VA — FrontLine Presents Roots: 37 Classic Roots Cuts (2014)

MP3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks) | Reggae, Roots Reggae | 2h 13 min | 371 / 999 MB

In 1978 Vi Records launched a label that soon became widely regarded as the most influential imprint of the Roots Reggae era: Front Line. Its brief but glorious existence is celebrated with a brace of themed 2CD collections, each of which feature a mixture of the most popular and sought-after Reggae recordings released by Vi the late \’70s.

Disc One:

1. House Of Dread Locks — Big Youth

2. Chalice In The Palace — U Roy

3. Crazy Bald Head — Johnny Clarke

4. Country Living — The Mighty Diamonds

5. Mix Up — The Gladiators

6. Tribute To Marcus Garvey — I Roy

7. Natty Dread A Take Over — U Brown

8. Rastaman Skank — Tapper Zukie

9. If You Don\’t Love Jah — Althea & Donna

10. Natty And The Root Man — Ranking Trevor

11. Created By The Father — Gregory Isaacs

12. Daughters Of Zion — Prince Far I

13. Jah Son Of Africa — U Roy

14. Keep On Trying (12\» Mix) — Twinkle Brothers

15. Exodus — I Roy

16. Bodyguard — The Mighty Diamonds

17. Back Yard Meditation — The Gladiators

18. Free Africa (12\» Mix) — The Twinkle Brothers

Disc Two:

1. Satta A Massa Gana — Johnny Clarke

2. Satta — I Roy

3. Pocket Money — The Gladiators

4. Evil Doers — U Roy

5. Jah Will Work It Out — The Mighty Diamonds

6. M.P.L.A. — Tapper Zukie

7. Blackman Land — Prince Far I

8. Masculine Gender — Ranking Trevor

9. Stop The Fussing And Fighting — Culture

10. This Land Is For Everyone — The Abyssinians

11. Babylon River — U Roy

12. Struggle — The Gladiators

13. Set The Captives Free — I Roy

14. Jahoviah (12\» Mix) — The Twinkle Brothers

15. Universal Tribulation — Gregory Isaacs

16. Let Jah Be Praised — The Gladiators

17. International Herb — Culture

18. Hill And Gully — I Roy

19. Jah Kingdom Come — The Twinkle Brothers