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After making their recording debut during the rock steady era of the late sixties, the Gladiators enjoyed modest success before commencing a hugely successful working relationship with Kingston-based producer ‘Prince Tony’ Robinson in 1976.
Over the next few years, the trio of Albert Griffiths, Clinton Fearon and Gallimore Sutherland recorded an array of superb roots reggae sides for Robinson, most of which were issued outside their native Jamaica by Virgin Records.
The best of these recordings subsequently featured on 3 popular long players: ‘Trenchtown Mix Up’ (1976), ‘Proverbial Reggae’ (1978), ‘Naturality’ (1979), while a fourth, self-produced LP, ‘Sweet So Till’ ensured that as the decade drew to a close, the Gladiators were firmly established as one of reggae music’s leading acts.
Yet despite the long-standing popularity of their work, only 3 of this quartet of albums have to date been rereleased in any format, with the outstanding ‘Naturality’ inexplicably unavailable since the year of its original issue.
Now, at long last, all four of these magnificent LPs, plus both sides from a highly sought-after Virgin single, are brought together to comprise this truly essential collection of roots reggae classics, performed by one of its most accomplished exponents.
Tracklist
Trenchtown Mix Up
1-1 Mix Up
1-2 Bellyfull
1-3 Looks Is Deceiving
1-4 Chatty Chatty Mouth
1-5 Soul Rebel
1-6 Eli Eli
1-7 Hearsay
1-8 Rude Boy Ska
1-9 Know Yourself Makind
1-10 Thief In The Night
1-11 Hello Carol
Bonus Tracks
1-12 Pocket Money (Discomix)
1-13 Evil Doers (7" Mix)
Proverbial Reggae
1-14 Jah Works
1-15 The Best Things In Life
1-16 Dreadlocks The Time Is Now
1-17 Fly Away
1-18 Marvel Not
1-19 Stick A Bush
1-20 Stop Before You Go
1-21 Can You Imagine How I Feel
1-22 We'll Find The Blessing
1-23 Music Makers From Jamaica
Naturality
2-1 Naturality
2-2 Struggle
2-3 Write To Me
2-4 Counting My Blessings
2-5 Get Ready
2-6 Praises To The Most High
2-7 Nyahbinghi Marching On
2-8 Dry Your Weeping Eyes
2-9 Greatest Love
2-10 Exodus
Sweet So Till
2-11 Sweet So Till
2-12 No Disturbance
2-13 A Day We Go
2-14 Let Jah Be Praised
2-15 Red, Gold And Green
2-16 Back Yard Meditation
2-17 Press Along
2-18 Merrily
2-19 Holiday Ride