The Stones have always been big Reggae fans, what are your top reggae albums?, these are mine.

1. Heart of the Congos - Congos
2. Most Wanted - Eek a Mouse
3. East of River Nile - Augustus Pablo
4. Bongo Man - Jimmy Cliff
5. Handsworth Revolution - Steel Pulse
6. Arkology - Lee Scratch Perry
7. Screaming Target - Big Youth
8. Two Sevens Clash - Culture
9. Mystic Man - Peter Tosh
10. Pick A Dub - Keith Hudson

But could pick a 100

Groove Yard....best of the best

What - no Burning Spear? And er, no Bob Marley?

Bob & The Wailers:

Catch a Fire
Burnin'
Exodus

Peter Tosh:

Mystic Man
Legalize It
Equal Rights

Jimmy Cliff:

The Harder They Come
Struggling Man
Another Cycle





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I like to talk up Bob Marley & The Wailers' "Survival." I think it is a beautiful, mature work by an artist comfortable with who he is, what he is doing and how he is doing it.

Bob Marley > Kaya
Peter Tosh > Give Thanks.

only have 1 reggae cd...."The Harder They Come" soundtrack...AWESOME!

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Date: December 29, 2009 20:55

Bob Marley > Kaya
Peter Tosh > Give Thanks.

Sorry...that's Jimmy Cliff > Give Thanks.

Gotta add Toots & The Maytals "Funky Kingston", Tosh's "Bush Doctor" and "Babylon By Bus" from BM&W's to the list.

Only two: Redemption Song by Mr.Marley and Pass the Dutchie by Musical Youth.




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1. Super Ape - The Upsetters
2. Heart Of The Congos - The Congos
3. In Fine Style - King Tubby / V.A.
4. Darker Than Blue: Soul From Jamdown 1973-1980 - V.A.
5. Arkology - Lee Scratch Perry / V.A.
6. King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown - Augustus Pablo
7. The Bunny 'Striker' Lee Story - V.A.
8. Riding The Roots Chariot - Derrick Harriott / V.A.
9. Life Goes In Circles, Sounds From The Talent Corporation 1974 to 1979
10. Rhythm & Sound w/ The Artists - Rhythm & Sound / V.A.
11. The Complete UK Upsetter Singles Collection Vol. 1 - Vol. 4

<<Riding The Roots Chariot - Derrick Harriott / V.A.>>

Great choice there, django
The U-Roy track is pure gold

Holding out my love to you..........Max Romeo & KRs

Six gooduns ya should have from 2009.....












ROCKMAN

Beside the great stuff mentioned above and tons of samplers
I´d like to add Studio One´s fantastic stuff



and for sure Black Uhuru...

New Pressure Sounds releases,nice will have to check those, lost the track a bit with them in recent years

Those Studio One compilations are perfect, i like the Ska one the best.

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New Pressure Sounds releases,nice will have to check those, lost the track a bit with them in recent years

Those Studio One compilations are perfect, i like the Ska one the best.

So true. I have every single CD. Unfortunately Soul Jazz stopped this series a few years ago.

The 2009 Delroy Wilson reissue of his 20 Greatest Hits album
from late 70's also worth checking....Prince Jammy mix is stripped
down ... raw ...danceable .........Grooves but dont intrude...





ROCKMAN

1. Max Romeo - War In A Babylon
2. The Congos - Heart Of The Congos
3. Burning Spear - Burning Spear
4. U Roy - Rasta Ambassador
6. Culture - Two Sevens Clash
7. Bob Marley And The Wailers - Burning
8. Bunny Wailer - Blackheart Man
9. The Harder They Come soundtrack
10. Big Youth - Dread Locks Dread

Silver Dagger, every one a classic

I will throw in Doctor Alimantado - Best Dressed Chicken In Town

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Silver Dagger, every one a classic

I will throw in Doctor Alimantado - Best Dressed Chicken In Town

Thanks humanriff77. Not that many people know Rasta Ambassador which I think verges on almost psychedelic reggae and many people dismiss Bunny Wailer for his Wailers connection, citing anything connected to Bob Marley too commercial. Most of these albums I'd put in the roots reggae spectrum. I think reggae kinda lost direction in the early 80s.

The comp of Niney cuts - Roots With Quality also released this year on the VP label is worth a mention imo
Doubles some of the stuff on other Niney comps like the mandatory Blood & Fire, Romeo's Rasta Band Wagon etc
Still some great finds among those more wellknown Niney cuts



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Silver Dagger, every one a classic

I will throw in Doctor Alimantado - Best Dressed Chicken In Town

Thanks humanriff77. Not that many people know Rasta Ambassador which I think verges on almost psychedelic reggae and many people dismiss Bunny Wailer for his Wailers connection, citing anything connected to Bob Marley too commercial. Most of these albums I'd put in the roots reggae spectrum. I think reggae kinda lost direction in the early 80s.

Oh yeah - Dr Alimantado - Best Dressed Chicken. That has that great song Poison Flour on it.

A few that´s not been mentioned yet:

Lee Perry - Return of the Super Ape
Augustus Pablo - Original Rockers
Burning Spear - Socila Living
Keith Hudson - Flesh of My Skin, Blood of My Blood
Ijahman - Haile I Hymn

Silver Dagger, i agree most of the reggae i like is from mid eighties and before, although a few good songs appear now and again (Fantan Mojah and Mavado of recent artists come to mind), the Jamaicans are amazingly creative people. I dont like much of the stuff mixing Hip Hop and R&B with reggae.

Rootsman all your list I love too, so many amazing records from this tiny island.

and one more -

Abyssinians "Satta Massagana"

Some more:

Abyssinians - Best of
Horace Andy - In the Light
Glen Brown/King Tubby - Termination Dub
Mikey Dread - African Anthem Dubwise
Israel Vibration - The Same Song

Hey Silver Dagger, dug out Rasta Ambassador, your right, totally immortal

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Hey Silver Dagger, dug out Rasta Ambassador, your right, totally immortal

Yeah. humanriff77, really odd one that. The style is kind of dub toasting but it's pretty weird in places. Fantastic use of echo. U Roy unfortunately is one of those guys that never gets mentioned along the all time great reggae artists.

Don´t forget I-Roy!
Try his Don´t Check Me With Lightwight Stuff

Even more great albums:

Little Roy - Tafari Earth Uprising
Ras Michael - Dadawah Peace and Love (this is psychedelic...)

and, perhaps, the greatest compilation of them all:

Yabby You - Jesus Dread

anything by: Bob and Ziggy Marley, Steel Pulse. Third World, Peter Tosh and Jimmy Cliff. You cannot go wrong there.