Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Cool Rasta - The Heptones
2. I A Man African - The Sons Of Selassie
3. Rise In The Strength Of Jah - The Viceroys
4. Rise Jah Jah Children (The Lion Sleeps) - Ras Michael, The Sons Of Negus
5. I And I Are The Chosen One - Prince Far I
6. Brother Noah - The Shadows
7. Jah Jah Bless The Dreadlocks - The Mighty Diamonds
8. Africa Is The Black Man's Home - Sugar Minott
9. None Shall Escape The Judgement - Johnny Clarke
10. History - Carlton Jackson
11. Purify Your Heart - Johnny Osbourne
12. Jah Jah Me No Born Yah - Cornel Campbell
13. Rasta Dreadlocks - The Heaven Singers
14. Burn Babylon - Sylford Walker
15. Psalm 68 - Horace Andy
16. Rejoice Jah Jah Children - The Silvertones
17. Dread Is Best - Big Youth

Disc 2:

1. Under heavy manners - Prince Far-I
2. Arise black man - Tosh, Peter
3. Yim mas gan - Abbyssinians
4. Babylon falling - Heptones
5. Hail rasta brother hail - Ethiopians
6. Enter into his gates with praise - Clarke, Johnny
7. African people - Jah Boys
8. City too hot - Perry, Lee 'Scratch'
9. Africa - Brown, Dennis
10. Jah fire - Boswell, George
11. Big Youth - Boswell, George
12. Talk about it - Mighty Diamonds
13. Free jah jah children - Minott, Sugar
14. Blackmans time - Grant, Neville
15. Babylon wrong - Waugh, Ashanti
16. Babylon wrong - Waugh, Ashanti
17. Keep cool Babylon - Michael, Ras & The Sons of Negus

Disc 3:

1. Babylon a fall down - Velvet Shadows
2. Never gonna give jah up - Minott, Sugar
3. Njah man - Osbourne, Johnny
4. Unity - Michael, Ras & The Sons of Negus
5. Moving on to Zion - Clarke, Johnny
6. African dub - Silvertones
7. Coming of jah - Max Romeo
8. Ten dread commandments - Mr. Bojangles
9. Condition bad a yard - Ethiopians
10. Babylon deh pon fire - Truth Fact & Correct
11. Ghetto living - Mighty Diamonds
12. Adisabab - Wilson, Delroy
13. Words - Davis, Anthony 'Sangie' & Lee 'Scratch' Perry
14. Milk and honey - Lizard
15. The Judgement come - Campbell, Cornell
16. Mistry Babylon - Heptones
17. I love marijuana - Thompson, Linval

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4374 in Music
• Released on: 2008-02-26
• Number of discs: 3
• Running time: 182 minutes

Customer Reviews

Laud me back slip out to dis won.
If you have been a long term roots reggae fan like me, you will know the vast array of material available in the market place doesn't always match the billing. This box set however, does exactly what it says on the tin and more.

If you like your reggae crackly and rare, this is the one for you. New Town Sound limited steal the show with the bassiest, gruffest tune you will ever hear, however, most tracks on each of the 3 cds are classic rarities.

Buy it, and don't look back, this is the real deal for those like the revival style.

Roots 'n Culture see how they grow!
Being a footy fan good ska, rocksteady and general forms of reggae are vital to my Saturday and this Roots compilation from Trojan pure hits the spot! Roundabout track 5 on the first CD you'll be aching for some herbal relief to enhance your music pleasures even more. By this stage you'll already heard the exceptional "Cool Rasta," "Rise in the Strength Jah," and "Rise Jah Jah Children." Just when you thought it couldn't get any better up pops "History" by Carlton Jackson, my speakers clearly aren't big enough!

The whole mood is one of mellow enlightenment; with the musical arrangements so clear you can almost touch the sandy beaches and clear blue skies of warmer climes. I can't believe some of these tracks are older than me!!!

To be honest I would pay this price for just one CD let alone 3!

Buy this and refuse to get distressed otherwise 'tings will go missing, Jah bless!

superb showcase for reggae in its prime
If you've been a collector of Trojan's seemingly inexhaustible flow of box sets, you'll know the quality can go down as well as up - the Dub and Tighten Up sets great, the Rare Groove and Rastafarian ones not so hot. This Roots box set, I'm delighted to report, is fantastic and the best I've bought so far. Focusing on the golden age (in my opinion!)of reggae - 1970-1980 - this set features Roots at its finest; from the honeyed harmonies of the Heptones and the Mighty Diamonds to the trench-deep basslines underpinning the likes of Mr Bojangles' 'Ten Dread Commandments' and Big Youth's 'Dread Is Best'. Any dread revelations? Well, Ras Michael and The Sons Of Negus contribute three stunning tracks studded with Nyahbinghi drumming, while the New Town Sound's stupendous 'I And I Are The Chosen One' - no, that's not an earthquake, it's the speaker-shredding bass - will leave you a quivering, beautiful mess. Jah Rastafari? With bells on, brethren...