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Various Artists - Tougher Than Tough: The Story Of Jamaican Music (1993)

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Various Artists - Tougher Than Tough: The Story Of Jamaican Music (1993)

Various Artists - Tougher Than Tough: The Story Of Jamaican Music (1993)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) +CUE, LOG | 1.63 GB
Genre: Reggae, Roots Reggae, Ska, Dancehall | Label: Island Records Ltd | Catalog Number: IBXCD 1

If a story of a music as expansive as Jamaica's can be told over four CDs, then TOUGHER THAN TOUGH is as close as you'll ever likely get. Bookended by the unrefined charm of the Folkes Brothers' 1960 "Oh Carolina" and Shaggy's 1993 dancehall adaptation of the same tune, this collection attempts to chart the music's diversity and development through ska, rock-steady, reggae, and dub, to dancehall and ragga.

Burning Spear - Man In The Hills (1976) + Dry & Heavy (1977) [2LP on 1CD, Remastered 2003]

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Burning Spear - Man In The Hills (1976) + Dry & Heavy (1977) [2LP on 1CD, Remastered 2003]

Burning Spear - Man In The Hills (1976) + Dry & Heavy (1977) [2LP on 1CD, 2003]
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 374 Mb | Scans ~ 123 Mb | Time: 01:06:13
Roots Reggae | Label: Island Def Jam | # 440 063 072-2

Coming after the highly acclaimed Marcus Garvey (1975), Burning Spear's fourth album, Man in the Hills (1976), had a lot to live up to. It is generally conceded that they did not craft an equally impressive follow-up, but Man in the Hills has its charms nevertheless. Lead singer and main songwriter Winston Rodney turns back to reflections on his rural Jamaican childhood for many of the lyrics, which gives the album a gentler, more nostalgic message than the political, exhortative Marcus Garvey. Rodney's tenor is well suited to the sentiments, and the all-star band assembled to back him is supportive and, especially in the horn charts, complementary to the lead voice. The demands of recording schedules may have caused Burning Spear to recast earlier songs, but that contributes to the album's theme of looking back. "Door Peep" was the first song Burning Spear released in its Studio One days, and "No More War" updates the Jamaicans' 1967 song "Ba Ba Boom." With Dry & Heavy (1977), Burning Spear consisted only of Rodney, who also jettisoned producer Laurence "Jack Ruby" Lindo and handled the board himself.