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VA - Punky Reggae Party - Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers (Updated Improved Remastered Expanded Super Deluxe Edition) (36CD) (2024)
The songs that united punk rock and reggae
Despite the myth that punk rock aimed to destroy all that came before it and establish a radical new form of music, a wide range of genres led to its establishment. From American garage rock to old-school blues, the lineage of punk can be traced back much farther than 1976. One such genre that had a considerable influence on the punk rock scene was reggae.
Owing to increased amounts of post-war immigration to the UK from Jamaica and the Caribbean, reggae music had been present in England since the 1950s. Given the harsh treatment of Black people in Britain at the time, many of those who had come across as a part of the Windrush Generation found themselves unable to find high-paying jobs or decent housing. In fact, many landlords would refuse to rent to Black families, meaning that the poorer areas of major cities across the country suddenly found themselves with a rapidly increasing Black population. The result of this multiculturalism was that, in the late 1960s, a lot of white working-class kids started getting into ska and boss reggae music. The mod and early skinhead subcultures celebrated reggae music and provided a way for young people of different races to unite under a common love of music.
So, by the time punk rock exploded in the UK in the mid-1970s, many young punks were already aware of reggae music. Indeed, some notable ska tracks such as ‘Israelites’ by Desmond Dekker or ‘My Boy Lollipop’ by Millie Small had been huge chart hits in the UK. Punk musicians growing up in poor or run-down areas often grew up surrounded by Caribbean music, and therefore, it is obvious that the influence of reggae would bleed over into punk music.
Paul Simonon of The Clash is noted for the reggae influence he brought to the group. Growing up in Brixton and Ladbroke Grove, the bassist had a love for reggae and dub that he brought to the iconic punk band. This influence can be heard throughout The Clash’s discography but is perhaps most evident on their cover of ‘Police and Thieves’ by Junior Murvin. Elsewhere, Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten has repeatedly spoken about the influence reggae music had on him in his younger years growing up in London. It seems as though, disenfranchised by the soulless pop of the charts, many young punks opted instead to listen to underground reggae music in their youth.
The epicentre of punk music in London was undoubtedly The Roxy Club. Located in Covent Garden, the club and venue was pivotal in launching the careers of Siouxsie and the Banshees, Generation X, The Clash and countless other notable punk bands. House DJ Don Letts was also instrumental in the club’s success. Given the fact that only a handful of punk records had been released by the time The Roxy opened its doors, the DJ chose instead to play hardcore dub reggae, leaving a lasting impact on many punk groups of the time.
One of the most prominent examples of the unity between punk and reggae came with the debut album by The Slits. Front woman Ari Up had a pronounced love of reggae music, and that often came across within The Slits’ music. So much so that noted reggae artist Dennis Bovell was drafted in to produce their debut album Cut. The record is littered with reggae and dub influences, particularly on ‘Instant Hit’ and ‘Spend, Spend, Spend’.
Reggae was natural for punk to mine as inspirational fuel, just as earlier rock ‘n’ roll eras gleaned ideas and energy from blues and R&B. Many Black listeners embraced the rebel sounds of a genre that itself would pave the way for hip-hop in the 1980s. In the U.S., only Millie Small’s 1964 ska breakout “My Boy Lollipop” and Desmond Dekker’s 1968 early reggae classic “Israelites” penetrated popular consciousness. The U.K. had been primed by indie powerhouse Trojan Records since 1968, building huge hits importing such stellar Jamaican records as Bob And Marcia’s “Young, Gifted And Black,” Dave And Ansel Collins’ “Double Barrel,” and Toots And The Maytals’ “Pressure Drop.” The Tighten Up budget compilation series also helped cultivate British tastes, introducing the music to a generation of white listeners. The rise of Bob Marley And The Wailers and the soundtrack to Perry Henzell’s 1972 Jamaican gangster film The Harder They Come helped reggae gain dominion worldwide, especially in the U.S.
First-wave English punks, likely possessing more than a few scratchy Trojan 45s in their record collections, had reggae in their blood. The social justice poetry of Marley especially granted a moral authority to the more politically charged U.K. bands, while the graphic design of albums like Prince Far I’s Under Heavy Manners lent punk a few ideas, as well. Don Letts, a first-generation British Rasta managing punk haberdashers Acme Attractions, spread the influence with his reggae mixtapes for the shop. Once London’s first dedicated punk venue The Roxy hired him as house DJ, he bolstered spins of the paltry number of punk records then available with heavy doses of dub (reggae’s original remix sound) and the rootsiest Jamaican sounds. U.K. punk was ready to get fully dread.
The Clash: White Riot in Teenage Babylon
If Letts’ DJing infected punk with reggae-itis, the Clash were Patient Zero. No punk band used reggae more to bolster their rebel credentials, beginning with their 1977 debut album’s rock-up of Junior Murvin’s “Police and Thieves.” Bassist Paul Simonon grew up in a heavily Jamaican neighborhood, learning his instrument by practicing to reggae records. Lead guitarist Mick Jones’ arrangements brought upstroke guitars and dub dynamics (i.e., instrumental dropouts, incorporation of space and silence, deep echo) to the nonstop pogo party. Singer Joe Strummer’s lyrics infused reggae’s righteous poetry into his leftist rants. This went far beyond lacing Trojan standards as “Pressure Drop” with distorted punk power chords or collaborating with legendary Jamaican producer Lee “Scratch” Perry on early 45 “Complete Control.” It led to incredible fusions such as “(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais,”arguably the best Clash song.
Johnny Rotten plays reggae on Capital Radio
July 16, 1977: Independent London radio station Capital Radio and its star DJ Tommy Vance invited Sex Pistols main man Johnny Rotten down for an interview and to spin records from his personal collection. It infuriated manager Malcolm McLaren, who’d crafted an image for the Pistols as dangerous, imbecilic thugs out to destroy everything, especially rock ‘n’ roll. Instead, alter ego John Lydon showed up, Rotten occasionally peeking out to lash out here and there, especially at other punk bands. Still, Lydon’s general, disarming message? “I like all sorts of music.” He queued up everything from Captain Beefheart to Tim Buckley to Neil Young. Especially prominent? Much reggae, which he announced he’d grown up with: Augustus Pablo’s crucial dub plate “King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown,” Peter Tosh’s ganja anthem “Legalize It,” Culture’s “I’m Not Ashamed.” Especially poignant: his selection of Dr. Alimantado’s “Born for a Purpose.”“Just after I got my brains kicked in [i.e., he was attacked twice by royalists bearing knives and chains in the wake of “God Save the Queen”], I went home and played it,” he explained. “There’s a verse in it: ‘If you have no reason for living, don’t determine my life.’ The same thing happened to him. He got run over because he was a dread.” Lydon took deep inspiration from Alimantado’s cry of defiance. As surely did many a British youth tuning in that day.
Bob Marley records “Punky Reggae Party”
“Punks are outcasts from society. So are the Rastas,” reggae king Marley told Sounds journalist Vivien Goldman in the summer of 1977. “So they are bound to defend what we defend.” She’d just played the Clash’s rendition of “Police and Thieves” for reggae’s biggest star and influential producer Perry, who had produced Murvin’s original. Both quickly understood the similarities of the cultures and what punk was learning from reggae. Perry’s response? He produced the Clash’s anti-record business single “Complete Control,” then returned to Marley for his own “Punky Reggae Party.” Amid a roll call of U.K. punk icons - the Damned, the Clash, the Jam -and such reggae stalwarts as his own Wailers and Toots Hibbert’s Maytals, Marley proved he understood the similarities between punk’s struggles to the rastas’: “Rejected by society/Treated with impunity/Protected by my dignity/I search for reality.” Marley granting his imprimatur to the new scene was all the license many needed to join the party.
