Studio One Story

Studio One Story is a documentary this is both a staggering slice of musical history and a definitive guide to Studio One, Jamaica’s greatest ever record company, and its legendary founder, Clement ‘Coxsone’ Dodd. ‘Studio One Story’ was filmed in 2002, two years before the death of the legendary Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd, a man famously reticent of being interviewed - until the making of this film. Described by Chris Blackwell as the Motown of Jamaica, or ‘The University of Reggae’, Studio One is where the careers of literally hundreds of reggae artists began: Bob Marley and the Wailers, Alton Ellis, The Heptones, Ken Boothe, The Skatalites, Burning Spear and Sugar Minott, to name but a few! Studio One is the ‘foundation’ label of Jamaican Reggae and Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd is seen by many as its father.

One and a half years in the making, Studio One Story is a truly unique documentary in which the late Clement Dodd gave unprecedented personal access to tell the previously untold story of how he and the many artists and musicians at Studio One literally shaped the rise of Reggae music from the 1950s onwards through to the late 1970s. This is the true story of reggae music and its Jamaican roots told from the inside: From the rise of Kington’s sound systems in the 1940s and 1950s, through to the evolution of a Jamaican music industry (and Studio One’s dominance) in the 1960s and the worldwide success of reggae in the 1970s.

This double LP features the soundtrack from the documentary filmed on location in Kingston, Jamaica.

Tracklist

A1     –Don Drummond     Man In The Street     
A2     –Michigan & Smiley     Nice Up The Dance     
A3     –The Abyssinians     Declaration Of Rights     
A4     –Tommy McCook     Tunnel One     

B1     –The Skatalites     Guns Of Navarone     
B2     –Dub Specialist     Banana Walk     
B3     –Dennis Alcapone     Run Run     
B4     –Alton Ellis     I'm Still In Love With You     

C1     –Brentford All Stars     Throw Me Corn     
C2     –Larry Marshall     Nanny Goat     
C3     –The Heptones     Baby     
C4     –Sugar Minott     Jah Jah Children     

D1     –Theophilus Beckford     Easy Snapping     
D2     –Lone Ranger     Love Bump     
D3     –Delroy Wilson     Dancing Mood     
D4     –Jackie Mittoo     Freak Out