Irie Reggae Hits, 2CD Edition

• 1. Come On Little Girl – Dennis Brown
• 2. Lovely Lady – The Mighty Diamonds
• 3. This Train – Culture
• 4. The Closer I Get To You – Ruddy Thomas & Marcia Aitken
• 5. Every Day Is Just A Holiday – Ruddy Thomas
• 6. Danger In Your Eyes – Marcia Aitken
• 7. I Can’t Stand the Rain – Hortense Ellis
• 8. My Number One – Earl Sixteen
• 9. Slim Thing – Trinity
• 10. The Greatest Love – Lloyd Parks
• 11. Loving Pauper – Ruddy Thomas
• 12. Ina Jah Children – Dhaima
• 13. I’m Not A Queen – Marcia Aitken
• 14. Almighty I – Dennis Walks
• 15. Emotion – Ruddy Thomas & Marcia Aitken
• 16. I’ve Got A Feeling – Junior Delgado
• 17. Money Worries – Enos McLeod
• 18. Let It Be – Bobby Melody
• 19. Mama Say – Ruddy Thomas
• 20. Love One Another – Althea & Donna
• 21. Hard Times – Leo Graham
• 22. DISC TWO: Money In My Pocket – Dennis Brown
• 23. Can’t Buy My Love – Dhaima
• 24. Just Like A River – The Mighty Diamonds
• 25. I’m Just A Dread – Jacob Miller
• 26. Down Town Thing – Althea Forrest
• 27. Arm Robbery – Junior Delgado
• 28. Narrow Minded Man – Marcia Aitken
• 29. Left With A Broken Heart – George Nooks
• 30. Can’t Stop Now – Ruddy Thomas
• 31. Holiday Style – Jem & Dean
• 32. Keep On Knocking – Jacob Miller
• 33. More Love – David Isaacs
• 34. Kong Pow – The Africans
• 35. Dreadlocks Time – Junior Byles
• 36. It’s A Good Day – Pat Kelly
• 37. Hello Carol – Enos McLeod
• 38. Mash You Down – Cornel Campbell
• 39. Riding For A Fall – George Nooks
• 40. Sleepless Nights – Phillip Fraser
• 41. Rent Man – Black Uhuru
• 42. Cool Out Son – Junior Murvin

• Classic roots LP new to CD• With over 20 tracks new to CD• Includes many roots classics from the late 70s

As the 70s drew to a close, Joel Augustus Gibbs had precious few serious challengers to his status as Jamaica’s premier record producer. Over the preceding decade, he had released a succession of best-selling 7” singles, with almost every performer of note on the island having worked for him during this time.

The willingness of top performers to record for Gibbs is evidenced by the selection on the ‘United Reggae’ album, which first saw issue in 1979 and finally receives its CD debut more than 40 years later. In traditional Doctor Bird style, the original track-listing has been significantly bolstered by additional Joe Gibbs-produced recordings from the period, with the bonus material offering the very best of his pre-Dancehall output from 1978 and ’79.

Included here are an array of Jamaican chartbusters, alongside lesser-known material, much of which is available on CD for the very first time, ensuring a hugely enjoyable and enlightening listening experience for fans of late 70s Jamaican roots and lovers sounds.