Soul Jazz Records are releasing this compilation featuring the cream of Reggae, Funk and Soul from the Impact and Randy's Records label from Kingston, Jamaica. Featuring classic, rare and previously unreleased material this release continues Soul Jazz Records journey through Reggae. Featuring classic productions from Vincent Chin, and later his son Clive Chin, this release features Augustus Pablo, Jackie Mittoo, Tommy McCook, Lloyd Parks and a host of others all alongside the Randy's All Stars in-house band.
Randy's began as a record shop in Kingston and shortly progressed to running it's own studio and record label. It's owner, Vincent Chin, later went on start VP records, the largest distributor of Reggae in the US.
The tracks featured here are mostly from the 1970s and are some of the funkiest Reggae ever to come out of Jamaica, most of them versions of US Funk and Soul tracks popular in Kingston at that time.
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