Various Artists - Niney The Observer Presents Jah Fire / Various (CD)

Details: Two CDs. Features some of the biggest reggae stars of the era. Includes many of the finest roots reggae tracks of the 1970s. By 1976, Niney The Observer was widely acknowledged by journalists and record buyers alike as one of the most accomplished and inventive record producers on the Jamaican music scene. Over the previous six years he had recorded a succession of major hits featuring an assortment of major stars, including Dennis Brown, Ken Boothe, Delroy Wilson, Junior Byles, Big Youth and Max Romeo, while also championing local up-and- coming performers, notably Michael Rose, Junior Delgado and Glasford Manning, all of which recorded seminal works under his direction. This desire to work with established stars and relative unknowns continued over the years that immediately followed, so further solidifying his reputation as not just a producer of considerable talent and invention, but also as a man of the people. This 2CD set collects his finest works from the golden age of classic roots music, with highlights ranging from classics from the likes of Gregory Isaacs, Cornel Campbell, Junior Byles and Horace Andy to long forgotten rarities, a number of which are made widely for the first time in almost 50 years. This is roots reggae at it's very best, performed by many of Jamaica's most accomplished artists and produced by a legendary music-maker whose inventiveness and skill in the recording studio was arguably only matched by that of his good friend and rival, Lee 'Scratch' Perry.

Tracklist:

1. Rock on - Gregory Isaacs
2. I Heart Is Clean - Cornel Campbell
3. Gate Number - Clint Eastwood
4. I Am Still Thinking - Junior Delgado
5. On a Saturday Night - Christine
6. I'm in Love - Horace Andy
7. I Soon Know - Niney As the Messiah
8. Psalms 68 - Horace Andy
9. Mr. Rich Man - Leroy Smart
10. Oh Jah Man - the Rockstones
11. Point Blank - I Roy
12. 6 Dead Nineteen Gone to Jail - Big Youth
13. Slave Master - Gregory Isaacs
14. Flat Foot Hustling - Dillinger
15. Zion Trip - I Roy
16. I Soon Know - Niney
17. Run Run - Junior Byles
18. Sister Maggie Breast - I Roy
19. One Lick - the Jewels
20. Rasta No Pickpocket- Niney
21. Moses - Jacob Miller
22. Step on the Dragon - I Roy
23. Weeping - Junior Byles
24. Water Rate - I Roy
25. Materialist - Horace Andy
26. Hold Not Thy Peace Oh Jah - Hubert Ford
27. Can You Feel It - Junior Byles
28. Natty Dread Come Over - Little Bop
29. Camp Road Skanking - I Roy
30. Dem Never Tell I - Horace Andy
31. I Got a Feeling - Tyrone Taylor
32. Zimbabwe - the Soul Syndicate
33. Jamaican Girl - I Roy
34. What Kind of World - Junior Byles
35. Burn Me Out - the Rockstones
36. Jah Fire - Niney
37. Sufferation - Tyrone Taylor
38. Roll River Jordan - Niney
39. Jah Come Here - I Roy
40. Jah Jah I - Dhaima
41. Head Shot - Bobby Ellis ; the Observers
42. King of Babylon - Junior Byles
43. Nebuchadnezzer - Dillinger
44. Confusion in a Babylon - the Messiahs
45. Native Land - I Roy