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Various Artists:
Roots Reggae Box Set (TJETD296)
Some wicked tunes
here as we take a trip around 70’s conscious roots reggae. Slow and lazy
rhythms, hard hitting lyrics, wonderful stuff.
Wolf and Leapords is
a classic of course, but the extended mix sets the tone for this album. Difficult to pick out th etop tunes as
all the heavyweights are represented from Johny Clarke, Junior Delgado, Cool
Ruler Gregory Isaacs, Junior Byles, Cornell Campbell, Linval thompson,
Heptones, Jacob Miller, Freddie Macgregor, Tapper Zukie, Leroy Smart to name
just a few.
Blood Dunza is a
corker of a track. Frankie Jones
mellow vocal is perfectly complimented by Tappa Zukie’s toasting. Seems I
always big up this man, so I’ll do it again but check the Cornell campbell
tracks, one on each album.
Knowledge’s sentry is worthy of strong recommendation. As a sucker for
vocal harmony the Heptones always sound true and poor, on another tip Tapper
Zukie was always for me the best, so check Liberation struggle.
Chant down babylon
(CD3) probably contains the most obscure but still good with lesser knowns like
Little Roy, EvanJones, devon Irons, Black Notes.
A great set all
round
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Various Artists: Roots Reggae Box Set (TJETD296) |
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Format: Treble CD
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Tracklisting |
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3-CD SET |
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DISC 1: FORWARD JAH JAH CHILDREN: |
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Wolf And Leopards (Extended Mix) -
Dennis Brown |
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Blood Dunza (Extended Mix) -
Johnny Clarke |
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Sons Of Slaves - Junior Delgado |
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Proud To Be Black (Extended Mix) -
Frankie Jones And Tapper Zukie |
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Slave Call - The Ethiopians |
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Zion Gate (Extended Mix) - Horace
Andy And The Sticks |
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Born In Ethiopia - The In Crowd |
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Forward Jah Jah Children (Extended
Mix) - The Inner Circle And Augustus Pablo |
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Jah Can Count On I - Freddie
McGregor |
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Jah Jah A Go Beat Them (The
Wicked) - Cornell Campbell |
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Philistines On The Land (Extended
Mix) - Junior Murvin |
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Zion (Extended Mix) - Knowledge |
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Can You Feel It (Sufferation
Everyday)(Extended Mix) - Junior Byles |
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Jah Jah Jehoviah (Extended Mix) -
Ronnie Davis |
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Mr Cop (Extended Mix) - Gregory
Isaacs |
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Jah Jah Dreader Than Dread
(Extended Mix) - Linval Thompson |
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Prophecy Call (Extended Mix) -
Glasford Manning |
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DISC 2: RASTA BUSINESS: |
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Declaration Of Rights (Extended
Version) - Johnny Clarke |
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Temptation, Botheration And Tribulation
- The Heptones |
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Standing Firm - Jacob Miller And
The Inner Circle |
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Ethiopia Land (Extended Mix) -
Peter And Paul Lewis |
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Invasion (Wa Da Da) (Extended Mix)
- Jackie Edwards And The Aggrovators |
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I Heart Is Clean (Extended Mix) -
Cornell Campbell |
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Rasta Business (Extended Mix) -
Gregory Isaacs |
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Population - Knowledge |
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Jah Jah Is The Conqueror (Extended
Mix) - Linval Thompson |
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Africa (Extended Mix) - Dennis
Brown |
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When Jah Come (Extended Mix) - Devon
Irons |
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Jah Jah Say - Junior Delgado |
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Rastaman Camp - Freddie McGregor |
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No Wicked Shall Enter The Kingdom
Of Zion - Barry Brown |
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Liberation Struggle (Extended
Version) - Tapper Zukie |
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Dedicated To Jah - The In Crowd |
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DISC 3: CHANT DOWN BABYLON: |
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Think So (AKA Much
Smarter)(Extended Version) - The Meditations |
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Chant Down Babylon - Freddie
McGregor |
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Every Knee Shall Bow (Extended
Mix) - Johnny Clarke And U Roy |
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The Truth Has Come Again - Jacob
Miller |
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Four And Twenty Dreadlocks
(Extended Mix) - Evan Jones |
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So Long (Rastafari
Calling)(Extended Mix) - Dennis Brown |
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The Raiders (Extended Mix) -
Junior Delgado |
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Hail Dread - Knowledge |
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Come Along (Extended Mix) - The
Bluebells |
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Paymaster - Gregory Isaacs |
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Give Me Strength O Jah - Cornel
Campbell |
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Humanity - Prince Lincoln And The
Royal Rasses |
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Green Bay Incident (Extended Mix)
- Lord Sassafras |
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Jah Is My Light/Wicked Eat Dirt -
Leroy Smart And I Roy |
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This Must Be Hell (Extended Mix) -
Horace Andy And Hedley Bennett |
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Rasta Man No Evil - The In Crowd |
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Touch Not My Locks - Little Roy |