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    Arise Rootsman – Jamaican Roots – Coxson

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    ARISE ROOTSMAN – JAMAICAN ROOTS – COXSON 1965-1983

    Arise Rootsman – Jamaican Roots – Coxson Release Details

    A deep cut through Coxsone-era roots, this one digs back across 1965 to 1983 and lines up some of the heaviest voices in Jamaican music without feeling like a random vault sweep. Alton Ellis, Bob Andy, Augustus Pablo, Big Youth, Gregory Isaacs and Dennis Alcapone all sit inside the sequence, so you get ska-to-roots history in miniature, with “Black Man’s Pride, ” “Weep, ” and “Eli’s Move” doing a lot of the heavy lifting. It’s also a proper Trojan-era archive job from the 2003 compilation, which helps explain why the set moves like a carefully plotted trip rather than a loose stack of classics. The tracklist is ordered to trace mood and era, opening with Glen Brown’s “2 Wedden Skank-Ill” before easing into vocal roots, then dubby and militant cuts that give the whole thing a deliberate rise and fall.

    Arise Rootsman Tracklist:

    1. 122-Glen Brown-2 Wedden Skank-Ill
    2. Alton Ellis – Black Man’s Pride
    3. Anthony Johnson – Dreadlocks
    4. Augustus Pablo – Eli’s Move
    5. Big Yout & Keith Hudson – Can You Keep A Secret
    6. Big Youth – The Killer
    7. Bob Andy – Weep
    8. Bobby Melody – Jah Bring I Joy
    9. Busty Brown – Throw Away Your Gun
    10. Carlton And The Shoes – Better Days
    11. Dennis Alcapone – Rasta Dub
    12. Diago – Rebel Train
    13. Gregory Isaacs – Bad Da
    14. Greyhound – The Pressure Is Coming On
    15. Heptons – Suffering So
    16. I Roy – Black Man Time
    17. I Roy – Red, Gold And Green
    18. I Roy – Tip From The Prince
    19. Jimmy Riley – Give Thanks And Praise
    20. Justin Hinds & The Dominoes – After A Storm
    21. Keith Hudson & The Chuckles – Satan Side
    22. Ken Boothe – Black, Gold And Green
    23. Knowledge – Sentry
    24. Lee Perry – Justice To The People
    25. Leroy Smart – Too Much Pressure
    26. Little Roy – Hard Fighter
    27. Lizzard – Jah Jah Bless I
    28. Maytones – Babylon A Fall
    29. Michael Robinson – Mother And Father
    30. Nora Dean – Peace Begins Within
    31. One Love – The Slave Trade
    32. Ras Michael & Sons Of Negus – Where Is Your Goldmine
    33. Rocking Horse – Hard Time
    34. Roman Stewart & Dave – Changing Times
    35. Sugar Minott – Strange Things
    36. The Ethiopians – Train To Glory
    37. The Heptones – Hypocrite
    38. The Silvertones – Rejoice Jah Jah Children
    39. The Silvertones – Rejoicing Skank
    40. The Soul Syndicate – Riot
    41. The Wailing Souls – Harbour Shark
    42. Tommy Mccook & Rad Wilson – Tubbys Control
    43. Viceroys – We Must Unite
    44. Wayne Jarrett – Satta Dread

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