Joe Gibbs Presents Dancehall StyleeClassic Dancehall Sounds 1979-1981

• Joe Gibbs Presents – DISC ONE Boxing Around – Cornel Campbell
• Joe Gibbs Presents – Bam Bam – Kojak & Liza *
• Joe Gibbs Presents – Friday Evening – Joe Tex & U Black
• Joe Gibbs Presents – Nice Up The Dance – Welton Irie *
• Joe Gibbs Presents – Fist To Fist Rub A Dub – Kojak & Liza
• Joe Gibbs Presents – Jammin’ So – Madoo *
• Joe Gibbs Presents – My Love – Wayde Brammer *
• Joe Gibbs Presents – Green Bay Killing – Kojak
• Joe Gibbs Presents – Can’t Tek Mi Landlord – Lui Lepke *
• Joe Gibbs Presents – Quick Divorce – Barrington Levy *

• 1. DISC ONE Boxing Around – Cornel Campbell
• 2. Bam Bam – Kojak & Liza *
• 3. Friday Evening – Joe Tex & U Black
• 4. Nice Up The Dance – Welton Irie *
• 5. Fist To Fist Rub A Dub – Kojak & Liza
• 6. Jammin’ So – Madoo *
• 7. My Love – Wayde Brammer *
• 8. Green Bay Killing – Kojak
• 9. Can’t Tek Mi Landlord – Lui Lepke *
• 10. Quick Divorce – Barrington Levy *
• 11. Money Man The Girl She Want – Prince Mohammed *
• 12. Time Stiff – Junior Murvin
• 13. Sky Juice – Kojak & Liza
• 14. Joe Grine – Madoo
• 15. Ring Craft – Earth & Stone
• 16. Hole In The Bucket – Kojak & Liza
• 17. Heavy Waist Line – Tyrone Taylor
• 18. Drunken Master – Ranking Joe
• 19. My Woman – Barrington Levy
• 20. One Thousand Gal – Kojak & Liza *
• 21. Rope In – Cornel Campbell
• 22. Love In A Jamdown – Lui Lepke
• 23. No Children Don’t Cry – Al Campbell *
• 24. Lover Man Style – Shorty The President *
• 25. DISC TWO Leave Fi Mi Gal Arlene – Ranking Joe *
• 26. DJ Sprit – Errol Scorcher
• 27. You-Mus-Si-Mouse – Lui Lepke *
• 28. 12 Tribe Possie – Prince Jazzbo
• 29. Two Timer – Cornel Campbell *
• 30. Batman And Robin – Joe Tex & U Black *
• 31. Mine Yu Mouth – Barrington Levy *
• 32. Late Night Movie – Lui Lepke
• 33. Good To Be There – Chalice
• 34. Dreadlocks Girl – Sammy Dread *
• 35. Lawd Suh – Danny Mangaroo
• 36. Love Problems – Echo Minott *
• 37. Wife And Sweetheart – Barrington Levy
• 38. My Princess – Sammy Dread *
• 39. Back Way Mr Landlord – Madoo *
• 40. Back Away – Prince Mohammad *
• 41. Thousand Things On My Mind – Danny Mangaroo
• 42. Look How She Fat – Lee Van Cleef *
• 43. Talk Of The Town – Ranking Toyan *
• 44. Under Me – Errol Scorcher *
• 45. Virgin Girl – Eek-A-Mouse
• 46. Tribute To Bob Marley – Lui Lepke

• First retrospective of Joe Gibbs’s dancehall productions.

• 22 tracks new to CD.

• Includes many of the biggest hits of the dancehall era.

As the 70s drew to a close, the roots and dub sounds that had dominated the Jamaican music scene for much of the decade gave way to dancehall, a style that continued to find favour with reggae fans until the onset of the digital revolution of the mid-1980s.

Aimed squarely at satisfying the demands of live audiences, songwriters largely abandoned the conscious lyrics that had typified the music of the preceding years, focusing instead on subjects which with their Jamaican audiences could readily identify.

Meanwhile, the island’s record producers revived classic rock steady and early reggae rhythms that had been created over a decade earlier, while giving the music an extra edge by introducing a dominant snare drum sound, which set it apart from the roots sound it superseded.

Among the most successful of the old school music makers to adapt to the new style was Joe Gibbs, who between 1979 and 1983 released many of the most popular and enduring dancehall singles of the period.

This long overdue 2CD collection brings together 46 of his most sought after productions from the first years of dancehall, including numerous major Jamaican hits, with 25 of the recordings making their CD debut!

*new to CD