The Punky Reggae Party goes Outernational
From here, the reggae/punk virus exploded. U.S. punk poet Patti Smith found the same motivational juice in reggae as her U.K. counterparts - wearing Rastafarian T-shirts onstage, incorporating the rhythms into such songs as debut LP Horses’ “Redondo Beach.”Smith and her guitarist Lenny Kaye made the connection explicit in ‘77, providing a four-years-later U.S. release of DJ Tapper Zukie’s deep, mysterious, murky Man Ah Warrior LP on their Mer label. Letts, meanwhile, managed the proto-riot grrrl outfit the Slits, whose singer Ari Up eventually adopted dreadlocks and spoke in Jamaican patois. Their choice of producer when they finally recorded their debut LP, Cut? U.K. dub master Dennis Bovell. Generation X’s second 45, glam-punk stomper “Wild Youth,” was paired with B-side “Wild Dub” - the same song remixed with dub’s vast silences and echoes, singer Billy Idol toasting at the end, “Heavy, heavy dub/Punk rockers!” British activists Rock Against Racism reacted to the rise of the neo-fascist National Front attempts to annex the punk scene by promoting high-profile gigs pairing such British reggae bands as Steel Pulse and Misty In Roots with artists such as Generation X, the Clash and Sham 69. Ireland’s Stiff Little Fingers appear on British soil bearing such a heavy Clash influence, they’d pepper sets with their own punky reggae covers, such as Marley’s powerful “Johnny Was.” Second-generation punk leading lights the Ruts emerged from London in 1979 with the most powerful reggae fusion yet: steaming punk anthems utilizing rasta language, including “Babylon’s Burning”; pure reggae skankers such as “Jah War”; guitarist Paul Fox’s extensive use of an echo unit, to lend his playing dub textures. Then there was the Police, who became massive worldwide with a highly commercialized version of the reggae/punk crossover. Reggae was now fully part of punk’s vocabulary - musically, visually, spiritually and linguistically.
Post-punk: Art-Punks Born In Babylon
Come 1978, several bands materialized who felt liberated by punk’s smashing of rock ‘n’ roll cliches but wanted to utilize an exploratory vocabulary, rather than three-chord pogo-rock. This frequently meant reggae techniques becoming more firmly incorporated into what was ultimately dubbed post-punk. Public Image Ltd - the post-Pistols home of Rotten, now reverting to his Christian name of John Lydon as he sued McLaren - were among the first to employ this musical language extensively. Jah Wobble’s booming, hairy basslines sounded torn directly from various dub plates, as was the band’s production, especially on second LP Metal Box. Gang of Four incorporated dub’s heavy use of instrumental drop-out and space into their arrangements, not to mention singer Jon King’s homages to Augustus Pablo’s three-note melodica hooks. Bristol’s Pop Group used similar dynamics to shocking, violent effect, especially on epic, gorgeous debut single “She Is Beyond Good and Evil”: “My little girl was born on a ray of sound,” singer Mark Stewart howled. All these band’s individual expressions of love were their rays originating in Kingston.
Don Letts' days as a DJ started accidentally when he was asked to play at The Roxy Club (the UK’s first live punk rock venue) back in 1977. This was so early in the scene there were no UK punk records to play as none had been made yet. So in between the fast and furious live punk sets Don played what he liked - some serious reggae. Lucky for him the punks liked it to and this mix gave rise to the ‘punky-reggae party’. When the Roxy closed Don was the go to man when it came to nice-ing up the place with some heavyweight bass. He was the original Clash DJ for many of their live gigs up and down the country. Entering the eighties Don deserted the decks to pursue his film career.
Seeing the crowd at Acme, the then-promoter Andy Czezowski started up The Roxy, a London nightclub during the original outbreak of punk in England, so that people could go from the store and have some place to party. As most bands of that era had yet to be recorded, there were limited punk rock records to be played. Instead, Letts included many dub and reggae records in his sets and is credited with introducing those sounds to the London punk scene, which was to influence the Clash and other bands. As a tribute, he is pictured on the cover of the EP Black Market Clash (1980) and the compilation album Super Black Market Clash (1993). He was able to use the fame and money from DJing and the Acme story to make his first film, The Punk Rock Movie (1978).
Letts quit the retail business to manage the band the Slits. He was able to get the Slits to open for the Clash during the White Riot tour. While on the White Riot tour he decided that management was not for him but continued to shoot material for The Punk Rock Movie (1978).
Letts went to Jamaica for the first time when, after the Sex Pistols broke up, Johnny Rotten decided to escape the media frenzy by going with entrepreneur Richard Branson to Jamaica. It was on this trip that Branson was inspired to start up Virgin's Frontline reggae record label.
I guess he thought that since I was black and Jamaican – well, sort of - he'd be in good hands. Little did he know that the closest I'd been to Jamaica was watching The Harder They Come at the Classic Cinema in Brixton. - Don Letts.
In recognition of Letts' unique contribution to music, on 16 October 2013 he was presented with a BASCA Gold Badge of Merit.
B John Lydon's Jamaica jaunt 1978 / Dennis Morris interview
http://reynoldsretro.blogspot.com/2022/07/john-lydons-jamaica-jaunt-1978-dennis.html?m=1
The mind-blowing Don Letts reggae and punk archive: Getting lost in ’70s and ’80s Kingston and London
https://insheepsclothinghifi.com/don-letts-archive/
So, after considerable and extensive online research, plus my own recollections and memories and records bought at the time due to the huge influence John Peel made on my life and for Don Letts bringing many of these classics to the attention of the record buying public, here is my personal compilation of what I consider to be the 575 best and most important tracks from the original punky reggae era.
This new update has expanded the original collection from 9CDs to a whopping 36! Many tracks have been replaced with better sounding versions, with a fair few replacements taken from the original master tapes.
This 36CD set contains many rare and extremely hard to find tracks, with over 150 taken from the legendary Virgin Front Line label.
Virgin had been releasing reggae records since BB Seaton's "Dancing Shoes" in 1974. By 1975, label owner Richard Branson had begun signing roots reggae artists, and in the three years that followed, Virgin released successful albums by the likes of U-Roy, The Mighty Diamonds, Keith Hudson, Johnny Clarke, Peter Tosh, and I Roy. Johnny Rotten is rumoured to have signed with Virgin because of the company's progressive policy towards reggae. In 1978, Branson decided to form a subsidiary label dedicated wholly to reggae and called this Front Line. Branson and Rotten travelled to Kingston and signed artists to the label including Prince Far I, Big Youth, Prince Hammer, Tappa Zukie, Sly Dunbar, and The Twinkle Brothers. Many of the artists who had previously released records on Virgin also moved to the new label.
As a very SPECIAL BONUS I've added these two excellent Don Letts documentaries as mkv and mp4 video files:
Don Letts - Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers - Sky Arts (2017)
Sky Arts presents: Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers by acclaimed director, DJ and musician Don Letts as he trawls through his extensive archive of Super 8 films from the 1970s to tell the story of when the politically alienated, multicultural youth of the era made their voices heard via the sounds of punk, dub and reggae.
