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In Good Company: The Ultimate Collection

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Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare have played hits, produced them and regularly reinvented reggae. Now we're talking about 30 years, and they're still doing it. Their hands forged much of the last three decades' in the musical history of Jamaica and Worldwide music (genre).

Sly and Robbie have played on more records than anyone else, that's close to a million by now - 20 tunes a day for 25 years, and you get nearly 200,000 tracks, multiplied by remixes, dubs, versions and all those one-rhythm albums...that music fans is saying something...awesome.

Every artist on these tracks celebrates the old and the new in music, and the ability to enjoy them in unexpected new ways...they are masters and adventurers, present here a living endorsement for the interconnectedness and eternal inspiration of music...SLY and ROBBIE we can't wait for the next decade's.

A big thank you to - Dana G. Smart (compilation producer), Pat Lawrence (executive producer), Erick Labson (mastering engineer), Michele Horie (production coordination), Brian Chin (liner-notes) and Hip-O Records. If you enjoyed this CD, also available on Hip-O - "Roots Reggae Essentials" (314 541 455 2), "Steel Pulse Ultimate Collection" (314 541 463 2), "Dub Reggae Essentials" (314 541 803 2), Ragga Essentials ina Dancehall Style (314 541 745 2)...and many more in the understanding that music mirrors the diversity and continuity of life.

Total Time: 78:46 on 17 Tracks...Hip-O Records 314 520 839 2...(2001)

"River Niger" I believe found originally on the Dunbar solo "Sly-Go-Ville", has to be one of the top Reggae (and include related genres SKA) instrumentals available no make that, one of the most memorable sojourns in music you will ever hear, so dynamic, transcending beyond music. I have sought to find out, is this from an older movie sound track originally? Despite the Taxi drivers being well known as supporting musicians; this track certainly stands on its own as being among their own creations.

I've listened to the Uhuru dub music of Sly and Robbie, very good, but in the finality, the Skatalites "Guns of Navaronne" is the only thing as memorable.

If you don't know Sly & Robby, you are missing out on one of the strongest underlying forces of Reggae; these guys helped everyone, are still on the forefront.

Not only for their advanced recording techniques, guitar, percussion, what great artists.

Great cd, some of the songs I didn't know they had played on. Should have included some of their work with Peter Tosh though.

I love roots reggae, and I have lots of Sly & Robbie in my collection. I don't care for this CD (there are a few tracks here that I like, but they were already in my collection from other CDs)

I'd like in particular to voice my distaste for "River Niger" (which "plum village" liked so much). I think it's unpleasant. It's not roots-y. It sounds to me as if KennyG stopped in for a session.

If this CD is reggae at all, it's pop, not roots. But I don't think it's reggae.