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Dennis Brown: Money In My Pocket - Definitive Collection (TJDDD236)

The Crown Prince of Reggae would be on the top of many people’s best and most influential of Reggae’s finest, and he would be near the top of mine. There are some absolutely superb tracks on here, he was consistently quality despite having so many releases at his peak times.

This album spans 1970 to 1996. Lips of Wine, Silhouettes are distinctive, soulful, accessible, wonderful from the early days. 1972 was particularly fruitful, the hits just kept on coming, Things in Life, Musical Heatwave, What about the half, and the enormous and deserved hit, pop hit too, Money in my pockett (here in original format)

The next one that really grabs me is Why Seek more but it was really the Wolves and leapords set that put DB on another plane, one of the Reggae sets of all time, this was on another level. Funny Feelings I have fond memories of out of Gussie Clark. Ain’t that loving you is not far behind, great stiff.

CD2 kick in at 1978 with Equal Rights and the remake of Money in my pocket. But he went from Strength to strength Sitting and Watching, Love has found a way, Halfway Up Halfway down, there is no letting up whether it was Joe Gibbs, Sly and Robie, whoever. Virtually everything was written by him whether lovers or conscious and lyrically not much tops the eerie, pleading of Promised land or the militant Revolution.

Choosing favourites from nearly fifty is pretty near impossible so just sit back and take it all in. Absolutely Crisp Biscuit.

Dennis Brown: Money In My Pocket - Definitive Collection (TJDDD236)

Format: Double CD album Released: Mar 07 2005 Price: £13.99 Drawing on the extensive Trojan, Creole and RAS catalogues, while also including numerous tracks especially licensed in for the release, this incredible collection can lay claim to being the very first serious anthology of the Crown Prince of Reggae's recording career. With every track featured a major Reggae hit, this 2-CD set illustrates why Denis Brown was such a towering figure on the Jamaican music scene throughout his adult life and its release will undoubtedly go some way to pleasing his huge fan-base, as well as ensuring his legacy is remembered for a long time to come.

Tracklisting

2-CD SET

DISC 1

Lips Of Wine

He Can't Spell

Silhouettes

Baby Don't Do It

Things In Life

Concentration

Musical Heatwave

What Aout The Half

Black Magic Woman

Money In My Pocket (original version)

Stages In Life

Westbound Train

Cassandra

(I Am The) Conqueror

No More Will I Roam

Why Seek More (Give A Helping Hand)

This Tribulation

Take A Trip

Wolves And Leopards

Whip Them Jah Jah

Here I Come Again (aka Have No Fear)

Here I Come

Funny Feelings

Blood Sun

Children Of Israel

DISC 2

Tenement Yard

How Can I Leave You

Equal Rights

Money In Pocket (1978 version)

Man Next Door

Sitting And Watching

Let Me Love You

Have You Ever

Lovelight

Love Has Found Its Way

Halfway Up, Halfway Down

Hold On To What You've Got

If This World Were Mine

Promised Land

Revolution

Time And Place

Deceiving Girl

I'm Lost Without You

History

The Exit

Wildfire-Dennis Brown & John Holt

Revolution Part 2

Hold Tight

Should I

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