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Various Artists - Best of Tighten Up Reggae 1 [New Vinyl LP]

Artist: Various Artists

Title: Best of Tighten Up Reggae 1

Format: Vinyl LP

Genre: Reggae

UPC: 881034134585

Release Date: 2015

Record Label: Sanctuary Records

Album Tracks

1. No More Heartaches - the Beltones
2. Tighten Up - the Inspirations
3. Wet Dream - Max Romeo
4. Bangarang - Stranger Cole & Lester Sterling
5. Cuss Cuss - Lloyd Robinson
6. John Jones - Rudy Mills
7. Sufferer - the Kingstonians
8. Right Track - Phyllis Dillon & Hopeton Lewis
9. Fatty Fatty - Clancy Eccles
10. Ali Baba - John Holt
11. Hang Em High - Richard Ace
12. Mama Look Deh - the Reggae Boys

Vinyl LP pressing, an installment in a series of newly created Trojan Records compilations celebrating the 2015 re-launch of the label. When Reggae burst onto the Jamaican music scene late in 1968, the style was anything but the cool, laid-back sound many people now associate with the genre. These early recordings were notable for their pulsating, rapid tempo, and acquired a title of its own, Boss or Tighten Up Reggae Features 12 classic tracks from John Holt, The Beltones, Max Romeo, Richard Ace, The Reggae Boys, Stranger Cole & Lester Sterling, Phyllis Dillon & Hopeton Lewis, The Inspirations and others. Legendary reggae sounds on vinyl again!