The Reggae Box: The Routes of Jamaican Music

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Tracklist

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1Forward March
producer:
Leslie Kong
recording of:
Forward March
composer:
Derrick Morgan
Derrick Morgan2:51
2My Boy Lollipop
producer:
Chris Blackwell (Island Records)
cover recording of:
My Boy Lollipop
writer:
Morris Levy, Johnny Roberts (US songwriter, "My Boy Lollipop") and Robert Spencer (English lutenist, guitarist & musicologist)
recording of:
My Boy Lollipop
writer:
Morris Levy, Johnny Roberts (US songwriter, "My Boy Lollipop") and Robert Spencer (English lutenist, guitarist & musicologist)
Millie Small4.652:02
3Bank to Bank, Part 1
producer:
Duke Reid (Jamaican producer and label owner)
Baba Brooks Band2:07
4Count Ossie Special
producer:
Harry Mudie
arranger:
Harry Mudie
Count Ossie2:43
5Broadway Jungle
producer:
Prince Buster
The Maytals2:50
6Carry Go Bring Come
producer:
Duke Reid (Jamaican producer and label owner)
recording of:
Carry Go Bring Home
composer:
Justin Hinds (Jamaican ska vocalist with his backing singers the Dominoes)
Justin Hinds & the Dominoes2:51
7Eastern Standard Time
producer:
Duke Reid (Jamaican producer and label owner)
recording of:
Eastern Standard Time
Don Drummond3:14
8Hard Man Fe Dead
producer:
Prince Buster
Prince Buster3:22
9Confucius
producer:
Justin Yap (Reggae Producer)
alto saxophone:
Lester Sterling
bass:
Lloyd Brevett
guitar:
Jerome “Jah Jerry” Haynes
membranophone:
Lloyd Knibb
piano:
Jackie Mittoo
tenor saxophone:
Roland Alphonso and Tommy McCook
trombone:
Don Drummond
trumpet:
Johnny “Dizzy” Moore (reggae trumpeter)
recording of:
Confucius
writer:
Don Drummond
The Skatalites2:54
10Tide Is High
producer:
Duke Reid (Jamaican producer and label owner)
background vocals:
Howard Barrett and Tyrone Evans
vocals:
John Holt
performer:
Tommy McCook & The Supersonics and The Paragons (Jamaican rocksteady band)
recording of:
The Tide Is High
additional writer:
Howard Barrett and Tyrone Evans
writer:
John Holt
publisher:
B & C Music Corp., Campbell Connelly (Australia) P/L, Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Embassy Music Corporation, Gemrod Music Inc., Sparta Florida Music Group and Sparta Florida Music Group Ltd.
The Paragons52:44
11Take It Easy
producer:
Winston Blake
Hopeton Lewis2:50
12Baba Boom
producer:
Duke Reid (Jamaican producer and label owner)
vocals:
Tommy Cowan and Norris Weir
performer:
Tommy McCook & The Supersonics
arranger:
Tommy McCook
recording of:
Ba Ba Boom
writer:
Norris Weir and Duke Reid (Jamaican producer and label owner)
The Jamaicans3:20
13Tougher Than Tough
producer:
Leslie Kong
background vocals:
Desmond Dekker and George Dekker
lead vocals:
Derrick Morgan
Derrick Morgan2:27
14Queen Majesty
producer:
Duke Reid (Jamaican producer and label owner)
arranger:
Tommy McCook
The Techniques3:32
15Long Shot
producer:
Joe Gibbs
vocals:
Sidney "Luddy" Crooks and Jackie Robinson (reggae singer, member of The Pioneers)
The Pioneers2:45
16Israelites
producer:
Leslie Kong
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sanctuary Records Group Ltd. (not for release label use, for copyrights use only) (in 1968)
recording of:
Israelites
writer:
Desmond Dacres and Leslie Kong
publisher:
Ackee Music Inc., Gambi Music, Twenty Nine Black Music (BMI) and Sparta Music (publisher) (in 1978)
Desmond Dekker & the Aces42:36
1754-46 Was My Number
producer:
Leslie Kong
recording of:
54‐46 (That’s My Number)
lyricist and composer:
Toots Hibbert
Toots & The Maytals3:12
18Reggae Hit the Town
The Ethiopians2:24
19My Conversation
producer:
Bunny Lee
background vocals:
Lloyd Charmers and Jimmy Riley (reggae vocalist)
lead vocals:
Slim Smith (Jamaican singer)
performer:
Bobby Aitken & The Carib Beats
The Uniques2:39
20Rivers of Babylon
producer:
Leslie Kong
background vocals:
Tony Brevett and Trevor McNaughton
lead vocals:
Brent Dowe
performer:
Beverley’s All Stars
publisher:
Island Music (Island Music Ltd.)
