Various - REGGAE POWER - 2xCD

J.J. Johnson was a record shop owner, jukebox businessman, and one of the leading music producers in Jamaica in the late 1960s. This double CD gives a comprehensive overview of his work between 1968 and 1972 with numerous greats of the reggae scene and many hits that appear here on CD for the first time.

TRACKS:

DISC ONE: REGGAE POWER 1968-1970
1. DANCE UP THE REGGAE – Roy Shirley
2. MIX IT UP – The Kingstonians
3. LOVE IS NOT YOUR GAME – V. Vinstrick*
4. ONE DOLLAR OF MUSIC – The J.J. All Stars
5. I’LL MAKE IT UP – Carl Dawkins
6. MUSICAL PRIEST – Roy Shirley
7. BIGGER BOSS – Cool Sticky & Ansel Collins
8. LIVE LIFE – The Vibrators
9. I’LL BE AROUND – The Kingstonians
10. FIVE MILES HIGH – Winston Wright*
11. GLAD YOU’RE LIVING – Stranger Cole
12. BRIGHT LIFE – Roy Shirley
13. R.F.K. – The J.J. All Stars
14. ISRAEL MUST WIN – The Ethiopians*
15. GOT TO BE FREE – The Rulers
16. NECK TIE – Winston Wright
17. THE ONLY GIRL – Carl Dawkins*
18. I LIKE YOUR SMILE – Roy Shirley
19. MEMPHIS UNDERGROUND – The J.J. All Stars
20. HERE YAH – The Scorchers
21. HELP WANTED – Stranger Cole
22. MANGO TREE – Ansel Collins
23. HERE I COME – The Ethiopians
24. SATISFACTION – Carl Dawkins
25. POPPY COCK – Winston Wright
26. WHAT A SITUATION – The Rulers
27. ROOK MA DINE – The Ethiopians
28. THE REMOVERS – Ansel Collins
29. CABBAGE LEAF – Val Bennett
DISC TWO: WRECK IT UP 1970-1972
1. THIS LAND – Carl Dawkins*
2. TRY TO BE HAPPY – The Clarendonians*
3. DROP HIM – The Ethiopians
4. VERSION DROP – The J.J. All Stars
5. COOLIE MAN – The Cambodians*
6. GET TOGETHER – Carl Dawkins
7. INSTALMENT NO.3 – Family Man
8. NUMBER ONE VERSION – Tony*
9. WRECK IT UP VERSION – The J.J. All Stars*
10. COME ALONG – The Clarendonians*
11. I’LL NEVER BE BLUE – Carl Dawkins*
12. I’LL NEVER BE BLUE (INSTR.) – The J.J. All Stars*
13. DON’T GO (ALT. VERSION) – The Ethiopians*
14. MAKE GOOD – Stranger & Gladdy
15. PUT IT GOOD – The Bleechers
16. PERSEVERANCE – Carl Dawkins*
17. HE’S NOT A REBEL – The Ethiopians
18. NYAH MAN STORY – The Linkers
19. LION’S DEN – The Kingstonians
20. I FEEL GOOD – Carl Dawkins*
21. SELAH – The Ethiopians
22. SELAH – The J.J. All Stars
23. ROCKING TO ETHIOPIA – Dennis Alcapone
24. HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART – Carl Dawkins*
25. SLIM GIRL – The Kingstonians*
26. I’M A BELIEVER – The Ethiopians
27. MY WHOLE WORLD HAS ENDED – Carl Dawkins*
28. SOUP – Lloyd Young
29. COLLECTING COINS – The J.J. All Stars

* NEW TO CD