Reggae Box (2001) (Remastered)

Product Summary Label: Uni/hip-O Records UPC: 00731456092928 Release Date: 11/13/2001 Buy.com Sku: 60510995 Item#: MJGX5S Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Forward March - Derrick Morgan ~ Various Artists 2. My Boy Lollipop - Millie Small ~ Various Artists 3. Bank To Bank (Pt. 1) - Baba Brooks ~ Various Artists 4. Count Ossie Special - Count Ossie ~ Various Artists 5. Broadway Jungle - The Maytals ~ Various Artists 6. Carry Go Bring Come - Justin Hinds & The Dominoes ~ Various Artists 7. Eastern Standard Time - Don Drummond ~ Various Artists 8. Hard Man Fe Dead - Prince Buster ~ Various Artists 9. Confucius - The Skatalites ~ Various Artists 10. Tide Is High, The - The Paragons ~ Various Artists 11. Take It Easy - Hopeton Lewis ~ Various Artists 12. Baba Boom - The Jamaicans ~ Various Artists 13. Tougher Than Tough - Derrick Morgan ~ Various Artists 14. Queen Majesty - The Techniques ~ Various Artists 15. Long Shot - The Pioneers ~ Various Artists 16. Israelites - Desmond Dekker & The Aces ~ Various Artists 17. 54-46 Was My Number - Toots & The Maytals ~ Various Artists 18. Reggae Hit The Town - The Ethiopians ~ Various Artists 19. My Conversation - The Uniques ~ Various Artists 20. Rivers Of Babylon - The Melodians ~ Various Artists 21. Double Barrel - Dave & Ansel Collins ~ Various Artists 22. Everything I Own - Ken Boothe ~ Various Artists 23. Harder They Come, The - Jimmy Cliff ~ Various Artists 24. Stalag 17 - The Techniques All Stars ~ Various Artists 25. Satta Massagana - The Abyssinians ~ Various Artists Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Trench Town Rock - The Wailers ~ Various Artists 2. Blood & Fire - Niney The Observer ~ Various Artists 3. Cherry Oh Baby - Eric Donaldson ~ Various Artists 4. Better Must Come - Delroy Wilson ~ Various Artists 5. Book Of Rules - The Heptones ~ Various Artists 6. Westbound Train - Dennis Brown ~ Various Artists 7. Baby I Love You So - Jacob Miller ~ Various Artists 8. No. 1 In The World - U Roy ~ Various Artists 9. King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown - Augustus Pablo ~ Various Artists 10. All Nations Bow - Big Youth ~ Various Artists 11. Marcus Garvey - Burning Spear ~ Various Artists 12. Don't Trouble Trouble - Johnny Clarke ~ Various Artists 13. War & Friction - I Roy ~ Various Artists 14. Ballistic Affair - Leroy Smart ~ Various Artists 15. War Ina Babylon - Max Romeo (single version) ~ Various Artists 16. Roots, Rock, Reggae - Bob Marley ~ Various Artists 17. 1865 (96 Degrees In The Shade) - Third World ~ Various Artists 18. At The Feast - The Congos ~ Various Artists 19. My Number One - Gregory Isaacs ~ Various Artists 20. Police & Thieves - Junior Murvin ~ Various Artists 21. Black Roots - Sugar Minott ~ Various Artists 22. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner - Black Uhuru (12" version) ~ Various Artists Disc 3 Song Title Sample 1. One Love Jam Down - Papa Michigan/General Smiley ~ Various Artists 2. Entertainment - Triston Palmer ~ Various Artists 3. Sitting & Watching - Dennis Brown ~ Various Artists 4. Ganja Smuggling - Eek-A-Mouse ~ Various Artists 5. Pass The Kouchie - The Mighty Diamonds ~ Various Artists 6. Night Nurse - Gregory Isaacs ~ Various Artists 7. Zungguzungguguzungguzeng - Yellowman ~ Various Artists 8. Water Pumping - Johnny Osbourne ~ Various Artists 9. Pass The Tu-Sheng-Peng - Frankie Paul ~ Various Artists 10. Here I Come - Barrington Levy ~ Various Artists 11. Under Me Sleng Teng - Wayne Smith ~ Various Artists 12. Ring The Alarm - Tenor Saw ~ Various Artists 13. Tempo - Anthony Red Rose ~ Various Artists 14. Greetings - Half Pint ~ Various Artists 15. Boops - Supercat ~ Various Artists 16. Punanny - Admiral Bailey ~ Various Artists 17. Hol'a Fresh - Red Dragon ~ Various Artists 18. Rumours - Gregory Isaacs ~ Various Artists 19. Telephone Love - JC Lodge ~ Various Artists 20. Bandolero - Pinchers ~ Various Artists 21. Strive - Shinehead ~ Various Artists Disc 4 Song Title Sample 1. Murder She Wrote - Chaka Demus & Pliers ~ Various Artists 2. Mr. Loverman - Shabba Ranks/Chevelle Franklin ~ Various Artists 3. Flex - Mad Cobra ~ Various Artists 4. Dancehall Queen - Beenie Man/Chevelle Franklyn (Delano Renaissance mix) ~ Various Artists 5. Down In The Ghetto - Bounty Killer ~ Various Artists 6. Tour - Capleton ~ Various Artists 7. It's Me Again Jah - Luciano ~ Various Artists 8. Untold Stories - Buju Banton ~ Various Artists 9. Fire Pon Rome - Anthony B. ~ Various Artists 10. I & I Saw Them Coming - Starkey Banton ~ Various Artists 11. Rough Inna Town - Cocoa Tea/Luciano ~ Various Artists 12. Armagideon Time - Dr. Israel ~ Various Artists 13. Warning - Tony Rebel ~ Various Artists 14. Set Yourself Free - Morgan Heritage ~ Various Artists 15. Ghetto People Song - Everton Blender ~ Various Artists 16. Party In Session - Stone Love/Ky-Mani/Beenie Man/Buju Banton/Mr. Vegas ~ Various Artists 17. What's The Matter With The World - Bushman ~ Various Artists 18. I Love Jah - Beres Hammond/Flourgon ~ Various Artists 19. Taking Over - Sizzla ~ Various Artists (P) 2001 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. (C) 2001 Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Recorded between 1962 and 2000. Includes liner notes by David Katz and Dana G. Smart. Digitally remastered by Gavin Lurssen (The Mastering Lab, Hollywood, California). Personnel: Steven "Cat" Coore, Bob Marley (vocals, guitar); Michael "Ibo" Cooper (vocals, keyboards, marimba, percussion); Dr. Israel (vocals, programming); Desmond Dekker (vocals, background vocals); Dave Barker, Derrick Morgan, Divaship, Donald "Tabby" Shaw, William "Bunny" Clarke, Junior Menz, Barry Llewellyn, Jackie Robinson, John Holt , Justin Hinds, Leonard Dillon, Max Romeo, Norris Weir, Brenton Dowe, Tommy Cowan, Toots Hibbert, Winston Rodney, Bernard Collins, Sydney Crooks (vocals); Danny Browne (guitar, keyboards); Bertram Ranchie McLean, Dalton Browne, Dwight Pinkney, Earl "Chinna" Smith, Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont, Eric Frater, Ernest Ranglin, Harry Haughton, Bobby Aitken , Radcliffe Bryan, Geoffrey Chung, Glen Browne, Al Yasha Anderson, Hector Williams, Cleon Douglas, Winston Bowen, Julian Marvin, Lloyd "Gitsy" Willis, Lyn Taitt, Alva Lewis, Peter Tosh, Tony Chin, Barry Reynolds, Willie Lindo, Noel Sowell Bailey, Hux Brown, Robert "Billy" Johnson, Bunny Rugs (guitar); Lennox Brown (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Jackie Mittoo (alto saxophone, keyboards); Dean Fraser, Mark West, Headley Bennett, Herman Marquis, Lester Sterling, Carl Bryan (alto saxophone); Dirty Harry Hall, Bobby Gaynair, Roydel Johnson, Dennis Campbell, Glen DaCosta, Roland Alphonso, Tommy McCook, Val Bennett (tenor saxophone); David Madden, Oswald "Baba" Brooks, Raymond Harper, Johnny "Dizzy" Moore, Dick Cuthell, Bobby Ellis (trumpet); Don Drummond, Vincent "Trommie" Gordon, Ronald "Nambo" Robinson, Ron Wilson , Rico Rodriguez, Carl Masters (trombone); Ansel Collins (organ, keyboards); Handel Tucker (keyboards, percussion); Earl "Wire" Lindo, Franklyn Waul, Tyrone "Organ D" Bownie, Lawrence Lewis, Gladstone Anderson, Glen Adams, Ian "Willy" Winter, Harold Butler, Joe White, Keith Sterling, Leslie Butler, Neville Hinds, Richard Ace, Robert Lyn, Sidney Mills, Aubrey Adams, Augustus Pablo, B.B. Seaton, Theophilus Beckford, Wally Badarou, Winston Wright, Wycliffe "Steely" Johnson, Bernard Touter Harvey, Errol "Tarzan" Nelson, Paul "Wrong Move" Crossdale, Bobby Kalphat (keyboards); Cleveland "Clevie" Browne, Fish Clarke, Joe Isaacs, Max Asher, Fil Callender, Albert Malawi, Hugh Malcolm, Arkland "Drumbago" Parks, Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace, Lincoln Style Scott, Lloyd Knibbs, Neville Grant, Santa Davis, Sly