VA - Freedom Sounds - 5CD-BOX 2012

In celebration of the 50th year of Jamaican independence on the 6th August, Trojan Records are releasing Freedom Sounds an essential collection of over 100 digitally re-mastered tracks spread across 5 CDs Featuring 50 tracks new to CD, Freedom Sounds highlights many of the most influential Jamaican performers, producers and studios that have influenced popular music across the past five decades.

Alongside such luminaries as Bob Marley and the Wailers, Gregory Isaacs, Desmond Dekker, Beenie Man, Toots & the Maytals, Dennis Brown, Jimmy Cliff, Barrington Levy, John Holt, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Ken Boothe are a multitude of lesser-known performers whose work has often been overlooked in favour of their more widely recognised peers.

In addition, the set highlights the work of many of the island's most important record producers, from early pioneers such as Duke Reid, Leslie Kong and Lindon Pottinger, though to more recent creators, such as Sly & Robbie, Gussie Clarke and Phillip Fatis Burrell. (trojanrecords.com)

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VA - Freedom Sounds - 1962-2012
(5CD Trojan Records 2012)

CD1 Freedom Sounds

1. Freedom Street - Eric Donaldson & The Keystones
2. (This Is) My Country - Cornel Campbell
3. Rainbow Country - Bob Marley & The Wailers
4. Stepping Free - Bob Andy
5. Love And Unity - Michael Prophet
6. I Shall Be Released - The Heptones
7. Trod On - Culture
8. Keep Life Table Turning - Tyrone Taylor
9. Freedom Song - Third World
10. Shout It Out - Burning Spear
11. One People - Pablo Moses
12. My My People - Judy Mowatt
13. Born Free - Michael Rose & Black Uhuru
14. If I Could Rule This World - Alton Ellis
15. (We The People Who Are) Darker Than Blue - Lloyd Charmers
16. Get Up (extended version) - Jackie Edwards
17. Jamaica's National Heroes - Prince Far I



CD2 Jamaican Hits

18. Forward March - Derrick Morgan
19. You're The One (I Love) - Winston Samuels
20. Carry Go Bring Come - Justin Hinds & The Dominoes
21. 007 (Shanty Town) - Desmond Dekker & The Aces
22. Rock Steady - Alton Ellis & The Flames
23. 54 46 That's My Number - Toots & The Maytals
24. (Poor Me) Israelites - Desmond Dekker & The Aces
25. Wear You To The Ball - U Roy & John Holt
26. Cherry O Baby - Eric Donaldson
27. Trench Town Rock - Bob Marley & The Wailers
28. The Harder They Come - Jimmy Cliff
29. Marcus Garvey - Burning Spear
30. Two Sevens Clash - Culture
31. Police And Thieves - Junior Murvin
32. Uptown Top Ranking - Althea & Donna
33. Steppin' Out Of Babylon - Marcia Griffiths
34. Your Love's Gotta Hold On Me - Dennis Brown
35. Night Nurse - Gregory Isaacs
36. World A Music - Ini Kamoze
37. Girlie Girlie - Sophia George
38. I Wanna Wake Up With You - Boris Gardiner
39. Murder She Wrote - Chaka Demus & Pliers
40. Slam - Beenie Man



CD3 Pioneers

41. Rise Jamaica (Independence Is Here) - Al T. Joe
42. Confucius - Don Drummond & The Skatalites
43. Thunderball - Bobby Aitken & The Carib Beats
44. Wait For Me - The Vibrators
45. I Was Born A Loser - The Sensations
46. Bus Dem Shut - Bob Marley & The Wailers
47. Music Flames - Errol Brown
48. Flaming Rock Steady - Ernest Ranglin
49. I Really Love You - Clancy Eccles
50. Falling In Love (With You) - Rupie Edwards & The Virtues
51. Rhythm Hips (extended version) - Roland Russell & Eric Barnett
52. The Freedom Song - The Uniques
53. No Business Of Yours - George Williams
54. Love And Unity - Ken Boothe
55. Sound Of The Reggae - Richard Ace
56. Love Of The Common People (Jamaican mix) - Nicky Thomas
57. No Man Is An Island - Derrick Harriott
58. Tye Tye - The Chuckles
59. Scout Call (extended version) - King Khouchi, Tommy McCook & Bobby Ellis
60. Blood And Fire (extended version) - Niney & The Big Youth
61. Freedom Train - The Gladiators
62. Jordan River (extended version) - Maxie & Glen with Dennis Alcapone
63. Midnight Confessions (extended version) - Phyllis Dillon



CD4 Innovators

64. Brothers - The Heptones
65. None Shall Escape The Judgment - Johnny Clarke & King Tubbys
66. Big May - Bunny 'Rugs' Clarke
67. Natty Jestering - Carl Malcolm
68. Last Of The Jestering - Augustus Pablo
69. Treating Me So Bad - Toots & The Maytals
70. Going Back To Ethiopia - The Righteous Foundation
71. Bionic Dread - Dillinger
72. I'm So Proud - Pat Kelly
73. Weep And Mourn - Israel Vibration
74. Sea Of Love - Horace Andy
75. Free Up (The Ghetto Children) - Mystic Eyes
76. Skylarking (extended version) - Barrington Levy
77. Man Next Door - The Paragons
78. Rock And Come On - Johnny Osbourne
79. Your Heart's Desire - The Mighty Diamonds
80. Blood A Go Run - Leroy Brown
81. Respect Due - Charlie Chaplin
82. Never Give Up My Pri

CD5 Forgotten Treasures

83. It's In The Plan - The Planners
84. Lord A Massie Massie - The Spanishtonians
85. People Get Ready - The Carib-Beats
86. I'm In A Rocking Mood (alternate version) - Austin Faithful
87. Travelling Man (alternate version) - The Techniques
88. I'm A Soul Sufferer - Lloyd Williams
89. What You Gonna Do - Johnny Melody & The Slickers
90. Whip Them - The Little Wonder All Stars
91. Song Of The Year - The Sparkers
92. People Talking - The Starlighters
93. Frying Pan - The Slickers
94. Every Day Will Be Like A Holiday - Trevor & The Maytones
95. West Board Jungle - Paul Madden
96. A Taste Of Reggae - Ska Campbell
97. Live It Up - Hopeton Lewis
98. Bawling Baby - Glen Adams & The Upsetters
99. Let Your Yeah Be Yeah (Jamaican mix) - The Pioneers
100. Royal Cord - The Melodians
101. My Happy Home - The Prophets
102. Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) - Toots & The Maytals
103. Socialism Train - The Ethiopians
104. (Ode To) Billy Joe - Tommy McCook & The Specialists
105. What Kind Of World - Keble Drummond & The Cables
106. Chase The Devil (extended version) - Max Romeo & Prince Jazzbo
107. Jerusalem - Devon Irons
108. (It Looks Like) I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Delroy Wilson