Albums released by the 'Heartbeat Records' label into CDs format.
At the bottom of this page you'll notice details about 'Heartbeat Records' releases as well as the label history's .
About the Heartbeat's releases about Bob Marley And The Wailers :
CDs :
1991-10-24 One Love At Studio One (hbea 111)
1994-05-28 Simmer Down At Studio One volume 1 (hbea 171)
1994-05-28 The Wailing Wailers At Studio One volume 2 (hbea 172)
1996 - Peter Tosh : The Toughest - CD HB 150
1999-06-08 Destiny: Rare Ska Sides From Studio One CDHBEA191
1999-07-13 Wailers And Friends : Top Hits Sung By The Legends Of Jamaica Ska CDHBEA201
2000-08-08 Climb The Ladder CDHBEA251
2003-03-11 Greatest Hits At Studio One CDHBEA261
2006-03-27 One Love At Studio One 1964-1966 CDHBEA319
2007-10-16 Another Dance: Rarities from Studio One CDHBEA335
LPs :
1994-05-28 Simmer Down At Studio One volume 1 (LPHBEA 171)
1994-05-28 The Wailing Wailers At Studio One volume 2 (LPHBEA 172)
1999-06-08 Destiny: Rare Ska Sides From Studio One (LPHBEA 191)
1999-07-13 Wailers And Friends : Top Hits Sung By The Legends Of Jamaica Ska (LPHBEA 201)
2000-08-08 Climb The Ladder (LPHBEA 251)
2003-03-11 Greatest Hits At Studio One (LPHBEA 261)
About 'Heartbeat Records' history :
Heartbeat, founded in 1981 and originally from Cambridge,Massachusetts
the 2 founder were Duncan Browne and Bill Nowlin
The main idea for the label was simple : to make both classic and contemporary Jamaican music available to a wider audience.
Inside the Heartbeat's catalogue you'll find' ska, dub, rocksteady, dancehall, digital, roots, lovers', and every other Jamaican genre.
More importantly, you'll find all the big names:
Bob Marley And The Wailers, Lee Perry, Big Youth, the Heptones, the Maytals, Burning Spear, Sugar Minott
Augustus Pablo, Dennis Brown, the Abyssinians, Peter Tosh, the Skatalites, and many others.
Heartbeat has released more than 55 albums of Studio One material.
Some of these are reissues of classic albums
some are compilations featuring familiar classics alongside rare or unreleased gems.
Most importantly, the quality of these releases is very high, as the original master tapes are used in almost every case.
How has Heartbeat been able to get their hands on so much of Studio One's output ?
Coxsone Dodd, Studio One's founder and one of the most important figures in Jamaican music history,
worked closely with the label, and helped to procure the best source materials for each release.
Heartbeat's reissues include thousands of vintage tracks from labels like Treasure Isle and High Note
and from veteran producers such as Lee Perry, Joe Gibbs, Alvin Ranglin, Lloyd Daley
Clancy Eccles, and Niney The Observer.
In 2003 Heartbeat formed an alliance with top dancehall producers Colin "Bulby" York and Lynford "Fatta" Marshall.
Known in reggae circles by their Fat Eyes imprint, over the last ten years both Bulby and Fatta have
appeared either as producers or mixing engineers on a good percentage of top-selling dancehall songs
or albums, working with artists like Sean Paul, Sizzla, Capleton, Buju Banton, Elephant Man
Beres Hammond, and Beenie Man.