The sounds of Rasta culture in London could be heard in readings by Linton Kwesi Johnson and records played at The Roxy - by Letts himself when resident DJ - and were key influences on songs by The Clash and The Slits. Bob Marley would pinpoint the era as the ‘Punky Reggae Party’. Don offers a first-hand account of this scene and the trail that it blazed to shape music history.
Rebel Dread - High-Definition Digital Transfer - BluRay (2020)
This is the story of the iconic Don Letts, the coolest cultural polymath - from his adventures in the UK’s 1970s punk scene, through to his award-winning music video and film career. Narrated by the man himself and packed with extensive archive footage, this infectiously energetic documentary takes you so deep inside the life and world of Don Letts; you won’t want to leave.
https://amp.theguardian.com/film/2022/mar/02/rebel-dread-review-don-letts
Don Letts: “Jamaican Music Gave British Punk Its Distinct Identity”
https://www.anothermag.com/design-living/13931/don-letts-interview-rebel-dreads-review-2022
For those who may be interested, on 19th July 2024 Cherry Red will be releasing:
Roots Rock Rebels: When Punk Met Reggae 1975-1982 (3CD) (2024)
54 track 3CD clamshell box focusing on the period of time between 1975-1982 when reggae influenced & inspired punk in the UK.
Featuring key tracks by The Clash, Burning Spear, Generation X, Culture, Public Image Ltd, Steel Pulse, The Specials, Dennis Brown, Ruts, Madness, Black Uhuru and many more.
Plus, a selection of obscure gems from the likes of the 4th Street Orchestra, African Stone, Basement 5, Electric Guitars, Sir Horatio, Talisman, The Pop Group and Black Symbol.
A 3-disc set which features many of the tracks included in my collection.
Compiled as always using the very latest and highest quality digital remasters, with a considerable number of tracks sourced from the original master tapes for superior sound quality.
Enjoy!
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Please delete track 560 and replace it with this:
Wrong Emboyo (Original 1967 Rio Records 7" Mono Single Version) - The Rulers feat. Stagger Lee
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VIDEOS
Don Letts - Two Sevens Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers - Sky Arts (2017)
Rebel Dread - High-Definition Digital Transfer - BluRay (2020)
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Track lists
CD01
01 Willie Williams - Armagideon Time (Original 1979 Studio One 7" Single Version) 5:09
02 The Clash - Armagideon Time / Justice Tonight / Kick It Over 12:46
03 Prince Far I and the Arabs - Abderrahane 2:42
04 Johnny Clarke - Academy Award Version 3:52
05 The Raincoats - Adventures Close to Home 1:53
06 The Mighty Diamonds - Africa 3:09
07 The Twinkle Brothers - Africa (Front Line Discomix) 7:05
08 Rico Rodriguez - Africa b/w Africa Dub 10:10
09 Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters - African Skank 3:17
10 Poet and the Roots - All Wi Doin' Is Defendin' / Defense (Dub) (Original 1977 12" Single Version) 8:47
11 Delta 5 - Anticipation 2:11
12 Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters - Apeman Skank 2:30
13 The Congos - Ark of the Covenant 6:18
14 Glenn Brown & King Tubby - Assack Lawn No. 1 Dub (Version 1) / Assack Lawn No. 1 Dub (Version 2) 6:47
CD02
15 Mikey Dread - Assistant Director Dub 3:26
16 Gang of Four - At Home He's a Tourist 3:31
17 Jacob Miller; Augustus Pablo - Baby I Love You So b/w King Tubby Meets the Rockers Uptown (Original 1974 Pablo International 7" Single Version) 4:59
18 Steel Pulse - Babylon Makes the Rules 4:42
19 U-Roy - Babylon River 5:02
20 The Ruts - Babylon's Burning ('The Crack' LP Version) 2:35
21 Prince Far I and the Arabs - Back Weh 4:32
22 The Gladiators - Back Yard Meditation 3:39
23 King Tubby & Friends - Bag a Wire Dub 3:25
24 Leroy Smart - Ballistic Affair 3:06
25 The Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic (Original 1980 12" Extended Version) 5:05
26 The Clash; Mikey Dread - Bankrobber b/w Rockers Galore... UK Tour 9:17
27 Mikey Dread - Barber Saloon 4:56
28 Prince Far I and the Arabs - Bass Ace 3:51
29 Linton Kwesi Johnson - Bass Culture / Cultural Dub 9:34
30 Keith Hudson - Be Good Dub 2:21
31 Tappa Zukie - Beautiful Dub 2:55
CD03
32 The Police - The Bed's Too Big Without You 4:25
33 Dr. Alimantado - Best Dressed Chicken in Town 2:42
34 Prince Hammer - Bible 2:45
35 Prince Far I and the Arabs - Big Fight Dub 4:13
36 Big Youth - Big Youth Special 2:29
37 Jah Lloyd - Black Gates 4:16
38 Jah Stitch - Black Harmony Killer 3:01
39 Keith Hudson - Black Heart 2:41
40 Big Youth - Black Man Message 2:53
41 Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters - Black Panta 4:40
42 Keith Hudson - Black Right 3:12
43 Culture - Black Rose 3:51
44 U Brown - Black Star Liner (Front Line Discomix) 5:53
45 The Upsetters - Black Vest 4:40
46 Prince Far I - Blackman Land 3:30
47 Keith Hudson - Blood Brother 2:54
48 The Mighty Diamonds - Bodyguard (Front Line Discomix) 6:44
49 Jah Lloyd - Bone Dub 3:22
50 Dr. Alimantado - Born for a Purpose (Original 1977 12" Single Version) 5:52
51 Prince Far I - Borno 3:04
CD04
52 Augustus Pablo - Brace's Tower Dub / Brace's Tower Dub No. 2 5:51
53 The Police - Bring on the Night 4:15
54 Dillinger - Buckingham Palace 4:15
55 Keith Hudson - By Night Dub 2:48
56 Joyella Blade - Cairo (Front Line Discomix) 6:45
57 The Clash - The Call Up / The Cool Out 9:17
58 Alton Ellis; Alton & Sound Dimension - Can I Change My Mind b/w Change My (Version) (Original 1969 Studio One 7" Single Version) 10:56
59 Dr. Alimantado - Can't Conquer Natty Dreadlocks 3:19
60 The Police - Can't Stand Losing You 2:59
61 Culture - Can't Study the Rastaman (aka Babylon Can't Study) 4:04
62 Public Image Ltd - Careering 4:34
63 U-Roy - Chalice in the Palace 3:30
64 Max Romeo; Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Full Experience - Chase the Devil / Disco Devil (The Jamaican Discomix) 14:24
CD05
65 The Gladiators - Chatty Chatty Mouth 3:15
66 Culture - Citizen as a Peaceful Dub 3:56
67 Lee "Scratch" Perry - City Too Hot 8:38
68 Keith Hudson - Civilisation 5:09
69 Sly Dunbar - Cocaine Cocaine (Front Line Discomix) 4:48
