Reggae Golden Jubilee: Origins of Jamaican Music

by N/A

Overview

There are lots of collections like this out there that attempt to chronicle the fascinating story of Jamaica's pop music, but what sets this four-disc, 100-track box apart is that the selections here, and much of the text and song notations (the discs come packaged as part of a book), were made by Edward Seaga. The former Prime Minister of Jamaica was a man who was as much interested in the cultural history of Jamaica as he was in its politics, and he was there when the skewed, defiant, joyous, and infectious rhythms of reggae swept Jamaica into the 20th century. He understood, even as a politician, that music was the island's greatest commercial commodity and export, even if the songs themselves were often harshly critical of the Jamaican government, and authority in general. Seaga's selections cover all the key bases, from ska through rocksteady to reggae and dancehall, and his comments and notes show he knows what he's talking about. He was there. He was Prime Minister. He also loved music and could see and hear the creative musical revolution going on in Jamaica everywhere he went. In the end, politics aside, he was a complete fan, and a bit of a historian. That shows here. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	11/06/2012
Label:	Vp Records
UPC:	0054645196321
Rank:	116176

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Easy Snapping [Original Version]  - Theophilus Beckford  - Clement Dodd
2. Dumplins  - Doc Bagby  -  Dragonaires  - Byron Lee  -  Lee  - Irving Nahan
3. Manny Oh  -  Higgs & Wilson  - Joe Higgs  - Edward Seaga  - Ron Wilson
4. Oh Carolina  -  Folkes Brothers  - John Folkes
5. They Got to Go  - Cecil Eustace Campbell  -  Prince Buster
6. Independent Jamaica  - Vincent "Randy" Chin  -  Lord Creator  - Kenrick Randolph Patrick
7. Black Head Chinaman  - Cecil Eustace Campbell  -  Prince Buster
8. Blazing Fire  - Leslie Kong  - Derrick Morgan
9. Wash Wash  - Haven Gillespie  -  Prince Buster  - Beasley Smith
10. Sammy Dead  - Byron Lee  - Eric "Monty" Morris  - Eric Lloyd Morris
11. My Boy Lollipop  - Chris Blackwell  - Morris Levy  - Johnnie B. Roberts  - Millie Small  - Robert Spencer
12. Carry Go Bring Come  - Justin Hinds  -  Hinds  - Arthur "Duke" Reid
13. Occupation  -  Don Drummond & The Skatalites  - Don Drummond  - Arthur "Duke" Reid  -  Skatalites
14. Little Did You Know  - Arthur "Duke" Reid  - Winston Riley  -  Techniques
15. Dancing Mood  - Clement Dodd  - Ray Whitley  - Delroy Wilson
16. Rough and Tough  - Stranger Cole  - Wilburn T. Cole  - Arthur "Duke" Reid
17. Take It Easy  - Hopeton Lewis
18. Every Night  - Sonia Pottinger  - Chuck White  - Joe White  -  White
19. Rock Steady  - Brian Atkinson  - Alton Ellis  - Arthur "Duke" Reid
20. Tougher Than Tough (Rudie in Court)  -  Aces  - Desmond Dekker  - Leslie Kong  - Derrick Morgan
21. No More Heartaches  -  Beltones  - Harry Johnson  - Arthur "Duke" Reid
22. The Tide Is High  - Howard Barrett  - Tyrone Evans  - John Holt  -  Paragons  - Arthur "Duke" Reid
23. Trench Town Rock  - Bob Marley  -  Marley  - Lee "Scratch" Perry  -  Wailers
24. Israelites (aka Poor Me Israelites)  -  Aces  - Brian Atkinson  - Desmond Dacres  - Desmond Dekker  -  Dekker  - Leslie Kong
25. Sweet and Dandy  - Frederick Hibbert  - Leslie Kong  -  Maytals
26. Everything Crash  - Leonard Dillon  -  Ethiopians  -  Johnson
27. Satta Massa Gana  -  Abyssinians  - Carlton Manning  - Lynford Manning
28. Fire Corner  - Clancy Eccles  -  King Stitt
29. Java Dub  - Clive Chin  -  Impact All-Stars
30. Hypocrite  - Joe Gibbs  -  Heptones  - Barry Llewellyn  - Earl Morgan  - Leroy Sibbles

