RECORD COLLECTING MONTHLY MIX : 020 Reggae '76
The caribbean cream from 1976!
Take a trip back to a defining year in music with our audio series, Record Collecting – Monthly Mix, inspired by the in-depth features of Record Collector magazine. This episode spotlights standout tracks from reggae albums released in 1976 along with all the Reggae chart toppers of the year—a year that the genre reached its creative and commercial zenith. As the UK basked in its hottest summer in almost a century it seemed even the climate was submissive to the inexorable momentum of the music. This most turbulent year of political discord, accelerated and sharpened the creativity of artists and producers, resulting in an explosion of brilliant music, showcased here in this mix from a remarkable year.
ALBUMS
01 Abyssinians - Abendigo (from 'Satta Massagana')
02 Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (from 'King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown')
03 Upsetters - Curly Dub (from 'Super Ape')
04 Bunny Wailer - Armagideon (Armagedon) (from 'Blackheart Man')
05 Burning Spear - Man In The Hills (from 'Man In The Hills')
06 Mighty Diamonds - Right Time (from 'Right Time')
07 Dillinger - Cokane In My Brain (from 'CB200')
08 The Prophets - Chant Down Babylon Kingdom (from 'Walls Of Jerusalem')
09 Heptones - Book Of Rules (from 'Night Food')
10 Gladiators - Hearsay (from 'Trenchtown Mix Up')
11 Bob Marley & The Wailers - War (from 'Rastaman Vibration')
12 Peter Tosh - Legalize It (from 'Legalize It')
13 Max Romeo &The Upsetters - Chase The Devil (from 'War Ina Babylon')
14 Joe Gibbs & The Professionals - State Of Emergncy (from 'State Of Emergncy')
15 Big Youth - Jim Squashey (from 'Natty Cultural Dread')
16 U-Roy - Natty Rebel (from 'Natty Rebel')
17 Jackie Mittoo - A Standing Ovation (from 'Keyboard King')
18 I-Roy - War And Friction (from 'Dread Bald Head')
19 Inner Circle - Jah Music (from 'Reggae Thing')
20 Aswad - Back To Africa (from 'Aswad')
21 The Maytones - Madness (from 'Madness')
22 Jah Lion - Wisdom (from 'Columbian Colly')
23 Johnny Clarke - Crazy Baldhead (from 'Authorized Version')
24 Delroy Washington - Freedom Fighters (from 'I-Sus')
SINGLES
25 Paul Davidson - Midnight Rider (Single)
26 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Jah Live (Single)
27 Pluto Shervington - Dat (Single)
28 Michael Rose - Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (Single)
29 Big Youth - Hit The Road Jack (Single)
30 Max Romeo - War Ina Babylon (Single)
31 Matumbi - After Tonight (Single)
32 Junior Byles & Rupert Reid - Chant Down Babylon (Single)
33 Milton Henry - Gypsy Woman (Single)
34 Royal Rasses - Love The Way It Should Be (Single)
35 Max Romeo & The Upsetters - One Step Forward (Single)
36 Junior Murvin - Police And Thieves (Single)
37 Tapper Zukie - M P L A (Single)
38 Tappa Zukie - Ten Against One (Single)
39 Bobby Melody - Jah Bring I Joy (Single)
40 Gregory Isaacs - Black A Kill Black (Single)
41 Leroy Smart - Ballistic Affair (Single)
42 Jah Lion - Soldier And Police War (Single)