70 Dillinger - Cocaine in My Brain 2:46
71 Horace Andy - Collie Dub 5:00
72 Mikey Dread - Comic Strip 3:18
73 Poet and the Roots - Command Counsel 3:11
74 The Congos - Congo Man (Original 1977 12" Single Version) 6:15
75 Prince Far I and the Arabs - The Conquest 4:04
76 Third World - Cool Meditation (Disco Mix) 5:14
77 The Heptones - Cool Rasta b/w Rasta Dub (Original 1976 Cancer 7" Single Version) 5:51
78 Tappa Zukie - Cool This Dub 3:28
79 Augustus Pablo - Corner Crew Dub 3:04
80 Mikey Dread - Cosmic Strip Dub 3:49
81 Bob Marley and the Wailers - Could You Be Loved (Original 1980 12" Mix) 5:25
CD06
82 Johnny Clarke - Crazy Baldhead 3:39
83 Gregory Isaacs - Created by the Father 2:28
84 Prince Jazzbo - Croaking Lizard 3:28
85 Prince Far I and the Arabs - Cry Tuff and the Originals 3:22
86 Junior Byles - Curley Locks b/w Curley Locks Dub (Original 1974 Orchid 7" Single Version) 6:33
87 Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters - Curly Dub 4:15
88 Gang of Four - Damaged Goods 3:28
89 Prince Far I - Daughters of Zion 3:44
90 Public Image Ltd - Death Disco (Original 1979 12" 1/2 Mix) 6:43
91 Johnny Clarke - Declaration of Rights 3:24
92 Vivian "Yabby U" Jackson and the Prophets - Deliver Me from My Enemies b/w Deliver Me from My Enemies (Version) 5:42
93 Keith Hudson - Depth Charge 2:48
94 Sylford Walker - Deuteronomy 6:54
95 The Revolutionaries - Devil's Bug 4:46
96 Blondie - Die Young Stay Pretty 3:34
97 Angelic Upstarts feat. Roy Young - Different Strokes b/w Different Dub 5:12
98 Sly Dunbar - Dirty Harry 4:15
99 Jah Lloyd - Dis Ya Sounds 2:17
CD07
100 The Twinkle Brothers - Distant Drums b/w Distant Drums Dub 7:31
101 Stiff Little Fingers - Doesn't Make It Alright 5:48
102 UB40 - Don't Let It Pass You By (Original 1981 12" Extended Version) 7:45
103 Keith Hudson - Don't Move 2:44
104 UB40 - Don't Slow Down (Original 1981 12" Extended Version) 7:16
105 I-Roy - Don't Touch I Man Locks 2:28
106 Sly Dunbar - Dope Addict (Front Line Discomix) 5:39
107 Poet and the Roots - Dread Beat an' Blood 2:57
108 Lee 'Scratch' Perry & The Heptones - Dread Lion 4:32
109 Big Youth - Dread Organ 3:02
110 Keith Hudson - Dreaded Than 2:02
111 The Gladiators - Dreadlocks the Time Is Now 3:00
112 UB40 - Dream a Lie (Original 1980 12" Extended Version) 7:53
113 Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters - Dreamland Skank 2:35
114 The Police - Driven to Tears 3:22
115 Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters - Drum Rock 3:56
116 The Full Experience - Dub Along 3:13
CD08
117 Horace Andy - Dub Down Rome 4:03
118 The Twinkle Brothers - Dub in the Ghetto 3:53
119 Jah Lloyd - Dub of Sound 2:52
120 Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters - Dub Organizer 3:25
121 Horace Andy - Dub the Light 3:13
122 Horace Andy - Dub There 4:49
123 Prince Far I and the Arabs - Dub to Africa 3:20
124 Glenn Brown & King Tubby - Dub Universal 3:39
125 The Diamonds - Dub with Garvey 4:11
126 Augustus Pablo - Each One Dub 2:54
127 UB40 - The Earth Dies Screaming (Original 1980 12" Extended Version) 8:20
128 Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters - Elephant Rock 3:17
129 Prince Far I and the Arabs - The Encounter 3:00
130 U-Roy - Evil Doers 3:49
131 The Gladiators - Evil Doers (Front Line Discomix) 6:59
132 Bob Marley and the Wailers - Exodus 7:39
133 I-Roy - Exodus 4:43
CD09
134 The Gladiators - Exodus (Front Line Discomix) 5:55
135 Junior Byles - Fade Away b/w Fading Dub (Original 1975 Well Charge 7" Single Version) 6:39
136 Tappa Zukie - Falling Dub 3:02
137 Mikey Dread - Fast Forward Dub 4:09
138 Glenn Brown & King Tubby - Father for the Living Dubwise 2:44
139 Elizabeth Archer and the Equators - Feel Like Makin' Love b/w Feel Like Makin' Love (Version) 7:08
140 Horace Andy - Fever Dub 2:39
141 Prince Far I and the Arabs - Final Chapter 3:42
142 Dr. Alimantado - Find the One (Front Line Discomix) 6:04
143 The Diamonds - Finger Out 3:36
144 I-Roy - Fire in a Wire (Front Line Discomix) 6:20
145 I-Roy - Fire Stick 3:04
146 The Congos - Fisherman b/w Fisherman Dub (Original 1977 12" Single Version) 11:09
147 Mikey Dread - Fisherman's Forecast Dub 3:54
148 Linton Kwesi Johnson - Fite Dem Back / Brain Smashing Dub 7:57
CD10
149 Augustus Pablo - 555 Dub St. 2:43
150 Poet and the Roots - Five Nights of Bleeding (Front Line Discomix) 7:27
151 Mikey Dread - Floor Manager's Theme (Dub) 3:49
152 Prince Far I - Foggy Road 4:09
153 UB40 - Food for Thought 4:12
154 Joe Jackson - Fools in Love 4:23
155 Linton Kwesi Johnson - Forces of Vicktry / Victorious Dub 8:28
156 Keith Hudson - Formula Dub 2:52
157 The Mighty Diamonds - 4000 Years / 4000 Years Dub 7:00
158 The Twinkle Brothers - Free Africa (12" Mix) 9:26
159 The Twinkle Brothers - Free Us 4:29
160 Delroy Washington - Freedom Fighters 3:41
161 Augustus Pablo - Frozen Dub 2:54
162 Toots and the Maytals - Funky Kingston 4:56
163 X-Ray Spex - Germ-Free Adolescents 3:12
164 The Gladiators - Get Ready 3:52
CD11
165 Prince Far I and the Arabs - Ghardaia Dub 3:40
166 The Specials feat. Rico - Ghost Town (Original 1981 12" Extended Single Version) 6:03
167 Killing Joke - Ghosts of Ladbroke Grove (Dub Edit) 5:40
168 Delroy Washington - Give All the Praise to Jah 3:24
169 Prince Far I and the Arabs - Give Love 3:59
170 The Ruts - Give Youth a Chance 3:12
171 Prince Far I and the Arabs - Glory to God 3:41
172 Althea & Donna - Going to Negril (Front Line Discomix) 7:06
173 Hosbah Lawrence - Gold Spoon 5:52
174 Prince Far I and the Arabs - Good Music Brother 3:35
175 Horace Andy - Government Dub 4:11
176 U-Roy - The Great Psalms 2:47
177 Jah Lloyd - Green Bay Incident 3:25
178 Black Uhuru - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (Original 1980 Island Records 12" Discomix) 6:02
179 The Clash - The Guns of Brixton / Return to Brixton (Extended Mix) 9:39
180 Gregory Isaacs - Handcuff (Hey Mr. Babylon) 3:33
CD12
181 Siouxsie and the Banshees - Happy House 3:50
182 Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come (Original 1972 Island Records 7" Single Version) 3:08
183 The Mighty Diamonds - Have Mercy (Front Line Discomix) 6:38
184 Au Pairs - Headache (for Michelle) (Original 1981 12" Extended Single Version) 6:38
