Various Artists- Best of Tighten Up Reggae 1
SKU: 881034134585
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
- No More Heartaches - the Beltones
- Tighten Up - the Inspirations
- Wet Dream - Max Romeo
- Bangarang - Stranger Cole ; Lester Sterling
- Cuss Cuss - Lloyd Robinson
- John Jones - Rudy Mills
- Sufferer - the Kingstonians
- Right Track - Phyllis Dillon ; Hopeton Lewis
- Fatty Fatty - Clancy Eccles
- Ali Baba - John Holt
- Hang Em High - Richard Ace
- Mama Look Deh - the Reggae Boys
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Format: New Vinyl/Reggae
Various Artists- Best of Tighten Up Reggae 1
SKU: 881034134585
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
- No More Heartaches - the Beltones
- Tighten Up - the Inspirations
- Wet Dream - Max Romeo
- Bangarang - Stranger Cole ; Lester Sterling
- Cuss Cuss - Lloyd Robinson
- John Jones - Rudy Mills
- Sufferer - the Kingstonians
- Right Track - Phyllis Dillon ; Hopeton Lewis
- Fatty Fatty - Clancy Eccles
- Ali Baba - John Holt
- Hang Em High - Richard Ace
- Mama Look Deh - the Reggae Boys
Shop online 24/7 at Darkside Records.
Follow us on Instagram.
