Reggae Gold

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Israelites
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 Aces2:37
2Viet Nam
recording of:
Vietnam
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Cliff (Jamaican ska, rocksteady, reggae and soul musician)
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Group (in 1975)
Jimmy Cliff4:52
3You Can Get It If You Really Want
Desmond Dekker2:47
4Pressure Drop
recording of:
Pressure Drop
lyricist and composer:
Frederick Nathaniel Hibbert
Toots & The Maytals3:49
5The Harder They Come
recording of:
The Harder They Come
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Cliff (Jamaican ska, rocksteady, reggae and soul musician)
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 Cliff3:09
6Country Road
Toots & The Maytals3:22
7King 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 Pablo42:34
8Country Boy
The Heptones2:55
9Carry Go Bring Come
recording of:
Carry Go Bring Home
composer:
Justin Hinds (Jamaican ska vocalist with his backing singers the Dominoes)
Justin Hinds & the Dominoes3:15
10War ina Babylon
Max Romeo & The Upsetters4:49
11Man in the Hills
Burning Spear3:59
12One Step Forward
Max Romeo & The Upsetters3:35
13Police and Thieves
Junior Murvin3:52
14Cokane in My Brain
producer:
JoJo Hookim
recording of:
Cokane in My Brain
lyricist and composer:
Lester Randal Bullock
publisher:
Blue Mountain Music and Rykomusic Ltd. (Publishing company)
Dillinger42:46
15Sufferer’s Time
The Heptones4:06
16Roast Fish and Corn Bread
recording of:
Roast Fish and Corn Bread
lyricist and composer:
Lee “Scratch” Perry (aka The Upsetter)
publisher:
Island Music, Inc. (work publisher – NOT related to the Island imprint now owned by UMG)
Lee Perry4:22
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