This Is My Story (A History Of Jamaica's Greatest Balladeer) - Jackie Edwards

Advantages: Different Reggae sound
Disadvantages: All the same to the non reggae lover

...There music is filled with conscious lyrics and a change between soft and hard riddims Jamaican and German made. Never have they made a boring album yet. Very uplifting with many Jamaican artists you would not expect to see on a German album, Jack Radics being one of them. They are respected in Jamaica and accepted for the reason of being musicaly gifted and giving reggae a boost to Germany's music. Now 27-year old German singjay Gentleman - born Tilmann Otto - first left for Jamaica ten years ago. In those days he was a reggae-novice who owned but a couple of reggae records, most of which he had found in his brother's record collection. On the Island, he got to know the rough country life where the living standard is more than poor when you compare it to western countries. A few years later, Europe's culture television channel Arte... Read review

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Advantages: Timeless classics; 50 tracks for £7
Disadvantages: Recording quality of older tracks

...Paul, Shaggy or even Bob Marley because this is reggae in its purest form. My friend heard it in my car and remarked: "were these songs recorded in a shed?" What you have to remember is that these joyous songs were recorded just after Jamaica's independence from Great Britain in 1962. Although the sovereignty-free status isn't an issue, the date is. There were few recording studios or facilities in the early 1960's and those that did exist had the most basic four-track mixing desks with limited scope for any producers to work their magic. Some songs on these CDs sound murky; others a little clearer, but all have one thing in common: they were recorded in Jamaica with a naive but celebratory spirit that music these days tends to lack. ---THE TRACKS--- Because of the sheer volume of tracks, I'll just stick to a little one... Read review

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Advantages: Quality of music & lyrics, artwork on cover
Disadvantages: None

...read books and draw life from the eye All my life is drawings from the eye Your mission bells were wrought by ancient men The roots were formed by twisted roots Your roots were twisted then I was re-born before all life could die The Phoenix bird will leave this world to fly If the Phoenix bird can fly then so can I This is an unusual track from Elton, it has a reggae theme through it & it's called 'Jamaican jerk off', it's quite a catchy little song that is rarely played on radio. When she gets up in the morning It's enough to wake the dead Oh she turning on the radio And dancing on my head It's no good living in the sun Playing guitar all day Boogalooing with my friends In that erotic way Come on Jamaica In Jamaica all day Dancing with your darling Do Jamaica jerk-off that way Come on Jamaica Everybody say We're all happy in Jamaica... Read review

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