Reggae In The '70s
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- The Basics
Developed in the '60s as a slowed-down version of ska, reggae exploded into the mainstream during the '70s, the genre's strongest decade, and the reason for these all-time classic Essentials. Begin with the great Bob Marley ("No Woman, No Cry"), and Jimmy Cliff's signature from the cult movie of the same name, "The Harder They Come", before taking your Next Steps.
£21.17 The Basics
Name Artist Time Price 1 The Harder They Come Jimmy Cliff 3:08 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 No Woman, No Cry Bob Marley & The Wailers 7:07 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 Everything I Own Ken Boothe 3:49 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 Young Gifted And Black Bob & Marcia 3:12 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 Blood & Fire Niney 3:05 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 Police & Thieves Junior Murvin 3:52 £0.99 View In iTunes 7 War Ina Babylon Max Romeo 4:49 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 Exodus (Single Version) Bob Marley & The Wailers 4:29 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 Black Is Our Colour Yabby You 3:01 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Armageddon Time Willie Williams 2:31 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Forward Natty Dread Cornell Campbell 2:43 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown Augustus Pablo 2:31 £0.99 View In iTunes 13 Wake the Town U-Roy 2:42 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 Monkey Man The Maytals 3:44 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 If You Should Lose Me Johnny Clarke 2:42 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Uptown Top Ranking Althea & Donna 3:49 £0.99 View In iTunes 17 Stick By Me John Holt 2:51 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Skylarking Horace Andy 3:07 £0.99 View In iTunes 19 You Can Get It If You Really Want Jimmy Cliff 2:40 £0.99 View In iTunes 20 Marcus Garvey Burning Spear 3:25 £0.99 View In iTunes 21 Funky Kingston Toots & The Maytals 3:26 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 Roast Fish and Cornbread Lee "Scratch" Perry 4:22 £0.99 View In iTunes 23 Now That We've Found Love (Single Version) Third World 3:58 £0.99 View In iTunes Total: 23 Songs - Next Steps
The big names of reggae will already be familiar to you, so here we're going to introduce you to a fistful of Jamaican legends who may have slipped under your radar. Barry Biggs had covered an Osmonds track before breaking through with "Work All Day" in 1972, while Junior Byles gave up his job as a firefighter to deliver some of the finest roots reggae ever recorded ("Curly Locks").
£17.60 Next Steps
Name Artist Time Price 1 Black Superman Version King Tubby and the Aggrovators 3:34 £0.79 View In iTunes 2 Could You Be Loved Bob Marley & The Wailers 3:55 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 No More Fighting Althea & Donna 3:37 £0.99 View In iTunes 4 Cokane In My Brain (Single Version) Dillinger 2:46 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 Many Rivers to Cross Jimmy Cliff 3:02 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 Zion's Blood Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters 3:56 £0.99 View In iTunes 7 Curly Locks (Original Version) Junior Byles 3:01 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 Tenement Yard Jacob Miller 2:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 9 My Number One Gregory Isaacs 3:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 To Be a Lover George Faith 5:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Croaking Lizard (Album Version) Prince Jazzbo & The Upsetters 3:27 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 Rockers Glen Washington 2:37 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Freedom Of Movements Pt.2 High Lites 3:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 Satta Massagana The Abyssinians 3:32 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 Groovy Situation Keith Barrington Rowe 3:26 £0.99 View In iTunes 16 Double Barrel Dave Collins & Ansel Collins 2:29 £0.99 View In iTunes 17 Love of a Woman Horace Andy 3:30 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Westbound Train Dennis Brown 3:03 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 Message from the King Prince Far I 3:32 £0.99 View In iTunes 20 Don't Cut Off Your Dreadlocks Linval Thompson 3:06 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 20 Songs - Deep Cuts
Several '70s reggae heroes took their names from legendary American outlaws, hence the existence of one Dennis Alcapone (who had been born Dennis Smith) and Dillinger, who hooks up here with the high-voiced Junior Murvin under Lee "Scratch" Perry's production umbrella for "Roots Train". Tapper Zukie took part of his moniker from a Kingston gang, the Zukies.
