Studio One - The Heart of Jamaican Music

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The Cables again - What Am I To Do?:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iezsQCt14IY

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The Heptones with a beautiful 1968 cover of 'Sea of Love'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckr62yS3rKc

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Ken Boothe - I am a Fool. From 1966:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeGJVoB6MnM

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Dennis Alcapone having fun DJing over a version of an old rocksteady hit from 1966 with extra percussion which gives it a seriously tough rhythm - Power Version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ8YMNbB-y8

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Studio One later dancehall style. Michigan and Smiley - Eye of Danger (based on the rhythm from The Paragons - Danger in Your Eyes):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnVgM0J0p0Y

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Okay I've posted this before on this forum and it's pretty well known, but going to again as it will be a definite contender for my Desert Island Discs when I'm invited. Really hard to imagine a better popular music record.

The Heptones- Pretty Looks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQpXo8zh_Tg

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not Studio One but Winro which was apparently one of Coxonne Dodd's labels in 1980. Heard this on Rodigan tonight and hadn't heard it for yonks.

TYRONE EVANS - How sweet it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUika8L35SQ

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Soul Vendors - Swing Easy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeXBOcOo4UE

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again not Studio One but well within the spirit and a big hit at the time

Uniques - Let Me Go Girl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPIExEVYkAY

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not Studio One but Winro which was apparently one of Coxonne Dodd's labels in 1980. Heard this on Rodigan tonight and hadn't heard it for yonks.

TYRONE EVANS - How sweet it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUika8L35SQ

Yes that counts - and it's based on the rhythm from the Studio One 60s instrumental by Jackie Mittoo & Ernest Ranglin - Jericho Skank.

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Cool thanks, i spent ages racking my brain over what the original was.

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Sugar Minott with a complaint about police harassment when he's only trying to sell a bit of weed. A late 70s dancehall mix - Oh Mr DC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6T5UZDl9N4