Deep Tracks 20

1. Jah Jah Way - Jackie Bernard
2. Babylon Street - The Gladiators
3. Pressure and Slide - The Tennors
4. Chinatown - Don Drummond
5. Right Time - Mighty Diamonds
6. International Herb - Culture
7. To the Fields - Herman
8. Mother and Child Reunion - The Pioneers
9. Louie, Louie - Toots & the Maytals
10. Kung Fu Fighting- The Cimarons
11. Tears of a Clown - The Chosen Few
12. Can't Get Next to You - The Jay Boys
13. Message From A Black Man - Derrick Harriot
14. Liberation - Bunny Wailer
15. No Need To Wonder - African Brothers
16. Put it On - Bob Marley & the Wailers
17. Feel the Spirit - The Ethiopians
18. Sounds and Pressure - Hopeton Lewis
19. Don't Look Back - Keith and Tex
20. Oh What A Feeling - Justin Hinds
21 . The Maddening Crowd - ?
22. Man In the Hills - Burning Spear

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Today we venture backwards to Deep Tracks 20 - Reggae Uprising. In many ways roots reggae was a first love. With the paucity of decent tunes in the 80's I gravitated toward reggae. Sunsplash was touring Jamaican acts and I had the chance to see the Mighty Diamonds, Steel Pulse, Black Uhuru, U-Roy, Pablo Moses, Brigadier Jerry, Freddie Macgregor, Burning Spear, and many others. My first record purchases were from Rough Trade's Jamaican import bin south of Market in SF.

It's difficult to say what exactly fueled this mix. What distinguishes these tunes from all of the schwag reggae I had to sift through to pull these? I think you'll agree they are all tight and representative of some of the most important artists. Also it appears that I believe reggae died in 1980. Check it!