2CD:
Heartbeat /US
Tracks:
CD 1:
1. Royals: We Are in the Mood [Take
2]
2. Melodians: Come on Little Girl
[Take Two]
3. Jamaicans: Things You Say You
Love
4. Paragons: Tide Is High
5. Melodians: You Don't Need Me
6. Phyllis Dillon: Rock Steady
7. Duke Reid Group: Soul Style
8. Alton Ellis: Can't Stand It
9. Techniques: Queen Majesty
10. Vic Taylor: Heartaches
11.Silvertones: Midnight Hour
12. U Roy: Midnight Hour
13. Paragons: My Best Girl
14. Dobby Dobson: Loving Pauper
15. Melodians: I'll Get Along Without
You
16. Sensations: I'll Never Fall
in Love
17. Techniques: Traveling Man
18. Phyllis Dillon: Don't Stay Away
19. Alton Ellis: La-La (Means I
Love You)
20. Honey Boy Martin: Hey Leroy,
Your Mama's Callin' You
CD 2:
1. Justin Hinds & The Dominoes:
No Good Rudie [Take Three]
2. U Roy: Everybody Bawling
3. Jamaicans: Ba Ba Boom
4. Alton & The Flames: Cry Tough
[Extended Version]
5. Melodians: You Have Caught Me
6. Phyllis Dillon: Perfidia
7. Sensations: Those Guys
8. Ernest & Tommy: Ranglin on
Bond St.
9. Alton Ellis: Girl I've Got a
Date [Alternate Version]
10. Techniques: How I Wish It Would
Rain
11. Three tops: It's Raining
12. Freddy McKay: Love Is a Treasure
13. Tyrone & The Slickers: You
Done Me Wrong
14. Phyllis Dillon: Right Track
15. Sensations: Everyday Is a Holiday
16. Winston Wright: Holiday Version
17. Girl Satchmo: Come Back My Darling
[False Start]
18. Girl Satchmo: Come Back My Darling
19. The Ethiopians: Mother's Tender
Care [Take Two]
20. Techniques: My Girl
21. Joya Landis: Moonlight Lover
Duke Reid's Treasure Chest (Heartbeat, 1992)
Between Duke Reid's Treasure Chest and Respect to Studio One, Heartbeat provides quite a proficient overview of the formative years of reggae. The Duke Reid set compiles tunes from the vaults of his Treasure Isle label, perhaps second only to Studio One in terms of success and influence. Both albums contain two CDs (or tapes or LPs or 8-tracks for those of you living in 1982), but while the Studio One collection features a range of styles -- from ska to rock steady to roots to early dancehall -- Treasure Chest focuses on the rock steady era (circa 1966-68). This narrow focus means that, over the course of 41 tracks, some less-than-classic material slips in -- particularly on Disc 2. Still, by and large, legendary songs abound -- from "Loving Pauper" to "Queen Majesty" to "Tide Is High" to "Ba Ba Boom" to "You Have Caught Me" to the perhaps less-renowned but no less potent "Everyday Is a Holiday" by the Sensations. If you're into rock steady, this and Roots of Reggae Volume 2 provide strong overviews, although the latter is probably a bit more efficient and features a wider range of material. If you don't like rock steady, well, why are you even reading this? Note: The first, and best, CD is available by itself from Heartbeat as Treasure Isle Mood.
Source: www.reggae-reviews.com, 2003
Duke
Reid -Intro