War Ina Babylon: An Island Reggae Anthology

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▼CD 1: The Harder They Come: Ska to Reggae: 1959-1973
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Boogie in My Bones
Laurel Aitken2:49
2We're Gonna Love
Jackie Edwards2:53
3Darling Patricia
Owen Gray2:54
4Forward March
recording of:
Forward March
composer:
Derrick Morgan
Derrick Morgan2:51
5Housewives Choice
recording of:
Housewife's Choice
composer:
Derrick Morgan
Derrick & Patsy2:42
6Honour Your Mother and Father
Desmond Dekker2:25
7King of Kings
Jimmy Cliff3:26
8Exodus
Ernest Ranglin2:39
9Eastern Standard Time
recording of:
Eastern Standard Time
Don Drummond & The Skatalites3:12
10My Boy Lollipop
cover recording of:
My Boy Lollipop
writer:
Morris Levy, Johnny Roberts (US songwriter, "My Boy Lollipop") and Robert Spencer (English lutenist, guitarist & musicologist)
Millie2:01
11Carry Go Bring Come
recording of:
Carry Go Bring Home
composer:
Justin Hinds (Jamaican ska vocalist with his backing singers the Dominoes)
Justin Hinds & the Dominoes2:45
12Bonanza Ska
cover recording of:
Bonanza
orchestrator:
David Rose (songwriter, pianist and orchestra leader)
lyricist:
Ray Evans (US lyricist)
composer:
Jay Livingston
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
Bonanza (American Western TV series 1959–1973)
Carlos Malcolm & His Afro-Jamaican Rhythms43:04
13Sweet William
Millie1:47
14Dance Crasher
Alton Ellis & the Flames2:41
15Guns Fever
Baba Brooks Band2:54
16Take It Easy
Hopeton Lewis2:55
17On the Beach
The Paragons2:37
18You Don't Care (You'll Want Me Back)
The Techniques2:40
19Stop That Train
Keith & Tex3:16
20Rock Steady
Alton Ellis & the Flames2:39
21My Conversation
The Uniques3:29
22Ride Your Donkey
The Tennors2:02
23Take Five
Val Bennett3:42
24Hold You Jack
Derrick Morgan2:44
25The Harder They Come
producer:
Jimmy Cliff
publisher:
Island Music (Island Music Ltd.)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 342) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 361)
recording of:
The Harder They Come
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Cliff
publisher:
Ackee Music Inc., Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc. and Universal/Island Music Ltd. (for music publishing use only, formerly Island Music Ltd.)
Jimmy Cliff4.653:41
26Breakfast in Bed
cover recording of:
Breakfast in Bed
lyricist and composer:
Donnie Fritts and Eddie Hinton
publisher:
Bug Music, Inc., Eddie Hinton Music and EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present)
part of:
50 First Dates
Lorna Bennett3:05
27This Is Reggae Music
Zap Pow3:02
▶CD 2: Party Time, Roots, Dub & Lovers: 1973-1979
▶CD 3: Welcome to Jamrock: 1980-2005

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