The 3LP 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 first 12-inch maxi-single release -- the extended versions of The Jays & Ranking Trevor - Truly Deejay Mix (a cover of the Marcia Griffiths classic) and Queen Majesty, the reggae version of the Curtis Mayfield song.
Track Listing
Side A
1. The Mighty Diamonds – I Need A Roof
2. Michael Palmer– Don't Smoke The Seed
3. The Mighty Diamonds – Right Time
4. Don Carlos – Natty Dread Have Credentials
5. Lone Ranger– Natty Burial
6. Meditations – Woman Is Like A Shadow
Side B
1. Sammy Dread – Road Block
2. Revolutionaries – Burial
3. Wailing Soul – Things & Time
4. Dillinger – Cokane In My Brain
5. Barry Brown – Far East
6. Dillinger – C.B 200
Side C
1. I Roy – Welding
2. Frankie Paul – Worries In The Dance
3. Yellowman – Herbman Smuggling
4. Barrington Levy – Dances Are Changes
5. Sugar Minott – Show Me That You Love Me Girl
6. Ernest Wilson – I Know Myself
Side D
1. Rankin Trevor – Truly (DJ Mix)
2. The Tamlins – Hard To Confess
3. Leroy Smart – Ballistic Affair
4. John Holt – Satisfaction
5. Dillinger – Ragnampiza
6. Revolutionaries – M.P.L.A
Side E
1. Revolutionaries – Death In The Arena
2. Clint Eastwood – Prema Ballerina
3. Delroy Wilson – Sharing The Night Together
4. Sugar Minott – Babylon
5. Little John – Smoke Ganja Hard
6. Junior Byles – Fade Away
Side F
1. The Jays & Rankin Trevor – Queen Majesty
2. Leroy Smart – Without Love
3. John Holt – Up Park Camp
4. The Jays – Yaho
5. Super Chick – Roach Killer
6. Lone Ranger – M. 16
