Trojan: Club Reggae [Box set, Import]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 17, 2000)
• Original Release Date: October 17, 2000
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Box set, Import
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Trojan Records UK
• ASIN: B00004Y25Q
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #424,035 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Holly Holy - Fabulous Flames

2. Take A Letter To Maria - Dandy

3. The Law - Andy Capp

4. Groovy Situation - Derrick Harriott

5. I Need Your Sweet Inspirations - Pioneers

6. Boom Shacka Lacka - Hopeton Lewis

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Louie Louie - Toots & The Maytals

2. Scorpion - Lloyd & Carey

3. Ebony Eyes - Chosen Few

4. I'll Be True To You - Tito Simon

5. Time Hard - George Dekker

6. Star Trek - Vulcans

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. When Will I See You Again - Marcia Griffiths

2. Sweet Harmonies - Lloyd Charmers

3. Darling You Send Me - Ken Boothe

4. I Am Gone - Derrick Morgan & Hortence

5. Kung Fu Fighting - Cimarons

6. Solitary Man - Skin, Flesh & Bones

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Glad to have joined the "Club", April 19, 2002

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Big Wheel "big_wheel" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trojan: Club Reggae (Audio CD)

I'm not here to kiss up to Trojan Records. I was not all that impressed with their "Rocksteady" Box Set release, finding most of the selections on it uninspired. Having said that, I did NOT have buyer's remorse with "Club Reggae". My favorite time period for Reggae is the late 60's early 70's and my first Box Set purchase was "Tighten Up", which I found to be excellent, but it only made me want more. "Club Reggae" has the usual "big names" included in this compilation along with many artists that I'd not heard of before, but I was glad to have been introduced to them. There are perhaps a few too many cover songs for my taste, the worst of which sound like they were produced by Pat Boone while he was on vacation in Jamaica. But there are definite exceptions: The Toots and the Maytals version of "Louie Louie" is different than the one most commonly heard on their greatest hits collections. And the Pioneers' cover of "Mother and Child Reunion" gives the Paul Simon original a major run for its' money. There are many excellent originals, some of them impossible to resist dancing to, some are simply beautiful, and of course there are a few stinkers which kept my overall rating at four stars. But the good far outweighs the bad and let's face it: you're getting three CD's worth of material that you'd be hard pressed to find anywhere else for [money]. I've checked the prices in some of those dirty-no-good chain stores and if you actually do find a Box Set be prepared to part with [more money] to [more money] or more. Also, I'm a sucker for photos and bio information on artists and songs which is sorely lacking with these box sets, but if it means keeping the prices reasonable and the vintage Reggae pumpin', I'm willing to do without.