Trojan Roots & Culture Box Set (1999) (Reissued/Remastered)

Product Summary UPC: 00060768051720 Release Date: 4/19/2005 Buy.com Sku: 63971809 Item#: M27VYD Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Don't Cut Off Your Dreadlocks - Linval Thompson ~ Various Artists 2. Joyful Locks - U Roy ~ Various Artists 3. Beautiful Africa - Gregory Isaacs ~ Various Artists 4. Satta Dread - Wayne Jarrett ~ Various Artists 5. Satta - I Roy ~ Various Artists 6. Babylon De Pon Fire - Truth, Fact And Correct ~ Various Artists 7. Dreadlocks Man - Prince Lincoln & The Royal Rasses ~ Various Artists 8. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner - Michael Rose ~ Various Artists 9. Natty Alright - Jah Woosh ~ Various Artists 10. Jah Forgive Them - Leroy Smart ~ Various Artists 11. Warrior - Johnny Clarke ~ Various Artists 12. Africa - Winston Heywood/The Hombres ~ Various Artists 13. Black Harmony Killer - Jah Stitch ~ Various Artists 14. Rasta Train - Dr. Alimantado/Raphael Green ~ Various Artists 15. Last War (Jah Jah Children Arise) - Zap Pow ~ Various Artists 16. Open The Gate - Watty Burnett ~ Various Artists 17. An African Child - The Heptones ~ Various Artists Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Zion Chant - Freddie McGregor ~ Various Artists 2. African World Wide - Dillinger ~ Various Artists 3. Roman Soldiers of Babylon - Inner Circle ~ Various Artists 4. Revolution - Tapper Zukie ~ Various Artists 5. Confusion In A Babylon - Niney & The Observers ~ Various Artists 6. Land Of Love - The Sons Of Light ~ Various Artists 7. (Stop Your) Brutality - Horace Andy ~ Various Artists 8. Free Up The Prisoners - Lee Perry ~ Various Artists 9. What A Gathering - Mike Brooks ~ Various Artists 10. Glasford Manning - Porti ~ Various Artists 11. To The Foundations - Dennis Brown ~ Various Artists 12. Forward With Jah Orthodox - Mystic I ~ Various Artists 13. Blessed Are They - Cornell Campbell ~ Various Artists 14. Eyes On Africa - The Mighty Diamonds ~ Various Artists 15. Zion - Knowledge ~ Various Artists 16. Trod With Jah - Barrington Levy ~ Various Artists Disc 3 Song Title Sample 1. Protect Them - Barry Brown ~ Various Artists 2. Give Thanks And Praise - Jimmy Riley ~ Various Artists 3. Marcus Garvey's Back In Town - The In-Crowd ~ Various Artists 4. Children Are Crying, The - Alton Ellis ~ Various Artists 5. Brother Noah - The Black Shadows ~ Various Artists 6. Lighting And Thunder - Bim Sherman ~ Various Artists 7. Dreader Than Dread - Sugar Minott ~ Various Artists 8. Jah Far I On A Pinnacle - Leroy Sibbles ~ Various Artists 9. Free Up Rasta - Al Campbell ~ Various Artists 10. Who No (Wa'an Come) - The Wailing Souls ~ Various Artists 11. Babylon - Tristan Palmer ~ Various Artists 12. Jah Footsteps - Prince Far I ~ Various Artists 13. Jah Jah (The Intelligence Of Your Mind) - The Viceroys ~ Various Artists 14. Jah Love - Anthony Johnson ~ Various Artists 15. Why You So Craven - Israel Vibration ~ Various Artists 16. Bring The Sensi Come - Johnny Osbourne ~ Various Artists 17. Chalice - Charlie Chaplin ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info All tracks have been digitally remastered. "Unlike other forms of Jamaican music, 'Roots Reggae' has no precise definition," state the skimpy sleeve notes to this budget-priced three-CD box set. That well may be, but most fans would sum up roots as a late-'70s style exemplified by such crucial acts as the Wailers, Black Uhuru, the Wailing Souls, and Burning Spear. None of those artists are included here, thus anyone looking for a round-up of roots' most famed classic cuts should search elsewhere. Trojan has chosen to define roots less in musical terms than in lyrical ones. Therefore, while the message is pure dread, the songs run riot across the musical spectrum from bubbly reggae, rockers, nyahbinghi-laced numbers, through heavy roots, and onto dubby dancehall. Absolutely no thought is given to sequencing, unless the selector deliberately set about mixing up the different styles as much as possible. Placing one's CD player on shuffle normally improves upon the original sequencing. However, regardless of these drawbacks, Trojan Box Set: Roots is a weighty collection, 50 songs strong, with a wealth of roots sure to please most aficionados. Seminal inclusions are Johnny Clarke's "None Shall Escape the Judgement," Prince Far I's "Under Heavy Manners," the Abyssinians' "Yim Mas Gas," Dennis Brown's "Africa," and the Ethiopians' "Condition Bad a Yard." There's also a clutch of excellent Mighty Diamonds and Heptones cuts, and exceptional offerings from Big Youth, Sugar Minott, and Cornel Campbell. Although not the ultimate roots collection by any means, this box does manage to encompass the fluidity of the roots genre, rounding up a wealth of crucial material neglected elsewhere, with the inclusion of DJs particularly inspired, and opening new vistas to the mainstream, hopefully leading listeners to further broaden their horizons. ~ Jo-Ann Greene What makes Trojan Roots & Culture Box Set, a three-disc, 50-track box set from the vaults of Trojan Records especially delightful is that the selections aren't the same old sides that show up over and over again in roots reggae collections. Trojan has packed this thing with relatively rare cuts recorded between 1975 and 1983, including some extended mixes with DJ and dub sections, and the result should especially please listeners who may already have a decent roots reggae collection on their shelves. Among the highlights are Johnny Clarke's airy "Warrior" and a pair of Lee "Scratch" Perry productions, "Babylon de Pon Fire" by Truth, Fact & Correct, and the majestic "Africa" by Winston Heywood & the Hombres on disc one (subtitled "Don't Cut Off Your Dreadlocks -- Conscience Reggae 1975 to 1977"), while on disc two (subtitled "To the Foundations -- Rebel Music 1977 to 1979") there's Freddie McGregor's fine "Zion Chant" and Niney's loping "Confusion in a Babylon." Bim Sherman's deceptively delicate "Lightning and Thunder," and the Heptones' Leroy Sibbles' dub-laced "Jah Far I on a Pinnacle" appear on disc three (subtitled "Free Up Rasta -- Dancehall Roots 1979 to 1983"). ~ Steve Leggett   Technical Info Release Date : 04/05/2005 Original Release Date : 1999 Catalog ID : 80517 Label : Sanctuary (USA) Number of Discs : 3 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00060768051720    Related Videos Christmas In The Heart : ... A Cherry Cherry Christmas... 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