Best Reggae Albums of all time?

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Sugar Minott - Ghetto-ology and the Wackies Dancehall Showcase 1/2 would be my favs but Sufferers Choice has Uptown Ghetto which I love.

Mr McGregor is a different record than Bobby Bobylon, isn't it? The latter is on Studio One, Heartbeat did a deluxe-y version a year or two ago.

my favourite reggae album isnt really an album though, its the first vol (though vol 2 would do fine too) of the hearbeat studio one comp.

Top ten comps off the top of my head:

Rebel Music
Best of Studio One
More Pressure
Open The Gate
Build The Ark
That Wailers Six CD Upsetters Box Set
VP Channel One Story 1 & 2
Recent Joe Gibbs 2 CD thing on VP seems pretty complete
Yabby U Jesus Dread
Sufferation

Actually I guess you could replace Sufferation with virtually any Niney comp. Rock On and Observer Station and Truth & Rights style are all excellent. He might be the most underrated roots producer (unlike like say Glen Brown who is so underrated, he's now kind of overrated.)

mr. mcgregor is a different album. just noting its reissue is all. also there's a new niney comp. and man do i want it

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Have not seen anyone mention

Trinity - Shantytown Determination

Yeah I saw that. I guess that replaces the 3 Heartbeat CDs I've got heh.

Wish they'd re-release this Nighthawk comp, which I had on vinyl. It contains the awesome "Walk the Chalk Line" by the Wailing Souls, which I can't find anywhere else.
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funny that Niney comes up now. i had a friend over last night and was burning some music for him and he specifically asked for more of Niney. I gave him the Blood and Fire comp a while back that he listened to endlessly so i hooked him up with 3 more Niney comps. Rock On, Observer Station and Microphone Attack

I've been looking for Knotty Visions on mp3 for a whilte. I assume the license for the tracks reverted which is why Nighthawk hasn't done a CD version.

youre talking about the blood and fire comp on trojan right?

yeah, 2CD set on Trojan: http://roots-archives.com/release/4112

Jacob Miller - Who Say Jah No Dread

Excellent!

I love Who Say Jah No Dread but i'm having a harder time getting into his other solo albums.

Miller's kind of hit or miss. There's probably a comp out there that gathers most of his best stuff.

i think i remember 'tenement yard' being pretty good. 'who say jah no dread' is pretty much a compilation, not really a proper album anyway, but it's great start to finish

I thought Who Say was released originally in the 70s, but I guess not. Anyway I was thinking more of his non-Pablo productions.

I've tried the King Tubby In A Tenement Yard thing, Killer Miller, Killer Rides Again and I'm Just A Dread. I guess it's the Pablo production that i really love.

Hmmn you might try Wanted.

Or you might just want to give up hah.

I'm forced to draw the conclusion that I'm the only one on this thread who's heard Presenting Larry Marshall.

I've heard the big "hits" from it, but I've never heard the whole thing.

I've got that Larry Marshall on ceedee. I should re-listen, as maybe it should be in my top 100 - http://www.fastnbulbous.com/best_reggae.htm

No one mentioned my #5, 6 & 7:

Rico - Man From Wareika (Island) 76
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Jezebel (Island) 76
Cedric Im Brooks - The Light Of Saba (Total Sounds) 76

That's probably cuz two of those three records are unfindable. I mention Jezebel above. I also thought that Brooks record was a comp?

i only have larry marshall 'i admire you in dub'

Possibly controversial opinion: Cables >>> Carlton & the Shoes.

― Alex in SF, Tuesday, February 3, 2009 5:16 PM

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Just slightly prefer the Cables album (or more accurately their singles) to Carltons. "What Kind Of World" is one of my favorite tracks and "Baby Why" isn't far behind. Don't get me wrong, they are both great.

Alex I noticed earlier you had Jezebel on your wantlist. Man From Wareika and Jezebel are available as Japanese imports. I got them from Dusty Groove. If they don't have them, you can get them on Amazon for around $19 plus shipping. They are two-fers with another album, totally worth it.

That's probably cuz two of those three records are unfindable. I mention Jezebel above. I also thought that Brooks record was a comp?

Oops just saw that. Jezebel is in stock, grab it now! They're out of Man From Wareika, but do have a used copy of Wareika Dub.

Honest Jon's has an awesome compilation that has most of Light Of Saba along with other stuff.

Don't get why Island doesn't reissue this stuff. Haven't Pressure Sounds/Blood & Fire demonstrated that their is still a market?

Maybe was a market is more accurate though at this point.

It's annoying, but the Island Japan issues look and sound great. I also have Heptones - Night Food/Party Time and Ijahman - Haile I Hymn from that series.

I am too cheap to head down this road.

here's some info about Wareika Dub, can't find the vocal version though: http://bit.ly/3Rfcr

Is there a vocal version? I thought it was a horn album.

Rico Rodriguez discography: http://www.geocities.com/braunovi/RodriguezRico/RicoD.htm?200725

i'm completely unfamiliar with it. trying to find it now. i assumed if it had a dub it must have had vocals. i have no idea though.

Actually no. The original has no vocals. It's an unusual situation where he thought it would be a good idea to do a dub version anyway. The Rockers version is different enough to be worth hearing, but not as essential as the original.

Listening to that IM Brooks comp right now. Forgot how utterly awesome it is.

Abyssianians Arise has to be on a top 10 best reggae albums list, doesn't it?

top 20

i'd put Satta Massagana in top 10 before Arise

There's at least 6 songs on Satta that I prefer to anything on Arise: the title song, Declaration of Rights, I and I, African Race, Leggo Beast, and Peculiar Number.

Satta Dub is good too.

Anyone heard of this anthology of Niney-produced stuff? It's on VP Records and it just hit eMusic, but I can't find much about it (aside from noting that the samples are awesome).

(Can't see the image that eman posted; not sure if he's talking about the same comp I am).

It's great (or at least the 90% of it that I have on other Niney comps are great.)

I like the Abyssinians, but Granny's right that Satta is a better album.

Thanks. Downloading now. (xp)

Was gonna download Muggers In The Street, by Junior Murvin, but the AMG review trashed it, giving me pause.