VA - This Is Reggae Music: The Golden Era 1960-1975 (4 CD, 2004/FLAC)


 This Is Reggae Music: The Golden Era 1960-1975 is a reggae retrospective anthology issued as a 4-CD box set in 2004 by Trojan Records. The anthology, which was compiled by Colin Escott and Bas Hartong, is arranged in chronological order and features tracks by various artists, starting with mento and ska from the first half of the 1960s, then progressing to the slower rhythms of rocksteady and reggae, which both emerged later in the decade, continuing into the 1970s. Several of the acts featured are Derrick Morgan, Desmond Decker & the Aces, Toots & the Maytals, Jimmy Cliff, and Bob Marley and the Wailers.

This Is Reggae Music - The Golden Era 1960-1975 (Disc 1 - Train To Skaville 1960-1968)

01. Lord Tanamo / Iron Bar [0:02:17.34]
02. Derrick Morgan / Fat Man [0:02:21.66]
03. Stranger Cole / Rough and Tough [0:03:01.62]
04. Don Drummond & Tommy McCook / (Music Is My) Occupation [0:03:03.20]
05. Millie / My Boy Lollipop [0:02:01.16]
06. Eric "Monty" Morris / Penny Reel-O [0:02:30.14]
07. Roland Alphonso & The Soul Brothers / Phoenix City [0:03:01.70]
08. Bongo Man Byfield / Bongo Man [0:03:11.51]
09. The Clarendonians / Rude Boy Gone A Jail [0:02:47.29]
10. Desmond Decker & The Ages / Rudy Got Soul [0:02:49.67]
11. Stranger & Patsy / Down By The Train Line [0:02:46.47]
12. Alton Ellis & The Flames / Cry Tough [0:02:16.32]
13. Desmond Decker & The Ages / 007 (Shanty Town) [0:02:33.50]
14. Hopetown Lewis / Take It Easy [0:02:54.43]
15. Derrick Harriott / The Loser [0:03:37.05]
16. The Ethiopians / Train To Skaville [0:02:51.53]
17. The Jamaicans / Ba Ba Boom [0:03:19.50]
18. Keith & Tex / Stop That Train [0:03:16.03]
19. Alton Ellis & The Flames / Rocksteady [0:02:39.39]
20. The Paragons / The Tide Is High [0:02:42.11]
21. Ken Parker / True, True, True [0:02:13.72]
22. Desmond Decker / Israelites [0:02:34.50]
23. Toots & The Maytals / 54-46 That's My Number [0:03:23.01]
24. The Ethiopians / Everything Crash [0:02:31.05]


This Is Reggae Music - The Golden Era 1960-1975 (Disc 2 - Do The Reggay 1968-1970)

01. Toots & The Maytals / Do The Reggay [0:03:09.32]
02. Desmond Dekker & The Aces / It Mick [0:02:33.25]
03. The Ethiopians / Engine 54 [0:02:38.09]
04. The Uniques featuring Slim Smith / The Beatitude (Blessed Are The Meek) [0:03:11.52]
05. Lloyd Robinson / Cuss Cuss [0:02:33.60]
06. Lee Perry / People Funny, Boy [0:02:36.38]
07. The Untouchables / Tighten Up [0:02:39.18]
08. The Upsetters / Return Of Django [0:02:30.56]
09. Dave Barker & The Upsetters / Shocks of Mighty [0:02:47.57]
10. Toots & The Maytals / Monkey Man [0:03:45.28]
11. The Pioneers / Longshot Kick De Bucket [0:02:42.56]
12. The Tennors / Ride Your Donkey [0:02:03.65]
13. Tony Tribe / Red, Red Wine [0:02:55.39]
14. Jimmy Cliff / Wonderful World, Beautiful People [0:03:10.60]
15. Toots & The Maytals / Pressure Drop [0:02:58.46]
16. Gregory Issacs / Don't Let Me Suffer [0:03:31.09]
17. The Melodians / Rivers Of Babylon [0:03:24.28]
18. Harry J & The Allstars / Liquidator [0:02:53.65]
19. The Slickers / Johnny Too Bad [0:03:11.22]
20. Bob & Marcia / Young, Gifted & Black (Jamaica Mix) [0:03:15.46]
21. Dave & Angel Collins / Double Barrel [0:02:46.23]
22. Jimmy Cliff / Many Rivers To Cross [0:02:40.47]


