Virgin Front Line: Sounds (5CD)
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Virgin Front Line: Sounds (5CD)
[ Virgin Records / 5 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 15 August 2014
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On 10th March 1978 Virgin Records launched a label that throughout the remainder of the decade would set the benchmark for Roots Reggae: Front Line. In the space of just under two years, some 46 albums and 26 singles saw issue on the iconic imprint, with its releases consistently of the highest calibre, and rating among the very best music Jamaica had to offer.
Front Line's brief but glorious existence as the world's greatest Roots Reggae label is celebrated with this deluxe box set, which across its 5 discs features many of Jamaica's greatest talents, performing 92 of the most enduring Roots, Dub, Lovers Rock and DJ sounds of the seventies, with over 31 tracks new to CD, of which a third are previously unissued. Also included in the package is a 52 page booklet, which opens with a typically captivating foreword from John Lydon, whose talent scouting trip to Jamaica with Richard Branson early in 1978 was key to Virgin's acquisition of some of the finest Reggae recordings of the era.
Peppered with fascinating imagery, including numerous previously unseen shots from the trip taken by world renowned photographer Dennis Morris, every key episode during Front Line's brief yet glorious history is disclosed, courtesy of fascinating anecdotes from Don Letts, the label's original manager Jumbo Vanrenen and its designer Brian Cooke, whose original drafts for the iconic imprint are revealed for the first time ever.
As an added bonus, the set also contains four high quality reproductions of classic posters from the seventies, as well as a car sticker, based on the now impossibly rare Front Line Rockers badge from 1976. This, the most comprehensive collection of Front Line tracks ever to see issue, pays due homage to the legendary label and flawlessly illustrates just why continues to be widely revered by Reggae fans around the world, more than 36 years after its launch.
Tracks:
Disc 1
1. Mighty Diamonds - Right Time (2001 Digital Remaster)
2. U-Roy - Natty Rebel (2001 Digital Remaster)
3. Johnny Clarke - Declaration Of Rights (2000 Digital Remaster)
4. I-Roy - Don't Touch I Man Locks (1991 Digital Remaster)
5. The Gladiators - Looks Is Deceiving (2000 Digital Remaster)
6. Delroy Washington - Freedom Fighters (2002 Digital Remaster)
7. U-Roy - The Great Psalms (1990 Digital Remaster)
8. Keith Hudson - Civilisation (2002 Digital Remaster)
9. The Gladiators - Know Yourself Mankind (2000 Digital Remaster)
10. Mighty Diamonds - Africa (2001 Digital Remaster)
11. U-Roy - Runaway Girl (1990 Digital Remaster)
12. The Revolutionaries - Killer Dub (Remastered)
13. Mighty Diamonds - Have Mercy (2001 Digital Remaster)
14. I-Roy - Musical Shark Attack (2001 Digital Remaster)
15. Keith Hudson - Thank You Baby (2002 Digital Remaster)
16. Johnny Clarke - I Wish It Could Go On Forever (2000 Digital Remaster)
17. Mighty Diamonds - Shame And Pride (2001 Digital Remaster)
18. The Gladiators - Chatty Chatty Mouth (2000 Digital Remaster)
19. Johnny Clarke - Roots, Natty Roots, Natty Congo (2001 Digital Remaster)
20. Delroy Washington - Give All The Praise To Jah (2002 Digital Remaster)
21. Poet And The Roots - It Dread Inna Inglan (For George Lindo) (2000 Digital Remaster)
22. Mighty Diamonds - Planet Called Earth (Extended Version)
