VA - Sound System ~ The Story Of Jamaican Music (2012)

Per capita, Jamaica puts out more music than any other place on the planet, and the island's distinctive rhythms have made its music one of the country's biggest exports, even though that sunny-sounding pop music is frequently outspoken and political. The year 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of Jamaica's independence, and it has meant a host of commemorative releases, including this one, a massive eight-disc set from Island Records, the label that has arguably done more than any other to bring Jamaican music to the attention of the rest of the world. Tracks are arranged pretty randomly, apparently to mirror the way DJs at one of the island's famed dancehall sound systems would program a night's music, but in truth, there doesn't really seem to be much rhyme or reason to what follows what here, which is a minor irritation. The music itself is glorious, with signature tracks from Bob Marley, Toots & the Maytals, Desmond Dekker, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Beenie Man, Jimmy Cliff, Buju Banton, Burning Spear, Justin Hinds, Max Romeo, Junior Byles, the Heptones, Gregory Isaacs, the Uniques, the Mighty Diamonds, the Paragons, and seemingly every Jamaican singer or group ever to enter a Kingston studio, and one can't help but feel that a sequence arranged chronologically, working through mento to ska to rocksteady to reggae to dub to lovers rock to dancehall and beyond, might better tell the story. The set also includes a book that is essentially a condensed version of Reggae Explosion: The Story of Jamaican Music, originally published in 2001. Most fans of Jamaican music and reggae will already be familiar with the book, and the songs, too, for that matter, since nothing collected here is terribly obscure. In the end, it's the music that carries things, though, and through 120 tracks, it never really falters. Jamaica has been onto something for a long time and the proof is here.

Tracklist:

CD 1
1. Sound System - Steel Pulse (3:15)
2. Funky Kingston - Toots &The Maytals (4:56)
3. Buju Banton - Bogle Dance (3:01)
4. Bunny Wailer - Dreamland (2:43)
5. Lion - Burning Spear (3:12)
6. Millie - My Boy Lolipop (2:01)
7. Owen Gray - Midnight Track (2:29)
8. Jimmy Cliff - Dearest Beverley (2:42)
9. Jah Glory - Third World (5:10)
10. Ninjaman & Tinga Stewart - Cover Me (3:17)
11. Dennis Brown - Westbound Train (3:02)
12. Culture - Two Sevens Clash (3:31)
13. Third World - 1865 (96' In The Shade) (4:28)
14. Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Natty Take Over (3:09)
15. Roland Alphonso - El Torro (3:36)
16. Max Romeo & The Upsetters - War In Babylon (4:52)

CD 2
1. Owen Gray - Mash It! (Parts 1 & 2) (4:13)
2. Toots & The Maytals - 54-46 (Was My Number) (2:53)
3. Derrick Morgan - Forward March (2:52)
4. Desmond Dekker - Israelites (2:49)
5. Jimmy Cliff - Miss Jamaica (2:25)
6. Inner Circle - We 'A' Rockers (3:26)
7. Theo Beckford - Easy Snappin' (2:51)
8. Barrington Levy - Sweet Reggae Music (3:23)
9. Desmond Dekker - 007 (Shanty Town) (2:43)
10. Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Carry Go Bring Come (2:54)
11. Dillinger - African Worldwide Love (3:35)
12. King Stitt & Andy Capp - Herbsman Shuffle (2:40)
13. Max Romeo - Wet Dream (2:48)
14. Red Dragon - Hol' A Fresh (3:55)
15. Junior Murvin & Dillinger - Roots Train (9:02)
16. Niney The Observer - Confusion In A Babylon (5:23)
17. Prince Far I - What You Gonna Do On The Judgement Day (3:42)
18. Rico - Man From Wareika (3:11)

CD 3
1. Dave And Ansel Collins - Double Barrel (2:47)
2. Big Youth - S.90 Skank (2:51)
3. Black Shadows - Brother Noah (5:29)
4. Eric Morris - No More Teardrops (2:14)
5. Max, Niney And Scratch - Babylon's Burning (3:12)
6. Cimarons - Check Out Yourself (2:38)
7. Dennis Alcapone - Spanish Amigo (2:56)
8. Don Carlos - Laser Beam (3:23)
9. Jamaicans - Ba Ba Boom (3:20)
10. Linval Thompson - Jah Loves Us All (3:08)
11. Derrick Morgan - Tougher Than Tough (Rudie In Court) (2:24)
12. Roots Radics - King Tubby's Rockers (5:11)
13. Skin Flesh & Bones - Bammie Fe Fish (4:06)
14. Delroy Wilson - Better Must Come (2:44)
15. Dobby Dobson - Loving Pauper (3:16)
16. Harry J Allstars - The Dog (2:29)
17. Jacob Miller And Inner Circle - Tenement Yard (2:37)