Dunbar, Winston Grennan, Paul Douglas , Lloyd "Tinleg" Adams, Mikey "Boo" Richards, Basil "Benbow" Creary, Melbourne Miller, Carlton "Carlie" Barrett (drums); Herman Davis, Bongo Les, Christopher Blake, Irvin Jarrett, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Ruddy Thomas, Winston Riley, Alvin "Seeco" Patterson, Noel "Scully" Simms, Larry McDonald, Denzel Laing, Uziah "Sticky" Thompson (percussion); George Dekker, Tony Anderson , Judy Mowatt, Marcia Griffiths, Michael Bennett , Rita Marley (background vocals). Audio Remixer: Hugo Dwyer. Recording information: A-Class, London, England; Anchor Recording, Kingston, Jamaica; Aquarius, Kingston, Jamaica; Basing Street, London, England; Channel One Studios, Kingston, Jamaica; Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas; Dynamic Sound Studio, Kingston, Jamaica; Federal Recording Studios, Kingston, Jamaica; Harry J. Recording Studio, Kingston, Jamaica; Island Studios, London, England; Jamaica Broadcast Company (JBL), Kingston, Jamaica; Jamaica Recording & Publishing Studios, Kingston, Jamai; Jammy's, Kingston, Jamaica; Joe Gibbs Recording Studio, Kingston, Jamaica; King Tubby's, Kingston, Jamaica; Mixing Lab, Kingston, Jamaica; Musicworks; Penthouse, Kingston, Jamaica; Randy's Studio 17, Kingston, Jamaica; Sliekshan Recording Studio, Kingston, Jamaica; Sonic Sounds, Kingston, Jamaica; Stone Love, Kingston, Jamaica; The Black Ark, Kingston, Jamaica; Treasure Isle, Kingston, Jamaica; Tuff Gong, Kingston, Jamaica; West Indies Record Label, Kingston, Jamaica. Director: Dub Organiser. Photographer: Ebet Roberts. Arrangers: Harry Mudie; Lloyd James; Stuart Brown; Sugar Minott; Tommy McCook. It's hard not to think that Hip-O's The Reggae Box will be the definitive word on the genre, not just because it spans four discs, but because Hip-O has open access to the Island vaults, and Island is to reggae as Sun is to rockabilly, meaning it's the defining force and leading light. With that as a base and with cross-licensing as a secret weapon, this could have been a stunner, but instead it just is a very good history that tends to lean toward the contemporary instead of the classic. At first, this doesn't seem to be a problem, particularly because the first disc runs through pre-reggae and early-reggae classics at an engaging clip, something that continues through the second disc. Then, things begin to bog down with good, but not classic songs, and it becomes easy to notice that some big, big songs by the likes of Bob Marley, Black Uhuru, Lee "Scratch" Perry, and Peter Tosh are missing, among many others. What here is hardly bad -- and as a rough history, it's pretty terrific -- but it's hard not to be slightly disappointed that it isn't definitive, given its ambitions and possibilities, especially when compared to the tremendous 1992 set The Story of Jamaican Music: Tougher Than Tough. Still, this is a good, even educational listen, and few sets come as close as this to being truly comprehensive. Still, it's not as comprehensive as it could have been, and it's hard not to wish that it was more sweeping than it is. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Producer: Chris Blackwell; Colin York; Paul 'Jah Screw' Love; Heenry 'Junjo' Lawes; Donovan Germain; Dr. Israel; Duke Reid; Richard "Bello" Bell; Justin Yap; Dub Organiser; Winston Blake; Harry Mudie; Claude Evans; George Phang; Glen Brown; Harry Johnson; Bobby "Di Engineer: Colin York; Doctor Overton Brown; Errol Brown; Errol Thompson; Claude Evans; Barnabas Stanley Brian; Karl Pitterson; Lloyd James; Sidney Mills; Soljie Hamilton; Steven Stanley; Syd Bucknor; Sylvan Morris; Bunny Tom Tom; Byron Smith; Carlton Lee   Technical Info Release Date : 11/13/2001 Original Release Date : 2001 Catalog ID : 560929 Label : Hip-O Records Number of Discs : 4 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00731456092928    Product Image