Product Description
VA / Soul Jazz Records Presents – 300% DYNAMITE! Ska, Soul, Rocksteady, Funk and Dub in Jamaica (2LP)
RELEASE DATE: 27th June 2025
New edition of this most popular and highly acclaimed of all Soul Jazz Records’ Dynamite! series – 300% Dynamite is jam-packed with reggae tunes that crossed-over to become dancefloor hits and are 100% guaranteed to rock any party!
This album is fully remastered, relicensed and features new tracks. Wayne Smith’s booming anthem “Sleng Teng”, Althea & Donna’s worldwide hit ‘Uptown Top Ranking’, Sister Nancy’s classic “Bam Bam”, Augustus Pablo, Lee Perry – it’s all here as 300% Dynamite joins the dots between reggae, jazz, funk, dub and soul.
“NO. 2 COMPILATION OF THE YEAR. A third slicing of vintage reggae, ska and rocksteady from the brilliant Soul Jazz, ranking highly in our faves of 99” TIME OUT
“NO. 4 COMPILATION OF THE YEAR” NME
“Who’d have thought a Ska and Reggae mix would become one of the most acclaimed compilations of the year” MIXMAG
“Absolutely fantastic quality compilation series” SELECT
“As high quality as it gets” Q
1. Wayne Smith – Under Mi Sleng Teng
2. Big Youth – Cool Breeze
3. Sister Nancy – Bam Bam
4. The Freddie Munnings Orchestra – Coconut Woman
5. Bobby Ellis – Step Softly
6. Althea and Donna – Uptown Top Ranking
7. Jah Lloyd – Lama
8. Culture – Stop The Fussing and Fighting
9. Lee Perry and The Upsetters – Jungle Lion
10. Johnny and The Attractions – Let’s Get Together
11. Augustus Pablo – Viva Tirado
12. Archie and Lyn – Rat In The Centre
13. Jackie Paris – Make Me Smile
14. Bobby Ellis – Shank I Sheck
15. Winston Wright and The Upsetters – Jam #1
16. The Ethiopians – The Whip
17. Chaka Demus & Pliers – The Boom
18. Glen Adams – Can’t Hide Love
19. Johnny Clarke – Rebel Soldering
20. Dee Sharp – Let’s Dub It Up