CD 4
1. Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking (3:54)
2. Eric Donaldson - Cherry Oh Baby (3:04)
3. Lord Sassafrass - Green Bay Incident (3:55)
4. Observer All Stars - Jam Down (4:08)
5. Paragons - Happy Go Lucky Gir (3:05)
6. Phyllis Dillon - Don't Stay Away (2:33)
7. Stranger Cole Featuring Lester Sterling - Bangarang (3:11)
8. Upsetters - Return Of Django (2:33)
9. Leroy 'Horsemouth' Wallace - Herb Vendor (3:20)
10. Junior Byles - Curly Locks (3:25)
11. Little John - Mr. Babylon (3:18)
12. Niney The Observer - Blood & Fire (3:07)
13. Techniques - Queen Majesty (Aka Minstrel And Queen) (3:33)
14. Winston Williams - D.J.'S Choice (3:17)
15. Dennis Alcapone - Teach The Children (2:26)
16. Observers - One Train Load Of Dub (3:22)

CD 5
1. Dennis Brown - Money In My Pocket (2:33)
2. Johnny Clarke - Move Out Of Babylon Rastaman (3:34)
3. Johnny Moore - Sound And Soul (2:54)
4. Ken Boothe - Everything I Own (3:47)
5. Pat Kelly - How Long Will It Take (3:11)
6. Peter Broggs - Rastafari Chant Nyahbingh (3:51)
7. Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown (2:33)
8. Clancy Eccles All Stars - Cn Express (2:27)
9. Congos - Rock Of Gibraltar (4:02)
10. Freddie Mcgregor - Joggin (3:43)
11. Jackie Edwards - We're Gonna Love (2:52)
12. John Holt - Stick By Me (And I'll Stick By You) (3:13)
13. Max & Niney - Aily And Ailaloo (2:16)
14. Upsetters - Temptation (3:20)
15. Aswad - Back To Africa (5:45)
16. Beenie Man - What Those Guys Are For (3:51)

CD 6
1. Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey (3:28)
2. Cat Campbell - Hammering (3:06)
3. Lorna Bennett - *****fast In Bed (3:05)
4. Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse (4:00)
5. Heptones - Book Of Rules (3:31)
6. Junior Murvin - Police & Thieves (3:55)
7. Ernest Ranglin - Exodus (2:39)
8. Melodians - Rivers Of Babylon (4:16)
9. Wailing Souls - Bredda Gravalicious (3:53)
10. Black Uhuru - Sinsemilla (5:13)
11. Bob & Marcia - Young, Gifted And Black (3:08)
12. Derrick And Patsy - Housewives Choice (2:43)
13. Dillinger - Cokane In My Brain (3:45)
14. Don Drummond - Eastern Standard Time (3:12)
15. Heptones - Party Time (3:30)
16. Grace Jones - My Jamaican Guy (6:02)

CD 7
1. Toots & The Maytals - Reggae Got Soul (3:09)
2. Millie - Sweet William (1:47)
3. Jah Lion - Soldier And Police War (4:09)
4. Leroy Smart - Ballistic Affair (3:09)
5. Alton Ellis - Dance Crasher (2:41)
6. Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come (3:41)
7. Junior Delgado - Fort Augustus (4:10)
8. Lee Scratch Perry - Dreadlocks In Moonlight (3:47)
9. Linton Kwesi Johnson - Want Fi Goh Rave (4:21)
10. Royals - Free Speech And Movement (3:46)
11. Steel Pulse - Prodigal Son (5:07)
12. Tennors - Ride Your Donkey (2:05)
13. Val Bennett - The Russians Are Coming (Aka Take 5) (3:41)
14. Baba Brooks - Guns Fever (2:54)

CD 8
1. Black Uhuru - What Is Life (5:45)
2. Chaka Demus & Pliers - Tease Me (4:06)
3. Damian Marley - Welcome To Jamrock (3:35)
4. Gregory Isaacs - Oh What A Feeling (3:47)
5. Hopeton Lewis - Take It Easy (2:54)
6. Ini Kamoze - Trouble You A Trouble Me (3:57)
7. Luciano - Moving Up (4:04)
8. Sugar Minott - The People Ought To Know (3:20)
9. Uniques - My Conversation (3:29)
10. Keith & Tex - Stop That Train (3:16)
11. Mighty Diamonds - Pass The Kouchie (3:35)
12. Paragons - On The Beach (2:37)
13. Aswad - Warrior Charge (5:50)
14. Lee Scratch Perry & The Upsetters - People Funny Boy (2:37)
15. Sly Dunbar - Hot You're Hot (3:39)

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