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Gold [Burning Spear] [CD Boxset] [2 discs]

Burning Spear
2 discs

0. DISC 1:
1. Invasion, The
2. Slavery Days
3. Marcus Garvey
4. Farther East of Jack
5. Jordon River
6. Red, Gold & Green
7. Black WA-da-Da
8. I and I Survive
9. Man in the Hills
10. Door Peep
11. Cultivation
12. It's Good
13. Lion
14. Mother
0. DISC 2:
1. Dry & Heavy
2. Waiting
3. Throw Down Your Arms
4. Any River
5. Black Disciples
6. Old Marcus Garvey - (live)
7. Social Living - (Extended mix)
8. Civilised Reggae - (Extended mix)
9. Come
10. Marcus Children Suffer
11. Institution
12. Hail H.I.M.
13. Road Foggy
14. Jah No Dead - (Rockers Soundtrack Version)
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 0004509
Credits

Producer Lawrence "Jack Ruby" Lindo
Engineer
Burning Spear: Winston Rodney (vocals, percussion); Earl "Chinna" Smith , Valentine "Tony" Chin (guitar); Carlton Samuels (flute); Herman Marquis (alto saxophone); Richard Hall (tenor saxophone); Bobby Ellis (trumpet); Vincent Gordon (trombone); Bernard Touter Harvey (piano, Clavinet, organ); Robbie Shakespeare, Aston Barrett (bass guitar); Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace (drums); Delroy Hines, Rupert Willington (background vocals).
One of the most original and compelling artists in reggae history, Burning Spear (AKA Winston Rodney) started making hard-hitting roots music in the early 1970s. Upon the release of 1975's MARCUS GARVEY, Rodney established himself as a devoutly committed Rastafarian and a spokesperson for the rights, history, and identity of African descendents. This outstanding two-disc GOLD compilation begins, appropriately enough, with cuts from MARCUS GARVEY (Rodney's defining statement and a genre essential) and continues, over the course of two discs, to survey Burning Spear's Island Records output to the end of the 1970s.
Unlike a lot of collections, GOLD does not attempt to serve as a retrospective (Rodney was prolific well into the 2000s). This is a welcome relief, especially as the '70s were, arguably, Rodney's finest decade. Edgy, soulful, and charged with a deep sense of righteousness, Burning Spear's '70s recordings move, agitate, and inspire. That Rodney continually surrounded himself with the finest roots musicians--who add deep dread beats, dubby bass, fluid guitar fills, sharp horns, and call-and-response vocals to his inspired singing--is evident on all 28 tracks here. This is a superior compilation of Burning Spear's best work, and an ideal place to start exploring this seminal reggae artist.