Island 50 Reggae CD

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Harder They Come, The - Jimmy Cliff ~ Various Artists

2. Country Boy - The Heptones ~ Various Artists

3. Pressure Drop - Toots & The Maytals ~ Various Artists

4. King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown - Augustus Pablo ~ Various Artists

5. Marcus Garvey - Burning Spear ~ Various Artists

6. Satta Massagana - Third World ~ Various Artists

7. Dreadlocks In Moonlight - Lee "Scratch" Perry ~ Various Artists

8. War Ina Babylon - Max Romeo & The Upsetters ~ Various Artists

9. General, The - Dillinger ~ Various Artists

10. Handsworth Revolution - Steel Pulse ~ Various Artists

11. Police and Thieves - Junior Murvin ~ Various Artists

12. One Love Jam Down - General Smiley/Papa Michigan ~ Various Artists

13. Sponji Reggae - Black Uhuru ~ Various Artists

14. Pass the Kouchie - The Mighty Diamonds ~ Various Artists

15. Night Nurse - Gregory Isaacs ~ Various Artists

16. Murder She Wrote - Chaka Demus & Pliers ~ Various Artists

17. It's Me Again Jah - Luciano ~ Various Artists

18. Untold Stories - Buju Banton ~ Various Artists

Notes & Personnel Info
	Photographers: Clive Allen; Jonnie Black; David Corio; Peter Simon.
	Arrangers: Robbie Shakespeare; Sly Dunbar; Augustus Pablo.
	There's no scarcity of compilations focused on Island's reggae output, and when it comes to the one-disc format, the vaults are just too big and meaty to be properly represented. Keeping artists to one track apiece is no easy chore either when considering the epic names Buju Banton, Black Uhuru, Jimmy Cliff, and Lee Perry, but the 50 years since Chris Blackwell launched Island with Laurel Aitken's hit single "Little Sheila" deserve some kind of marker in the record bins, so here it is. Note that Aitken's cut is missing and you'll see the story here isn't complete or even very sentimental, but what's shocking is that no Bob Marley cuts appear, which is akin to compiling Motown with no Michael Jackson or Diana Ross. Still, the material chosen is all stellar on a one-by-one basis, with the Cliff, Toots, Burning Spear, Junior Murvin, and Gregory Isaacs tracks being especially mammoth both in appeal and importance. The liner notes are informative and the way the disc flows is surprisingly good; just expect to buy more Island comps if your reggae fandom rises above the ground level. ~ David Jeffries
Producer: Danny Holloway; Donovan Germain; Gregory Isaacs; Jimmy Cliff; John Burns; Karl Pitterson; Leslie Kong; Robbie Shakespeare; Sly Dunbar; Augustus Clarke; Augustus Pablo; Lawrence "Jack Ruby" Lindo

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Island 50 Reggae (2009)