseases (3.31)
Ini Kamoze - World A Music
Junior Murvin - Cool Out Son
General Echo - Arleen
Cornel Campbell - Boxing
Cutty Ranks - Chop Chop
Lone Ranger - M16
Super Cat - Trash And Ready
Gregory Isaacs - Soon Forward
Jacob Miller & Trinity - I'm Just A Dread / One Shut
Eek A Mouse - Wa Do Dem
Sister Nancy - Only Woman DJ With Degree
Trinity - Uptown Girl
General Echo - Track Shoes
Cornel Campbell - Mash You Down
Horace Ferguson - Sensi Addict
Clint Eastwood - Jump And Pawn