Various Artists - Reggae Anthology: The Channel One Story [Gatefold 2LP]

Cat. no: VPRL1678
Format: LP2 Gatefold 2 LP
Barcode: 054645167864
Release Date: 09 May 2025
Genre: Reggae

The 2LP package in a gatefold cover, featuring stunning photos and detailed liner notes by Dave Hendley, is available again for a limited time in a special edition! With this release of 36 essential recordings, VP Records had already paid a worthy tribute to the Jamaican institution back in 2004 - After all, Channel One was the number one studio on the island for nearly 10 years (1974-1984) and its productions had a historical impact on music that stood shoulder to shoulder with that of Studio One and Treasure Isle in the 1960s

Included are original tracks from major artists such as Barrington Levy, Delroy Wilson, Dillinger, Clint Eastwood, The Mighty Diamonds, John Holt, Yellowman, and many more, as well as the recordings of Jamaica's very frst 12-inch maxi-single release -- the extended versions of The Jays & Ranking Trevor - Truly Deejay Mix (a cover of the Marcia Grifths classic) and Queen Majesty, the reggae version of the Curtis Mayfeld song.

Tracks: The Mighty Diamonds - I need A Roof / Michael Palmer - Don't Smoke The Seed / The Mighty Diamonds - Right Time / Don Carlos - Natty Dread Have Credentials / Lone Ranger - Natty Burial / The Meditiations - Woman Is Like A Shadow / Sammy Dread - Road Block / The Revolutionaires - Burial / The Wailing Souls - Things & Time / Dillinger - Cokane In My Brain / Barry Brown - Far East / Dillinger C.B. 200 / I Roy - Welding / Frankie Paul - Worries In The Dance / Yellowman - Herbman Smuggling / Barrington Levy - Dances Are Changes / Sugar Minott - Show Me That You Love Me / Ernest Wilson - I Know Myself / The Jays & Ranking Trevor - Truly (DJ Mix) / The Jays - Truly / Hard to Confess - Tamlins / Ballistic Affair Leroy Smart / Satisfaction - John Holt / Ragnampiza - Dillinger / M.P.L.A - The Revolutionaires / Death In The Arena - The Revolutionaries / Prema Ballerina - Clint Eastwood