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• Includes numerous tracks new to CD.
• Ties in with 420 annual celebrations.
• Features some of Jamaica’s finest talents.
Over the past half century cannabis has provided a major source of inspiration for many Jamaican music-makers, as reflected in the sheer volume of tracks extolling its virtues that have seen release since the 1970s.
Variously known as ‘marijuana’, ‘herb’, ‘weed’, ‘collie’ and ‘ganja’, the plant has long since been revered as a sacred herb by followers of the Rastafari faith, who believe its meditative qualities opens the mind, cleanses the soul of impurities, and provides divine inspiration.
Among those to literally sing its praises was the legendary Bob Marley, but he was by no means alone, with almost every major Jamaican songsmith of note penning and performing material dedicated to the blessed herb.
This is effectively demonstrated on this 2CD set, which brings together 46 of the best-known recordings championing ganja from the 70s and early 80s, with the first disc comprising vocal cuts from such Jamaican musical giants as Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Horace Andy, Linval Thompson, Dillinger and Johnny Clarke.
Tracklist
DISC ONE
1. Jah T - Lick The Pipe Peter Part 4
2. Leroy ‘Horsemouth’ Wallace - Herb Vendor
3. Horace Andy - Better Calley aka Better Collie
4. The Reggae Crusaders - Bring The Couchie Come
5. Bunny & Ricky - Bushweed Corntrash
6. Johnny Clarke - Collie Dread
7. Lee Perry - Free Up The Weed
8. Trinity & Dillinger - Rizla Skank
9. Linval Thompson - I Love Marijuana
10. Ranking Dread - Marijuana In My Soul
11. Big Joe - Smoke Marijuana
12. Dillinger - Marijuana In My Brain
13. Ronnie Davis - Kaya
14. Dawn & Christine - Free Marijuana
15. Horace Andy - Good Collie Weed
16. Barrington Levy - Collie Weed
17. Prince Far I - Lambs Bread Collie
18. Charlie Ace & Fay – Sexy Mama
19. Tristan Palmer - Joker Smoker
20. Barrington Levy - Sensimelea
21. Mike Brooks - Sensi Man
22. Cornel Campbell - 100 Lb Of Collie
23. Johnny Osbourne - Bring The Sensi Come
24. Charlie Chaplin - Chalice
DISC TWO
1. The Upsetters - Kutchi Skank
2. The Observers - One Train Load Of Dub
3. Joe White - Peace Pipe Dub
4. The Upsetters - Callying Butt
5. Niney & The Observers - Couchie Dub
6. Joe White - Ashanti Ganja
7. Leslie Butler - Ganja
8. King Tubby & The Aggrovators - Collie Version
9. Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators - Lamb’s Bread Herb
10. The Ethiopian Eunochs - East African Herb Vendor
11. The Revolutionaries - Jamaican Colley (Version)
12. The Aggrovators - Kaya Dub
13. The Soul Syndicate - Good Good Collie Dub
14. The Revolutionaries - Legal Version
15. Herbman Dub - The Soul Syndicate
16. Sly & The Revolutionaries - Collie
17. King Jammy - Good Collie Dub
18. Marijuana - Sly & The Revolutionaries
19. Herbs Man Special - Charlie Ace All Stars
20. Sly & The Revolutionaries - Herb
21. King Tubby & The Aggrovators - 100 Lbs Of Collie
22. Scientist & The Roots Radics - Cannabis Dub