This Is Reggae Music: The Golden Era 1960 to 1975

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD: Train to Skaville: Mento, R&B and Ska, 1960–1968
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1Iron Bar
background vocals:
Toots & The Maytals
Lord Tanamo2:17
2Fat Man
recording of:
Fat Man
writer:
Derrick Morgan
Derrick Morgan2:22
3Rough and Tough
producer:
Arthur Duke Reid (Jamaican producer and label owner)
recording of:
Rough ’n’ Tough
writer:
Stranger Cole
Stranger Cole3:02
4(Music Is My) Occupation
Don Drummond & Tommy McCook3:03
5My Boy Lollipop
producer:
Chris Blackwell (Island Records)
cover recording of:
My Boy Lollipop
writer:
Morris Levy, Johnny Roberts (US songwriter, "My Boy Lollipop") and Robert Spencer (English lutenist, guitarist & musicologist)
recording of:
My Boy Lollipop
writer:
Morris Levy, Johnny Roberts (US songwriter, "My Boy Lollipop") and Robert Spencer (English lutenist, guitarist & musicologist)
Millie Small4.652:01
6Penny Reel‐O
Eric “Monty” Morris2:30
7Phoenix City
live recording of:
Phoenix City
writer:
Roland Alphonso
Roland Alphonso & The Soul Brothers3:02
8Bongo Man
Bongo Man Byfield3:12
9Rude Boy Gone a Jail
The Clarendonians2:47
10Rudy Got Soul
Desmond Dekker & the Aces2:50
11Down by the Train Line
Stranger & Patsy2:47
12Cry Tough
Alton Ellis & the Flames2:16
13007 (Shanty Town)
producer:
Leslie Kong
recording of:
007 (Shanty Town)
lyricist and composer:
Desmond Dacres
publisher:
Ackee Music Inc.
Desmond Dekker & the Aces52:34
14Take It Easy
Hopeton Lewis2:55
15The Loser
recording of:
The Loser
lyricist and composer:
Derrick Harriott
Derrick Harriott3:37
16Train to Skaville
recording of:
Train to Skaville
lyricist and composer:
Clement “Coxsone” Dodd
The Ethiopians52:52
17Ba Ba Boom
producer:
Duke Reid (Jamaican producer and label owner)
vocals:
Tommy Cowan and Norris Weir
performer:
Tommy McCook & The Supersonics
arranger:
Tommy McCook
recording of:
Ba Ba Boom
writer:
Norris Weir and Duke Reid (Jamaican producer and label owner)
The Jamaicans3:20
18Stop That Train
Keith & Tex3:16
19Rocksteady
Alton Ellis & the Flames2:40
20The Tide Is High
producer:
Duke Reid (Jamaican producer and label owner)
background vocals:
Howard Barrett and Tyrone Evans
vocals:
John Holt
performer:
Tommy McCook & The Supersonics and The Paragons (Jamaican rocksteady band)
recording of:
The Tide Is High (in 1967)
additional writer:
Howard Barrett (in 1967) and Tyrone Evans (in 1967)
writer:
John Holt (in 1967)
publisher:
B & C Music Corp., Campbell Connelly (Australia) P/L, Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Embassy Music Corporation, Gemrod Music Inc., Sparta Florida Music Group and Sparta Florida Music Group Ltd.
The Paragons52:42
21True, True, True
Ken Parker2:14
22Israelites
producer:
Leslie Kong
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sanctuary Records Group Ltd. (not for release label use, for copyrights use only) (in 1968)
recording of:
Israelites
writer:
Desmond Dacres and Leslie Kong
publisher:
Ackee Music Inc., Gambi Music, Twenty Nine Black Music (BMI) and Sparta Music (publisher) (in 1978)
Desmond Dekker42:35
2354‐46 That’s My Number
recording of:
54‐46 (That’s My Number)
lyricist and composer:
Toots Hibbert
Toots & The Maytals4.753:23
24Everything Crash
The Ethiopians2:31
2▶CD: Do the Reggay: Rocksteady to Reggae, 1968–1970
3▶CD: Black and White: Reggae Rising, 1970–1971
4▶CD: The Time Has Come: Birth of Roots, 1972–1975