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THERE
IS NOW A THIRD EDITION OF THIS BOOK. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE AN OUTLINE
OF JAMAICAN MUSIC HISTORY THIS IS THE FIRST BOOK YOU SHOULD GET
YOURSELF TO READ. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
A
NICE COMPANION TO IT IS THE ROUGH GUIDE TO 100 ESSENTIAL REGGAE
CDS.
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COMPILED
AND PUBLISHED BY MIKE TURNER AND BOB SHOENFELD THIS SINGLES DISCOGRAPHY
IS THE COLLECTORS BIBLE. IT'S EXPENSIVE, BUT WHEN YOU CONSIDER
THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT IS INVOLVED WITH A PROJECT LIKE THIS,
THAT'S NO SURPRISE.
ALSO
AVAILABLE AS A CD ROM, WITH LIVE UPDATES INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE.
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DAVID
KATZ'S EXCELLENT BOOK WHICH SEEKS TO TRACE THE HISTORY OF JAMAICAN
MUSIC BY LETTING THOSE INVOLVED SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
SO OFTEN THE HISTORY OF JAMAICAN MUSIC IS BASED ON SUPPOSITION SUPPORTED
BY RUMOR ALONE, SO IT'S A WELCOME CHANGE TO HEAR THE VOICES OF THOSE
INVOLVED DIRECTLY. |
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NOT
EVERYONE'S FAVORITE BUT A BOOK THAT SEEKS TO PUT THE U.K. REGGAE
SCENE INTO A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. ENGAGINGLY WRITTEN. |
THERE
ARE SO MANY LPS AND CDS TO CHOOSE FROM WHEN FINDING MUSIC BY JOHNNY
CLARKE THAT INVARIABLY MANY SONGS ARE REPEATED ON THEM, IN ORDER
TO HELP YOU AVOID PURCHASING THE SAME TUNES OVER AND OVER AGAIN
JOHNNYCLARKE.COM RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING LPS AND CDS. |
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DREADER DREAD
IF
YOU WERE ONLY ALLOWED TO TAKE ONE CLARKE CD TO YOUR DESERT ISLAND,
THEN THIS ONE WOULD HAVE TO BE IT. ONLY AFTER COLLECTING HIS MUSIC
FOR A WHILE WILL YOU REALIZE THAT THE SONGS FOUND HERE ARE THE ONES
LESS LIKELY TO BE EASILY FOUND. |
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A RUFFER VERSION
THOUGH
THE SOUND QUALITY ON THIS ISSUE ISN'T TOP NOTCH, IT CONTAINS MOST
OF CLARKE'S EARLIER BIG HITS AND VERSION SIDES BY KING TUBBY. IT
ALSO INCLUDES THE RARE COMMERCIAL LOCKS DEEJAY PIECE BY DILLINGER. |
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GOLDEN HITS
THE
SONIC SOUNDS CD., THIS CONTAINS A LARGE SELECTION OF CLARKE'S EARLY
HITS. THIS COMPILATION LEANS TOWARDS JOHNNY'S CAREER AS CROONER
AND MINSTREL OF LOVE SONG, MORE THAN IT DOES HIS ROOTS MATERIAL. |
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AUTHORIZED ROCKERS
COMPILATION
OF JOHNNY'S MUSIC THAT WAS RELEASED ON THE VIRGIN LABEL IN THE MID
1970s, THERE IS ONLY ONE SONG MISSING FROM BOTH THE LPS 'AUTHORIZED
VERSION' & 'A ROCKERS TIME NOW'. |
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NONE
SHALL ESCAPE
MOVING
OUT
NO
WOMAN NO CRY
THESE
THREE LPS ARE ALL ON THE TOTAL SOUNDS LABEL, REMAIN HIGHLY COLLECTABLE
AND THEREFORE EXPENSIVE TO FIND,
HOWEVER
THERE ARE TUNES FEATURED ON THESE LPS THAT ARE UNAVAILABLE ELSEWHERE.
THEY ALSO CONTAIN ALL OF THE EARLY SONGS THAT HE IS SO WELL KNOWN
FOR.
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YOU
MAY ALSO WISH TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT CLARKE HERE -
TAPIR'S
DISCOGRAPHY
JOHNNYCLARKE.COM
DISCOGRAPHY
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