Disc 2

31. Wear You to the Ball  - Howard Barrett  - Ewart Beckford  - Tyrone Evans  - John Holt  -  Paragons  - Arthur "Duke" Reid  -  U-Roy
32. Cherry Oh Baby  - Eric Donaldson  - Edward "Bunny" Lee
33. 54-46 Was My Number (Stick It Up Mister)  - Frederick Hibbert  - Leslie Kong  -  Toots & the Maytals
34. Them a Fi Get a Beatin'  - Joe Gibbs  - Peter Tosh
35. Many Rivers to Cross  - James E. Chambers  - Jimmy Cliff  - Leslie Kong
36. The Sun Shines for Me  - Keith Anderson  - Bob Andy  - Richard Khouri
37. Marcus Garvey  -  Burning Spear  - Phillip Fullwood  - Lawrence Lindo  - Winston Rodney
38. Fade Away  - Junior Byles  - Joseph "Jo Jo" Hookim  - Earl "Chinna" Smith
39. Lady with the Star Light  - Ken Boothe  - Sonia Pottinger  - Harris Seaton
40. Right Time  - Lloyd Ferguson  - Joseph Hoo-Kim  - Joseph "Jo Jo" Hookim  -  Mighty Diamonds  - Donald O. Shaw  - Fitzroy Simpson
41. Police and Thieves  - Junior Murvin  - Lee "Scratch" Perry
42. Ram Goat Liver  - Paul Khouri  - Pluto Shervington
43. We de People/The Power and the Glory  - Ernie Smith  - Glenroy A. Smith
44. Two Sevens Clash  -  Culture  - Roy S. Dayes  - Joe Gibbs  - Joseph Hill  - Ralph Walker
45. It's Alright  - Bob Marley  -  Marley  - Lee "Scratch" Perry
46. Forward Ever  -  Inner Circle  - Ian Lewis  - Roger Lewis  - Jacob Miller
47. My Number One  - Gregory Isaacs  - Alvin Ranglin
48. Money in My Pocket  - Dennis Brown  - Joe Gibbs  - Errol Thompson
49. Kaya  - Bob Marley  -  Marley  - Lee "Scratch" Perry
50. Rub-a-Dub Style  - Errol Crusher Bennett  - Clement Dodd  - Anthony Fairclough  -  Michigan & Smiley
51. Uptown Top Ranking  -  Althea & Donna  - Althea Forrest  - Joe Gibbs  - Donna Reid  - Errol Thompson
52. Land of My Birth  - Eric Donaldson  - Byron Lee  - Winston Wallace
53. Silly Games  - Dennis Bovell  - Diana Bovell  - Janet Kay  - John Lawrence Myatt
54. Someone Loves You Honey  - Don Devaney  - Joe Gibbs  - Willie Lindo  - J.C. Lodge  - Errol Thompson
55. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner  -  Black Uhuru  - Sly Dunbar  - Winston "Niney" Holness  - Michael Rose  - Robbie Shakespeare
56. Arlene  -  General Echo  - Winston Riley  - Earl Robinson

