STUDIO ONE / VARIOUS Down Beat Special (2024 UK Expanded Edition 18-track remastered double album 2-LP - 'Down Beat Special' is a roller-coaster 'greatest hits' ride through many of the all-time classic tunes hand-picked from across themighty vaults of, without doubt, Jamaica's finest ever record label and pioneering powerhouse of reggae music. Seminal tracks such as Michigan and Smiley's 'Nice Up The Dance', Dawn Penn's 'No,No,No', The Wailers' 'Simmer Down', The Eternals''Queen of the Minstrels' … and on it goes. Non-stop BIG tunes. Down Beat Special is an essential primer to Studio One Records. Complete with newly commissioned sleeve notes by Noel Hawks [History of the Jamaican Recording Industry] features a track by track historical and musical analysis, label scans and more added to this fantastic collection. Complete with two individually printed inners [one of which has a seam split to one edge but also displays the download code sticker], the picture sleeve retains its opened hype-stickered shrink wrap and the vinyl looks unplayed)