Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Milk and Honey - Lizzard
2. White Belly Rat - Lee "Scratch" Perry
3. Up Park Camp - John Holt
4. Mr. Cop - Gregory Isaacs
5. Natural Mystic - Bob Marley & The Wailers
6. Cool Rasta - The Heptones
7. Sons Of Slaves - Junior Delgado
8. Key Of Keys - Michael Rose
9. Rockers (No Crackers) - Glen Washington
10. Heavy Manners - Prince Far I
11. African - The Silvertones
12. Three Piece Suit And Thing - Trinity
13. Uptown Top Ranking - Althea & Donna
14. Handcuff (Hey Mr Babylon) - Gregory Isaacs, The Heptones
15. Tell The Youths The Truth - Jimmy Riley
16. Danger In Your Eyes - The Mighty Diamonds
17. City Too Hot - Lee "Scratch" Perry
18. I Love Marijuana - Linval Thompson
19. Slum - Gregory Isaacs

Disc 2:

1. Man Next Door - Dennis Brown
2. Marcus Say - Neville Beckford
3. The People Got To Know - Sugar Minott
4. Barber Saloon - Mikey Dread
5. Cross Over - Junior Murvin
6. Lightning And Thunder - Bim Sherman
7. You're No Good - Ken Boothe
8. Kingston 12 Tuffie - The Morwells
9. Born Free - Michael Rose, Black Uhuru
10. Pope Paul Dead and Gone - Trinity
11. Liquid Horns - Vincent Gordon
12. My Mission Is Impossible - The Viceroys
13. Babylon Wrong - Ashanti Waugh
14. Neckodeemus - The Congos
15. The Raiders - Junior Delgado
16. Rob And Gone - Barrington Levy
17. Throne Of Blood - Prince Jammy
18. Mr. C.I.D. - Barry Brown
19. Money In My Pocket - Dennis Brown

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13154 in Music
• Released on: 2008-02-26
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Box set
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 159 minutes

Customer Reviews

A Sizzler
This compilation has some great moments, including the magnificent Glen Washington track 'Rockers Nuh Crackers', as well as the legendary '3 Piece Suit' by Trinity, Lee Perry's 'City Too Hot' and 'Barber Saloon' by Mikey Dread, the rasta who made numerous vocal contributions to the fourth Clash album 'Sandinista'. Overall, this is a great buy and provides a far-reaching, if by no means comprehensive, overview of the burgeoning reggae scene of the late 1970s, characterised by lyrics dealing with familiar themes of civil disturbance, injustice and subcultural concerns, and tough, driving basslines and beats. The only downsides are that a number of these tracks are already available on other Trojan compilations (Trojan, despite being one of my all-time favourite labels, seems to be on a mission to make the word 'overlap' redundant, often re-using the same songs across a number of its many titles), plus the sleevenotes, hacked out by JJ Burnell of Stranglers fame, are rather tedious. These faults aside, this is well deserving of your attention, and is a worthy addition to any reggae collection.

Thumbs up to this one
This is one of Trojan/Sanctuary's most successful sets, compiled by Laurence Cane-Honeysett and with an essay by Jean-Jacques Burnel of the Stranglers by way of introduction. It charts the musical explosion of reggae and dub in the latter half of the seventies with both well-known pieces such as Dennis Brown's Money In My Pocket (with a toast from Prince Mohammed) and Bob Marley's Natural Mystic (in an early Lee Perry-produced version) to cult favourites such as those by Junior Delgado, Prince Far I, Linval Thompson and Prince Jammy. Bob Marley's Punky Reggae Party, oddly, is not included.
Trinity's highly influential Three Piece Suit And Thing, using the rhythm from Alton Ellis' classic Still In Love With You, is followed by the big hit Uptown Top Ranking which utilizes the same rhythm, in its superior original Joe Gibbs production (it was later remade for Front Line). Most if not all of the tracks were single A-sides, with half-a-dozen appearing in extended 12" mixes, such as The Congos magnificent Neckodemus, another Lee Perry production, in a different mix from that on their indispensable Heart Of The Congos album.
Thumbs up to this one

Punky Reggae Party - yes!
If you are new to reggae then buy this double CD.
Featuring reggae from 1975 - 80 it has some classics and lesser known stuff. When I started out trying reggae this was the sound I was looking for. If you have a sound system with good bass then these are classic reggae bass lines. This is the perfect time for reggae as it isn't too late to be like 'dancehall' and 'rap' and not too early which usually sounds too weak to my ears.
The classis 'Uptown Top Ranking' track 13 is preceded by a version (track 12) with the same backing track - something I was surprised to find is quite common in reggae. Sometimes versions are better or as good as the big hit!
As well as the classics I particularly rate 'Milk and Honey' and 'White Belly Rat' and CD 1 is that bit better than CD2.
Well Recommended for the price - terrific value. As the title implies - you could have a party with this double CD.