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