185 Mikey Dread - Headline News / Headline News (Dub) 7:34
186 Inner Circle - Healing of the Nation b/w Colliebud Cure It (Healing of the Nation Dub) 7:59
187 The Viceroys - Heart Made of Stone / The Dub of Gold (Heart Made of Stone) 6:54
188 Prince Far I - Heavy Manners / Heavyweight Version 6:32
189 Graham Parker & The Rumour - Hey Lord, Don't Ask Me Questions 5:36
190 The Abyssinians - Hey You 4:24
191 I-Roy - Hill and Gully (Front Line Discomix) 8:22
192 Vivian Weathers - Hip Hug (12" Mix) 7:12
193 The In Crowd - His Majesty Is Coming 3:16
CD13
194 The Gladiators - Holiday Ride 3:02
195 Culture - Holy Mount Zion 3:37
196 Carroll Thompson - Hopelessly in Love (12" Mix) 5:05
197 Big Youth - House of Dreadlocks 3:17
198 The Boomtown Rats - House on Fire (Original 1982 12" Extended Version) b/w House on Fire (Original 1982 12" Dub Version) 10:41
199 The Passions - Hunted 3:31
200 Susan Cadogan; The Upsetters - Hurt So Good b/w Rub a Dub (Original 1974 Perries 7" Single Version) 6:44
201 Horace Andy - I & I 3:53
202 The Twinkle Brothers - I Don't Want to Be Lonely Anymore (12" Mix) 7:29
203 Gang of Four - I Found That Essence Rare 3:14
204 U-Roy - I Got to Tell You Goodbye 4:25
205 The Slits - I Heard It Through the Grapevine 3:58
206 Linval Thompson - I Love Marijuana 3:29
207 The Twinkle Brothers - I Love You So 3:28
208 The Mighty Diamonds - I Need a Roof b/w Roof Top Dub (Original 1975 Channel 1 7" Single Version) 5:32
209 Dr. Alimantado - I Shall Fear No Evil 2:18
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210 UB40 - I Think It's Going to Rain Today (Original 1980 12" Extended Version) 7:31
211 Culture - I Tried 3:25
212 King Tubby & The Aggrovators - I Trim the Barber / Hijack the Barber 6:25
213 Johnny Clarke - I Wish It Could Go on Forever 3:12
214 Keith Hudson - I'm All Right 3:02
215 Culture; The Mighty Two - I'm Not Ashamed b/w I'm Not Ashamed (Version) (Original 1977 Joe Gibbs Record Globe 7" Single Version) 7:48
216 The Clash; Mikey Dread - If Music Could Talk / Living in Fame 9:29
217 Althea & Donna - If You Don't Love Jah 2:57
218 The Ruts - In a Rut 3:41
219 Keith Hudson - In I Dub 2:50
220 The Slits - In the Beginning There Was Rhythm (Original 1980 7" Single Version) 5:32
221 Keith Hudson - In the Rain 3:14
222 The Stranglers with the 'Barracuda Bass' Sound - In the Shadows 4:37
223 The Mighty Diamonds - In This Time 3:32
224 Linton Kwesi Johnson - Independent Intavenshan 4:20
225 Mikey Dread - Industrial Spy 4:23
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226 Linton Kwesi Johnson - Inglan Is a Bitch b/w Bitch Dub 10:02
227 Blood Culture - Innocent (Front Line Discomix) 5:42
228 The Slits - Instant Hit 2:41
229 Prince Far I and the Arabs - Internal Dub 4:07
230 Mikey Dread - International Field Marshall (Dub) 3:32
231 Culture - International Herb 3:20
232 Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out with Him? 3:35
233 Bob Marley and the Wailers - Is This Love / Is This Love (Dub) 8:02
234 Big Youth - Isaiah: The First Prophet of Old (Front Line Discomix) 5:23
235 Siouxsie and the Banshees - Israel 4:54
236 Poet and the Roots - It Dread Inna Inglan (for George Lindo) 4:05
237 Althea & Donna - It Mek 3:50
238 Linton Kwesi Johnson - It Noh Funny / Funny Dub 7:10
239 Gang of Four - It's Her Factory 3:10
240 Au Pairs - It's Obvious ('Playing with a Different Sex' LP Version) 6:18
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241 Prince Far I and the Arabs - Jah Do That / Jah Do That (Dub) 7:21
242 Ijahman Levi - Jah Heavy Load 5:24
243 Tappa Zukie - Jah Jah Dub 2:26
244 The Twinkle Brothers - Jah Kingdom Come (Front Line Discomix) 6:25
245 The Abyssinians - Jah Loves (Alternate Version) 4:10
246 U-Roy - Jah Son of Africa 7:38
247 The Ruts - Jah War (Original 1979 12" Extended Single Version) 6:54
248 The Mighty Diamonds - Jah Will Work It Out 3:47
249 The Gladiators - Jah Works 3:27
250 The Twinkle Brothers - Jahoviah (12" Mix) 10:05
251 Bob Marley and the Wailers - Jamming (Original 1977 7" Single Version) / Jamming (Dub) 6:28
252 Big Youth - Jim Screechy 3:17
253 Bob Marley and the Wailers - Johnny Was (Woman Hold Her Head and Cry) (Original 1976 7" Single Version) 3:47
254 Stiff Little Fingers - Johnny Was 8:09
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255 I-Roy - Jordan River 3:51
256 Tappa Zukie - Judgement Dub 3:17
257 Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters - Jungle Jim 2:57
258 Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters - Jungle Skank 2:22
259 Mikey Dread - Kasha Herb Rock 3:42
260 Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters - Kaya Skank 3:05
261 Augustus Pablo - Keep on Dubbing 3:11
262 Bob Marley and the Wailers - Keep on Moving / Keep on Moving (Dub) 13:37
263 The Twinkle Brothers - Keep on Trying (12" Mix) 8:19
264 Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters - Khasha Macka 3:52
265 The Revolutionaries - Killer Dub 3:11
266 UB40 - King 4:37
267 The Gladiators - Know Yourself Mankind 2:49
268 Steel Pulse - Ku Klux Klan (Original 1978 12" Single Mix) 6:46
269 Glenn Brown & King Tubby - Lambs Bread Dubwise 2:26
270 Peter Tosh - Legalize It 4:40
271 Glenn Brown & King Tubby - Leggo the Herb Man Dub 3:47
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272 The Gladiators - Let Jah Be Praised 4:10
273 Gregory Isaacs - Let's Dance 2:54
274 The Meditations - Life Is Not Easy (Extended Mix) 8:36
275 Big Youth - Lightning Flash Weak Heart Drop 3:21
276 Errol Dunkley & the Gaytones - A Little Way Different (Original 1972 7" Single Version) 2:57
277 The Clash - London Calling / London Calling (Instrumental) 6:38
278 Gregory Isaacs - Lonely Girl 3:58
279 The Gladiators - Looks Is Deceiving 2:29
280 The Clash; Wrongtom Meets the Rockers - Lost in the Supermarket / Dub in the Supermarket (Don Letts Late Night Tales Version Excursion Exclusive Remix) 7:26
281 Roots Radics - Love Divine 3:49
282 U-Roy - Love in the Arena (Front Line Discomix) 6:44
283 The Ruts - Love in Vain 4:10
284 Alternative TV - Love Lies Limp 3:07
285 Big Youth - Love We a Deal With 4:13
286 Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters - Lovers Skank 2:45
287 Tappa Zukie - Loving Dub 2:45
