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Various Artists- Best of Tighten Up Reggae 1

SKU: 881034134585
$16.98
Various Artists- Best of Tighten Up Reggae 1
Various Artists- Best of Tighten Up Reggae 1

Vinyl LP pressing, an installment in a series of newly created Trojan Records compilations celebrating the 2015 re-launch of the label. When Reggae burst onto the Jamaican music scene late in 1968, the style was anything but the cool, laid-back sound many people now associate with the genre. These early recordings were notable for their pulsating, rapid tempo, and acquired a title of its own, Boss or Tighten Up Reggae Features 12 classic tracks from John Holt, The Beltones, Max Romeo, Richard Ace, The Reggae Boys, Stranger Cole & Lester Sterling, Phyllis Dillon & Hopeton Lewis, The Inspirations and others. Legendary reggae sounds on vinyl again!

Track List

  1. No More Heartaches - the Beltones
  2. Tighten Up - the Inspirations
  3. Wet Dream - Max Romeo
  4. Bangarang - Stranger Cole ; Lester Sterling
  5. Cuss Cuss - Lloyd Robinson
  6. John Jones - Rudy Mills
  7. Sufferer - the Kingstonians
  8. Right Track - Phyllis Dillon ; Hopeton Lewis
  9. Fatty Fatty - Clancy Eccles
  10. Ali Baba - John Holt
  11. Hang Em High - Richard Ace
  12. Mama Look Deh - the Reggae Boys

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Format: New Vinyl/Reggae

Various Artists- Best of Tighten Up Reggae 1

SKU: 881034134585
$16.98

Release Date: 6.16.15

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Vinyl LP pressing, an installment in a series of newly created Trojan Records compilations celebrating the 2015 re-launch of the label. When Reggae burst onto the Jamaican music scene late in 1968, the style was anything but the cool, laid-back sound many people now associate with the genre. These early recordings were notable for their pulsating, rapid tempo, and acquired a title of its own, Boss or Tighten Up Reggae Features 12 classic tracks from John Holt, The Beltones, Max Romeo, Richard Ace, The Reggae Boys, Stranger Cole & Lester Sterling, Phyllis Dillon & Hopeton Lewis, The Inspirations and others. Legendary reggae sounds on vinyl again!

Track List

  1. No More Heartaches - the Beltones
  2. Tighten Up - the Inspirations
  3. Wet Dream - Max Romeo
  4. Bangarang - Stranger Cole ; Lester Sterling
  5. Cuss Cuss - Lloyd Robinson
  6. John Jones - Rudy Mills
  7. Sufferer - the Kingstonians
  8. Right Track - Phyllis Dillon ; Hopeton Lewis
  9. Fatty Fatty - Clancy Eccles
  10. Ali Baba - John Holt
  11. Hang Em High - Richard Ace
  12. Mama Look Deh - the Reggae Boys

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