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Early Lee Scrath Perry. Very cool stuff.
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Steel Pulse - True Democracy Linton Kwesi Johnson - pretty much anything Burning Spear - Live (sounds like being at a real show if your speakers are big enough) |
Peter Tosh Equal Rights is one of the best sounding Reggae albums of all time. |
Steel Pulse - Earth Crisis Bob Marley & the Wailers - Live At The Roxy
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Second votes for Stick Figure (Weight of Sound) and Rebelution Live at Red Rocks (their studio albums sound terrible, but that live album is amazing.) |
The Green, The Green Fortunate Youth, State of Mind Rebelution, live at Red Rocks Tribal Seeds, The Harvest Black Seeds, Into the Dojo Iration Time Bomb Stick Figure, State of Mind Soja born in babylon Fiji, Indigenous Life Damian Marley, welcome to Jamrock Ziggy Marley, Love is my Religion Collie Buddz, Collie Buddz Mighty Mystic, Wake of the mystic Bo Napolian, Born and Raised Luciano, Freedom Fighter Katchafire Best so Far J Boog, Backyard Boogie Eli Mack, Dub Stop Josh Hiendrichs , Satisfied Through the Roots, Take you There Gyptian, Gyptian
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I'll have to check out the French stuff above. I have a few Gregory Isaacs' that sound pretty good. Kind of a hit or miss with this genre. But I love it.
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I don't know if they did it in CD as well but Island put out a box set of Bob Marley's first 11 records on vinyl that has been remastered and sounds very, very good. I recommend the LP version, one would need to check for CD issue |
Agree with rpeluso on his War Ina Babylon recommendation. I bought that about 45 years ago! I would also recommend Funky Kingston by Toots and the Maytals. Great voice and excellent songs. |
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ja mon !,,,,
great list
i love Babylon by Bus for the live feel...but second Catch a fire, Legend and Exodus...
and of course Govt Mule..Mighty High is a woofer blowing hoot.... my profile photo is the album cover... |
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The Harry J Allstars. Peter Tosh UB40 Brummie Reggae Bad manners UK Ska |
The list is getting long!!!!!! I like it!
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The Tuff Gong remasters of Bob Marley and the Wailers in the early 2000s are all pretty good. |
Midnite. Youtube quality questionable, cd is good!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4OTOvidQZ8and agree, Burning Spear, Live in Paris 88, is one of the best live albums. I have over 500 reggae cd's and albums and had a reggae show in Chicago. Check out Midnite. Great quality and music. |
Thanks, gentlemen. Gonna get cracking on these.
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If you have a blu-ray player, check out Bob Marley’s 30th Anniversary Edition of the Legend album on blu-ray audio. Nice touches and the best reggae I’ve heard in hi res. Only complaint is they used a different version of No Woman No Cry (studio vs live).
For standard CD check out Lucky Dube and Burning Spear Live Zenith ‘88. Best live reggae concert ever! Sound is a 7/10. |
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Out Of Many: 50 years of Reggae Music Putumayo presents: World Reggae Trojan Ska and Reggae Classics Gregory Isaacs: One Man against the World- Best Of Freddie McGregor: Jamaican Classics 2
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I suggest War Ina Babylon, Max Romeo and The Upsetters. Great sounding on both LP and CD. And a bonus, the music is some of the very best I have ever heard. Great songs, great messages. |
I love Ziggy!
Mapman, can you provide me with some of the names of those compilations please? I know there's plenty out there, but i want the ones that sound good, of course. :)
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Bob Marley's "Catch a Fire" is a good place to start.
I have several Reggae-centric compilations on CD I could suggest that provide very nice treats for any Reggae friendly audiophile. |
Can't help you on CD, but can give you a few on LP. |
Love reggae. I particularly enjoyed Stick Figure's "Set in Stone" last year. Big full sound. I also think that some of Lucky Dube's later works like Tax Man sound pretty darn good. Of course it helps that Dube had the voice of an angel. And Ziggy sounds pretty good as well. |