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Product Details

  • Audio CD (January 9, 2001)
  • Original Release Date: 1998
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Diamond Range
  • ASIN: B00004IC9F
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #17,292 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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    #4 in  Music > World Music > Reggae > Jamaican Ska
    #15 in  Music > World Music > Reggae > Rocksteady
    #24 in  Music > World Music > Caribbean & Cuba > Jamaica

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1. Earthquake
2. Texas Hold-Up
3. Freezing Up Orange Street
4. Free Love
5. Julie
6. Take It Easy
7. Judge Dread
8. Too Hot
9. Ghost Dance
10. Ten Commandments
11. Al Capone
12. Barrister Pardon

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Despite popular perceptions, Jamaica's first international superstar was not Bob Marley but an idiosyncratic music arranger named Prince Buster. Buster's pre- and post-ska musical stylings were so left of center (sometimes his rhythmic structures focus on the after-beat rather than the downbeat) that he's largely thought to have created his own reggae subgenre called blue beat (named after his label of the same name). Fabulous mixes some of Buster's well-known cuts with some not-so-famous ones that fly all over the musical map as far as soundscapes go. On the more obscure numbers like "Texas Hold-Up," the wicked horn section wails away over a shuffled syncopated beat, while on the bass-heavy "Freezing up Orange Street," the organ and saxophone are mixed to spar off against one another. Down-tempo ballads like "Julie" keep this collection balanced, while Buster's more ubiquitous up-tempo rhythm tracks like "Al Capone" and "Judge Dread" expose listeners to his more uncensored political positions regarding race and sex. While his hit "Ten Commandments" is included on this collection, the sexist manifesto it espouses would generate an even more heated set of responses from women than it garnered back then (the third commandment asks for the woman "to kiss and caress me, and honor and obey me, seven days a week and twice on Sundays"). In the end, those who think that Shaggy was the creative genius behind "Oh Carolina" (Buster actually produced the original version for the Folkes Brothers) need to purchase this collection and get schooled on this ska legend. --Dalton Higgins

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Not milk and water copies, September 4, 2003
By Chris Fitz (Australia) - See all my reviews
I was having an early drink last week and there was a dj spinning some unusual stuff (for Australia) and suddenly I heard
"Al Capones guns don't argue" I was off my stool and swinging my hips and clicking my tongue chu chucca chu chucca, just as I did when I was 14 playing my Mums old copy of Al Capone b/w One step beyond (just as she had when she first bought it in 1964)
I remember the specials/Madness/Selector etc well and went to a couple of ska/2 tone concerts in 1980, but non of those bands come anywhere near the originals. These songs are timeless and have more rhythm than there milk and water copies from the late 70's early 80's. If you like ska, buy it.
It's a once off buy.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Prince Busters Guns Don't Argue, August 31, 2007
By R. N. BAILEY (TACOMA, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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Cecil Bustamente Campbell - better known as Prince Buster - could be called the James Brown of ska and of ska's child, reggae. It was Buster's musical exuberance that almost single handedly formed the second ska revolution - the Tutone revolution in England in the late `70s.

This collection of songs captures some of Busters best work from the `60s. "Madness" (later adopted as the name of the English ska band) and "Al Capone" (later remade by The Specials) are rudeboy anthems in the same vein as the Wailer's "Simmer Down" and Desmond Dekker's "007 (Shanty Town)." Other rudeboy pleasers are the classic "Too Hot" and hilarious "Judge Dread" (both later fabulously redone by The Specials, and the latter name adopted by the immortal Judge Dread). But Busters best quality is his ability to switch gears musically with mercurial ease. "Pharaoh House Crash," "30 Pieces of Silver," and "Blackhead Chineman" deplore the exploitation of the poor and weak at the hands of the greedy. Buster's randy side is shown on "Big Five" and "Rough Rider." Also in the same boat is the classic "Wreck A Pum Pum" wherein Buster not only shows his randy side, but does so in a very blue manner. Aside from lust, Buster shows his gentler, sentimental side for the ladies on "Julie On My Mind" and a remake of "My Girl." And then there's the over-the-top anthem of male braggadocio "Ten Commandments" and the braggadocio of "Earthquake" wherein Buster proclaims that he is Jamaica's musical parallel to Mohammed Ali. However, ever-present throughout his body of work is a sharp sense of humor.

"Fabulous Greatest Hits" is the best Prince Buster collection to date. It is a comprehensive album great for the first time listener. Unfortunately, it does miss a good number of the prolific Buster's best songs, "Whine & Grine" and "Firestick" come to mind. Other collections are often filled with is lesser-known songs and/or a lot of dub versions. So, if you want to hear a true original of ska, and granddaddy to reggae, you should check out Prince Buster - you won't be let down.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Skanktastic!, July 19, 2000
By Sir Ward Comic (Hanging around the Black Ark, circa 1973, Kingston, JA) - See all my reviews
Finally tracked this down after many hours of searching and boy was it worth it! The first track Earthquake sets you off , yer feet start to shuffle, yer arms start swinging and by the time Texas Hold Up hits you you'll be reachin' for that can of Red Stripe! Also I defy you to stand still whilst listening to Ten Commandments or Al Capone. Even the slow rocksteady numbers such as Julie & Too Hot stir you up the right way. This album is the perfect soundtrack to those summer evenings and parties with a wider musical scope .....I still play it most weeks at the club where I play Hip Hop!
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4.0 out of 5 stars The world needs more Prince Buster!
If they'd spent a few more bucks spent on audio restoration, this could have been wicked! That said, the sound is certainly NOT terrible as was previously suggested. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Prince Buster
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2.0 out of 5 stars Dissappointing sound
This disc is the first and the last one for my Prince Buster collection. The sound is terrible, I understand that this musician recorded its music more than 40 years, but there is... Read more
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Published on July 27, 2003 by Nick M. Nicolas

5.0 out of 5 stars awesome collection from one of the lesser known greats
A wonderfully eclectic mix, but this CD really needs the song Rough Rider, probably Prince Buster's best song.
Published on October 18, 2002 by Randall W

5.0 out of 5 stars rude boyz don't cry
Time travel with the Prince of ska and rock steady, mon!

This recording is from about 1967. 'Earthquake on Orange Street' talks about Sonny Liston and Mohammed Ali. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Top Skinhead Anthem
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Published on December 30, 2000 by bigskins

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