80's Reggae Dancehall Classics (2000) (Ninja Man/Ranks/Tiger/Malvo )

Product Summary Label: Shanachie UPC: 00016351454621 Release Date: 3/14/2000 Buy.com Sku: 60388612 Item#: MFH5R5 Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Wreck A Pum Pum - Yellow Man ~ Various Artists 2. Zungu Zeng - Yellow Man ~ Various Artists 3. Leggo Mi Hand - Josey Wales ~ Various Artists 4. Diseases - Michigan & Smiley ~ Various Artists 5. Cry Fi De Youth - Supercat ~ Various Artists 6. Leave People Business Alone - Admiral Tibet ~ Various Artists 7. Kushung Peng - Frankie Paul ~ Various Artists 8. Minibus - General Trees ~ Various Artists 9. Agony - Red Dragon ~ Various Artists 10. Leave The Glamity - Sister Charmaine ~ Various Artists 11. Slow Down - Dennis Brown ~ Various Artists 12. Big Ship - Freddie McGreggor ~ Various Artists 13. Police In Helicopter - John Holt ~ Various Artists 14. A Wha Do Dem - Eek-A-Mouse ~ Various Artists 15. Arleen - General Echo ~ Various Artists 16. Bad Boy - Courtney Melody ~ Various Artists 17. Sorry - Foxy Brown ~ Various Artists 18. Drum Pan Sound - Reggie Stepper ~ Various Artists 19. Cassandra - Frankie Paul ~ Various Artists 20. Murder Dem - Ninja Man ~ Various Artists 21. Stammina Daddy - Buju Banton ~ Various Artists 22. No One In The World - Chevelle Franklyn ~ Various Artists 23. When - Tiger ~ Various Artists 24. Caan Dun (X-Rated) - Shabba Ranks ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Compilation producers: Sherman Escoffery, Randall Grass. Composer: Randall Grass. Audio Mixer: DJ Yonnie. Reggae fans nostalgic for the early days of dancehall will get a kick out of this compilation, which features 24 hits from the early to late 1980s, the period during which dancehall was emerging as a distinct reggae subgenre but well before the ascendancy of the computerized rhythms and ragga. Most of these songs are strictly old school: "Zungu Zeng" by Yellowman, "Kushung Peng" and "Cassandra" by Frankie Paul, "Wa Do Dem" by Eek-A-Mouse, and so on. The most recent hitmaker represented is Shabba Ranks, whose "Caan Dun" closes the program. The tracks are strung together end-to-end in "megamix" style, which is fine, but too often it seems like that format was used as an excuse to trim the songs excessively -- the average track length is just over two minutes, and in some cases the editing is blatant and distracting. That doesn't stop 24 Karat Gold from being very enjoyable, but it's an annoyance. ~ Rick Anderson   Technical Info Release Date : 03/14/2000 Original Release Date : 2000 Catalog ID : 45046 Label : Shanachie Records Number of Discs : 1 Runtime : 53m : 21s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00016351454621    Product Image