recording of:
Rivers of Babylon
lyricist:
Brent Dowe
writer:
Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton
publisher:
Blue Mountain Music, BMG Music, Far Musikverlag GmbH and Polygram Music
version of:
Rivers of Babylon (Sinead O'Connor version with additional lyrics)
The Melodians4.354:16
21Double Barrel
producer:
Winston Riley
bass:
Robert “Robbie” Shakespeare
guitar:
Ranchie McLean
keyboard:
Ansel Collins (JM reggae keyboardist & producer)
membranophone:
Lowell “Sly” Dunbar
lead vocals:
Dave Barker (reggae artist)
performer:
Techniques All Stars
recording of:
Double Barrel
lyricist and composer:
Dave Barker (reggae artist), Ansel Collins (JM reggae keyboardist & producer) and Winston Riley
Dave & Ansel Collins52:50
22Everything I Own
producer:
Lloyd Charmers
cover recording of:
Everything I Own
lyricist and composer:
David Gates (singer/songwriter, lead singer of Bread)
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Laetrec Music, Screen Gems, Screen Gems–Columbia Music, Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.
Ken Boothe3:45
23The Harder They Come
producer:
Jimmy Cliff
publisher:
Island Music (Island Music Ltd.)
recording of:
The Harder They Come
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Cliff
publisher:
Ackee Music Inc., Island Music Ltd., Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998), Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc. and Universal/Island Music Ltd. (for music publishing use only, formerly Island Music Ltd.)
Jimmy Cliff43:07
24Stalag 17
producer:
Winston Riley
alto saxophone:
Mark West (Jamaican saxophonist/trumpeter)
bass:
George “Fully” Fullwood
guitar:
Tony “Valentine” Chin and Earl “Chinna” Smith
membranophone:
Carlton “Santa” Davis
organ:
Ansel Collins (JM reggae keyboardist & producer)
percussion:
Winston Riley
piano:
Ossie “Bongo” Hibbert
tenor saxophone:
Tommy McCook
trumpet:
Bobby Ellis
The Techniques All Stars2:58
25Satta Massagana
producer:
Bernard Collins
background vocals:
Donald Manning and Linford Manning
lead vocals:
Bernard Collins
recording of:
Satta Massagana
composer:
Bernard Collins, Donald Manning and Linford Manning
The Abyssinians3:39
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1Trench Town Rock
producer:
The Wailers (’60s – ’70s Jamaican reggae band of Wailer, Marley & Tosh)
bass guitar:
Aston “Family Man” Barrett
guitar:
Bob Marley (Jamaican reggae artist) and Peter Tosh
membranophone:
Carlton “Carly” Barrett
percussion:
Bunny Wailer
background vocals:
Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer
lead vocals:
Bob Marley (Jamaican reggae artist)
recording of:
Trenchtown Rock (in 1971-07)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Marley (Jamaican reggae artist)
publisher:
Cayman Music Inc
The Wailers3:28
2Blood and Fire
producer:
Winston Holness
performer:
Soul Syndicate (Jamaican dub/reggae group)
Niney the Observer3:06
3Cherry Oh Baby
producer:
Bunny Lee
recording of:
Cherry Oh Baby
lyricist and composer:
Eric Donaldson
Eric Donaldson43:01
4Better Must Come
producer:
Bunny Lee
Delroy Wilson2:44
5Book of Rules
producer:
Harry Johnson
background vocals:
Earl Morgan and Leroy Sibbles (Jamaican reggae)
lead vocals:
Barry Llewellyn
performer:
Harry J. All Stars
The Heptones3:28
6Westbound Train
producer:
Winston Holness
performer:
Soul Syndicate (Jamaican dub/reggae group)
recording of:
Westbound Train
Dennis Brown3:01
7Baby I Love You So
producer:
Augustus Pablo
performer:
Rockers All Stars
recording of:
Baby I Love You So
lyricist and composer:
Horace Swaby