Disc 3

57. Over Me  - Lloyd Campbell  - Winston Foster  -  Yellowman
58. One Two  - Winston Riley  -  Sister Nancy
59. Pass the Dutchie  - "Deadly" Headley Bennet  - Peter Collins  - Lloyd Ferguson  - Robert Lyn  - Jackie Mittoo  -  Musical Youth  - Leroy Sibbles
60. I'm Getting Married in the Morning  - Winston Foster  - Henry "Junjo" Lawes  -  Yellowman
61. Try Jah Love  - Melody McCully  -  Third World  - Stevie Wonder
62. Push Comes to Shove  - Freddie McGregor
63. Love Has Found Its Way  - Dennis Brown  - Yvonne Brown  - Joe Gibbs  - Willie Lindo  - Errol Thompson
64. Cottage tn Negril  - Duane Stephenson  - Tyrone Taylor
65. Every Time a Ear de Soun'  - Allan R. Hope  -  Mutabaruka
66. Electric Boogie  - Marcia Griffiths  -  Jerks  - Neville Livingston
67. Under Me Sleng Teng  - Noel Davey  - Lloyd James  -  Prince Jammy  - Ian F. Smith  - Wayne Smith
68. Greetings  -  Half Pint  - George Phang  - Lindon Roberts
69. No Way No Better Than Yard  -  Admiral Bailey  -  Prince Jammy  - Joseph A. Sterling
70. Wild World  - Sly Dunbar  - Willie Lindo  - Maxi Priest  - Robbie Shakespeare  - Cat Stevens
71. Cover Me  - Lloyd Dennis  - Marlin Greene  - Eddie Hinton  -  Ninjaman  -  Stewart  - Tinga Stewart
72. Wild Gilbert  -  Lovindeer  - Lloyd Lovindeer
73. Pocomania Day  -  Chalice  -  Lovindeer  - Lloyd Lovindeer
74. Good Thing Going  - D.A. Forbes  - Berry Jr. Gordy  - Sugar Minott  - Alphonso Mizell  - Freddie Perren  - Deke Richards
75. One Blood  - Delroy Reid  - Junior Reid
76. Twice My Age  - Jacques Brel  - Augustus "Gussie" Clarke  -  Krystal  -  Krystal  - Rod McKuen  - Shabba Ranks
77. Hello Africa  - Richard "Bello" Bell  - Garnett Silk
78. Murder She Wrote  - Everton Bonner  - Chaka Demus  - Sly Dunbar  -  Pliers  - John Taylor  - Lloyd "Gitsy" Willis

Disc 4

79. Putting Up Resistance  - Beres Hammond  - David Sinclair  - Tappa Zukie
80. You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)  - Cleveland "Clevie" Browne  - Willie C. Cobbs  - Wycliffe "Steely" Johnson  - Dawn Penn
81. Murderer  - Buju Banton  - Clement Dodd  - Donovan Germain  - Mark Myrie
82. Tour  - Clifton Bailey  - Stuart Brown  -  Capleton  - Sly Dunbar
83. Lord Give Me Strength  - Philip "Fatis" Burrell  -  Luciano  - Jepther McClymont
84. Untold Stories  - Buju Banton  - Glenroy Browne  - Donovan Germain  - Mark Myrie  - Handel Tucker
85. Fed Up  -  Bounty Killer  - Sly Dunbar  - Rodney Price  - Robbie Shakespeare
86. Sycamore Tree  - Dave Kelly  -  Lady Saw
87. Black Woman and Child  - Migel O. Collins  - Bobby Dixon  - Bobby "Digital" Dixon  - Oscar B. O'Hare  -  Sizzla
88. Who Am I (Sim Simma)  -  Beenie Man  - Moses Davis  - Jeremy Harding
89. Down by the River  - Clement Dodd  - Keble F. Drummond  - Dean Fraser  -  Morgan Heritage  - Denroy Morgan  - Nakhamyah Morgan  - Peter Morgan  - Una Morgan  -  Mr. Mojo Morgan
90. Virtuous Woman  - Clement Dodd  - Mark A. Dyer  - John Holt  - Michael Johnson  -  Warrior King  - Ian Williams
91. Gimme the Light  - Sean Paul Henriques  - Sean Paul  - Troy Rami  - Troyton Rami
92. Pon de River Pon de Bank  - Donovan Bennett  - Oniel Norman H. Bryan  -  Elephant Man  - Craig Parks
93. Welcome to Jamrock  - Ini Kamoze  - Damian Marley  - Stephen Marley
94. She's Royal  - Mitchum Chin  - Sly Dunbar  - Dean Fraser  - Omar Riley  - Tarrus Riley  -  Robbie Lyn  - Robbie Shakespeare
95. True Reflections  - Josef Bogdanovich  -  Jah Cure  - Andrew Prenderast  - Duane Stephenson  - Sonita Walker  - Gladstone Wright
96. Roots  -  Etana  - Shauna McKenzie  - Omar Riley  - Steven Stanley
97. Boombastic  - Orville Burrell  - Floyd King  - Robert Livingston  -  Shaggy  -  Sting International
98. Lioness on the Rise  - Patrick Barrett  - Donovan Germain  - Ventrice Morgan  -  Queen Ifrica
99. I'm on the Rock  - David C. Brooks  - Collin "Demarco" Edwards  - Trevor James  -  Mavado  -  Trevor "Baby G" Jam
100. The Harder They Come  - Jimmy Cliff

