The World of Reggae Music Collection–Vintage Reggae: The Early Years

World of Reggae Music Collection: Vintage Reggae

The Early Years

The Jam-Tex selector digs deeper into the reggae genre, focusing in on some of reggae’s earliest hits. Positive vibrations drip from songs like Dobby Dobson’s “Loving Pauper” and The Pioneers‘ “Let Your Yeah Be Yeah.”  Reggae legends Bob Marley & The Wailers, Toots & The Maytals, and Delroy Wilson all laid down foundational tracks during this early period of reggae music.

This particular collection features early vintage hits from the well-known male artists like John Holt, Alton Ellis, Desmond Dekker, Johnny Clarke, Ken Boothe, and Bob Andyand female artists Marcia Griffiths, Susan Cadogan, and my favorite Phyllis Dillon. Many of the musicians from the rock steady era like Derrick Morgan and Stranger Colerecorded early reggae hits. Alongside the more well-known vocalists, this collection features lesser-known artists like K.C. White and Watty Burnett, who laid down infectious reggae tunes like “No No No (You Don’t Love Me Anymore)” and “Rainy Night in Portland.”

Here in the early reggae cuts you find amazing originality. Dennis Brown tracks like “Westbound Train” and “Man Next Door” encapsulate the raw power of reggae. And, Delroy Wilson’s bass heavy “Better Must Come” might be the greatest reggae song ever recorded. Plus the early Bob Marley & the Wailers’ songs forged music and message into a powerful punch. Together Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Bunny Wailer recorded original classics like “Mr. Brown,” “Try Me,” and “Jailhouse.” These legends of reggae music would forever change the course of music history.

1. Bob Marley & the Wailers – Mr. Brown
2. Errol Dunkeley – Ok Fred
3. Marie Bryant – Tomatoes
4. Delroy Wilson – (I’m in A) Dancing Mood
5. Don Evans & the Paragons – Danger in Your Eyes
6. Dandy Livingston – Rudy, a Message to You
7. Ken Boothe – Old Fashioned Way
8. Phyllis Dillon – Woman In the Ghetto
9. Toots & the Maytals – Monkey Man
10. Barrington Levy – Sister Carol
11. Desmond Dekker – Reggae Recipe
12. Dennis Brown – Man Next Door
13. Susan Cadogan – Nice And Easy
14. Horace Andy – Natural Mystic
15. Don Carlos & Roots Radics – Fight Fight
16. Johnny Clarke – Don’t Trouble Trouble
17. Toots & the Maytals – Do The Reggay
18. The Pioneers – Let Your Yeah Be Yeah
19. U-Roy – Hold On
20. Derrick & Patsy – Housewives Choice
21. Lord Creator – Don’t Stay Out Late
22. Dobby Dobson – Loving Pauper
23. Roman Stewart – Try Me
24. Leroy Smart – Ballistic Affair
25. Bob Andy & Marcia Griffiths – Young Gifted And Black
26. Delroy Wilson – Better Must Come
27. K.C. White – No No No
28. Horace Andy – Do You Love My Music
29. Bruce Ruffin – Rain
30. Delroy Wilson – It’s A Shame
31. Johnny Clarke – Tears on My Pillow
32. Cornell Campbell & the Aggrovators – I Will Never Change/Version
33. Desmond Dekker – Fu Man Chu
34. Derrick Morgan – Tougher Than Tough (Rudie In Court)
35. The Wailers – Jailhouse
36. Dennis Brown – Westbound Train
37. Kingstonian – Nice Nice
38. Bob Marley & the Wailers – Bend Down Low
39. Jacob Miller – Mr. Officer
40. Owen Gray – Midnight Track
41. Delroy Wilson – Living In The Foots Steps Of Another Man
42. Lord Messam – Linstead Market
43. Alton Ellis – Ain’t That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)
44. Bob Marley & the Wailers – One Cup Of Coffee
45. Delroy Wilson – Run Run
46. Peter Tosh – You Can’t Fool Me Again
47. Lord Creator – Independent Jamaica
48. John Holt & Alton Ellis – Rum Bumper’s
49. Bob Marley & the Wailers – Try Me
50. Bob Marley & the Wailers – Try Me (Version)
51. Derrick Morgan – I Am The Ruler
52. Ronnie Davis – I Won’t Cry
53. The Tennors – Ride Me Donkey
54. The Majesterians – If I Didn’t Want Your Loving
55. Alton Ellis & Phyllis Dillon – Why Did You Leave Me To Cry
56. Delroy Wilson – Cool Operator
57. Al Barry & the Cimarons – Morning Sun
58. Watty Burnett – Rainy Night in Portland
59. Stranger Cole – Out of Many, One
60. Patrick Andy – Clarendon Girl