publisher:
Pablo Music (Jamaican publishing)
Jacob Miller2:31
8No. 1 in the World
producer:
Glen Brown (reggae artist and producer)
U‐Roy2:40
9King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown
producer:
Horace Swaby
mixer:
Errol Thompson (Jamaican reggae/dub producer & engineer) and King Tubby (dub/reggae producer Osbourne Ruddock)
performer:
Rockers All Stars
mixed at:
King Tubby's Studio in Kingston (Kingston Parish), Jamaica
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 266)
Augustus Pablo42:32
10All Nations Bow
producer:
Winston Riley
performer:
Techniques All Stars
Big Youth2:53
11Marcus Garvey
producer:
Lawrence "Jack Ruby" Lindo
background vocals:
Delroy Hines and Rupert Wellington
lead vocals:
Winston Rodney
performer:
The Black Disciples
recording of:
Marcus Garvey
writer:
Phillip Fullwood and Winston Rodney
Burning Spear53:25
12Don't Trouble Trouble
producer:
Bunny Lee
performer:
The Aggrovators (dub/reggae backing band)
Johnny Clarke3:43
13War & Friction
producer:
Bunny Lee
performer:
The Aggrovators (dub/reggae backing band)
I Roy3:21
14Ballistic Affair
producer:
Joseph "Jo Jo" Hoo Kim
performer:
The Revolutionaries (Jamaican reggae band)
Leroy Smart3:09
15War Ina Babylon
producer:
Lee “Scratch” Perry (aka The Upsetter)
background vocals:
Barry Llewellyn and Earl Morgan
lead vocals:
Max Romeo
performer:
The Upsetters (Lee Perry's reggae house band)
Max Romeo4:50
16Roots, Rock, Reggae
engineer:
Jack Nuber, Alex Sadkin, Syl Morris and Errol Thompson (Jamaican reggae/dub producer & engineer)
producer:
Bob Marley & The Wailers
mixer:
Aston Barrett and Chris Blackwell (Island Records)
bass guitar:
Aston “Family Man” Barrett
guitar:
Bob Marley (Jamaican reggae artist) and Earl “Chinna” Smith
keyboard:
Tyrone Downie
membranophone:
Carlton “Carly” Barrett
percussion:
Alvin “Seeco” Patterson
background vocals:
I Threes
lead vocals:
Bob Marley (Jamaican reggae artist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Island Records, Inc. (US, Island holding) (in 1979) and The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 2001)
mixed at:
Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, United States
recording of:
Roots, Rock, Reggae
lyricist and composer:
Vincent Ford
publisher:
Bob Marley Music, Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Tuff Gong Music, Blue Mountain Music (in 1976), Bob Marley Music Inc. (in 1976), Fifty Six Hope Road Music Limited (in 1976) and Odnil Music Ltd. (in 1976)
Bob Marley & The Wailers3.63:39
171865 (96º in the Shade)
producer:
Third World (Jamaican reggae fusion band)
bass guitar and guitar:
Richie Daley
electronic instruments and lead vocals:
Bunny “Rugs” Clarke (Jamaican reggae artist William Clarke)
guitar:
Cat Coore
keyboard, marimba and percussion:
Michael “Ibo” Cooper (Jamaican reggae musician and musical educator)
percussion:
Irvin “Carrot” Jarrett
vocals:
Michael “Ibo” Cooper (Jamaican reggae musician and musical educator) and Cat Coore
Third World4:06
18At the Feast
producer:
Lee “Scratch” Perry (aka The Upsetter)
baritone vocals:
Watty Burnett
other vocals:
Cedric Myton
tenor vocals:
Roydel Johnson
performer:
The Upsetters (Lee Perry's reggae house band)
The Congos3:40
19My Number One
producer:
Alvin Ranglin (Jamaican reggae singer & producer)
performer:
The Revolutionaries (Jamaican reggae band)
Gregory Isaacs3:44
20Police & Thieves
producer:
Lee “Scratch” Perry (aka The Upsetter)
performer:
The Upsetters (Lee Perry's reggae house band)
recording of:
Police and Thieves
writer:
Junior Murvin and Lee “Scratch” Perry (aka The Upsetter)
Junior Murvin4:12
21Black Roots
producer:
Sugar Minott
arranger:
Sugar Minott
recording of:
Black Roots
composer:
Sugar Minott
Sugar Minott2:32
22Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
producer:
Lowell “Sly” Dunbar and Robert “Robbie” Shakespeare
background vocals:
Sandra “Puma” Jones and Derek “Duckie” Simpson (reggae musician)
lead vocals:
Michael Rose (Jamaican reggae singer)
performer:
The Revolutionaries (Jamaican reggae band)
Black Uhuru6:01
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1One Love Jam Down
producer:
Jahnet Enwright
Michigan & Smiley4:01
2Entertainment
producer:
Jah Thomas
performer:
Roots Radics
Triston Palmer3:26
3Sitting & Watching
producer:
Lowell “Sly” Dunbar and Robert “Robbie” Shakespeare
performer:
The Taxi Gang
Dennis Brown3:19
4Ganja Smuggling
producer:
Henry 'Junjo' Lawes (dub producer)
performer:
Roots Radics
Eek‐A‐Mouse3:51
5Pass the Kouchie
producer:
Augustus Clarke
background vocals:
Lloyd “Judge” Ferguson and Fitzroy “Bunny” Simpson
lead vocals:
Donald “Tabby” Shaw
performer:
Roots Radics
recording of:
Pass the Kouchie
writer:
“Deadly” Headley Bennett, Lloyd “Judge” Ferguson, Huford Brown (Jamaican reggae deejay), Robbie Lyn, Jackie Mittoo, Leroy Sibbles (Jamaican reggae) and Fitzroy “Bunny” Simpson
part of:
My Kind of People
The Mighty Diamonds3:34
6Night Nurse
assistant producer:
Errol “Flabba” Holt
producer:
Gregory Isaacs
performer:
Roots Radics
recording of:
Night Nurse
writer:
Gregory Isaacs and Sylvester Weise
publisher:
Charisma Music Publishing Ltd
Gregory Isaacs4:02
7Zungguzungguguzungguzeng
producer:
Henry 'Junjo' Lawes (dub producer)
performer:
Roots Radics
recording of:
Zungguzungguguzungguzeng
writer:
Winston Foster and Henry 'Junjo' Lawes (dub producer)
Yellowman4:10
8Water Pumping
producer:
Prince Jammy
performer:
High Times Players (Reggae Backing Band)
Johnny Osbourne3:07
9Pass the Tu-Sheng-Peng
producer:
Henry 'Junjo' Lawes (dub producer)
performer:
Roots Radics
Frankie Paul3:31
10Here I Come
producer:
Jah Screw (Paul Love)
Barrington Levy43:47
11Under Me Sleng Teng
producer:
Lloyd James
performer:
Tony Asher (Jamaican reggae keyboards/synthesizer)
arranger:
Lloyd James
Wayne Smith4:10
12Ring the Alarm
producer:
Winston Riley
performer:
Techniques All Stars
recording of:
Ring the Alarm
writer:
Clive Bright
Tenor Saw53:14
13Tempo
producer:
King Tubby (dub/reggae producer Osbourne Ruddock)
Anthony Red Rose3:31
14Greetings
producer:
George Phang
performer:
Sly & Robbie
Half Pint3:35
15Boops
producer:
Winston Riley
recording of:
Boops
Super Cat3:59
16Punanny
producer:
Lloyd James
Admiral Bailey3:24
17Hol' a Fresh
producer:
Winston Riley
Red Dragon3:54
18Rumours
producer:
Augustus Clarke
Gregory Isaacs3:20
19Telephone Love
producer:
Augustus Clarke
J.C. Lodge3:29
20Bandolero
producer:
Lloyd James
Pinchers3:31
21Strive
producer:
Claude Evans
Shinehead4:14
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1Murder She Wrote
associate producer:
Lloyd "Gitsy" Willis
producer:
Lowell “Sly” Dunbar, Robert “Robbie” Shakespeare and Sly & Robbie
arranger:
Lowell “Sly” Dunbar and Robert “Robbie” Shakespeare
recording of:
Murder She Wrote
writer:
Everton Bonner (a.k.a. Pliers from "Chaka Demus & Pliers"), Lowell “Sly” Dunbar, John Taylor (Chaka Demus) and Lloyd "Gitsy" Willis
Chaka Demus & Pliers54:04
2Mr. Loverman
producer:
Mikey Bennett and Clifton Dillon
remixer:
Hugo Dwyer
recording of:
Mr. Loverman
writer:
Mikey Bennett, Hopeton Lindo and Shabba Ranks
publisher:
Greensleeves Publishing Ltd.