This Is Reggae Music - The Golden Era 1960 to 1975 (Disc 3 - Black and White 1970-1971)

01. Desmond Dekker / You Can Get It If You Really Want [0:02:38.55]
02. Freddie Notes & The Rudies / Montego Bay [0:02:24.12]
03. Jimmy Cliff / Come Into My Life [0:02:54.70]
04. Andy Capp / Pop A Top [0:02:18.22]
05. Niney / Blood And Fire [0:03:06.70]
06. Peter Tosh & The Wailers / 400 Years [0:02:33.68]
07. Bob Marley & The Wailers / Duppy Conqueror [0:03:45.00]
08. Jimmy Cliff / Vietnam [0:04:45.28]
09. The Kingstonians / Singer Man [0:03:02.22]
10. Ken Parker / Groovin' Out On Life (Groovin' In Style) [0:02:48.67]
11. The Stingers / Give Me Power [0:03:17.11]
12. Bob Marley & The Wailers / Small Axe [0:03:55.36]
13. Toots & The Maytals / Pomps And Pride [0:04:33.54]
14. Jimmy Cliff / Bongo Man [0:03:59.16]
15. The Pioneers / Let Your Yeah Be Yaeh [0:03:07.31]
16. Johnny Nash / Guava Jelly [0:03:16.32]
17. Greyhound / Black And White [0:02:29.39]
18. Horace Andy / I Feel Good All Over [0:03:48.26]
19. The Heptones / Hypocrite [0:03:04.35]
20. John Holt / Stick By Me (And I'll Stick By You) [0:03:14.17]
21. Eric Donaldson / Cherry Oh Baby [0:03:02.13]
22. Bob Marley & The Wailers / African Herbsman [0:02:24.28]


This Is Reggae Music - The Golden Era 1960-1975 (Disc 4 - The Time Has Come 1972-1975)

01. Delroy Wilson / Better Must Come [0:02:44.02]
02. Bongo Herman & Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont / Know Fari [0:02:38.42]
03. Junior Byles / A Place Called Africa [0:02:41.73]
04. Bob Marley & The Wailers / Trenchtown Rock [0:03:00.00]
05. The Righteous Flames / One Love, One Heart [0:02:47.12]
06. Johnny Nash / I Can See Clearly Now [0:02:45.23]
07. Zap Pow / This Is Reggae Music [0:03:06.59]
08. Peter Tosh / Brand New Second Hand [0:03:13.44]
09. Bob Marley & The Wailers / Lively Up Yourself [0:02:52.39]
10. Johnny Nash / Stir It Up [0:03:05.70]
11. Dennis Brown / Money In My Pocket [0:02:32.53]
12. Toots & The Maytals / Funky Kingston [0:04:56.14]
13. Slim Smith / The Time Has Come [0:04:24.21]
14. Keith Boothe / Everything I Own [0:03:45.26]
15. Dennis Brown / Westbound Train [0:03:01.57]
16. The Willows / Cool Iron [0:02:25.64]
17. The Upsetters / Justice To The People [0:03:15.68]
18. Big Youth / S90 Skank [0:02:51.51]
19. I Roy / Black Man Time [0:03:40.62]
20. Gregory Isaacs / Bad Da [0:03:11.71]
21. Ras Michael & The Sons Of Negus / Run Come (Throw Away Your Stoney Heart) [0:03:34.29]
22. Burning Spear / Marcus Garvey [0:03:27.40]