Arise Rootsman – Jamaican Roots – Coxson

ARISE ROOTSMAN – JAMAICAN ROOTS – COXSON 1965-1983

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