Shabba Ranks5:40
3Flex
producer:
Clifton Dillon and Lowell “Sly” Dunbar
Mad Cobra4:01
4Dancehall Queen (Delano Renaissance mix)
additional producer:
Delano Thomas
producer:
Lowell “Sly” Dunbar and Robert “Robbie” Shakespeare
remixer:
Delano Thomas
Beenie Man feat. Chevelle Franklyn4:34
5Down in the Ghetto
producer:
Lloyd James
Bounty Killer3:31
6Tour
producer:
Stuart Brown (reggae producer and manager)
arranger:
Stuart Brown (reggae producer and manager)
Capleton4:00
7It's Me Again Jah
producer:
Philip "Fatis" Burrell
Luciano3:59
8Untold Stories
producer:
Donovan Germain (reggae producer)
recording of:
Untold Stories
Buju Banton4:34
9Fire Pon Rome
producer:
Richard Bell (reggae producer)
Anthony B3:52
10I & I Saw Them Coming
producer:
The Dub Organiser
Starkey Banton4:11
11Rough Inna Town
producer:
Philip "Fatis" Burrell
Cocoa Tea & Luciano3:57
12Armagideon Time
programming and producer:
Dr. Israel (New York reggae and dub artist)
additional executive producer:
Soothsayer (UK hip-hop reggae vocalist Reggie Hodges)
vocals:
Divaship and Dr. Israel (New York reggae and dub artist)
Dr. Israel4:05
13Warning
producer:
Bobby Dixon (Jamaican reggae / dancehall producer; Bobby Digital)
Tony Rebel3:38
14Set Yourself Free
producer:
Bobby Dixon (Jamaican reggae / dancehall producer; Bobby Digital)
background vocals:
Mojo Morgan, Gramps Morgan and Una Morgan
lead vocals:
Peetah Morgan (Peetah of Morgan Heritage)
Morgan Heritage3:46
15Ghetto People Song
producer:
Tony Rebel (Patrick George Anthony Barrett, Jamiacan reggae artist)
Everton Blender3:47
16Party in Session (main mix)
producer:
Tony Kelly (reggae producer)
Stone Love feat.Ky-Mani, Beenie Man, Buju Banton & Mr. Vegas3:46
17What's the Matter With the World
producer:
Winston Riley
Bushman3:51
18I Love Jah
producer:
Lynford "Fatta" Marshall, Karl Toppin and Collin York (Bulby York, Bulby, Colin York, Colin "Bulby" York, Colin "Bulbie" York, Collin "Bulbie" York)
Beres Hammond feat. Flourgon3:47
19Taking Over
producer:
Philip "Fatis" Burrell
Sizzla34:04

Credits

Release

art direction and design:Mathieu Bitton
executive producer:Pat Lawrence
producer:Dana G. Smart
assistant mastering:Josh Florian (Mastering)
mastering:Gavin Lurssen (American mastering engineer)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/7983649 [info]
ASIN:US: B00005RIN8 [info]