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Track listing

  1. "Rent Man / Resident Area" - Black Uhuru
    Black Uhuru
    Black Uhuru are a Jamaican reggae group formed in 1972, initially as Uhuru . The group has undergone several line-up changes over the years, with Duckie Simpson always maintaining group control and ownership...

     / Jah Grundy  – 7:18
  2. "Heavy Manners" - Prince Far-I  – 3:16
  3. "Rockers" - Glen Washington  – 2:34
  4. "Rockers Dub" - Joe Gibbs and The Professionals – 2:45
  5. "Navel String" - Dennis Walks  – 3:14
  6. "Band Yu Belly" - The Ethiopian  – 3:10
  7. "Maga Dog" (Version Two) - Peter Tosh
    Peter Tosh
    Peter Tosh, born Winston Hubert McIntosh , was a Jamaican reggae musician who was a core member of the band The Wailers , and who afterward had a successful solo career as well as being a promoter of Rastafari.Peter Tosh was born in Grange Hill, Jamaica, an illegitimate child to a mother too young...

      – 2:44
  8. "Money In My Pocket / Cool Running" - Dennis Brown
    Dennis Brown
    Dennis Emmanuel Brown was a Jamaican reggae singer. During his prolific career, which began in the late 1960s when he was aged eleven, he recorded more than 75 albums and was one of the major stars of lovers rock, a sub-genre of reggae...

    /Prince Mohammed  – 7:47
  9. "Natty Pass Him GCE" - Shorty The President  – 3:28
  10. "A Win Them" - Leo Graham  – 4:01
  11. "Heart And Soul" - Junior Byles
    Junior Byles
    Kerrie Byles is a reggae singer, born July 17, 1948 in Kingston, Jamaica.-The Versatiles:...

      – 3:01
  12. "Burn Babylon" - Sylford Walker
    Sylford Walker
    Sylford Walker is a Jamaican reggae singer who first recorded in the mid-1970s and, with reissues renewing interest in him, returned to recording and performing in the 21st century.-Biography:...

      – 6:40
  13. "Ghetto Living" - The Mighty Diamonds
    The Mighty Diamonds
    Mighty Diamonds are a Jamaican harmony trio, recording roots reggae with a strong Rastafarian influence. The group, which comprised Donald "Tabby" Shaw, Fitzroy "Bunny" Simpson, and Lloyd "Judge" Ferguson, was formed in 1969, and remains together as of 2010...

      – 3:37
  14. "In A Jah Children" - Dhaima  – 4:09
  15. "Things Not So Nice" - Ronald & Karl  – 3:01
  16. "Dem A Pyaka" - Culture
    Culture (band)
    Culture was a Jamaican roots reggae group founded in 1976. Originally they were known as the African Disciples.The members of the trio were Joseph Hill , Albert Walker and Kenneth Dayes ....

      – 3:40
  17. "Ram It" - Kojak and Liza  – 3:32

Personnel

  • Lloyd Parks
    Lloyd Parks
    Lloyd Parks is a reggae vocalist and bass player.-Biography:Parks' interest in music was fuelled by his uncle Dourie Bryan, who played in a calypso band, and Parks became the band's singer...

     – bass
  • Robert Shakespeare - bass
  • George Fullwood – bass
  • Sly Dunbar
    Sly Dunbar
    Lowell "Sly" Fillmore Dunbar is a drummer.-Biography:Dunbar, whose nickname was reportedly given for his passion for Sly & the Family Stone, launched his musical career while still in his adolescence, playing with a local group, The Yardbrooms, at the age of fifteen...

     – drums
  • Mikey "Boo" Richards – drums
  • Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace
    Leroy Wallace
    Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace is a Jamaican drummer who worked for several years at Studio One, and has worked with numerous reggae artists including The Gladiators, Inner Circle, Prince Far I, Sound Dimension, Gregory Isaacs, Burning Spear, Ijahman Levi and Pierpoljak. He starred as himself in the...

     – drums
  • Neville Grant – drums
  • Carlton Barrett
    Carlton Barrett
    Carlton "Carly" Barrett was an influential reggae drummer and percussion player. His musical development in the early years were with his brother Aston "Family Man" Barrett as a member of Lee "Scratch" Perry's "house band" The Upsetters. The brothers joined Bob Marley and The Wailers around 1970...

     – drums
  • Willie Lindo – guitar
  • Winston "Bopeep" Bowen – guitar
  • Valentine "Tony" Chin
    Valentine Chin
    Albert Valentine "Tony" Chin is a Jamaican guitarist, who has collaborated with many reggae artists including Burning Spear and Johnny Clarke. Chin is an original member of The Soul Syndicate, a backing band on countless reggae tracks, which evolved from The Rhythm Raiders. They recorded for Keith...

     – guitar
  • Earl "Chinna" Smith – guitar
  • Winston Wright – keyboards
  • Franklyn "Bubbler" Waul – keyboards
  • Harold Butler – keyboards – keyboards
  • Errol "Tarzan" Nelson – keyboards
  • Keith Sterling – keyboards
  • Gladstone Anderson
    Gladstone Anderson
    Gladstone Anderson , also known by his nickname "Gladdy", is a Jamaican pianist, keyboard player, and singer, who has played a major part in the island's musical history, playing a key role in defining the ska sound and the rocksteady beat, and playing on hundreds of recordings as a session...

     – keyboards
  • Dean Fraser
    Dean Fraser
    Dean Fraser is a Jamaican saxophonist who has contributed to hundreds of reggae recordings since the mid-1970s. He was awarded the Musgrave Medal by the Jamaican government in 1993 in recognition of his services to music.-Biography:Fraser started to play the clarinet at the age of 12...

     - saxophone
  • Ronald "Nambo" Robinson - trombone
  • Herman Marquis
    Herman Marquis
    Herman Marquis is a Jamaican saxophone musician who has played with many reggae artists including Burning Spear. He recorded for Arthur "Duke" Reid in the 1960s and was a member of The Revolutionaries and The Upsetters in the 1970s...

     – saxophone
  • Vincent Gordon - trombone
  • Tommy McCook
    Tommy McCook
    Tommy McCook was a Jamaican saxophonist. A founding member of The Skatalites, he also directed The Supersonics for Duke Reid, and backed many sessions for Bunny Lee or with The Revolutionaries at Channel One Studios in the 1970s.-Biography:McCook was born in Havana, Cuba, and moved to Jamaica in...

     - horns
  • Bobby Ellis
    Bobby Ellis
    Bobby Ellis born 2 July 1932, is a Jamaican trumpet player. He has worked with many reggae artists including Peter Tosh, Burning Spear, and The Revolutionaries.-Biography:...

     - trumpet
  • Uziah "Sticky" Thompson
    Uziah Thompson
    Uziah "Sticky" Thompson is a Jamaican percussionist, vocalist and deejay active since the late 1950s. He has worked with some of the best known performers of Jamaican music and played on hundreds of albums.-Biography:...

     – percussion
  • Ruddy Thomas
    Ruddy Thomas
    Ruddy Thomas was a Jamaican reggae singer, musician, and recording engineer, who had his greatest successes as a singer in the late 1970s and early 1980s with lovers rock songs.-Biography:...

    – percussion
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