****SOUL VENDORS REUNION - IT`S ONLY A HISTORY LESSON****

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****SOUL VENDORS REUNION - IT`S ONLY A HISTORY LESSON****

TRACKLIST


1. A20 - Come On Over
2. A20, Natalia - Memories
3. Dudley Sibley, Special Guest - Gun Man
4. Clarendonians - You Can't Be Happy
5. Soul Vendors Instrumental - Vendors Return
6. Italk, Joe Isaacs - Interview
7. Calisia - Conversation
8. A20 - Get Along With You
9. Clarendonians - You Won't See Me
10. Natilai - Life And Time
11. Soul Vendors Instrumental - Star 3:51
12. Soul Vendors Instrumental - Vendors Touch
13. Soul Vendors Vocal - Respect Your Mother And Father
14. Italk, Joe Isaacs - Interview
15. Soul Vendors Instrumental - Respect Your Elders




BASS: Brian Atkinson
DRUMS: Joe Isaacs
GUITAR: Winston Bowen
KEYBOARDS: Ervin Lloyd
SAX: Kevin Bonfield
TROMBONE: Andrew Christian
TRUMPET: Andrew Palmer


LABEL SOUL VENDORS
DATE 2005

“The Half Has Never Been Told”


"There is nowhere on this earth, where Reggae music is played that Soul Vendors’ musical creations are not heard, emulated, celebrated and have greatly influenced the various genres of music and culture of the entire earth peoples.”




When you hear any one speak of Studio One, automatically you know you are going way back to the original reggae sound. Back to where it all started in Jamaica with the live band backing the singers. No drum machines, but real live musicians playing and singing the music to produce the record. The Soul Vendors are one of the first groups to produce such music. They led the way for some of Jamaica’s best Reggae artists including The Wailers (Bunny Wailer, Bob Marley and Peter Tosh), Toots and the Maytals, Johnny Osborne, Ken Boothe, Marcia Griffiths, The Paragons, Alton Ellis, John Holt, The Ethiopians, Freddie McGregor and many, many more too numerous to mention. Now they have gotten back together and released a new CD. The CD is titled just what it is, The Soul Vendors Reunion - It’s Only A History Lesson. It takes you back to when Jamaicans were walking around with their small battery operated AM-FM radios up to their ears listening to the newest songs.


The first session that Bob Marley and the Wailers did at Studio One and the first song they produced on their own is a song made by the Soul Vendors titled “Bend Down Low”. This has been acknowledged to be true by Bunny Wailer in a recent interview. A lot of the history of Studio One hasn't been told, even to this present time. Joe Isaacs will tell his story in the near future about the early recording sessions, the music and about the first bands that recorded and started out of Studio One.


Brian Atkinson known as ‘Bassie’ and ‘Drummie’ and Joe Isaacs (drums) are the original members of this Jamaican renowned Studio One band and the legendary Jackie Mitto (keyboard) also played a large part in the creation of the Soul Vendors. When people speak of The Soul Brothers or Soul Dimension they are referring to the original Soul Vendors. Together they developed one of the most used rhythm and beats at Studio One that can still be heard behind numerous artist whose songs made it to the top of the charts. Jackie Mitto’s “Ram Jam” is included on It's Only A History Lesson on their instrumental tune, “Vendors Return” and for more than three decades The Soul Vendors’ music is still being enjoyed.


When you hear the early original sounds of The Heptones, Bob Andy, Desmond Decker, The Melodians, Burning Spear and countless others, that is all the Rock Steady sound of the Soul Vendors. The Soul Vendors have come forward with new up coming talent from Jamaica that appreciate the pulse of the music made quite some time ago. A song by Slim Smith features a young female Jamaican vocalist Calisia on his song “Conversation” and lends her voice on a few other songs on this CD.


The Soul Vendors sing of life lessons, relationships and love all to a SKA and Rock Steady tempo. Their new CD also features more new talent including a group that goes by the name A-2-O who join forces with the Soul Vendors that definitely makes for a fine combination. It's Only A History Lesson beautifully reveals that The Soul Vendors are an essential element to the foundation of Reggae music. The Soul Vendors Reunion will prove to be one for both the young and the old who enjoy the first authentic Roots Reggae, Ska and Rock Steady music that started out of Studio One.