Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Tears of a Clown - Chosen Few
2. My Guy - Joy White
3. You Keep Me Hangin' On - Mike Dorane
4. Let's Get It On - Ken Boothe
5. I Second That Emotion - Chosen Few
6. I Can't Get Next to You - Jay Boys
7. It's All in the Game - The Gaylads
8. I'll Be There - Barry Biggs
9. Touch Me in the Morning - John Holt
10. Midnight Train to Georgia - Teddy Brown
11. Ain't No Sunshine - Ken Boothe
12. You Are Everything - Chosen Few
13. Since I Lost My Baby - Chosen Few, Derrick Harriott
14. One Bad Apple - Barry Biggs
15. Living for the City - Pat Rhoden
16. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) - Lloyd Charmers
17. Boogie on Reggae Woman - Pat Rhoden

Disc 2:

1. Make It Reggae - Shark Wilson and the Basement Heaters
2. Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) - Soul Messengers
3. Reggae Stuff - Matumbi
4. Children of the Night - Chosen Few
5. Crowded City
6. Theme from Shaft - Chosen Few
7. Ooh Child - Bruce Ruffin
8. Stop the War Now - Lloyd Parks
9. Law of the Land - Matumbi
10. Am I Black Enough for You? - Chosen Few
11. Brown Baby - Derrick Harriott
12. Do Your Thing - Chosen Few
13. Message from a Black Man - Chosen Few, Derrick Harriott
14. People Make the World Go Round - Chosen Few
15. Breezin'
16. Papa Was a Rolling Stone - The Pioneers

Disc 3:

1. Everybody Plays the Fool - Chosen Few
2. Lean on Me - B.B. Seaton
3. Break Up to Make Up - Leroy Sibbles
4. Homely Girl - Inner Circle
5. You're a Big Girl Now - Chosen Few
6. If You Don't Know Me by Now - Zap Pow
7. Me and Mrs. Jones - Joe White
8. Kung Fu Fighting - Lloyd Parks
9. Have You Seen Her? - Chosen Few, Derrick Harriott
10. Rock the Boat - Inner Circle
11. Stoned in Love - Chosen Few
12. You Make Me Feel Brand New - Boris Gardiner
13. Love on a Two Way Street - The Lewis Sisters
14. Brother Louie - Matumbi
15. In the Rain - Chosen Few
16. T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia) - Inner Circle
17. Love and Happiness - Al Brown

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #342508 in Music
• Released on: 2000-10-17
• Number of discs: 3
• Formats: Box set, Import

Album Details
Limited Edition 3CD Boxset. 50 Great Reggae Tracks on Three CD'S. Builds Into a Complete History of the Trojan Label. The Very Best of Soulful Reggae Sounds Including: John Holt, Ken Boothe, Gaylads, Chosen Few, Pioneers, Derrick Harriott, Inner Circle & Many More. Plus Short Biographies of Each Artist & Track.

Customer Reviews

close but no cigar
After having the market flooded with nearly four thousand box sets, how is one to choose?

I went with this one thinking it was going to be nice and funky interpretations of American soul songs, but instead am left with three cds of bland covers. It's like listening to a Jamaican wedding band. The tracks are just straight covers with a little skanky upbeat thrown in for the "foreign spice".

The only cd worth listening to is the second one, devoted to 'funk'. This is actually pretty enjoyable. Disc one (motown) and disc three (love songs) are so boring I couldn't keep my finger off the fast forward button on my remote control.

If you're into funky interpretations of American soul or soulful reggae, stick to the SoulJazz label's 100% comps or the Studio One Soul collections. Much more worth your money, even if you are only getting one cd for the one cd price.

Soul-less
First off, let me say that the Trojan box sets are the greatest thing since gin met tonic. That said, I was very disappointed with this particular offering. The songs don't translate well (mostly), the singing was bad (sometimes mediocre), and, after reading the track list a few times, I realized that most of the original versions weren't that great to begin with. "Rock The Boat"? "Kung Fu Fighting"? "T.S.O.P"? W.T.F.?
Q: So why buy this set anyway? A: Because you need to get your hands on ALL reggae, good and bad. You'll have to look long and hard for these songs individually, so why not shell out the $25 or so and get 'em all neatly packaged w/ liner notes. If you're on a budget (like most of us), get something else, like the Instrumentals set or one of the Ska volumes.

Every groovin bassist should own this!
If you can play most of these soul standards, imagine throwing in the reggae rhythm section. This box is great. James Brown's "make it funky" becomes "make it reggae"! "Aint no sunshine" and the marvin gaye tune are excellent. This is also nonstop fun. I bought this before a long drive and had to figure out what each tune was in the first couple of measures. Soul and groove are definitely here. If you dont dig it you must be bloodless! Quality of guitarists in Jamaica must be a little weak though!