Reggae: The Definitive Collection - Songs of Freedom

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Tracklist

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CD 1: The Jamaican Masters
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Natural Mystic
recording of:
Natural Mystic
lyricist and composer:
Bob Marley (Jamaican reggae artist)
publisher:
Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), Bob Marley Music, Bob Marley Music Inc., Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Blue Mountain Music (in 1977), Fifty Six Hope Road Music Limited (in 1977) and Odnil Music Ltd. (in 1977)
Bob Marley & The Wailers5:37
2People Get Ready
Jimmy Osbourne3:02
3400 Years
Peter Tosh2:33
4Rivers of Babylon
Ronnie Davis3:21
5Some Woman Must Cry
Derrick Morgan3:08
6The Tide Is High (dub version)
U‐Roy2:39
7Yesterday Once More
Sugar Black4:27
8Cherry Oh Baby
Eric Donaldson3:05
9Loving Pauper
Gregory Isaacs3:18
10Some Like It Hot
Dennis Brown3:32
1154-46 That’s My Number
recording of:
54‐46 (That’s My Number)
lyricist and composer:
Toots Hibbert
Toots & The Maytals3:26
12Unity
Desmond Dekker2:22
13Handle Me Rough
Horace Andy3:37
14Many Rivers to Cross
Jimmy Cliff4:27
15Stop the TrainBob Marley & The Wailers2:17
CD 2: The Road to Babylon
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Golden Rule
Clint Eastwood4:18
2Pressure Drop
recording of:
Pressure Drop
lyricist and composer:
Frederick Nathaniel Hibbert
Toots & The Maytals2:56
3I Shot the Sheriff
Peter Tosh5:04
4Sun Is Shining
recording of:
Sun Is Shining (original version)
lyricist and composer:
Lee “Scratch” Perry
publisher:
Blue Mountain Music, Blue Mountain Music Ltd., Bob Marley Music and Bronjo Music
Bob Marley & The Wailers2:09
5Rock On
Gregory Isaacs2:38
6Respiration
Horace Andy3:05
7Maggie May
Wayne Armond4:09
8You Can Get If You Really Want
The Cimarons2:41
9Double Six
Lee “Scratch” Perry2:14
10Loser
Roman Stewart3:33
11Joyful Locks
U‐Roy3:10
12Just Groove With Me
Don Carlos3:03
13Concrete Jungle
engineer:
Errol Thompson (Jamaican reggae/dub producer & engineer)
producer:
Lee “Scratch” Perry and The Wailers (’60s – ’70s Jamaican reggae band of Wailer, Marley & Tosh)
bass:
Bunny Wailer (in 1971-07)
drums (drum set):
Carlton “Carly” Barrett (in 1971-07)
guitar:
Bob Marley (Jamaican reggae artist) (in 1971-07)
organ:
Winston Wright (Jamaican piano and keyboard player) (in 1971-07)
percussion:
Alvin “Seeco” Patterson (in 1971-07)
tenor saxophone:
Tommy McCook (in 1971-07)
trombone:
Vin Gordon (in 1971-07)
tenor vocals [harmony vocals]:
Peter Tosh (in 1971-07) and Bunny Wailer (in 1971-07)
vocals:
Bob Marley (Jamaican reggae artist) (in 1971-07)
recorded at:
Studio 17 in Jamaica (in 1971-07)
recording of:
Concrete Jungle (in 1971-07)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Marley (Jamaican reggae artist)
Bob Marley & The Wailers3:08
14Ba Ba Ri Ba Shank
Dennis Alcapone2:38
15With a Little Help From My Friends
Ellis Island4:12
CD 3: Burn Time
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Throw Some Water In
Lee Perry & The Upsetters3:35
2Wide Awake in a Dream
Barry Biggs3:59
3Let Go the Dread
Sugar Minott2:39
4Rock to the Music
Dillinger3:48
5Master Blaster
Chalice4:08
6Small Axe
edit of:
Small Axe (1970 studio session) by Bob Marley & The Wailers
recording of:
Small Axe (in 1970-09)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Marley (Jamaican reggae artist)
publisher:
Fifty Six Hope Road
Bob Marley & The Wailers4.63:41
7Jungle Beat
Zap Pow5:02
8Keep a Cool Head
Desmond Dekker2:01
9House of the Rising Sun
Gregory Isaacs4:06
10Just Tell Me
Toots & The Maytals2:22
11MassachussettsJohn Holt4:09
12Blowin’ in the Wind
The Abyssinians4:26
13Lively Up Yourself
recording of:
Lively Up Yourself
lyricist and composer:
Bob Marley (Jamaican reggae artist)
publisher:
Cayman Music Inc, Odnil Music Ltd. (from 1974 to present), Blue Mountain Music (in 1974) and Fifty Six Hope Road Music Limited (in 1974)
Bob Marley & The Wailers2:49
14Over the Rainbow
The Cimarons2:42
15Live and Learn
Roman Stewart3:28
CD 4: Ganja Rebels
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Egyptian Reggae
Johnny Clarke3:39
2No Time to Lose
Al Campbell2:35
3Wonderful Tonight
Gregory Isaacs3:27
4Shine Eye Gal
Clint Eastwood3:12
5With This Sound
Slim Smith2:33
6Wonderful World, Beautiful People
recording of:
Wonderful World, Beautiful People
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff2:57
7Fire Fire
Lloyd Robinson3:06
8I Heard It Through the GrapevineToots & The Maytals3:57
9Boom Shaka Lak
Hopeton Lewis & The Chosen Few2:42
10Rainbow Country
recording of:
Rainbow Country (in 1975)
writer:
Bob Marley (Jamaican reggae artist) and Lee “Scratch” Perry
publisher:
Blue Mountain Music Ltd.
