Album Description: 50 great reggae tracks from the vaults of Trojan Records, all rare & many on CD for the first time! Includes hard to find cuts by Big Youth, Crystalites, Herman, Jerry Lewis, I Roy, Augustus Pablo and Roland Alphonso. Also features a short biography on each included artist. Each disc comes in a separate slipcase & together they come in a full color brilliant box. 1999 release.
Disc 1:
Some Having A Bawl - Pioneers
Slippery - Crystallites
Help Wanted - Stranger Cole
Lover Boy - Rolando Alphonso
Bigger Boss - Sir Harry & Ansel Collins
Belittle Me - Carlton Alphonso
Reggae Dance - Owen Gray
I Like Your Smile - Roy Shirley
Poppy Show (Part 2) - Andy Capp
Music House - Rolando Alphonso
Sweet Like Candy - Winston Williams
Do It Madly - Chuck Jnr.
Why Why Why - Betty Sinclaire
Teahouse From Emperor Rosko - Dice The Boss
Jennifer - Junior Soul
Tilly - Jay Boys
Sweet Musille - The Corporation
Disc 2:
Love Brother - Herman
Love Uprising - Hamaicans
Never Fall In Love - Winston Heywood
Jet 747 (Version 4) - The Jet Scene
Genuine Love - Ken Parker
Nuclear Weapon - Ansel Collins
Uganda - Herman
Bongo Man - The Linkers
Repatriation - Audley Rollins
Repatriation Version - Hugh Roy Junior
Chairman Of The Board - Bongo Herman/Les/Bunny
Medicine Man - Love Generation
Feel Good - Hoprace Andy
Tipatone - King Smiley
African Breakfast - Bongo Herman
True True To My Heart - Keith Hudson
Disc 3:
Peter And Judas - Earl Flute & Horace Andy
Rhythm Pleasure - Jerry Lewis
Doctor Seaton - Aggrovators
High Jacking - I. Roy
The Murderer - Simplicity People
Anywhere But Nowhere - K.C. White
Nowhere - Simplicity People
Cowtown Skank Version 2 - Augustus Pablo
Clappers Tail - I. Roy
Pity The Children - Eternals
Trying To Wreck My Life - Delroy Wilson
Girl Of My Dreams - Cornell Campbell
Ration - Bongo Herman & Bingy Bunny
Great Great Great - I. Roy
Great Great Great Version - Rupie Edwards All Stars
WONDERFUL MIXTURE OF ROCKSTEADY, DJ/VERSION, AND INSTRUMENTALS yes, this is one of the better ones. when i heard SOME HAVING A BAWL, i was like YES INDEED, SIR!!!! i was surprised at how much i liked the dj/version stuff, the instrumentals, and the original tracks that the versions came from. along with the ROCKSTEADY joint and the MOD, i would recommend this to anyone who likes that golden age of reggae.
there's some gems on here! Right, I'll be honest, the first cd has only one good tune, Owen Grays 'Reggae Dance'.But it's a damn fine tune at that.The 2nd cd is a corker, Bongo Herman has two classic tunes on this disc.'Chairman Of The Board',(with Bingy Bunny and Les) is an amazing version of 'The Liquidator', and 'African Breakfast' is a beautiful rolling instumental.Also worth noting is Audrey Rollins' 'Repatriation'.The rhythm you may recognise from I.Roys classic 'Musical Drum Sound'-the nyahbingi drumming is missing but it is a damn fine tune never-the-less.Cd 3 features the mighty I.Roy himself, with 'High Jacking', his heavy heavy version of Horace Andys 'Skylarking'. Bongo Herman appears with Bingy Bunny again.-'Ration' is their classic cut to Dennis Browns 'Money In My Pocket'and is guaranteed to get you steppers steppin'.The set closes with a Keith Hudson produced Big Youth tune, 'Can You Keep A Secret', this is my favourite dub tune of all time,complete with mean moody harmonica, and worth the money itself. Other highlights are K.C. Whites 'Anywhere But Nowhere', the beautiful voice from 'No No No', delivering another fine, self-penned tune and Delroy Wilsons extremely rare 'Trying To Wreck Up My Life'.BUY THIS!, you will not be disappointed.
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