The World of Reggae Music Collection: Reggae’s Superstars – The Lions of Jah (100 Singles from Reggae’s Finest)

The Jam-Tex selector will post a study and organization of the essential tracks of reggae music. The selector invites others to join in on the organization of these tracks.  Thus Jam-Tex presents “The World of Reggae Music Collection.” This collection of singles begins with the greatest roots reggae hits in a category  entitled “Reggae’s Superstars – The Lions of Jah.”

The Reggae Superstars category includes the section: “The Lions of Jah.” The Lions of Jah section includes the pillars of reggae music, such as Bob Marley & the Wailers, Burning Spear, Dennis Brown, Jimmy Cliff, Toots & the Maytals, Jacob Miller, Peter Tosh, Max Romeo, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Bunny Wailer, Desmond Dekker, Freddie McGregor, Horace Andy, Barrington Levy, Beres Hammond, and features supergroups like  Third World, Black Uhuru, Steel Pulse, and Culture. The grouping of songs includes classic vocal groups like the Mighty Diamonds, Wailing Souls, and the Itals, and early deejay and singjay sensations like Big Youth, Tenor Saw, and Half Pint.  Yet overall this category relies on the heavy hitters of reggae music like  John Holt, Gregory Isaacs, Lucky Dube, Johnny Osbourne, and Cornell Campbell.

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The Jam-Tex Selector presents…The World of Reggae Music Collection

Reggae’s Superstars: The Lions of Jah

1. Bob Marley & the Wailers – Get Up, Stand Up
2. Desmond Dekker - 007 (Shanty Town)
3. Toots & the Maytals – 54-46 That’s My Number
4. Peter Tosh – Steppin’ Razor
5. Jimmy Cliff – The Harder They Come
6. Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey
7. Burning Spear – The Ghost
8. Delroy Wilson – Better Must Come
9. Third World – Reggae Ambassador
10. Black Uhuru & the Revolutionaries – Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
11. Culture – Two Sevens Clash
12. Barrington Levy – Too Experienced
13. Lee “Scratch” Perry – Chase The Devil
14. Lee “Scratch” Perry – Disco Devil
15. Steel Pulse – Handsworth Revolution
16. Steel Pulse - Revolution Dub
17. Gregory Isaacs & Roots Radics – Night Nurse
18. Gregory Isaacs – Night Nurse Dub
19. Ini Kamoze – World-A-Music
20. Dennis Brown – Wolves and Leopards
21. Wailing Souls – Shark Attack
22. Mighty Diamonds – Right Time
23. Jacob Miller & Inner Circle – Westbound Train
24. Horace Andy – Skylarking
25. Freddie McGregor – Big Ship
26. Max Romeo & the Upsetters – War Ina Babylon
27. Israel Vibration - Get Up and Go
28. John Holt – Strange Things
29. Lucky Dube – We Love It
30. Toots & the Maytals – Funky Kingston
31. Jacob Miller & Inner Circle – We A Rockers
32. Bob Marley & the Wailers – Rebel Music (Three O’Clock Roadblock)
33. Burning Spear – Columbus
34. Jimmy Cliff – You Can Get It If You Really Want
35. Barrington Levy – Saw Red
36. Peter Tosh – Whatcha Gonna Do
37. Steel Pulse – Uncle George
38. Dennis Brown – Here I Come
39. The Heptones – Book of Rules
40. Cornell Campbell – The Gorgon
41. Mighty Diamonds – Identity
42. Beres Hammond & Zap Pow – Last War
43. Toots & the Maytals - Time Tough
44. Culture – Iron Sharpening Iron
45. Dennis Brown – Stop the Fussing & Fighting
46. Steel Pulse – Ravers
47. Half Pint – Level The Vibes
48. Beres Hammond – They Gonna Talk
49. John Holt & the Aggravators – You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine/Version
50. Jacob Miller & U-Brown – Keep On Knocking
51. Bunny Wailer – Blackheart Man
52. The Heptones – Party Time
53. Bob Andy – I’ve Got To Go Back Home
54. Burning Spear - The Invasion (Aka Black Wa Da Da)
55. The Itals – In A Dis Ya Time/ Harbour View Rock
56. Bob Marley & the Wailers – Is This Love
57. Johnny Osbourne & the Sensations – Come Back Darling
58. The Pioneers – Long Shot
59. Toots & the Maytals – Pressure Drop
60. Black Uhuru – Party Next Door
61. Gregory Isaacs – Sad To Know (You’re Leaving)
62. Peter Tosh – Wanted Dread And Alive (2002 Digital Remaster)
63. Cornell Campbell – Queen Of The Minstrel
64. Big Youth – Livin’
65. Burning Spear – Rise Up
66. Tenor Saw – Lots of Sign
67. Tenor Saw – Lots of Dub
68. Black Uhuru – Black Uhuru Anthem
69. Jacob Miller – Mixed Up Moods
70. Steel Pulse – Blues Dance Raid (LP Version)
71. Barrington Levy, Kojak & Liza – My Woman/ Ten Thousand Woman
72. Bob Marley & the Wailers – Rat Race
73. Jimmy Cliff – Struggling Man
74. The Heptones – Fattie Fattie
75. Horace Andy – Nice And Easy
76. Horace Andy – Nice and Easy Dub
77. Mighty Diamonds – Have Mercy
78. Trinity – All Gone
79. Black Uhuru – Rent Man
80. Sammy Dread – My Princess
81. Chalice – Good to Be There
82. Culture & Shorty the President – See Them A Come/ Natty Pass Him G.C.E.
83. Cornell Campbell – Boxing Around
84. Glen Washington – Rockers (Nuh Crackers)
85. Johnny Ousborne – Truths and Rights
86. John Holt – Strange Things
87. Dennis Brown – What About The Half
88. Jimmy Riley – Love And Devotion
89. Burning Spear – Jordan River
90. Third World – Roots With Quality
91. The Itals – Brutal Out Deh
92. Peter Tosh - Why Must I Cry
93. Culture – Lion Rock
94. Barrington Levy – My Time
95. Steel Pulse - Back To My Roots / Dub To My Roots
96. Gregory Isaacs – Stranger In Town
97. Dennis Brown – Ghetto Girl
98. The Wailing Souls – War Deh Round A John Shop
99. Jacob Miller – Chapter A Day
100. Beres Hammond – What One Dance Can Do
101. Max Romeo - One Step Forward (Album Version)
102. Lucky Dube - Prisoner
103. Israel Vibration - Back Staba
104. Lee “Scratch” Perry & the Heptones – Why Must I (Version)
105. Ed Robinson – Rude Awakening
106. Aswad – Love Fire
107. Aswad – Dub Fire
108. Jimmy Cliff - Treat The Youths Right
109. Gregory Isaacs – Innocent People Cry