Disc 2
1. The Gladiators - Jah Works (2002 Digital Remaster)
2. U Brown - Natty Dread Upon A Mountain Top
3. The Twinkle Brothers - I Love You So (2001 Digital Remaster)
4. Prince Far I - Foggy Road (2000 Digital Remaster)
5. Sly Dunbar - Mr Bassie (Remaster 1991)
6. Prince Hammer - Sister Bella
7. Althea & Donna - Make A Truce (2001 Digital Remaster)
8. Poet And The Roots - Dread Beat An' Blood (2000 Digital Remaster)
9. Ranking Trevor - Rub A Dub Style (2001 Digital Remaster)
10. Culture - Holy Mount Zion (2000 Digital Remaster)
11. Tapper Zukie - Tribute To Steve Biko (2002 Digital Remaster)
12. Big Youth - Love We A Deal With
13. I-Roy - Jordan River (2000 Digital Remaster)
14. Jah Lloyd - Cocaine
15. The Gladiators - Dreadlocks The Time Is Now (2002 Digital Remaster)
16. The Twinkle Brothers - Free Africa (2001 Digital Remaster)
17. Prince Far I - No More War (1991 Digital Remaster)
18. Joyella Blade - Cairo
19. Prince Hammer - Bible
20. I-Roy - Fire Stick (2000 Digital Remaster)
21. Jah Lloyd - Dis Ya Sounds
22. Tapper Zukie - She Want A Phensic (Dangerous Woman) (2001 Digital Remaster)
Disc 3
1. Gregory Isaacs - Lonely Girl (2001 Digital Remaster)
2. Sly Dunbar - Mr Music (Remaster 2001)
3. Mighty Diamonds - 4000 Years (2002 Digital Remaster)
4. I-Roy - Fire In A Wire (Extended Version)
5. The Twinkle Brothers - Jahoviah (2002 Digital Remaster)
6. The Gladiators - Get Ready (1990 Digital Remaster)
7. U-Roy - I Got To Tell You Goodbye (2000 Digital Remaster)
8. Culture - I Tried (2001 Digital Remaster)
9. Prince Far I - Borno (Dub; 2001 Digital Remaster)
10. The Abyssinians - South African Enlistment (2002 Digital Remastered)
11. Tapper Zukie - Oh Lord (2001 Digital Remaster)
12. Sly Dunbar - Rasta Fiesta (2001 Digital Remaster)
13. The Twinkle Brothers - Distant Drums (Short Version)
14. U Brown - Weather Balloon (2002 Digital Remaster)
15. The Gladiators - Holiday Ride (2002 Remaster)
16. Culture - Natty Never Get Weary (2000 Digital Remaster)
17. The Abyssinians - Hey You (2002 Digital Remastered)
18. Gregory Isaacs - Let's Dance (1990 Digital Remaster)
19. Big Youth - Upful One
20. The Twinkle Brothers - Keep On Trying (2002 Digital Remaster)
21. Jah Lloyd - Green Bay Incident
Disc 4
1. U-Roy - Small Axe (2001 Digital Remaster)
2. The Twinkle Brothers - Africa (12" Mix)
3. Doctor Alimantado - Slavery Let It Go
4. The Gladiators - Pocket Money (Discomix)
5. U Brown - Black Star Liner (Extended Version)
6. Althea & Donna - Going To Negril (12'' Version)
7. I-Roy - Hill And Gully (12" Mix)
8. Mighty Diamonds - Bodyguard (Extended)
9. Gregory Isaacs - Soon Forward (2001 Digital Remaster)
10. Sly Dunbar - A Who Say (Remaster 1991/ Extended Version)
11. The Twinkle Brothers - Jah Kingdom Come (12" Mix)
12. U-Roy - Chalice In The Palace / Wear You To The Ball (Live From The Lyceum,United Kingdom / 1976)
Disc 5
DISC 5: FROM THE VAULTS
1. In This Time - The Mighty Diamonds
2. Tune In (12" mix) - Gregory Isaacs
3. Can't Study The Rastaman - Culture
4. Throw Away Your Gun (12" mix) - Prince Far I
5. Bone Dub - Jah Lloyd the Black Lion
6. I Don't Want To Be Lonely Anymore (12" mix) - The Twinkle Brothers
7. Jah Loves (alt. take) - The Abyssinians
8. Selassie I - Delroy Washington
9. Hip Hug (12" mix) - Vivian Weathers
10. It Mek - Althea & Donna
11. All Wi Doin' Is Defendin' (12" mix) - Poet & the Roots
12. I Need A Roof (12" mix) - The Mighty Diamonds
13. Mr. Brown (12" mix) - Gregory Isaacs
14. Black Rose - Culture
15. Virgin Rock - Keith Hudson