288 Prince Far I and the Arabs - Low Gravity 4:23
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289 Tappa Zukie - M.P.L.A. b/w Dub M.P.L.A. 6:15
290 The Clash - The Magnificent Seven / The Magnificent Dance (Original 1981 12" Mix) 11:09
291 Althea & Donna - Make a Truce 3:58
292 XTC - Making Plans for Nigel 4:12
293 Poet and the Roots - Man Free (for Darcus Howe) (Front Line Discomix) 6:00
294 Rico Rodriguez - Man from Wareika b/w Man from Wareika Dub 7:43
295 The Paragons - Man Next Door (also known as "Quiet Place" or "I've Got to Get Away") (Original 1968 Duke 7" Single Version) 2:00
296 Misty in Roots - Mankind (Live at the Counter-Eurovision, Cirque Royal, Brussels, Belgium, March 31, 1979) 4:17
297 Prince Far I and the Arabs - Mansion of Invention 2:49
298 Prince Far I and the Arabs - Mansion of the Almighty 6:35
299 Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey b/w Marcus Garvey (Version) (Original 1974 Fox 7" Single Version) 7:19
300 Ranking Trevor - Masculine Gender 3:22
301 Skids - Masquerade / Aftermath Dub 5:43
302 Mikey Dread - Master Mantrol 4:17
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303 Glenn Brown & King Tubby - Melodica International (Extended Mix) 6:26
304 Public Image Ltd - Memories (Original 1979 7" Single Version) 4:52
305 The Revolutionaries - Merciful Dub 3:35
306 Prince Far I and the Arabs - A Message 3:35
307 Prince Far I - Message from the King 3:29
308 The Police - Message in a Bottle 4:52
309 Dandy Livingstone feat. Rico Rodriguez - Rudy, a Message to You (Original 1967 Ska Beat 7" Single Version) 2:33
310 The Specials feat. Rico - A Message to You Rudy 2:52
311 Keith Hudson - Michael Talbot Affair 2:55
312 Mikey Dread - Mikey Dread in Action 4:51
313 Lizzard - Milk and Honey 2:43
314 Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business 3:13
315 The Gladiators - Mix Up 3:00
316 Dennis Brown & Prince Mohammed - Money in My Pocket (Original 1979 12" Extended Discomix) 8:12
317 Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters - Mooving Skank 2:48
318 Big Youth - Moving On 3:08
319 Prince Far I and the Arabs - Mozabites 2:57
320 Sly Dunbar - Mr. Bassie 3:24
321 Gregory Isaacs - Mr. Brown (12" Mix) 5:50
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322 Barry Brown - Mr. C.I.D. 5:04
323 Gregory Isaacs - Mr. Cop b/w Mr. Cop (Version) (Original 1976 Micron Music 7" Single Version) 7:54
324 The Classics (The Wailing Souls) - Mr. Fire Coal Man (Original 1971 Banana 7" Single Version) 3:28
325 Stiff Little Fingers - Mr. Fire Coal Man 4:54
326 Lee "Scratch" Perry - Mr. Music 4:51
327 Sly Dunbar - Mr. Music 4:27
328 Horace Andy - Music Dub 4:03
329 I-Roy - Musical Shark Attack 3:10
330 Burning Spear - My Roots 4:22
331 UB40 - My Way of Thinking (Original 1980 12" Extended Version) 6:50
332 Delroy Washington - Mystic Revelation 4:02
333 Ranking Trevor - Natty and the Root Man 3:20
334 U Brown - Natty Dread a Take Over 3:57
335 Big Youth - Natty Dread She Want 3:18
336 U Brown - Natty Dread Upon a Mountain Top 4:14
337 Culture - Natty Never Get Weary 3:55
338 U-Roy - Natty Rebel b/w Natty Rebel (Version) (Original 1976 Volcano 7" Single Version) 7:30
CD22
339 Bob Marley and the Wailers - Natural Mystic 3:27
340 The Twinkle Brothers - Never Get Burn (Front Line Discomix) 6:50
341 The Slits - Newtown 3:49
342 The Stranglers - Nice 'n' Sleazy 3:13
343 Black Uhuru - No Loafing (Sit and Wonder) 4:00
344 Althea & Donna - No More Fighting 3:37
345 Prince Far I - No More War b/w No More War (Dub) 8:36
346 Earl Zero - None Shall Escape the Judgement b/w Judgement Version 6:54
347 Johnny Clarke - None Shall Escape the Judgement 3:14
348 Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Egyptian Reggae 2:35
349 The Members - Offshore Banking Business / Pennies in the Pound (Original 1979 12" Single Version) 6:26
350 Prince Far I - Ogun 2:41
351 Tappa Zukie - Oh Lord 3:43
352 Misty in Roots - Oh Wicked Man b/w Oh Wicked Man (Version) (Original 1978 People Unite 7" Single Version) 6:16
353 The Mighty Diamonds - One Brother Short (Front Line Discomix) 5:52
CD23
354 UB40 - One in Ten b/w One in Ten (Dub Version) 8:49
355 Bob Marley and the Wailers - One Love/People Get Ready / One Love/People Get Ready (Dub) 6:39
356 The Clash - One More Time b/w One More Dub 7:09
357 The Police - One World (Not Three) 4:47
358 Stiff Little Fingers - The Only One 4:17
359 Mikey Dread - Operator's Choice 5:06
360 Sly Dunbar - Oriental Taxi 4:13
361 Prince Far I and the Arabs - Out of the Abyss 4:02
362 Keith Hudson - Part 1-2 Dubwise 3:18
363 Gregory Isaacs; Gregory Isaacs' All Stars - Party in the Slum b/w Slum (In Dub) 7:16
364 The Heptones; The Upsetters - Party Time (Discomix) 7:42
365 The Upsetters - Patience Dub 3:53
366 Misty in Roots - Peace and Love (Original 1981 People Unite 12" Extended Single Version) 6:41
367 I-Roy - Peace in the City (Front Line Discomix) 5:19
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368 The Stranglers - Peaches (Original 1977 Unedited 7" Single Version) 4:04
369 Gregory Isaacs - Permanent Lover (Front Line Discomix) 7:26
370 The Twinkle Brothers - Pharaoh Dub 3:20
371 Keith Hudson - Pick a Dub 2:41
372 Tappa Zukie - Pick up the Dub 3:13
373 Militant Barry - Pistol Boy 3:15
374 The Mighty Diamonds - Planet Called Earth (Extended Version) 4:18
375 Devil's Dykes - Plastic Flowers 3:04
376 Keith Hudson - Playing It Right Dub 1:51
377 The Gladiators - Pocket Money (Front Line Discomix) 7:33
379 Junior Murvin; The Upsetters - Police and Thieves b/w Grumblin' Dub (Original 1976 Island Records 7" Single Version) 7:06
380 The Clash - Police and Thieves 6:03
381 Culture - Poor Jah People (Front Line Discomix) 5:41
382 Public Image Ltd - Poptones 7:46
383 Mikey Dread - Pre-Dawn Dub 3:01
384 Steel Pulse - Prediction (12" Mix) 5:39
CD25
385 The Maytals - Pressure Drop (Original 1969 Beverley's Records 7" Single Version) 2:59
386 The Clash - Pressure Drop 3:25
387 Prince Far I and the Arabs - Prince of Peace 3:36
388 Dr. Alimantado - Poison Flour 2:35
388 The Pretenders - Private Life 6:24
389 Horace Andy - Problems Dub 3:10
390 Steel Pulse - Prodigal Son b/w Prodigal Son (Dub) 10:19
391 Trinity - Promise is a Comfort to a Fool 3:07
