Cat: 409996 4008616. Rel: 18 Mar 24
Reggae Classics/Oldies/Ska
Side 1 - Track 1. Althea & Donna - Uption Top Ranking |
Side 1 - Track 2. Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Israelites |
Side 1 - Track 3. The Pioneers - Let Your Yeah Be Yeah |
Side 1 - Track 4. Susan Cadogan - Hurt So Good |
Side 1 - Track 5. The Maytals - 54-76 Was My Number |
Side 1 - Track 6. Greyhound - Moon River |
Side 1 - Track 7. Dave & Ansel Collins - Monkey Spanner |
Side 2 - Track 1. Bob & Marcia - (To Be) Young Gifted & Black |
Side 2 - Track 2. Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want |
Side 2 - Track 3. Nicky Thomas - Love Of The Common People |
Side 2 - Track 4. Greyhound - Black & White |
Side 2 - Track 5. Horace Faith - Black Pearl |
Side 2 - Track 6. Bruce Ruffin - Rain |
Side 2 - Track 7. Ken Boothe - Crying Over You |
Side 3 - Track 1. Ken Boothe - Everything I Own |
Side 3 - Track 2. John Holt - Help Me Make It Through The Night |
Side 3 - Track 3. Errol Dinkley - Ok Fred |
Side 3 - Track 4. Sophia George - Girlie Girlie |
Side 3 - Track 5. Dennis Brown - Money In My Pocket |
Side 3 - Track 6. Bob & Marcia - Pied Piper |
Side 3 - Track 7. Desmond Dekker & The Aces - It Miek |
Side 4 - Track 1. Dave & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel |
Side 4 - Track 2. Desmond Dekker & The Aces - 007 (Shanty Town) |
Side 4 - Track 3. The Upsetters - Return Of Django |
Side 4 - Track 4. Tony Tribe - Red Red Wine |
Side 4 - Track 5. The Pioneers - Long Shot Kick The Bucket |
Side 4 - Track 6. Harry J All Stars - Liquidator |
Side 4 - Track 7. Dandy - Rudy, A Message To You |
Trojan Record always do a fantastic job with their compilations. They are a great way for experienced and inexperienced reggae fans to collect a lot of really great music that can be very hard to find original copies. Uptown Top Ranking: Trojan Ska & Reggae Chartbusters is chalk full of classic material from beginning to end. Fabled blueprints for the genre include Desmond Dekker & The Aces 'Israelites', The Upsetters 'Return Of Django' and Desmond Dekker & The Aces '007 (Shanty Town)' among many others gems. To get 50 amazing songs onto two pieces of vinyl makes this one of the best VFM releases in record buying history.