£20.37 Deep Cuts
Name Artist Time Price 1 I Can See Clearly Now Johnny Nash 2:46 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 Wonderful World, Beautiful People (Single Version) Jimmy Cliff 3:09 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 I Chase the Devil Max Romeo 3:27 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 Bobby Babylon Freddie McGregor 2:27 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 Sufferer's Time The Heptones 4:05 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 Get Up, Stand Up The Wailers 3:17 £0.99 View In iTunes 7 Soul Rebel The Gladiators 3:57 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 Natty Rebel U-Roy 3:24 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 Crazy Baldhead Johnny Clarke 3:42 £0.99 View In iTunes 10 I Need A Roof The Mighty Diamonds 2:51 £0.99 View In iTunes 11 Teach The Children Dennis Alcapone 2:23 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 M.P.L.A. Tapper Zukie 3:07 £0.99 View In iTunes 13 Roots Train Dillinger & Junior Murvin 9:01 £0.99 View In iTunes 14 Billy Red Wayne Wade 3:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 Jerusalem (Extended Version) Devon Irons 4:42 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Declaration of Rights Johnny Clarke 3:26 £0.99 View In iTunes 17 Political Violence Version Soul Syndicate 3:32 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Say So Version Pablo All Stars 2:54 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 I'm Still Waiting Delroy Wilson 3:29 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Tide Is High U-Roy 2:43 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 The Dream Prince Far I 3:15 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 Free Marijuana Linval Thompson 4:32 £0.59 View In iTunes 23 Wild Suspense Wailing Souls 4:11 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 23 Songs - Complete Set
The '70s remains reggae's greatest decade, a time when roots reggae artists like Bob Marley, Johnny Clarke, and Horace Andy cemented their legend, and the highly inventive overlords of studio production — notably King Tubby and Lee "Scratch" Perry — shaped the foundations of dub. These Essentials carry the intoxicating whiff of smoke, the ecstasy of Rastafarian spirituality, and burning anger at the forces of oppression, all held together by the skank and bass of a genre that never seems to lose its relevance or its impact.
£59.14 Complete Set
Name Artist Time Price 1 The Harder They Come Jimmy Cliff 3:08 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 No Woman, No Cry Bob Marley & The Wailers 7:07 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 Everything I Own Ken Boothe 3:49 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 Young Gifted And Black Bob & Marcia 3:12 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 Blood & Fire Niney 3:05 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 Police & Thieves Junior Murvin 3:52 £0.99 View In iTunes 7 War Ina Babylon Max Romeo 4:49 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 Exodus (Single Version) Bob Marley & The Wailers 4:29 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 Black Is Our Colour Yabby You 3:01 £0.79 View In iTunes 10 Armageddon Time Willie Williams 2:31 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Forward Natty Dread Cornell Campbell 2:43 £0.79 View In iTunes 12 King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown Augustus Pablo 2:31 £0.99 View In iTunes 13 Wake the Town U-Roy 2:42 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 Monkey Man The Maytals 3:44 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 If You Should Lose Me Johnny Clarke 2:42 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Uptown Top Ranking Althea & Donna 3:49 £0.99 View In iTunes 17 Stick By Me John Holt 2:51 