392 Fabian - Prophecy (Discomix) 9:16
393 Tappa Zukie - Prophesy Dub 3:16
394 Mikey Dread - Props Man Style 3:28
395 Killing Joke - Pssyche 5:05
396 Bob Marley and the Wailers - Punky Reggae Party (1977 UK 12" Single Version) 6:55
397 Horace Andy - Pure Ranking (Discomix) 8:29
398 Prince Far I - Rain a Fall 2:37
399 Horace Andy - Rasta Dub 3:52
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400 Sly Dunbar - Rasta Fiesta 4:10
401 Tappa Zukie - Rastaman Skank 4:03
402 Linton Kwesi Johnson - Reality Poem / Reality Dub
403 Barry Ford Band - Rebel
404 Patti Smith - Redondo Beach 3:26
405 Linton Kwesi Johnson - Reggae Fi Peach / Peach Dub 6:32
406 Linton Kwesi Johnson - Reggae Sounds / Shocking Dub 7:55
407 Mikey Dread - Resignation Dub 4:50
408 Danny Ray and the Revolutioners - Revolution Rock b/w Revolution Dub (Version) (Original 1976 High Note 7" Single Version) 6:12
409 The Clash - Revolution Rock 5:33
410 Misty in Roots - Rich Man (Original 1979 People Unite 12" Extended Single Version) 8:28
411 The Mighty Diamonds - Right Time b/w Right Time (Version) (Original 1975 7" Single Version) 6:16
412 Marlene Webber - Right Track (Original 1977 Rattie Soul 12" Single Version) 5:51
413 Prince Far I and the Arabs - The Right Way 3:07
CD27
414 Zap Pow - River b/w River Stone (Version) (Original 1977 7" Single Version) 6:53
415 U Brown - River John Mountain (Front Line Discomix) 7:37
416 Lee "Scratch" Perry; The Upsetters - Roast Fish & Cornbread b/w Corn Fish (Dub) 8:15
417 China Street - Rock Against Racism b/w Dubbage 8:47
418 The Clash - Rock the Casbah b/w Mustapha Dance 8:11
419 Fischer-Z - Room Service 3:43
420 Johnny Clarke - Roots, Natty Roots, Natty Congo 3:09
421 Stiff Little Fingers - Roots, Radicals, Rockers and Reggae 3:55
422 The Police - Roxanne 3:11
423 Ranking Trevor - Rub a Dub Style 3:20
424 Tappa Zukie - Rub This Dub 3:02
425 The Clash - Rudie Can't Fail 3:28
426 U-Roy - Runaway Girl 3:44
427 Tappa Zukie - Rush I Some Dub 3:34
428 Big Youth - S 90 Skank 2:49
429 The Ruts - S.U.S. 3:49
CD28
430 Stiff Little Fingers - Safe as Houses 5:28
431 Misty in Roots - Salvation (Original 1979 People Unite 12" Extended Single Version) 8:32
432 Keith Hudson - Satia 3:07
433 Bob Marley and the Wailers - Satisfy My Soul 4:31
434 Augustus Pablo - Satta Dub 4:22
435 The Abyssinians - Satta Massagana b/w Satta Massagana Dub (Original 1976 Penetrate 7" Single Version) 6:59
436 Leyton Buzzards - Saturday Night (Beneath the Plastic Palm Trees) 3:47
437 Mikey Dread - Saturday Night Style 4:53
438 Glenn Brown & King Tubby - Save Our Dub 3:28
439 Culture; The Mighty Two - See Them a Come b/w Informer Version (Original 1977 Joe Gibbs Record Globe 7" Single Version) 6:47
440 Misty in Roots - See Them Ah Come (Original 1979 People Unite 12" Single Version) 5:30
441 Delroy Washington - Selassie I 3:17
442 The Selecter - The Selecter 2:57
443 I-Roy - Set the Captives Free 3:38
444 Au Pairs - Set-Up 3:21
445 Prince Far I and the Arabs - Shake the Nation 4:16
446 The Mighty Diamonds - Shame and Pride 3:19
CD29
447 The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good and Evil 3:20
448 Tappa Zukie - She Want a Phensic (Dangerous Woman) 4:23
449 Bauhaus - She's in Parties 5:46
450 The Raincoats - Shouting Out Loud 4:57
451 Cabaret Voltaire - Silent Command 4:06
452 Basement 5 - Silicone Chip (Original 1980 7" Single Version) 5:12
453 Janet Kay - Silly Games (Original 1977 Arawak 12" Extended Single Version) 6:27
454 Carroll Thompson - Simply in Love 4:02
455 Black Uhuru - Sinsemilla / The Monkey is a Spy (Sinsemilla) 8:17
456 Prince Hammer - Sister Bella 2:47
457 Augustus Pablo - Skanking Dub 2:43
458 Horace Andy; Underground Vegetable - Skylarking b/w Skylarking (Version) (Original 1972 Bongo Man 7" Single Version) 6:09
459 Burning Spear - Slavery Days / I and I (Slavery Days) 7:17
460 Dr. Alimantado - Slavery Let It Go (Front Line Discomix) 7:05
461 U-Roy - Small Axe (Front Line Discomix) 5:22
CD30
462 Keith Hudson - Smoking 7:27
463 Capital Letters - Smoking My Ganja (Original 1978 Greensleeves 12" Special Mix) 8:45
464 The Police - So Lonely 4:49
465 Bob Marley and the Wailers - So Much Trouble in the World 3:59
466 Big Youth - Some Like It Dread 3:05
467 Sir Horatio - Sommadub 7:20
468 Linton Kwesi Johnson - Sonny's Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem) b/w Iron Bar Dub 7:36
469 Junior Delgado - Sons of Slaves 6:39
470 Gregory Isaacs - Soon Forward (Front Line Discomix) 6:33
471 The Abyssinians - South African Enlistment 2:26
472 The Slits - Spend, Spend, Spend / Spend, Spend, Spend (Dub Version) 6:35
473 The Police - Spirits in the Material World 2:58
474 Stiff Little Fingers - Stands to Reason 3:04
475 The Ruts - Staring at the Rude Boys 3:13
476 Black Slate - Sticksman 3:44
CD31
477 Keith Hudson - Still Need You Dub 1:58
478 Culture - Stop the Fussing and Fighting 4:47
479 Augustus Pablo - Stop Them Jah 2:51
480 The Clash - Straight to Hell 5:30
481 The Gladiators - Struggle 3:26
482 Prince Far I - Struggle (Front Line Discomix) 6:13
483 The Heptones; The Upsetters - Sufferer's Time b/w Sufferer's Dub 8:15
484 Joe Jackson - Sunday Papers 4:23
485 The Heptones - Super Ape 3:57
486 Rico Rodriguez - Take 5 (12" Mix) 7:53
487 Mikey Dread - Technical Selection 3:40
488 XTC - Ten Feet Tall (Original 1980 7" Single Version) 3:13
489 Jacob Miller - Tenement Yard b/w Tenement Dub (Original 1975 Arab 7" Single Version) 5:24
490 Glenn Brown & King Tubby - Termination Dub 3:39
491 Keith Hudson - Thank You Baby 2:48
492 Glenn Brown & King Tubby - There's Dub 3:05
493 The Pop Group - Thief of Fire 4:35
CD32
494 Rico Rodriguez - This Day b/w This Day Dub 10:00
495 Zap Pow - This Is Reggae Music (Original 1973 7" Single Version) 3:01
496 The Abyssinians - This Land Is for Everyone 3:52
497 The Twinkle Brothers - This Man King Pharoah (Front Line Discomix) 6:15
498 The Heptones - Three in One 3:41
499 Bob Marley and the Wailers - Three Little Birds 2:59
500 The Heptones - Through the Fire I Come (12" Extended Mix) 6:35
501 Prince Far I and the Arabs - Throw Away Your Gun (12" Mix) 8:10
502 The Paragons feat. John Holt - The Tide Is High (Original 1967 Treasure Isle 7" Single Version) 2:43
503 Blondie - The Tide Is High 4:39
