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Reggae's golden age was as bright as the following years have been dim for the once glorious genre. Indeed, it's the work of the pioneers of the '60s and '70s that, more than ever, defines reggae decades after the heydays of Marley, Toots, and Tosh. This four-disc, chronologically arranged box set (in contrast with 2001's similarly expansive but more wide-ranging Reggae Box) maintains its focus on the first decade and a half of reggae and its antecedents, allowing the compilers to delve deeper into the great one-offs that played a vital role in shaping the classic sound. Yes, like countless reggae compilations before it, this Trojan set features "Israelites," "Pressure Drop," "Rivers of Babylon," "Trenchtown Rock," and "Marcus Garvey." In addition to those indisputable touchstones, however, This is Reggae Music generously and expertly plunges into a remarkable archive to highlight the less-celebrated likes of Bongo Man Byfield, the Uniques, and Ken Parker. Colin Escott's pithy but erudite history and track-by-track summary further flesh out this exemplary package.
CONDITION: NEW
TRACK LISTING
Disc: 1
1. LORD TANAMO- Iron Bar
2. DERRICK MORGAN- Fat Man
3. STRANGER COLE- Rough And Tough
4. DON DRUMMOND & TOMMY McCOOK- (Music Is My) Occupation
5. MILLIE- My Boy Lollipop
6. ERIC "MONTY" MORRIS- Penny Reel-O
7. ROLAND ALPHONSO & THE SOUL BROTHERS- Phoenix City
8. BONGO MAN BYFIELD- Bongo Man
9. THE CLARENDONIANS- Rude Boy Gone A Jail
10. DESMOND DEKKER & THE ACES- Rudy Got Soul
11. STRANGER & PATSY- Down By The Train Line
12. ALTON ELLIS & THE FLAMES- Cry Tough
13. DESMOND DEKKER & THE ACES- 007 (Shanty Town)
14. HOPETOWN LEWIS- Take It Easy
15. DERRICK HARRIOTT- The Loser
16. THE ETHIOPIANS- Train To Skaville
17. THE JAMAICANS- Ba Ba Boom
18. KEITH & TEX- Stop That Train
19. ALTON ELLIS & THE FLAMES- Rocksteady
20. THE PARAGONS- The Tide Is High
21. KEN PARKER- True, True, True
22. DESMOND DEKKER- Israelites
23. TOOTS & THE MAYTALS- 54-46 Thats My Number
24. THE ETHIOPIANS- Everything Crash
Disc: 2
1. TOOTS & THE MAYTALS- Do The Reggay
2. DESMOND DEKKER & THE ACES- It Miek
3. THE ETHIOPIANS- Engine 54
4. THE UNIQUES- featuring Slim Smith The Beatitude (Blessed Are the Meek)
5. LLOYD ROBINSON- Cuss Cuss
6. LEE PERRY- People Funny, Boy
7. THE UNTOUCHABLES- Tighten Up
8. THE UPSETTERS- Return Of Django
9. DAVE BARKER & THE UPSETTERS- Shocks Of Mighty
10. TOOTS & THE MAYTALS- Monkey Man
11. THE PIONEERS- Longshot Kick De Bucket
12. THE TENNORS- Ride Your Donkey
13. TONY TRIBE- Red, Red Wine
14. JIMMY CLIFF- Wonderful World, Beautiful People
15. TOOTS & THE MAYTALS- Pressure Drop
16. GREGORY ISAACS- Dont Let Me Suffer
17. THE MELODIANS- Rivers Of Babylon
18. HARRY J & THE ALLSTARS- Liquidator
19. THE SLICKERS- Johnny Too Bad
20. BOB & MARCIA- Young, Gifted And Black (Jamaica Mix)
21. DAVE & ANSEL COLLINS- Double Barrel
22. JIMMY CLIFF- Many Rivers To Cross
Disc: 3
1. DESMOND DEKKER- You Can Get It If You Really Want
2. FREDDIE NOTES & THE RUDIES- Montego Bay
3. JIMMY CLIFF- Come Into My Life
4. ANDY CAPP- Pop A Top
5. NINEY- Blood And Fire
6. PETER TOSH & THE WAILERS- 400 Years
7. BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS- Duppy Conqueror
8. JIMMY CLIFF- Vietnam
9. THE KINGSTONIANS- Singer Man
10. KEN PARKER- Groovin Out On Life (Groovin In Style)
11. THE STINGERS- Give Me Power
12. BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS- Small Axe
13. TOOTS & THE MAYTALS- Pomps And Pride
14. JIMMY CLIFF- Bongo Man
15. THE PIONEERS- Let Your Yeah Be Yeah
16. JOHNNY NASH- Guava Jelly
17. GREYHOUND- Black And White
18. HORACE ANDY- I Feel Good All Over
19. THE HEPTONES- Hypocrite
20. JOHN HOLT- Stick By Me (And Ill Stick by You)
21. ERIC DONALDSON- Cherry Oh Baby
22. BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS- African Herbsman
Disc: 4
1. DELROY WILSON- Better Must Come
2. BONGO HERMAN & ERIC "BINGY BUNNY" LAMONT- Know Fari
3. JUNIOR BYLES- A Place Called Africa
4. BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS- Trenchtown Rock
5. RIGHTEOUS FLAMES- One Love, One Heart
6. JOHNNY NASH- I Can See Clearly Now
7. ZAP POW- This Is Reggae Music
8. PETER TOSH & THE WAILERS- Brand New Second Hand
9. BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS- Lively Up Yourself
10. JOHNNY NASH- Stir It Up
11. DENNIS BROWN- Money In My Pocket
12. TOOTS & THE MAYTALS- Funky Kingston
13. SLIM SMITH- The Time Has Come
14. KEN BOOTHE- Everything I Own
15. DENNIS BROWN- Westbound Train
16. THE WILLOWS- Cool Iron
17. THE UPSETTERS- Justice To The People
18. BIG YOUTH- S90 Skank
19. I ROY- Black Man Time
20. GREGORY ISAACS- Bad Da
21. RAS MICHAEL & THE SONS OF NEGUS- Run Come (Throw Away Your Stoney Heart)
22. BURNING SPEAR- Marcus Garvey
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