Reggae Power

• Roy Shirley – Dance Up The Reggae
• The Kingstonians – MIX It Up
• V. Vinstrick – Love Is Not Your Game
• JJ All Stars – One Dollar Of Music
• Carl Dawkins – I’ll Make It Up
• Roy Shirley – Musical Priest
• Count Sticky – Bigger Boss
• The Vibrators – Live Life
• The Kingstonians – I’ll Be Around
• Winston Wright – Five Miles High

• 1. Roy Shirley – Dance Up The Reggae
• 2. The Kingstonians – MIX It Up
• 3. V. Vinstrick – Love Is Not Your Game
• 4. JJ All Stars – One Dollar Of Music
• 5. Carl Dawkins – I’ll Make It Up
• 6. Roy Shirley – Musical Priest
• 7. Count Sticky – Bigger Boss
• 8. The Vibrators – Live Life
• 9. The Kingstonians – I’ll Be Around
• 10. Winston Wright – Five Miles High
• 11. Stranger Cole – Glad You’re Living
• 12. Roy Shirley – Bright Life
• 13. JJ All Stars – R.F.K.
• 14. The Ethiopians – Israel Must Win
• 15. The Rulers – Got To Be Free
• 16. Winston Wright – Neck Tie
• 17. Carl Dawkins – The Only Girl
• 18. Roy Shirley – I Like Your Smile
• 19. JJ All Stars – Memphis Underground
• 20. The Scorchers – Here Yah
• 21. Stranger Cole – Help Wanted
• 22. Ansel Collins – Mango Tree
• 23. The Ethiopians – Here I Come
• 24. Carl Dawkins – Satisfaction
• 25. Winston Wright – Poppy Cock
• 26. The Rulers – What A Situation
• 27. The Ethiopians – Rook Ma Dine
• 28. Ansel Collins – The Removers
• 29. Val Bennett – Cabbage Leaf
• 30. The Clarendonians – Try To Be Happy
• 31. Carl Dawkins – This Land
• 32. The Ethiopians – Drop Him
• 33. JJ All Stars – Version Drop
• 34. The Cambodians – Coolie Man
• 35. Carl Dawkins – Get Together
• 36. Aston "Family Man" Barrett – Instalment No. 3
• 37. Toney – Number One Version
• 38. JJ All Stars – Wreck It Up Version
• 39. The Clarendonians – Come Along
• 40. Carl Dawkins – I’ll Never Be Blue
• 41. JJ All Stars – I’ll Never Be Blue (Instrumental)
• 42. The Ethiopians – Don’t Go (Alternate Version)
• 43. Stranger & Gladdy – Make Good
• 44. The Bleechers – Put It Good
• 45. Carl Dawkins – Perseverance
• 46. The Ethiopians – He’S Not A Rebel
• 47. The Linkers – Nyah Man Story
• 48. The Kingstonians – Lion’S Den
• 49. Carl Dawkins – I Feel Good
• 50. The Ethiopians – Selah
• 51. JJ All Stars – Selah (Instrumental)
• 52. Dennis Alcapone – Rocking To Ethiopia
• 53. Carl Dawkins – How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
• 54. The Kingstonians – Slim Girl
• 55. The Ethiopians – I’m A Believer
• 56. Carl Dawkins – My Whole World (Has Ended)
• 57. Lloyd Young – Soup
• 58. JJ All Stars – Collecting Coins

By the close of the Sixties, record retailer and jukebox businessman Karl ‘J.J.’ Johnson was firmly established as one of Jamaica’s leading record producers, having released a string of best-selling rock steady and proto-reggae 45s by such noted local acts as Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, the Rulers, Carl Dawkins, the Kingstonians and the Ethiopians.

Early in 1969, a lucrative agreement with British record label, Trojan, emboldened the ambitious entrepreneur to release an album comprising a dozen of his latest recordings in the new reggae style. Entitled “Reggae Power”, the LP was dominated by regular hit-makers, the Ethiopians, whose recent singles had proved so popular in Britain that the group had been prompted to make a promotional tour of the country. Their trip led to Trojan dramatically reworking the ‘Reggae Power’ long-player for its UK release, replacing all but two non-Ethiopians tracks with further J.J.-produced works by the trio, before issuing it in new artwork.

But with the Ethiopians collection already available on the Doctor Bird CD, “Reggae Power & Woman Capture Man”, it is the Jamaican version of the album that provides the inspiration for this exciting double-disc compilation, which collects the bulk of J.J. Johnson’s output from 1968 to 1972, including numerous reggae hits and 17 recordings new to CD.