504 Linton Kwesi Johnson - Time Come 3:26
505 The Selecter - Too Much Pressure ('Too Much Pressure' 1980 Album Version) 3:51
506 Big Youth - Train to Rhodesia 3:32
507 U Brown with Linval Thompson - Train to Zion (Discomix) 6:17
508 I-Roy - Tribute to Marcus Garvey 4:08
509 Tappa Zukie - Tribute to Steve Biko 4:19
CD33
510 999 - Trouble 2:31
511 Gregory Isaacs - Tune In (12" Mix) 6:34
512 Killing Joke - Turn to Red b/w Turn to Red (Dub) 10:27
513 Culture; The Mighty Two - Two Sevens Clash b/w Two Sevens Clash (Version) (Original 1977 Joe Gibbs Record Globe 7" Single Version) 7:08
514 The Slits - Typical Girls 3:59
515 Gregory Isaacs & Prince Far I - Uncle Joe / Come Off Mi Toe (Front Line Discomix) 6:18
516 The Full Experience - Underground (Root) 2:56
517 Gregory Isaacs - Universal Tribulation 3:45
518 Big Youth - Upful One 3:55
519 Trinity; The Mighty Two - Three Piece Suit b/w Big Fat Thing (Original 1975 Belmont Records 7" Single Version) 7:09
520 Marcia Aitken and the Mighty Two - I'm Still In Love (With You Boy) (Original 1977 12" Extended Single Version) 6:35
521 Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking (Original 1977 Joe Gibbs Record Globe 7" Single Version) 3:53
522 Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters - V/S Panta Rock 3:34
523 Glenn Brown & King Tubby - Version 78 Style 3:38
524 The Wailing Souls - Very Well 5:48
CD34
525 Augustus Pablo; The Upsetters - Vibrate On 4:39
526 Keith Hudson - Virgin Rock 3:28
527 Prince Far I and the Arabs - The Visitor 4:17
528 Stiff Little Fingers - Wait and See 4:26
529 XTC - Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down 4:20
530 Bob Marley and the Wailers - Waiting in Vain / Waiting in Vain (Dub) 8:10
531 The Revolutionaries - Walk Like a Dragon 3:28
532 The Police - Walking on the Moon 5:01
533 Linton Kwesi Johnson - Want Fi Goh Rave (Original 1979 12" Long Version) 7:20
534 Max Romeo & The Upsetters - War Ina Babylon (1976 12" Extended Version) 8:16
535 The Mighty Two - War Is Over 3:45
536 Aswad - Warrior Charge 4:27
537 The Selecter - Washed Up and Left for Dead b/w Last Tango in Dub 8:26
538 Elvis Costello - Watching the Detectives 3:46
539 The Pop Group - We Are All Prostitutes 3:13
CD35
540 The Pop Group - We Are Time 6:30
541 U-Roy & John Holt with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Wear You to the Ball (Original 1970 Treasure Isle 7" Single Version) 2:32
542 U Brown - Weather Balloon 3:46
543 Congo Ashanti Roy - Weeping & Wailing (Front Line Discomix) 8:17
544 Althea & Donna - The West 3:51
545 I-Roy - Whap'n Bap'n 3:22
546 The Pop Group - Where There's a Will There's a Way 5:17
547 The Beat - Whine and Grine / Stand Down Margaret / Stand Down Margaret (Dub) 7:20
548 Mo-Dettes - White Mice 3:38
549 Glaxo Babies - Who Killed Bruce Lee? (Version) 5:51
550 Winston Edwards & Blackbeard - Who Made the Prime Minister's Honour List of 1975 3:31
551 Sly Dunbar - A Who Say (Front Line Discomix) 4:57
552 Buzzcocks - Why Can't I Touch It? 6:37
553 Glenroy Richards - Wicked Can't Run Away b/w Ranking Dub (Original 1977 Grove Music 7" Single Version) 5:53
554 Glenn Brown & King Tubby - Wicked Can't Run This Dub 3:21
555 Glenn Brown & King Tubby - Wicked Tumbling Version 2:27
CD36
556 Generation X - Wild Youth b/w Wild Dub (Version) (Original 1977 7" Single Version) 6:37
557 Witty's All Stars - Won't You Come Home (Dub) 3:31
558 Glenn Brown & King Tubby - World Dub: Away with the Bad 3:31
559 Burning Spear - Workshop 4:34
560 Joe Gibbs & the Professionals - Worrier 3:41
560 The Rulers feat. Stagger Lee - Wrong Emboyo (Original 1967 Rio Records 7_ Mono Single Version)
561 The Clash - Wrong 'Em Boyo 3:10
562 Yabby You - Yabby You Sound 3:24
563 Delta 5 - You 3:51
564 Carroll Thompson - You Are the One I Love (12" Mix) 6:12
565 Big Youth - You Don't Care 2:36
566 Dawn Penn - You Don't Love Me (No, No, No) (Original 1967 Studio One 7" Mono Single Version) 4:31
567 Prince Far I - You I Love and Not Another 3:43
568 Delroy Washington - You Know I Want to Be (Front Line Discomix) 5:06
569 Prince Far I - Young Generation 3:03
570 Augustus Pablo - Young Generation Dub 2:34
571 Augustus Pablo & Wayne Jarrett - Youthman Version 3:21
572 The 4th Street Orchestra - Za-Ion b/w Half Way to Za-Ion (Za-lon Dub) 5:04
573 Yabby U feat. Jah Walton - Zambia Dub 3:30
574 The Heptones - Zion's Blood 3:57
575 The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais 4:01
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WOW! That's a monster collection of sheer brilliance, thank you very much K & BB ....amazing!
ReplyDeleteAwesome set, thanks K & BB
ReplyDeleteStupendous effort K & BB - I just hope I live long enough to hear it all!
ReplyDeleteOutstanding!! K & BB you are the ducks nuts :)
ReplyDeleteI'm ecstatic! What a collection! Thanks BB :)
ReplyDeleteHi Mike.
DeleteThank you but your thanks should be directed to K who made this magnificent set. I am simply the host.
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Excellent work. Thanks so much. Entirely my jam, and there's stuff I don't know on here.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that. A Treasure for every Reggae Fan
ReplyDeleteOh my Gods, this is magnificent, BB & K. I have a few compilations focussing on the "Punky Reggae Party"/Rock Against Racism period in the UK, but this is outstanding! Many thanks SPx
ReplyDeleteThank you K. This is amazing. I'm going to need a much bigger boat. Hi BB
ReplyDeleteThank you for this amazing compilation.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for this. Awesome compilation.
ReplyDeleteHoly Moses, what a leap from the original 152 ( just two years ago) to these all-encompassing, magnificently collected 575 tracks! Again, it will take me weeks to listen through it all, but it'll be more than worth it. Here's to another one: thank you so much for this uber-massive compilation, K! You truly are one of a kind. Best, TC
ReplyDeleteTaking one of my favorite comps to the next level, thanks so much K, this is epic! And huge thanks for the vids. UK/Jamaica music in the seventies (and early eighties)...
ReplyDeleteAwesome, thank you!!
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