VA - This Is Reggae Music: Golden Era 1960-1975 [4CD Box set] (2004)

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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. --Steven Stolder

Product Description
Magnificent
four CD box set containing the prime cuts from Trojan Record's golden
era. Mento, R&B, Ska, Rocksteady and Dub are all to be found among
the 90 songs that include legendary artists like Bob Marley & The
Wailers, Toots & The Maytals, Lee Perry, Jimmy Cliff, Ken Boothe,
Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, John Holt, and others. Beautiful photos
and notes from the musical historian Colin Ecott round out this great
package. Trojan. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable
edition of this title.

Tracklist:
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CD1 - Train To Skaville (1960-1968)
01. Lord Tanamo / Iron Bar [0:02:17.34]
02. Derrick Morgan / Fat Man [0:02:21.66]
03. Stranger Cole / Rough and Tough [0:03:01.62]
04. Don Drummond & Tommy McCook / (Music Is My) Occupation [0:03:03.20]
05. Millie / My Boy Lollipop [0:02:01.16]
06. Eric "Monty" Morris / Penny Reel-O [0:02:30.14]
07. Roland Alphonso & The Soul Brothers / Phoenix City [0:03:01.70]
08. Bongo Man Byfield / Bongo Man [0:03:11.51]
09. The Clarendonians / Rude Boy Gone A Jail [0:02:47.29]
10. Desmond Decker & The Ages / Rudy Got Soul [0:02:49.67]
11. Stranger & Patsy / Down By The Train Line [0:02:46.47]
12. Alton Ellis & The Flames / Cry Tough [0:02:16.32]
13. Desmond Decker & The Ages / 007 (Shanty Town) [0:02:33.50]
14. Hopetown Lewis / Take It Easy [0:02:54.43]
15. Derrick Harriott / The Loser [0:03:37.05]
16. The Ethiopians / Train To Skaville [0:02:51.53]
17. The Jamaicans / Ba Ba Boom [0:03:19.50]
18. Keith & Tex / Stop That Train [0:03:16.03]
19. Alton Ellis & The Flames / Rocksteady [0:02:39.39]
20. The Paragons / The Tide Is High [0:02:42.11]
21. Ken Parker / True, True, True [0:02:13.72]
22. Desmond Decker / Israelites [0:02:34.50]
23. Toots & The Maytals / 54-46 That's My Number [0:03:23.01]
24. The Ethiopians / Everything Crash [0:02:31.05]

CD2 - Do The Reggay (1968-1970)
01. Toots & The Maytals / Do The Reggay [0:03:09.32]
02. Desmond Dekker & The Aces / It Mick [0:02:33.25]
03. The Ethiopians / Engine 54 [0:02:38.09]
04. The Uniques featuring Slim Smith / The Beatitude (Blessed Are The Meek) [0:03:11.52]
05. Lloyd Robinson / Cuss Cuss [0:02:33.60]
06. Lee Perry / People Funny, Boy [0:02:36.38]
07. The Untouchables / Tighten Up [0:02:39.18]
08. The Upsetters / Return Of Django [0:02:30.56]
09. Dave Barker & The Upsetters / Shocks of Mighty [0:02:47.57]
10. Toots & The Maytals / Monkey Man [0:03:45.28]
11. The Pioneers / Longshot Kick De Bucket [0:02:42.56]
12. The Tennors / Ride Your Donkey [0:02:03.65]
13. Tony Tribe / Red, Red Wine [0:02:55.39]
14. Jimmy Cliff / Wonderful World, Beautiful People [0:03:10.60]
15. Toots & The Maytals / Pressure Drop [0:02:58.46]
16. Gregory Issacs / Don't Let Me Suffer [0:03:31.09]
17. The Melodians / Rivers Of Babylon [0:03:24.28]
18. Harry J & The Allstars / Liquidator [0:02:53.65]
19. The Slickers / Johnny Too Bad [0:03:11.22]
20. Bob & Marcia / Young, Gifted & Black (Jamaica Mix) [0:03:15.46]
21. Dave & Angel Collins / Double Barrel [0:02:46.23]
22. Jimmy Cliff / Many Rivers To Cross [0:02:40.47]

CD3 - Black and White (1970-1971)
01. Desmond Dekker / You Can Get It If You Really Want [0:02:38.55]
02. Freddie Notes & The Rudies / Montego Bay [0:02:24.12]
03. Jimmy Cliff / Come Into My Life [0:02:54.70]
04. Andy Capp / Pop A Top [0:02:18.22]
05. Niney / Blood And Fire [0:03:06.70]
06. Peter Tosh & The Wailers / 400 Years [0:02:33.68]
07. Bob Marley & The Wailers / Duppy Conqueror [0:03:45.00]
08. Jimmy Cliff / Vietnam [0:04:45.28]
09. The Kingstonians / Singer Man [0:03:02.22]
10. Ken Parker / Groovin' Out On Life (Groovin' In Style) [0:02:48.67]
11. The Stingers / Give Me Power [0:03:17.11]
12. Bob Marley & The Wailers / Small Axe [0:03:55.36]
13. Toots & The Maytals / Pomps And Pride [0:04:33.54]
14. Jimmy Cliff / Bongo Man [0:03:59.16]
15. The Pioneers / Let Your Yeah Be Yaeh [0:03:07.31]
16. Johnny Nash / Guava Jelly [0:03:16.32]
17. Greyhound / Black And White [0:02:29.39]
18. Horace Andy / I Feel Good All Over [0:03:48.26]
19. The Heptones / Hypocrite [0:03:04.35]
20. John Holt / Stick By Me (And I'll Stick By You) [0:03:14.17]
21. Eric Donaldson / Cherry Oh Baby [0:03:02.13]
22. Bob Marley & The Wailers / African Herbsman [0:02:24.28]

CD4 - The Time Has Come (1972-1975)
01. Delroy Wilson / Better Must Come [0:02:44.02]
02. Bongo Herman & Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont / Know Fari [0:02:38.42]
03. Junior Byles / A Place Called Africa [0:02:41.73]
04. Bob Marley & The Wailers / Trenchtown Rock [0:03:00.00]
05. The Righteous Flames / One Love, One Heart [0:02:47.12]
06. Johnny Nash / I Can See Clearly Now [0:02:45.23]
07. Zap Pow / This Is Reggae Music [0:03:06.59]
08. Peter Tosh / Brand New Second Hand [0:03:13.44]
09. Bob Marley & The Wailers / Lively Up Yourself [0:02:52.39]
10. Johnny Nash / Stir It Up [0:03:05.70]
11. Dennis Brown / Money In My Pocket [0:02:32.53]
12. Toots & The Maytals / Funky Kingston [0:04:56.14]
13. Slim Smith / The Time Has Come [0:04:24.21]
14. Keith Boothe / Everything I Own [0:03:45.26]
15. Dennis Brown / Westbound Train [0:03:01.57]
16. The Willows / Cool Iron [0:02:25.64]
17. The Upsetters / Justice To The People [0:03:15.68]
18. Big Youth / S90 Skank [0:02:51.51]
19. I Roy / Black Man Time [0:03:40.62]
20. Gregory Isaacs / Bad Da [0:03:11.71]
21. Ras Michael & The Sons Of Negus / Run Come (Throw Away Your Stoney Heart) [0:03:34.29]
22. Burning Spear / Marcus Garvey [0:03:27.40]
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