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Title: Various – Rockers (Original Soundtrack Recording)
Year/Genre/City: 1978, Reggae (Soundtrack), Kingston, Jamaica
Matrix #: MLPS 9587
Condition: G+ (Plays great except for 1 skip at the end of track 5 side 2) TC

Cultural Facts:

[Street Film]: The film was shot in Kingston with a semi-documentary feel—using real locations and scene people—so the soundtrack functions like an on-the-ground snapshot of late-’70s Jamaican music life.

[Studio Power]: Many of the artists orbit the Channel One / King Tubby / Jamaican studio ecosystem where producers, engineers, and sound systems could make or break careers—music as a local economy, not just art.

[Hard Reality]: Rockers isn’t a tourist fantasy; it’s tied to stories of hustling, scarcity, and getting exploited in the reggae business—an angle that made it a cult object for people who wanted the truth, not beach vibes.