Track Listing

1. Chairman of the board - Bongo Herman
2. Ring The Alarm - Tenor Saw & Buju Banton
3. Girl why don't you answer - Prince Buster
4. Under me sensi - Barrington Levy
5. Cuss cuss - Lloyd Robinson
6. King Tubby dub - King Tubby
7. Cassius Clay - Dennis Alcapone
8. Dreader than dread - Honey boy Martin
9. 54 46 - Maytals
10. Pot cover - General degree
11. Who's that lady - Paris connection
12. Stick together - U-roy
13. Soul stew - Lyn Taitt
14. Hi life - Granville williams orchestra
15. We are not the same - Cimarons

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #130571 in Music
• Released on: 2000-07-31
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
London's Soul Jazz is a specialist record store and label that's earned a deservedly hip reputation selling records and releasing compilations--they deal ska, dub, Latin, funk (and of course, soul and jazz) cuts. This collection is more off the hook than previous Soul Jazz LPs, which have focused on specific points in musical time and history (70s NY Latin or neolithic Jamaican ska, for example). Instead as Soul Jazz explain, 400 per cent Dynamite is "more about the tunes that we're playing out in the clubs--the ones that really get people dancing." All the tracks are culled from Jamaican studios/producers but traverse the decades to slap Barrington Levy and King Tubby next to Buju Banton and Tenor Saw. If anything unites the tracks it's exuberance--from the boisterous weed-homage of Levy's "Under Mi Sensi" to Paris Connection's smoochy Isley's cover on "Who's That Lady"--it's the flipside to reggae's quiet devotions, a soundtrack from Jamaica's ramped up and lusty Saturday nights.-Tony Marcus.

Customer Reviews

Dynamite it's not.
After the promise of the title, a disappointing compilation of tired old reggae tunes. Good enough in their time, perhaps, but surely we've moved on. Sound quality is often poor, as you'd expect from a lot of reggae of the period, and the music isn't good enough to justify putting up with it. 400% maybe, but sadly not dynamite.

Classic Reggae Party Music with something for every taste
The Good, The Bad and the downright Funky. This compliation runs the whole length of Jamaica and comes up with some of the freshest tracks I've heard in years even though most of them are from the 60's and 70's. The Cimarons "We are not the Same" will quicken your heart while Dennis Alcapone talks up the chances of the young Ali. Play this at your next house party and watch the faces light up.

Magic
Some wonderful reggae here - from ragga (Buju Banton) to classic ska ('54-46 That's My Number'). Much more varied than previous 'Dynamite!' compilations.