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The 2LP package in a gatefold cover, featuring stunning photos and detailed liner notes by Dave Hendley, is available again for a limited time in a special edition! With this release of 36 essential recordings, VP Records had already paid a worthy tribute to the Jamaican institution back in 2004 - After all, Channel One was the number one studio on the island for nearly 10 years (1974-1984) and its productions had a historical impact on music that stood shoulder to shoulder with that of Studio One and Treasure Isle in the 1960s.
Included are original tracks from major artists such as Barrington Levy, Delroy Wilson, Dillinger, Clint Eastwood, The Mighty Diamonds, John Holt, Yellowman, and many more, as well as the recordings of Jamaica's very first 12-inch maxi-single release -- the extended versions of The Jays & Ranking Trevor - Truly Deejay Mix (a cover of the Marcia Griffiths classic) and Queen Majesty, the reggae version of the Curtis Mayfield song.
Tracklist
A1 The Mighty Diamonds– I Need A Roof
A2 Michael Palmer– Don't Smoke The Seed
A3 The Mighty Diamonds– Right Time
A4 Don Carlos (2)– Natty Dread Have Credentials
A5 Lone Ranger– Natty Burial
A6 Meditations*– Woman Is Like A Shadow
B1 Sammy Dread– Road Block
B2 Revolutionaries*– Burial
B3 Wailing Soul*– Things & Time
B4 Dillinger– Cokane In My Brain
B5 Barry Brown– Far East
B6 Dillinger– C.B 200
C1 I Roy*– Welding
C2 Frankie Paul– Worries In The Dance
C3 Yellowman– Herbman Smuggling
C4 Barrington Levy– Dances Are Changes
C5 Sugar Minott– Show Me That You Love Me Girl
C6 Ernest Wilson– I Know Myself
D1 Rankin Trevor*– Truly (Dj Mix)
D2 The Tamlins– Hard To Confess
D3 Leroy Smart– Ballistic Affair
D4 John Holt– Satisfaction
D5 Dillinger– Ragnampiza
D6 Revolutionaries*– M.P.L.A
E1 Revolutionaries*– Death In The Arena
E2 Clint Eastwood– Prema Ballerina
E3 Delroy Wilson– Sharing The Night Together
E4 Sugar Minott– Babylon
E5 Little John– Smoke Ganja Hard
E6 Junior Byles– Fade Away
F1 The Jays & Rankin Trevor*– Queen Majesty
F2 Leroy Smart– Without Love
F3 John Holt– Up Park Camp
F4 The Jays– Yaho
F5 Super Chick– Roach Killer
F6 Lone Ranger– M. 16