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Live music in Jamaica in the 1950s was hard to come by for inner city residents, with all the talented musicians often taking more lucrative gigs at the white resorts on the outskirts of Kingston. Duke Reid and Sir Coxsone filled this void by playing American funk and soul records over huge soundsystems for people to dance to, 20 years before anyone in the States or Europe dreamt of playing records in a nightclub. Fast forward a few decades and Jamaican producers still looked Stateside for inspiration, resulting in the sort of recordings present on this excellent compilation of reggae disco covers from London’s Soul Jazz Records. Hustle! Reggae Disco was originally released on CD and double vinyl all the way back in 2002, when both Reggae and Disco were only in their 9th revival period (what are we at now, I’ve lost count), and has been out of print ever since. The music lovers at Soul Jazz breathe new life into the project with five new tracks cut from the same cloth as the original 8 and spread the collection over three heavy slabs of vinyl.
Track list:
Side A
1 Blood Sisters – Ring My Bell
2 Derrick Laro* And Trinity (4) – Don't Stop Till You Get Enough
Side B
3 Chariot Riders* – Do It Nice & Easy
4 Black Harmony – Don't Let It Go To Your Head
Side C
5 Latisha – I'm Every Woman
6 Ernest Ranglin – In The Rain
7 Family Choice* – Reggae Beats Goes On
Side D
8 Risco Connection – Ain't No Stopping Us Now
9 Xanadu (2) And Sweet Lady – Rapper's Delight
Side E
10 Sharon Forrester – Love Don't Live Here Any More
11 Carol Cool – Upside Down
Side F
12 One Blood – Be Thankful For What You've Got
13 Charmaine Burnett – Am I The Same Girl