Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Tighten Up - The Untouchables
2. Kansas City - Joya Landis
3. Place in the Sun - David Isaacs
4. Win Your Love for Me - George A. Penny
5. Fat Man - Derrick Morgan
6. Mix It Up - The Kingstonians
7. Watch This Sound (For What It's Worth) - The Uniques
8. John Jones - Rudy Mills
9. Wreck a Buddy - The Soul Sisters
10. Fatty Fatty - Clancy Eccles
11. Come into My Parlour - The Bleechers
12. Them a Laugh and a Kiki - Soulmates
13. Live Injection - The Upsetters
14. Shocks of Mighty - Dave Barker, The Upsetters
15. Man from Carolina
16. Singer Man - The Kingstonians
17. Freedom Street - Ken Boothe

Disc 2:

1. Barbwire - Nora Dean
2. Blood and Fire - Niney the Observer
3. Johnny Too Bad - The Slickers
4. Selah - The Ethiopians
5. One Eyed Enos - Toots & the Maytals
6. I Shall Sing - Judy Mowatt
7. Starvation - The Pioneers
8. Better Must Come - Delroy Wilson
9. Hello Mother - Dynamites
10. Rod of Correction - Clancy Eccles
11. Know Far I - Bongo Herman
12. Theme from Shaft - Chosen Few
13. Duppy Conqueror - Bob Marley & the Wailers
14. Pitta Patta - Ernie Smith
15. Breezing
16. President Mash up the Resident

Disc 3:

1. Down Side Up
2. Wet Vision - U-Roy
3. Time Has Come - Slim Smith
4. UFO - Geoffrey Chung,
5. Be Faithful Darling - Clancy Eccles
6. Riot
7. I Am Feeling Lonely - The Maytones
8. Something on Your Mind - Hubert Lee
9. Haile Selassie - Mellotones
10. Silver Words - Ken Boothe
11. You Don't Know - Bob Andy
12. Nice Nice Time - Zap Pow
13. You Can't Be Serious - Tito Simon
14. My Island - Paulette Williams
15. I'll Be Standing By - Jimmy London
16. Meaning of Life - The Heptones
17. Crowded City

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #203965 in Music
• Released on: 2000-06-20
• Number of discs: 3
• Formats: Box set, Import

Album Description
Limited edition 3 CD boxset featuring 50 of the very best from the famous 'Tighten Up' series. Artists include The Untouchables, The Kingstonians, The Bleechers, The Soul Mates, The G.G. Allstars & many more. 2000 realease. Each disc comes in it's own paper sleeve and come housed together in a 5 x 5 x 1

Customer Reviews

One of the best of the series
I own the Trojan "Rocksteady" Box Set which I personally consider a bit lackluster. I also have the "Club Reggae" Box Set which I give a hearty thumbs up to. But the "Tighten Up" Box Set is my favorite so far. You dig Reggae from the late 60's early 70's? "Tighten Up" fits the bill nicely. My only wish would be that some more detailed liner notes were included. Plus the original album cover art for the series was incredible but unfortunately not found with this re-issue package. But the most important ingredients are, of course, good music at a reasonable price, and with "Tighten Up" you get both.

A fun little compilation
This was the first Trojan box set I bought, and with 50 tracks of great reggae, it didn't disappoint. The box draws songs from eight volumes of "Tighten Up" budget compilations Trojan released between '69-'73 for the burgeoning UK market. Selections range from the well known ("Duppy Conqueror", "Johnny Too Bad") to interesting covers ("Shaft", "Kansas City") to grooving instrumentals ("Live Injection", "The Man from Carolina"). All in all a great sampling, and at this price hard to pass up.

One of the best of the series
I own the Trojan "Rocksteady" Box Set which I personally consider a bit lackluster. I also have the "Club Reggae" Box Set which I give a hearty thumbs up to. But the "Tighten Up" Box Set is my favorite so far. You dig Reggae from the late 60's early 70's? "Tighten Up" fits the bill nicely. My only wish would be that some more detailed liner notes were included. Plus the original album cover art for the series was incredible but unfortunately not found with this re-issue package. But the most important ingredients are, of course, good music at a reasonable price, and with "Tighten Up" you get both.