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Various
Artists: Trojan Roots and Culture Box Set (TJETD226)
Spanning
the mid 70’s to mid 80’s when arguably Roots and Culture was at the height or
prominence, though still eveident and powerful today.
CD1
Kicking off
with a couple of Locks tunes, strong bass lines, Linval Thompson and Uroy. The
former always been a favourite of mine but U Roy is so so powerful and out on
his own.
Moving on
to Rastafari, Africa, Babylon.
Gregory Isaaca wonderful Beautiful Africa which is a group vocal sound
with The Gladiators (I think) on harmonies. Wayne Jarrett’s Satta Dread is also strong. A lot of heavyweight
artists with good representation like I Roy, Prince Lincoln. Michael Rose,
johnny Clarke, Leroy Smart.
CD2
Cool soulful
easy vocal of Freddie McGregor and the hard dub and toast od classic Dillinger.
The sounds can be cool and melodic or hard and bass-y, compare and contrast
Inner Circle stoccato vocals to militant Tapper Zukie. Sweet tones of Horace
Andy to wicked and wild Lee Perry.
Great track
from lesser known Mike Brooks, and extended version by Dennis Brown of To the
Foundation. Vocals don’t come any
better than Cornell Campbell
CD3
Barry Brown
better known for his sweeter soulful covers in full flow on Protect them. Some
newer names came to prominence in the early 80’s like Barrington Levy, tristan
Palmer, Bim Sherman. But big names to Sugar Minott, Leroy Sibbles, Al Campbell,
Johnny Osborne. But for me
once again it’s the vocal groups that do it for me Wailing Souls, Israel
Vibration and the Viceroys but special mention for Prince Far I a voice so
distinctive and Poetic it always does it for me.
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Various Artists: Trojan Roots and Culture Box Set
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Format: Treble CD album
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Tracklisting |
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3-CD BOX SET |
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DISC 1: |
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Don't Cut Off Your
Dreadlocks - Linval Thompson |
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Joyful Locks - U Roy |
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Beautiful Africa -
Gregory Isaacs |
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Satta Dread - Wayne
Jarrett |
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Satta - I Roy |
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Babylon De Pon Fire -
Truth, Fact And Correct |
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Dreadlocks Man -
Prince Lincoln & The Royal Rasses |
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Guess Who's Coming To
Dinner - Michael Rose |
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Natty Alright - Jah
Woosh |
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Jah Forgive Them -
Leroy Smart |
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Warrior - Johnny
Clarke |
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Africa - Winston
Heywood & The Hombres |
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Black Harmony Killer -
Jah Stitch |
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Rasta Train - Doctor
Alimantado & Raphael Green |
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Last War (Jah Jah Children
Arise) - Zap Pow |
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Open The Gate - Watty
Burnett |
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An African Child - The
Heptones |
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DISC 2: |
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Zion Chant - Freddie
McGregor |
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African World Wide -
Dillinger |
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Roman Soldiers Of
Babylon - The Inner Circle |
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Revolution - Tapper
Zukie |
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Confusion In A Babylon
(AKA Mutiny) - Niney & The Observers |
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Land Of Love - The
Sons Of Light |
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(Stop Your) Brutality
- Horace Andy |
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Free Up The Prsioners
- Lee Perry |
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What A Gathering -
Mike Brooks |
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Porti - Glasford
Manning |
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To The Foundations
(Extended Version) - Dennis Brown |
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Forward With Jah
Orthodox - Mystic I |
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Blessed Are They -
Cornel Campbell |
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Eyes On Africa - The
Mighty Diamonds |
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Zion - Knowledge |
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Trod With Jah - Barrington
Levy |
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DISC 3: |
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Protect Them - Barry
Brown |
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Give Thanks And Praise
- Jimmy Riley |
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Marcus Garvey's Back
In Town - The In Crowd |
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The Children Are
Crying - Alton Ellis |
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Brother Noah - The
Black Shadows |
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Lightning And Thunder
- Bim Sherman |
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Dreader Than Dread -
Sugar Minott |
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Jah Far I On A
Pinnacle - Leroy Sibbles |
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Free Up Rasta - Al
Campbell |
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Who No (Wa'an Come) -
The Wailing Souls |
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Babylon - Tristan
Palmer |
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Jah Footsteps - Prince
Far I |
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Jah Jah (The
Intelligence Of Your Mind) - The Viceroys |
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Jah Love - Anthony
Johnson |
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Why You So Craven -
Israel Vibration |
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Bring The Sensi Come -
Johnny Osbourne |
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Chalice - Charlie
Chaplin |
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