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Higgs & Wilson   Primary Artist
The Beltones   Primary Artist
Joe White & Chuck   Primary Artist
Krystal   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Stewart   Primary Artist
Michigan & Smiley   Primary Artist
The Paragons   Primary Artist
The Techniques   Primary Artist
The Wailers   Primary Artist
J.C. Lodge   Primary Artist
Musical Youth   Primary Artist
Buju Banton   Primary Artist
Damian Marley   Primary Artist
The Folkes Brothers   Primary Artist
Wycliffe "Steely" Johnson   Primary Artist
Sister Nancy   Primary Artist
The Ethiopians   Primary Artist
Beres Hammond   Primary Artist
King Stitt   Primary Artist
Impact All-Stars   Primary Artist
Beenie Man   Primary Artist
Toots & the Maytals   Primary Artist
Don Drummond & The Skatalites   Primary Artist
Don Drummond   Primary Artist
Freddie McGregor   Primary Artist
Eric Donaldson   Primary Artist
Ernie Smith   Primary Artist
Delroy Wilson   Primary Artist
Warrior King   Primary Artist
Desmond Dekker   Primary Artist
Desmond Dekker & the Aces   Primary Artist
Hopeton Lewis   Primary Artist
Luciano   Primary Artist
Junior Murvin   Primary Artist
Junior Reid   Primary Artist
Pliers   Primary Artist
Maxi Priest   Primary Artist
Prince Buster   Primary Artist
Queen Ifrica   Primary Artist
Ninjaman   Primary Artist
The Skatalites   Primary Artist
The Mighty Diamonds   Primary Artist
Mavado   Primary Artist
The Maytals   Primary Artist
Millie Small   Primary Artist
Third World   Primary Artist
Morgan Heritage   Primary Artist
The Aces   Primary Artist
Mutabaruka   Primary Artist
Byron Lee & the Dragonaires   Primary Artist
Stranger Cole   Primary Artist
Capleton   Primary Artist
Marcia Griffiths   Primary Artist
Sugar Minott   Primary Artist
Etana   Primary Artist
Theophilus Beckford   Primary Artist
The Abyssinians   Primary Artist
Admiral Bailey   Primary Artist
Tinga Stewart   Primary Artist
Byron Lee   Primary Artist
Tarrus Riley   Primary Artist
Burning Spear   Primary Artist
Half Pint   Primary Artist
Yellowman   Primary Artist
Shaggy   Primary Artist
Chaka Demus   Primary Artist
Gregory Isaacs   Primary Artist
Garnett Silk   Primary Artist
General Echo   Primary Artist
Althea & Donna   Primary Artist
Elephant Man   Primary Artist
Joe White   Primary Artist
U-Roy   Primary Artist
Alton Ellis   Primary Artist
Eric "Monty" Morris   Primary Artist
Chalice   Primary Artist
Janet Kay   Primary Artist
Tyrone Taylor   Primary Artist
Lord Creator   Primary Artist
Dawn Penn   Primary Artist
Dennis Brown   Primary Artist
Derrick Morgan   Primary Artist
Junior Byles   Primary Artist
Wayne Smith   Primary Artist
Justin Hinds & the Dominoes   Primary Artist
Sean Paul   Primary Artist
Pluto Shervington   Primary Artist
Jimmy Cliff   Primary Artist
Lovindeer   Primary Artist
Justin Hinds   Primary Artist
Peter Tosh   Primary Artist
Sizzla   Primary Artist
Bob Andy   Primary Artist
Bob Marley & the Wailers   Primary Artist
Bob Marley   Primary Artist
Ken Boothe   Primary Artist
Bounty Killer   Primary Artist
Black Uhuru   Primary Artist
The Heptones   Primary Artist
Culture   Primary Artist
Jah Cure   Primary Artist
Jacob Miller   Primary Artist
Cleveland "Clevie" Browne   Primary Artist
