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Trojan 70’s Box Set -  TJEDT192

Well I am afraid that most of this is pretty dreadful – insipid reworkings of 70’s pop tunes.  Sometimes with retrospectives gorgeous missed items are found in the vaults.  Regrettably I cannot report that this is the case here.  The crème has already come to the top as the better tracks – indeed they are good – Paul Davidson Midnight Rider, Ken Boothe – Everything I own, derrick Harriett 18 with a bullett.

Unfortunately even the big names like Toots or Max Romeo for example do not save it or the ones that usually save it for me the male vocal groups like the fabulous Five or the Sensations.  The only other tracks worthy of a mention (in my humble opinion) are an excellent Mighty Clouds of Joy Lloyd Parks (probably th ebest track on the album).  So out of 50 tracks there’s about 4! Sorry.

Various Artists: Trojan Seventies Box Set (TJETD192)

 

Format: Treble CD album
Released: Jul 19 2004
Availability: In stock: immediate despatch
Price: £12.99




Ensuring this compilation fully lives up to its name, both the original versions and the Reggae interpretations featured date from that golden era. Discs 1 and 2 focus upon the music that dominated the US Billboard charts during the first half of the decade, while Disc 3 features a mixture of songs first made popular by performers both sides of the Atlantic. The result is a fascinating and eminently entertaining collection of music and, with most songs familiar to even the most indifferent music fan, the set should appeal to a broad range of buyers.

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Tracklisting

  George 2-CD SET

  DISC 1

  Fire And Rain - The Gaylads - Listen

  Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight - Sharon Forrester - Listen

  You've Got A Friend - Cynthia Richards & Irving Brown - Listen

  It's Too Late - Noel 'Bunny' Brown - Listen

  Rock And Roll Lullaby - Jimmy London - Listen

  Laughter In The Rain - Pluto Shervington - Listen

  Play Me - Marcia Griffiths - Listen

  Cracklin' Rosie - Max Romeo - Listen

  Solitary Man - Skin, Flesh & Bones - Listen

  Cecilia - Keeling Beckford - Listen

  Why Don't You Write Me - Adina Edwards - Listen

  Keep The Customers Satisfied - Bob & Marcia - Listen

  Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Honeyboy Martin - Listen

  Midnight Rider - Paul Davidson - Listen

  Put Your Hand In The Hand - Brent Dowe - Listen

  Joy To The World - Judy Mowatt - Listen

  DISC 2

  Make It With You - Little Roy - Listen

  Baby I'm A Want You - John Holt - Listen

  Everything I Own (45 Mix) - Ken Boothe - Listen

  Listen To The Music - Irving 'Al' Brown - Listen

  Mighty Clouds Of Joy - Lloyd Parks - Listen

  For The Good Times - Lloyd Charmers - Listen

  Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) - Lloyd Charmers - Listen

  Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me - Hopeton Lewis - Listen

  Words (Are Impossible) - Cynthia Schloss - Listen

  Kiss An Angel Good Morning - Ken Parker - Listen

  Beautiful Sunday (Instrumental) - Ansel Collins & The Thorough-Breds - Listen

  Sylvia's Mother - Eric Donaldson & The West Indians - Listen

  Candida - Bruce Ruffin - Listen

  Knock Three Times - Brent Dowe - Listen

  What Are You Doing Sunday - Bobby Davis & The Sensations - Listen

  I Woke Up In Love This Morning - Max Romeo - Listen

  I'd Love You To Want Me - Ernie Smith - Listen

  DISC 3

  One Bad Apple - Barry Biggs - Listen

  Love Me For A Reason - The Fabulous Five - Listen

  Everything Is Beautiful - Harris 'B.B.' Seaton - Listen

  Close To You - Yvonne & Lisa - Listen

  Yesterday Once More - Beverley - Listen

  (Sitting On) Top Of The World - Keith Lyn - Listen

  City Of New Orleans - Hopeton Lewis - Listen

  Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast - The Sensations - Listen

  Mammy Blue - Ken Boothe - Listen

  Take Me Home Country Roads - Toots & The Maytals - Listen

  Tonight - Vic Taylor - Listen

  Alone Again, Naturally - The Now Generation - Listen

  Eighteen With A Bullet - Derrick Harriott - Listen

  Candle In The Wind - Eric Donaldson - Listen

  The Last Farewell - Jackie Edwards - Listen

  United We Stand - Cynthia Richards & Nicky Thomas - Listen

  In The Summertime - Tomorrow's Children - Listen

 

 

 

 

 

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