Bob Marley & The Wailers55:40
11Return of the Super Ape
The Upsetters3:24
12Here I Stand
Justin Hinds & the Dominoes2:20
13Kung Fu Fighting
The Cimarons3:09
14I Heard the Bells on Christmas
The Rasta Jah Band3:55
15Rasta Man
Lee “Scratch” Perry3:53
CD 5: Uptown Rockers Favorites
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Reggae Revolution
Freedom Fighters4:51
2The Harder They Come
Jimmy Cliff2:41
3We Three Kings
The Rasta Jah Band6:04
4I See Your Face
John Holt2:41
5Ball of Fire
Dillinger2:57
6Duppy Conqueror
performer:
The Upsetters (Lee Perry's reggae house band)
recording of:
Duppy Conqueror (in 1970-09)
writer:
Bob Marley (Jamaican reggae artist) and Lee “Scratch” Perry
publisher:
Bronjo Music, Cayman Music Inc and Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
Bob Marley & The Wailers3:27
7Everything Me Come Ruff
Trinity3:30
8Rudie Don’t Fear
Derrick Morgan3:12
9Stick Together
Lee “Scratch” Perry2:33
10Loving Baloon
Junior Demus3:33
11African Roots
Clint Eastwood3:30
12Peace and Love
The Jamaicans2:34
13Have Faith in Rastafari
Phillip Frazer2:50
14Long Sentence
The Upsetters1:58
15Judgement Day
Dennis Alcapone2:39
CD 6: Waiting for Exodus
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1All in One (medley)
recording of:
All in One
writer:
Al Anderson (Bob Marley & The Wailers guitarist), Junior Braithwaite, Bob Marley (Jamaican reggae artist), Lee “Scratch” Perry and Bunny Wailer
publisher:
Cayman Music Inc
medley of:
Bend Down Low
medley of:
Put It On
medley of:
Love & Affection
medley of:
Duppy Conqueror
medley of:
Lonesome Feeling
medley of:
It Hurts to Be Alone
medley of:
Simmer Down
medley of:
One Love / People Get Ready
medley of:
Nice Time
Bob Marley & The Wailers3:30
2Monkey Man
recording of:
Monkey Man
lyricist and composer:
Toots Hibbert
Toots & The Maytals2:58
3Reggae on the Move
Yellowman3:59
4One Vibe
Inner Circle4:22
5Have No Fear
Dennis Brown2:13
6Israelites
Max Romeo3:46
7Come Ethiopian
Phillip Frazer3:29
8Your Song
Sugar Minott3:58
9Unity
Desmond Dekker2:12
10In the Ghetto
Phyllis Dillon3:19
11Big Big Man
Trinity2:54
12In the Morning
Roman Stewart3:40
13Love Fever
Cobra3:28
14Falling Angels
Israel Vibration5:28
15Hey Jude
cover recording of:
Hey Jude
written in:
England, United Kingdom (in 1968-06)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (in 1968-06) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (in 1968-06)
publisher:
Maclen (Music) Ltd. (U.K. based publisher for Lennon-McCartney), Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI-affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
written at:
Cavendish Avenue (Paul McCartney’s house c. 1969) in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1968-06 until 1968-07-26)
Toots & The Maytals4:54