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  • SKU: DBCDD062
  • Format: CD
  • UPC: 5013929276239
  • Street Date: 09/11/20
  • PreBook Date: 07/17/20
  • Label: Doctor Bird »
  • Genre: Reggae
  • Run Time: 80 mins
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Year of Production: 2020
  • Box Lot: 25
  • Territory: US,CA

 

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Reggae Power: Original Album Plus Bonus Tracks

Reggae Power: Original Album Plus Bonus Tracks
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By the close of the Sixties, record retailer and jukebox businessman Karl 'J.J.' Johnson was firmly established as one of Jamaica's leading record producers, having released a string of best-selling rock steady and proto-reggae 45s by such noted local acts as Lee 'Scratch' Perry, the Rulers, Carl Dawkins, the Kingstonians and the Ethiopians. Early in 1969, a lucrative agreement with British record label, Trojan, emboldened the ambitious entrepreneur to release an album comprising a dozen of his latest recordings in the new reggae style. Entitled "Reggae Power", the LP was dominated by regular hit-makers, the Ethiopians, whose recent singles had proved so popular in Britain that the group had been prompted to make a promotional tour of the country. Their trip led to Trojan dramatically reworking the 'Reggae Power' long-player for its UK release, replacing all but two non-Ethiopians tracks with further J.J.-produced works by the trio, before issuing it in new artwork. But with the Ethiopians collection already available on the Doctor Bird CD, "Reggae Power & Woman Capture Man", it is the Jamaican version of the album that provides the inspiration for this exciting double-disc compilation, which collects the bulk of J.J. Johnson's output from 1968 to 1972, including numerous reggae hits and 17 recordings new to CD.

  

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