Various Artists - Studio One Rude Boy (2LP Red & Cyan Vinyl) (RSD24)

UK Quantity: 1000
Global Quantity: 2000

Soul Jazz Records’ new 18th anniversary one-off limited-edition heavyweight special-edition red and cyan coloured vinyl pressing (+ download code) exclusively for Record Store Day 2024 of their long out of print classic release Studio One Rude Boy. This album is fully remastered and relicensed for RSD 24! From the early days of Bob Marley and The Wailers (whose striking sharp-suited Rude Boy style appears on the front cover) through to the classic 1970s Jamaican films ‘The Harder They Come’ and ‘Rockers’, Rude Boys have been synonymous with Jamaican Reggae culture. This Jamaican Rude Boy anti-establishment attitude and stylish attire was later adopted by bands such as The Clash (in the film Rude Boy) as well as The Specials, Madness, Selector and others in the Two-Tone era that swept across the UK at the end of the 1970s. The album features classic tracks from Studio One featuring Jamaica’s finest singers and groups such as The Wailers, John Holt, the Wailing Souls and Dennis Brown alongside super-rare hard-to-find tracks from artists such as Mr Foundation, Dudley Sibley and Jim Brown. Driving Ska and Rocksteady rhythms, classic singers, killer horn lines, great Rude Boy themed-songs, all recorded under Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd’s supervision at the legendary Studio One. With musical backing comes from the legendary in-house bands – The Skatalites, The Sound Dimension, Soul Vendors and Soul Defenders – this is rightly one of the most in-demand Studio One releases that Soul Jazz Records have ever released.

1. Jackie Opel – You're Too Bad
2. Johnny Osbourne – Murderer
3. John Holt – Hooligan
4. Keith McCarthy – Everybody Rude Now
5. Owen Gray – Ballistic Affair
6. Roy Richards – Get Smart
7. Dillinger – Stop The War
8. Jim Brown – Love In The Dance
9. Desmond Baker And The Clarendonians – Rude Boy Gone A Jail
10. The Wailers – Good Good Rudie
11. Dennis Brown – Make It Easy On Yourself
12. Wailing Souls – Don't Fight It
13. Dub Specialist – Peace Theme
14. Mr Foundation – See Them A Come
15. Dudley Sibley – Run Boy Run
16. Dennis Brown – Johnny Too Bad
17. Bob Andy – Crime Don't Pay
18. Soul Brothers – Mr Kiss A Bang Bang