Lady Saw   Primary Artist
Shabba Ranks   Primary Artist
Dragonaires   Primary Artist
Joe Higgs   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Don Devaney   Composer
Harris Seaton   Composer
Earl Robinson   Composer
Beasley Smith   Composer
Willie Lindo   Producer
Earl Morgan   Composer
Donovan Germain   Composer,Producer
Frederick Hibbert   Composer
Gregory Isaacs   Composer
Garnett Silk   Composer
Joe White   Composer
Alton Ellis   Composer
Troyton Rami   Producer
John Holt   Composer
Cat Stevens   Composer
Errol Thompson   Composer,Producer
Tyrone Taylor   Composer,Producer
Tyrone Evans   Composer
Christopher Chin   Executive Producer
Lloyd Campbell   Producer
Robbie Shakespeare   Composer,Producer
Dawn Penn   Composer
Noel Davey   Composer
Dennis Bovell   Producer
Dennis Brown   Composer
Rod McKuen   Composer
Derrick Morgan   Composer
Leroy Sibbles   Composer
Denroy Morgan   Composer
Joseph Hill   Composer
Peter Collins   Producer
Robert Lyn   Composer
Pluto Shervington   Composer
Jimmy Cliff   Composer,Producer
Prince Jammy   Producer
Justin Hinds   Composer
Peter Tosh   Composer
Alvin Ranglin   Producer
Patrick Barrett   Composer
Stephen Marley   Composer
Peter Morgan   Composer
Sly Dunbar   Composer,Producer
Steven Stanley   Composer,Producer
Sonia Pottinger   Producer
Berry Gordy, Jr.   Composer
Augustus "Gussie" Clarke   Producer
Bobby Dixon   Composer
Bob Marley   Composer,Producer
Inner Circle   Producer
Ini Kamoze   Composer
Irving Nahan   Composer
Cleveland "Clevie" Browne   Producer
Jacques Brel   Composer
Clancy Eccles   Composer,Producer
Jackie Mittoo   Composer
Alphonso Mizell   Composer
Clifton Bailey   Composer
Earl "Chinna" Smith   Composer
Joe Higgs   Composer
Joe Gibbs   Producer,Composer
Lee "Scratch" Perry   Composer,Producer
Clive Chin   Composer,Producer
Doc Bagby   Composer
Eddie Hinton   Composer
Don Drummond   Composer
Freddie McGregor   Composer,Producer
Freddie Perren   Composer
Eric Donaldson   Composer
Ernie Smith   Producer
Dean Fraser   Producer
Deke Richards   Composer
Leonard Dillon   Composer
Leslie Kong   Producer
Hopeton Lewis   Composer
Lloyd James   Composer
Lloyd "Gitsy" Willis   Composer
Mark Myrie   Composer
Robert Livingston   Composer,Producer
Junior Murvin   Composer
Junior Reid   Producer
Jeremy Harding   Composer,Producer
Mitchum Chin   Composer
Marlin Greene   Composer
Philip "Fatis" Burrell   Composer,Producer
Phillip Fullwood   Composer
Prince Buster   Producer
Neville Livingston   Composer
Ray Whitley   Composer
Michael Rose   Composer
Collin "Demarco" Edwards   Composer
Mutabaruka   Producer
Sting International   Producer
George Phang   Producer
Glenroy Browne   Composer
"Deadly" Headley Bennett   Composer
Handel Tucker   Composer,Producer
Harry Johnson   Composer
Duane Stephenson   Composer
Daddy Lion Chandell   Track Annotations
Theophilus Beckford   Composer
Moses Davis   Composer
Morris Levy   Composer
Stevie Wonder   Composer,Producer
Stuart Brown   Composer,Producer
Byron Lee   Composer,Producer
John Masouri   Foreword
Paul Khouri   Producer
Trevor James   Composer
Haven Gillespie   Composer
Winston Riley   Composer,Producer
Winston Foster   Composer
Winston "Niney" Holness   Composer
Roy Black   Track Annotations
