France is not the only place that likes to commemorate the year 1968. In Jamaica, too, it is the date that history has settled on for the birth of reggae, with the Toots & The Maytals track Do the reggay. 40 years deserves a celebration. After Treasure Isle, Queens of Jamaica and the Collectorama devoted to Lee Scratch Perry, the Jahslams label is announcing the release of a new compilation devoted to this pivotal year: "JAMAICA 1968 Year of Reggae". A selection of twenty tracks released that year in Jamaica, available on 23 June.
Tracklist:
01. Toots and the Maytals : Do the reggay
02. Slim Smith : Love makes me do foolish things
03. the Ethiopians : Everything crash
04. the Silvertones : Midnight hour
05. the Jamaicans : Peace and love
06. Bob Marley and the Wailers : Hypocrites
07. the Paragons : On the beach
08. Delroy Wilson : Once upon a time
09. Alton Ellis : La la means I love you
10. Desmond Dekker : Intensified
11. the Tenors : Ride me donkey
12. Phyllis Dilon & Alton Ellis : Why did you leave me to cry ?
13. Lee Perry and the Upsetters : Django shoots first
14. the Termites : Love up kiss up
15. the Paragons : You mean the world to me
16. Alton Ellis : All my tears (2’37)
17. Judy Mowatt and the Gaylettes : Zippa de do da
18. Joya Landis : Moonlight lover
19. the Techniques : Love is a gamble
20. the Sensations : Those guys