Various Artists: Best of Tighten Up Reggae 1 – VINYL LP

Title: Best of Tighten Up Reggae 1
Artist: Various Artists
Label: Sanctuary Records
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 881034134585
Genre: Reggae
Release Date: 2015-06-16
Number of Discs: 1

Vinyl LP pressing, an installment in a series of newly created Trojan Records compilations celebrating the 2015 re-launch of the label. When Reggae burst onto the Jamaican music scene late in 1968, the style was anything but the cool, laid-back sound many people now associate with the genre. These early recordings were notable for their pulsating, rapid tempo, and acquired a title of its own, Boss or Tighten Up Reggae Features 12 classic tracks from John Holt, The Beltones, Max Romeo, Richard Ace, The Reggae Boys, Stranger Cole & Lester Sterling, Phyllis Dillon & Hopeton Lewis, The Inspirations and others. Legendary reggae sounds on vinyl again!

Tracks:
1.1 No More Heartaches – the Beltones
1.2 Tighten Up – the Inspirations
1.3 Wet Dream – Max Romeo
1.4 Bangarang – Stranger Cole ; Lester Sterling
1.5 Cuss Cuss – Lloyd Robinson
1.6 John Jones – Rudy Mills
1.7 Sufferer – the Kingstonians
1.8 Right Track – Phyllis Dillon ; Hopeton Lewis
1.9 Fatty Fatty – Clancy Eccles
1.10 Ali Baba – John Holt
1.11 Hang Em High – Richard Ace
1.12 Mama Look Deh – the Reggae Boys