This Is Ska and Reggae Roots

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▼ Medium 1
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Small Axe recording engineer: Sylvan Morris producer: Chris Blackwell (Island Records), Lee “Scratch” Perry and The Wailers (’60s – ’70s Jamaican Reggae band of Wailer, Marley & Tosh) mixer: Phill Brown (UK engineer) and Tony Platt (UK engineer and producer) recording of: Small Axe lyricist and composer: Bob Marley (Jamaican reggae artist) publisher: Fifty Six Hope Road	Bob Marley	4.4	3:59
2	She's Alright	The Skeletones	3	3:39
3	Gangsters recording of: Gangsters writer: John Bradbury (UK drummer for The Specials/General Public), Roderick James Byers, Jerry Dammers, Lynval Golding, Terry Hall, Horace Panter and Neville Staple arranger: Jerry Dammers version of: Al Capone	The Specials		3:19
4	Big 6	Judge Dread		2:49
5	Free Yourself	The Untouchables		3:51
6	Silver World	Dennis Brown		2:51
7	Storybook Children	Gregory Isaacs		3:27
8	Tell Me Something Good	Lee “Scratch” Perry & The Upsetters		3:27
9	400 Years performer: Peter Tosh	Bob Marley		2:35
10	Rude Boy Gone Jail	Special Skank feat. Neville Staple		4:40
11	Treat Me Like a King	John Holt		2:41
12	Cus Cus	Horace Andy		2:36
13	Tu-Sheng Peng	U Brown		3:27
14	Roman Soldiers of Babylon	Freddie McGregor		2:55
15	We Are Africa	Sly & Robbie		3:16

▼ Medium 2
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	A Message to You Rudy producer: Elvis Costello guest trombone: Rico Rodriguez (Jamaican trombonist) part of: Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 132) cover recording of: A Message to You, Rudy writer: Dandy Livingstone and Lee “Scratch” Perry	The Specials	4	2:51
2	New Rude Boy	Trinity		3:35
3	It's Alright recording of: It’s Alright lyricist and composer: Bob Marley (Jamaican reggae artist) publisher: Blue Mountain Music, Jamrec Music and Rondor Music (London) Ltd.	Bob Marley		2:40
4	Be Alright	The Untouchables		2:47
5	Sugar Baby	Freddie McGregor		3:11
6	Pretty Little Cottage	The Heptones		4:05
7	Rivers of Babylon	Don Carlos		3:23
8	Leave Rastaman Alone	Horace Andy		4:14
9	Big 7	Judge Dread		3:20
10	Ghost Town recording of: Ghost Town lyricist and composer: Jerry Dammers	The Specials		5:20
11	We're Just Friends	Don Hickey		3:34
12	100 Street	Augustus Pablo		4:04
13	Silver Words	Ken Boothe		2:50
14	Thief a Man	Gregory Isaacs		4:05

▼ Medium 3
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Mr. Brown recording engineer: Errol Thompson (Jamaican reggae/dub producer & engineer) producer: Lee “Scratch” Perry publisher: Trojan Records recorded at: Studio 17 in Jamaica recording of: Mr. Brown (in 1971-01) lyricist and composer: Bob Marley (Jamaican reggae artist) publisher: Rondor Music (London) Ltd.	Bob Marley	4	3:31
2	Roots Man Skanking	Freddie McGregor		3:22
3	Lonely Man	Gregory Isaacs		2:51
4	Love Story	Clint Eastwood		2:34
5	Africa	Dennis Brown		3:37
6	Cool Operator	Dillinger		2:49
7	Island in the Stream	Owen Gray		2:27
8	She Need Me	Sassafrass		4:24
9	Stick by Me	Sly & Robbie		4:04
10	Alive & Sounding	Augustus Pablo		3:21
11	The Ark	Yellowman		3:11
12	On the Beach	Jackie Edwards		2:35
13	Huzza a Hana	Lee “Scratch” Perry & The Upsetters		2:40
14	Fussing & Fighting recording of: Fussing and Fighting lyricist and composer: Lee “Scratch” Perry publisher: Bronjo Music	Bob Marley		3:25

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ASIN:	US: B0009VI4PI [info]

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Format:: 3×(unknown)
Length:: 2:24:21

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Type:: Album + Compilation
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data Quality:: Normal

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United States
2005-07-04

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