Various Artists - Ultimate Reggae & Ska Classics
Format: 5 x CD
ICPN: 4050538789348
Release Date: 13 May 2022
Genre: Reggae
The Trojan label was integral to the growth and popularity of reggae & ska throughout the 1960s and beyond. Delving into the incredible, legendary Trojan catalogue, ULTIMATE REGGAE & SKA CLASSICS charts a course beginning with the early days of ska and rocksteady, steering through the late 60s and early 70s commercial peak of the genre - when this previously underground Jamaican sound began to score UK number one hits! - and onwards.
Key artists whose best-known singles are featured include Desmond Dekker & The Aces, Dave & Ansel Collins, Ken Boothe, Bob & Marcia, Althea & Donna, Dennis Brown, Nicky Thomas and John Holt.
With 100 amazing Reggae & Ska tracks across 5 CDs, this compilation is a must.
CD1
1. Ken Boothe - Everything I Own
2. Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
3. Harry J All Stars - Liquidator
4. Dave & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel
5. Desmond Dekker & The Aces - You Can Get It If You Really Want
6. Nicky Thomas - Love Of The Common People
7. Dandy Livingstone - Rudy A Message To You
8. Dawn Penn - You Don't Love Me (No No No)
9. The Maytals - 54-46 (Was My Number)
10. The Pioneers - Longshot Kick De Bucket
11. The Ethiopians - Train To Skaville
12. Symarip - Skinhead Moonstomp
13. Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Carry Go Bring Come
14. The Upsetters - Dollar In The Teeth
15. The Valentines - (Gun Fever) Blam Blam Fever
16. Lord Tanamo - I'm In The Mood For Love
17. Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - The Shadow Of Your Smile
18. Bruce Ruffin - Rain
19. Greyhound - Black And White
20. Boris Gardiner - I Want To Wake Up With You
CD2
1. Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Get Up Adinah
2. Drumbago & His Band - Duck Soup
3. The Skatalites - Street Corner
4. Clive & Naomi - You Are Mine
5. Eric Morris - If I Didn't Love You
6. Don Drummond & The Skatalites - Musical Communion
7. Frank Anderson - Musical Storeroom
8. Chuck & Dobby - I Don't Need Your Love
9. Clancy Eccles - Sammy No Dead
10. Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites - Sandy Gulley
11. The Zodiacs - Renegade
12. Lynn Taitt & The Comets - Storm Warning
13. The Baba Brooks Band - Teenage Ska
14. The Rio Grandes - Soldiers Take Over
15. Winston & George - Denham Town
16. The Rulers - Don't Be A Rude Boy
17. Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Here I Stand
18. Carl Dawkins - Baby I Love You
19. The Techniques - Queen Majesty
20. The Uniques - Gypsy Woman
CD3
1. The Upsetters - Return Of Django
2. The Maytals - Pressure Drop
3. Dandy - (People Get Ready) Let's Do Rock Steady
4. Dave Barker - What A Confusion
5. Spanishtonians - Rudie Gets Plenty
6. The Valentines - Stop The Violence
7. Phyllis Dillon - Don't Stay Away
8. Derrick Morgan - I Want To Go Home
9. The Paragons - Island In The Sun
10. Errol Dunkley - You're Gonna Need Me
11. The Jamaicans - Baba Boom
12. The Ethiopians - Engine 54
13. Alton Ellis & The Flames - Duke Of Earl
14. John Holt - Ali Baba
15. Hugh Malcolm - Good Time Rock
16. Joya Landis - Moonlight Lover
17. Delroy Wilson - Put Yourself In My Place
18. Harry J All Stars - Jack The Ripper
19. Derrick Morgan - Moon Hop
20. Slim Smith - Aint Too Proud To Beg CD4
1. Bob & Marcia - Young Gifted & Black
2. The Pioneers - Let Your Yeah Be Yeah
3. Horace Faith - Black Pearl
4. John Holt - Help Me Make It Through The Night
5. Bruce Ruffin - Mad About You
6. Dave & Ansel Collins - Monkey Spanner
7. The Melodians - Sweet Sensation
8. The Gaylads - It's All In The Game
9. Owen Gray - (Too) Experienced
10. The Charmers - Skinhead Train
11. Niney The Observer - Blood And Fire
12. Stranger Cole - Crying Every Night
13. U-Roy & Hopeton Lewis - Drive Her Home
14. Dennis Brown - Silhouettes
15. Paulette Williams - My Island
16. The Tennors - Weather Report
17. Desmond Dekker - Sing A Little Song
18. Horace Andy - You Are My Angel
19. Ken Boothe - Ain't No Sunshine
20. Jimmy London - Bridge Over Troubled Water
CD5
1. Boris Gardiner - You Make Me Feel Brand New
2. Marcia Griffiths - When Will I See You Again
3. Susan Cadogan - In The Ghetto
4. John Holt - The Girl From Ipanema
5. Ken Boothe - Let's Get It On
6. Barbara Jones - Walk Through This World With Me
7. Susan Cadogan - Do It Baby
8. The Heptones - Mistry Babylon
9. Junior Byles - Curly Locks
10. Gregory Isaacs - Mr Cop
11. Big Youth - Johnny Reggae
12. Lee 'Scratch' Perry - City Too Hot
13. Sugar Minott - Never Gonna Give Jah Up
14. Junior Murvin - Cool Out Son
15. Dennis Brown - Let Me Down Easy
16. The Viceroys - They Can't Stop Us Now
17. Barrington Levy - Poor Man Style
18. Marie Pierre - Walk Away
19. Sophia George - Girlie Girlie
20. Lord Tanamo - A Dash Of The Sunshine (Calypso)
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