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This is a list of reggae music compilations. It includes LP and CD compilations featuring music from the various styles of reggae, including mento, ska, rocksteady, early/roots reggae, dub, and dancehall, etc.
on YouTube " Liquidator " is a reggae instrumental by Jamaican band Harry J Allstars . It reached number nine on the UK Singles Chart in November 1969 and was certified silver in the UK in April 2022.
Delroy George Wilson CD (5 October 1948 – 6 March 1995) [1] was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer. Wilson is often regarded as Jamaica's first child star, [2] having first found success as a teenager.
Right Time is the 1976 studio album debut of influential reggae band the Mighty Diamonds.The album, released by Virgin Records after they signed the Mighty Diamonds following a search for talent in Jamaica, is critically regarded as a reggae classic, a landmark in the roots reggae subgenre.
Deeper Roots (1979), Free World Music; Deeper Roots Dub (1979) Changes (1981), Music Works; Dubwise (1981), Music Works – six dub versions from Changes and four other dubs; Reggae Street (1981), Free World Music; The Roots Is There (1982), Music Works/Shanachie; Indestructible (1982), Alligator (similar to the album Changes with two extra ...
By the early 1980s, he was considerably out of step with modern trends in "dancehall" music. He reverted to his classic rhythms for his next to last album Playing It Cool (1981), recording new vocals on heavily overdubbed mixes of the earlier tunes. [5] He released one final album in 1982, Steaming Jungle, which attracted little attention.
British music DJ's Hexstatic included a mix of the song on "Mr. Scruff's Ninja Tune Megamix" (Hexstatic Edit) by DJ Food on their 2002 DJ mix album Listen & Learn. [64] Bajan recording artist Rihanna recorded a cover version of the song as a duet with dancehall recording artist Vybz Kartel, for her debut studio album Music of the Sun (2005). [10]
The song has been labeled as a "well-known reggae anthem" by BBC and a "classic" by The Observer. [3] [4] In 2016, Billboard called the song "a strong contender for the title of most sampled reggae song of all time." [1] When asked her opinion of the many songs that have used her voice over the years, she responded: "I don’t know if I hear ...