5013929682504

Original Albums Collection

Laurel Aitken

Regular
£20.99
Sale
Regular
£20.99
Unavailable
Unit Price
per 
Cat No: PDROPBOX25

Email me when this is available

Release Date:  15 September 2014

Label:  Pressure Drop / Cherry Red

Packaging Type:  Clamshell

No of Units:  5

Barcode:  5013929682504

Genres:  Reggae  

  • Description

    From Cuba to Brixton, via Kingston, Laurel Aitken carried his share of the precious seeds of what was to become reggae music. From its blue beat, calypso tinged origins in the 50s to the battle tracks, musical diary entries and social comment of the mid-late 1960s that set the tone for punk rock and hip hop a decade later, this master craftsman cut side after high quality side for Pama Records, Dr Bird, Rio, Island and others, creating a vibrant catalogue that stands tall among the canon of music of West Indian origin today.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Street of Glory
      • 2. Lonesome Traveller
      • 3. Madame Soroise
      • 4. We Shall Overcome
      • 5. Call the Doctor
      • 6. Freedom
      • 7. Hallelujah Train
      • 8. Looking for My Baby
      • 9. Woman Is Sweeter Than Man
      • 10. It's Coming Down
      • 11. Take Off My Pyjamas
      • 12. Leave My Woman Alone

      Disc 2

      • 1. Fire (in Your Wire)
      • 2. Worried Over Me (the Classics)
      • 3. Halfway to Paradise
      • 4. Coconut
      • 5. Quando Quando
      • 6. If You Need Me
      • 7. La La La (Means I Love You)
      • 8. Rice and Peas
      • 9. Stand By Me
      • 10. Sunnyside (Swimming Pool) (the Detours)Stand By Me
      • 11. Mr Lee
      • 12. Gonna Get Married

      Disc 3

      • 1. Scandal in a Brixton Market
      • 2. Madam Straggae
      • 3. Stupid Married Man
      • 4. Tammering
      • 5. Have Mercy
      • 6. Night Cricket
      • 7. Run Powell Run
      • 8. Teddy Bear
      • 9. Mr Soul
      • 10. Woke Up This Morning
      • 11. Babylon
      • 12. Stop the War in Vietnam

      Disc 4

      • 1. Jesse James
      • 2. Mr Popcorn
      • 3. I Got to Have Your Love
      • 4. John B
      • 5. Shoo Bee Shoo Bee
      • 6. Hailes Selaise
      • 7. Landlords and Tenants
      • 8. Save the Last Dance
      • 9. Walk Right Back
      • 10. Don't Be Cruel
      • 11. Woppi King
      • 12. Suffering Still (With Girlie)

      Disc 5

      • 1. Boogie in My Bones
      • 2. Drinkin' Whisky (With the Caribs)
      • 3. Mary Lee / Bartender (With the Blue Beats)
      • 4. Brother David (With the Blue Beats)
      • 5. Lucille (With the Blue Beats)
      • 6. Adam and Eve
      • 7. I Shall Remove
      • 8. Lion of Judah
      • 9. Don't Stay Out Late
      • 10. Clementine
      • 11. Propaganda
      • 12. Green Banana
      • 13. Rock Steady
      • 14. Blowin' in the Wind
      • 15. I'm Still in Love With You Girl
      • 16. Reggae Prayer
      • 17. The Rise and Fall (of Laurel)
      • 18. Heile Heile (the Lion)
      • 19. Donkey Men
      • 20. Reggae '69
      • 21. Big Fight in Hell Stadium (With Girlie)
      • 22. Pussy Price Gone Up
      • 23. Skinhead Train
      • 24. Apollo 12 (Skinhead Invasion)