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 Trinity. Yet overall this category relies on the heavy hitters of reggae music like John Holt, Gregory Isaacs, Lucky Dube, Johnny Osbourne, and Cornell Campbell.
Please feel free to comment. The selector is open to suggestions and changes. Feel free to comment on the selections, categories, genre headings, and section headings. The selector will consider track additions and removals and even the renaming of categories, sections, and genres. Without further ado…
The Jam-Tex Selector presents…The World of Reggae Music Collection
Reggae’s Superstars: The Lions of Jah
Ini Kamoze – World-A-Music
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Get Up, Stand Up
Desmond Dekker – 007 (Shanty Town)
Toots & the Maytals – 54-46 That’s My Number
Peter Tosh – Steppin’ Razor
Jimmy Cliff – The Harder They Come
Burning Spear – Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear – The Ghost
Delroy Wilson – Better Must Come
Third World – Reggae Ambassador
Black Uhuru & the Revolutionaries – Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Culture – Two Sevens Clash
Barrington Levy – Too Experienced
Lee “Scratch” Perry – Chase The Devil
Lee “Scratch” Perry – Disco Devil
Steel Pulse – Handsworth Revolution
Steel Pulse – Revolution Dub
Gregory Isaacs & Roots Radics – Night Nurse
Gregory Isaacs – Night Nurse Dub
Dennis Brown – Wolves and Leopards
The Wailing Souls – Shark Attack
The Mighty Diamonds – Right Time
Johnny Ousborne – Truths and Rights
Chalice – Good to Be There
Jacob Miller & Inner Circle – Westbound Train
Horace Andy – Skylarking
Freddie McGregor – Big Ship
Max Romeo & the Upsetters – War Ina Babylon
Israel Vibration – Get Up and Go
John Holt – Strange Things
Lucky Dube – We Love It
Toots & the Maytals – Funky Kingston
Jacob Miller & Inner Circle – We A Rockers
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Rebel Music (Three O’Clock Roadblock)
Burning Spear – Columbus
Jimmy Cliff – You Can Get It If You Really Want
Barrington Levy – Saw Red
Peter Tosh – Whatcha Gonna Do
Steel Pulse – Uncle George
Dennis Brown – Here I Come
The Heptones – Book of Rules
Cornell Campbell – The Gorgon
Mighty Diamonds – Identity
Beres Hammond & Zap Pow – Last War
Toots & the Maytals – Time Tough
Culture – Iron Sharpening Iron
Dennis Brown – Stop the Fussing & Fighting
Steel Pulse – Ravers
Half Pint – Level The Vibes
Beres Hammond – They Gonna Talk
John Holt & the Aggravators – You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine/Version
Jacob Miller & U-Brown – Keep On Knocking
Bunny Wailer – Blackheart Man
The Heptones – Party Time
Bob Andy – I’ve Got To Go Back Home
Burning Spear – The Invasion
Burning Spear – Black Wa Da Da
The Itals – In A Dis Ya Time/ Harbour View Rock
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Is This Love
Johnny Osbourne & the Sensations – Come Back Darling
The Pioneers – Long Shot (Kick the Bucket)
Toots & the Maytals – Pressure Drop
Black Uhuru – Party Next Door
Gregory Isaacs – Sad To Know (You’re Leaving)
Peter Tosh – Wanted Dread And Alive
Beres Hammond – I Feel Good
Cornell Campbell – Queen Of The Minstrel
Big Youth – Livin’
Burning Spear – Rise Up
Tenor Saw – Lots of Sign
Tenor Saw – Lots of Dub
Black Uhuru – Black Uhuru Anthem
Jacob Miller – Mixed Up Moods
Steel Pulse – Blues Dance Raid
Barrington Levy, Kojak & Liza – My Woman/ Ten Thousand Woman
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Rat Race
Jimmy Cliff – Struggling Man
The Heptones – Fattie Fattie
Horace Andy – Nice And Easy
Horace Andy – Nice and Easy Dub
Mighty Diamonds – Have Mercy
Trinity – All Gone
Gregory Isaacs – Cream of the Crop
Black Uhuru – Rent Man
Sammy Dread – My Princess
Beres Hammond – Rockaway
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Soul Rebel
U-Roy – Natty Rebel
Culture & Shorty the President – See Them A Come/ Natty Pass Him G.C.E.
Cornell Campbell – Boxing Around
Glen Washington – Rockers (Nuh Crackers)
Dennis Brown – What About The Half
Jimmy Riley – Love And Devotion
Ronnie Davis – Writing on the Wall
Burning Spear – Jordan River
Third World – Roots With Quality
The Itals – Brutal Out Deh
Peter Tosh – Why Must I Cry
Culture – Lion Rock
Barrington Levy – My Time
Steel Pulse – Back To My Roots / Dub To My Roots
Gregory Isaacs – Stranger In Town
Dennis Brown – Ghetto Girl
The Wailing Souls – War Deh Round A John Shop
Jacob Miller – Chapter A Day
Beres Hammond – What One Dance Can Do
Max Romeo – One Step Forward
Lucky Dube – Prisoner
Israel Vibration – Back Staba
Lee “Scratch” Perry & the Heptones – Why Must I (Version)
Ed Robinson – Rude Awakening
Aswad – Love Fire
Aswad – Dub Fire
Jimmy Cliff – One More
Gregory Isaacs – Innocent People Cry
Delroy Wilson – It’s A Shame
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Pimper’s Paradise
The Wailing Souls – Bredda Gravalicious
Peter Tosh – Pick Myself Up
The Viceroys – Brethren and Sistren
Freddie McGregor – A House Is Not A Home
Lucky Dube – Julie! Julie!
Beres Hammond – Pull Up
The Wailing Souls – Stop Red Eye
Israel Vibration – Reggae on the River
Jimmy Cliff – Treat The Youths Right