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 Skylarking Horace Andy 3:07 £0.99 View In iTunes 19 You Can Get It If You Really Want Jimmy Cliff 2:40 £0.99 View In iTunes 20 Marcus Garvey Burning Spear 3:25 £0.99 View In iTunes 21 Funky Kingston Toots & The Maytals 3:26 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 Roast Fish and Cornbread Lee "Scratch" Perry 4:22 £0.99 View In iTunes 23 Now That We've Found Love (Single Version) Third World 3:58 £0.99 View In iTunes 24 Black Superman Version King Tubby and the Aggrovators 3:34 £0.79 View In iTunes 25 Could You Be Loved Bob Marley & The Wailers 3:55 £0.99 View In iTunes 26 No More Fighting Althea & Donna 3:37 £0.99 View In iTunes 27 Cokane In My Brain (Single Version) Dillinger 2:46 £0.99 View In iTunes 28 Many Rivers to Cross Jimmy Cliff 3:02 £0.99 View In iTunes 29 Zion's Blood Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters 3:56 £0.99 View In iTunes 30 Curly Locks (Original Version) Junior Byles 3:01 £0.79 View In iTunes 31 Tenement Yard Jacob Miller 2:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 32 My Number One Gregory Isaacs 3:46 £0.79 View In iTunes 33 To Be a Lover George Faith 5:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 34 Croaking Lizard (Album Version) Prince Jazzbo & The Upsetters 3:27 £0.99 View In iTunes 35 Rockers Glen Washington 2:37 £0.79 View In iTunes 36 Freedom Of Movements Pt.2 High Lites 3:11 £0.79 View In iTunes 37 Satta Massagana The Abyssinians 3:32 £0.79 View In iTunes 38 Groovy Situation Keith Barrington Rowe 3:26 £0.99 View In iTunes 39 Double Barrel Dave Collins & Ansel Collins 2:29 £0.99 View In iTunes 40 Love of a Woman Horace Andy 3:30 £0.79 View In iTunes 41 Westbound Train Dennis Brown 3:03 £0.79 View In iTunes 42 Message from the King Prince Far I 3:32 £0.99 View In iTunes 43 Don't Cut Off Your Dreadlocks Linval Thompson 3:06 £0.79 View In iTunes 44 I Can See Clearly Now Johnny Nash 2:46 £0.99 View In iTunes 45 Wonderful World, Beautiful People (Single Version) Jimmy Cliff 3:09 £0.99 View In iTunes 46 I Chase the Devil Max Romeo 3:27 £0.79 View In iTunes 47 Bobby Babylon Freddie McGregor 2:27 £0.79 View In iTunes 48 Sufferer's Time The Heptones 4:05 £0.99 View In iTunes 49 Get Up, Stand Up The Wailers 3:17 £0.99 View In iTunes 50 Soul Rebel The Gladiators 3:57 £0.99 View In iTunes 51 Natty Rebel U-Roy 3:24 £0.99 View In iTunes 52 Crazy Baldhead Johnny Clarke 3:42 £0.99 View In iTunes 53 I Need A Roof The Mighty Diamonds 2:51 £0.99 View In iTunes 54 Teach The Children Dennis Alcapone 2:23 £0.79 View In iTunes 55 M.P.L.A. Tapper Zukie 3:07 £0.99 View In iTunes 56 Roots Train Dillinger & Junior Murvin 9:01 £0.99 View In iTunes 57 Billy Red Wayne Wade 3:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 58 Jerusalem (Extended Version) Devon Irons 4:42 £0.79 View In iTunes 59 Declaration of Rights Johnny Clarke 3:26 £0.99 View In iTunes 60 Political Violence Version Soul Syndicate 3:32 £0.79 View In iTunes 61 Say So Version Pablo All Stars 2:54 £0.79 View In iTunes 62 I'm Still Waiting Delroy Wilson 3:29 £0.79 View In iTunes 63 Tide Is High U-Roy 2:43 £0.79 View In iTunes 64 The Dream Prince Far I 3:15 £0.99 View In iTunes 65 Free Marijuana Linval Thompson 4:32 £0.59 View In iTunes 66 Wild Suspense Wailing Souls 4:11 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 66 Songs
Customer Reviews
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You must listen to this awesome album,it is a must for any people who are seriously into their music. Reggae music from the 1970`s is the best relaxing music to chill out to. This collection of 75 tracks is well worth every penny of the £62.85 asking price. If i were stranded,say on a desert island,this would be an absolute must to have with you,providing they have electricity of course.(Ha,Ha.) Reggae in the 70`s is a trully fantastic album to own. Enjoy my friends,ENJOY.
