VARIOUS ARTISTS - Treasure Isle: Solid Gold

CHARLY

£28.78

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: CHARLY611LP
Barcode: 5060767443842
Release Date: 17 Nov 2023
Genre: Dub / Reggae

Charly Records have done plenty of leg work here thatmeans you can save yourself lots of time and effort and immediately make yourself out to be a font of dub and reggae wisdom. Treasure Isle Solid Gold is a well curated selection of the most vital club hits produced by the legendary Jamaican label owner Arthur ‘Duke’ Reid. You will know plenty of the artists he worked with from the opener John Holt via Rolando Alphonso Baba Brooks Band, Don Drummond & The Skatalites and U-Roy & The Pargons.

The sounds are varied but never less than sensational across both sides of wax.

Side 1
John Holt - “Ali Baba”
The Jamaicans - “Baba Boom”
The Melodians - “You Don’t Need Me”
Alton Ellis - “Rock Steady” (2:49)
The Techniqyues - “Queen Majesty”
Justin Hinds - “Carry Go Bring Come”
Rolando Alphonso Baba Brooks Band - “Nuclear Weapon”
Don Drummond & The Skatalites - “Eastern Standard Time”
Side 2
Eric Monty Morris - “Penny Reel”
Starnger Cole & The Skatalites - “Rough & Tough”
Phyllis Dillon - “Perfidia”
Joya Landis - “Angel Of The Morning”
U-roy & The Pargons - “Wear You To The Ball”
Dennis Alcapone - “No OneStation (Aka Buttercup)”
U-roy & The Melodians - “Everybody Bawling”
The Paragons - “The Tide Is High”