Title: Hits Of 77: Original Album / Various Artist: Various Artists Label: Cherry Red Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 5013929275133 Genre: Reggae Release Date: 2020-02-21 Number of Discs: 2 Additional Details: UNITED KINGDOM - IMPORT
Two CDs. Reissue of the popular Sonia Pottinger-produced long-player showcasing the island's biggest reggae hits of 1977, performed by some of Kingston's finest talents. The original 10-track album is further bolstered by an additional 34 bonus tracks from the celebrated producer's catalog, all of which first saw issue in Jamaica from the same year as the LP's release or the 12 months that preceded it. Included are many of the finest roots reggae recordings ever to see issue, performed by some of the greats of the era, backed by leading session crews, the Revolutionaries and the Soul Syndicate. Of the 44 tracks, 39 have been unavailable on any format since the '70s, with the remaining five tracks unissued since the 1990s.
Tracks: 1.1 Up Park Camp 1.2 Without Love 1.3 Girl I Love You 1.4 I'm Still in Love 1.5 Run for Your Life 1.6 Jah Jah See Dem a Come 1.7 Anywhere You Want to Go 1.8 Ghetto Girl 1.9 Ballistic Affair 1.10 Things and Time 1.11 Pickney Have a Pickney 1.12 Natty Dub It in a Dreamland 1.13 Where Is That Love 1.14 Jeremiah 1.15 Stormy Weather 1.16 Sitting Here in Limbo 1.17 African Book 1.18 Hold Them 1.19 Sweetie Come from America 1.20 Mind You Business 1.21 Merry Go Round 1.22 If We Had Love 2.1 No Time to Lose 2.2 Chat Chat 2.3 Fig Root 2.4 Shank I Sheck 2.5 Shine Eye Gal 2.6 Ram Jam 2.7 Making Love 2.8 Conference Table 2.9 Married Woman 2.10 Give Me Some More 2.11 Rucumbine 2.12 El Bamba 2.13 Wake Up Everybody 2.14 An Aim in View 2.15 Live Out the 70S 2.16 Party Tonight 2.17 Reggae Feeling 2.18 Election Derby 2.19 Where It's at 2.20 Lava 2.21 The Children a Cry 2.22 When a Child Is Born
