Solid Gold: Coxsone Style (1992)

About this title: The Heartbeat label continues collecting up the brightest moments from the Studio One label, with this latest compilation dedicated to Coxsone Dodd's work in the early reggae age. A new crop of producers were making their name with incredibly jittery rhythms, but even as Dodd hardened his own sound, the lavish melodies and heady atmospheres remained at the forefront of every production. This is easily heard on the quartet of songs that open the set, each one more moody than the last, cresting with the Abyssinians' cultural masterpiece "Declaration of Rights," a roots classic that predates ... read more

Tracks:

1. Strange Things [Holt]
2. I'll Be Waiting [Ellis]
3. Park View [Dodd]
4. Declaration of Rights [Collins/Manning/Man]
5. Help Me [Helpers]
6. Let Him Live [Shields]
7. Rivers of Babylon [Dowe/McNaughton]
8. Holly Holy [Diamond]
9. Iron Side [Mittoo]
10. I Love You Madly [Extended Mix] [Garrett/Hanks]
11. How Does It Feel [McGhie]
12. Surfing [Dodd/Ranglin]
13. Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) [Extended Mix] [Macaulay/Mason]
14. I Don't Want to See You Cry [Holt]
15. Parent's Fault [Thomas]
16. Soolaimon [Diamond]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.