Richard Khouri   Producer
Anthony Fairclough   Composer
David Sinclair   Composer
Lawrence Lindo   Producer
Michele Anderson   Project Coordinator
Fitzroy Simpson   Composer
Ewart Beckford   Composer
Lloyd Dennis   Producer
Errol Crusher Bennett   Composer
Lloyd Ferguson   Composer
Olivia Grange   Consultant
Lindon Roberts   Composer
Dermott Hussey   Foreword
Barry Llewellyn   Composer
Chris Scott   Mastering
Rodney Price   Composer
Bobby "Digital" Dixon   Producer
Ron Wilson   Composer
Lloyd Lovindeer   Composer,Producer
Una Morgan   Composer
Sean Paul Henriques   Composer
Edward "Bunny" Lee   Producer
Michael Johnson   Producer
Carlton Manning   Composer
Troy Rami   Composer
J.J. Johnson   Producer
Edward Seaga   Text,Producer,Introduction,Executive Producer
Althea Forrest   Composer
Craig Parks   Composer
Joseph "Jo Jo" Hookim   Producer
Ralph Walker   Composer
Sonita Walker   Composer
Howard Moo Young   Photography
Melody McCully   Composer
Aaron Talbert   Project Coordinator
Delroy Reid   Composer
Howard Barrett   Composer
Nakhamyah Morgan   Composer
Roger Lewis   Composer
Brian Atkinson   Composer
Roy S. Dayes   Composer
Donna Reid   Composer
Randy Chin   Project Coordinator
Everton Bonner   Composer
Robbie Lyn   Composer
John Folkes   Composer
Wycliffe "Steely" Johnson   Producer
Yvonne Brown   Composer
Josef Bogdanovich   Producer
Paul Shields   Mastering
Donald Clive Davidson   Mastering,Photography,Track Annotations,Project Coordinator
Beres Hammond   Composer
Ian Lewis   Composer
The Jerks   Producer
Chris Blackwell   Producer
Ian Williams   Producer
Richard "Bello" Bell   Producer
Keith Anderson   Composer
Dave Kelly   Composer,Producer
Winston Wallace   Composer,Producer
D.A. Forbes   Producer
Superintendent Gladstone Wright   Composer
John Taylor   Composer
Roy Sweetland   Photography
Mr. Mojo Morgan   Composer
Desmond Dacres   Composer
Orville Burrell   Composer
Vincent "Randy" Chin   Producer
Olivier Chastan   Project Coordinator
Lynford Manning   Producer
Jepther McClymont   Composer
Shauna McKenzie   Composer
John Lawrence Myatt   Composer
Wilburn T. Cole   Composer
Robert Spencer   Composer
Arthur "Duke" Reid   Producer
Omar Riley   Composer
Clement Dodd   Composer,Producer
Ventrice Morgan   Composer
Glenroy A. Smith   Composer
Johnnie B. Roberts   Composer
Shizuo Ishii   Photography
Tappa Zukie   Producer
Joseph Hoo-Kim   Composer
Kenrick Randolph Patrick   Composer
James E. Chambers   Composer
Sharon Davidson   Photography
Diana Bovell   Composer
Floyd King   Composer
Allan R. Hope   Composer
Andrew Prenderast   Producer
Cecil Eustace Campbell   Composer
Chuck White   Composer
David C. Brooks   Composer
Donald O. Shaw   Composer
Dorian Bonny   Design,Art Direction
Eric Lloyd Morris   Composer
Ian F. Smith   Composer
Joel Anthony Chin   A&R
Joseph A. Sterling   Composer
Keble F. Drummond   Composer
Mark A. Dyer   Composer
Mathias Galliot   Design,Art Direction
Migel O. Collins   Composer
Oniel Norman H. Bryan   Composer
Oscar B. O'Hare   Composer
The Gleaner   Photography
Willie C. Cobbs   Composer
Donovan Bennett   Composer,Producer
Henry "Junjo" Lawes   Producer
Trevor "Baby G" James   Producer
Damian Marley   Composer
Winston Rodney   Composer