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VA - Trojan - D.J. Box Set
 Year: 1998 Country: England Genre: Ska Label: Trojan Records  Format: 3 CD Box set Type: MP3 Bitrate: 128kbps ID Tags: Yes Time duration: 2 hours 24 minutes 26 sec   Tracklist: Disc: 1 1. Screaming Target - Big Youth 2. Festival Wise - U-Roy 3. Yamaha Skank - Shorty 4. D.J.'s Choice - Winston Williams 5. Hot Bomb - I Roy & The Jumpers 6. Kings Of Kings - Dennis Alcapone 7. I Got To Get Away - Dave Barker 8. Pride & Joy Rock - Big Youth 9. Love Is A Treasure - Lizzy 10. The Tide Is High - U-Roy 11. Riddle I This - Scotty 12. Blackman Time - I-Roy 13. Herbsman Shuffle - King Stitt, Andy Capp 14. Cambodia - Blake Boy 15. $90 Skank - Big Youth 16. A Place Called Africa - Winston Prince 17. Earthquake (Version) - U-Roy Disc: 2 1. Clean race - Scotty 2. Spanish amigo - Dennis Alcapone 3. Buck and the preacher - I-Roy 4. Hot stick version - Samuels, Philip 5. Be careful - Big Youth 6. True true - U-Roy 7. Vigerton 2 - King Stitt 8. Cow town skank - I-Roy 9. Teach the children - Dennis Alcapone 10. Red gold and green - I-Roy 11. Draw your brakes - Scotty 12. Jack of my trade - Sir Lord Comic (1) 13. Moving version - Big Youth 14. Give me power version - King Iwah 15. Flashing my whip - U-Roy 16. Fire corner - King Stitt 17. Ripe cherry - Dennis Alcapone Disc: 3 1. Hammering - Campbell, Cat 2. Shock and shake - Charlie Ace 3. To the fields - Herman (1) 4. I worry - Scotty 5. Tripe girl - I-Roy 6. Dreamland version - Big Youth 7. Great woggie - Dennis Alcapone 8. Love I tender - U-Roy 9. High explosion - Young, Lloyd 10. Wet version - Barker, Dave 11. Children children - Scotty 12. Right song - Lizzy 13. Killer - Big Youth 14. Ten commandments - Prince Heron 15. DJ's choice (2) - Dennis Alcapone 16. Dr Phibbs - I-Roy   Information about album: The Trojan label box sets are one of the best introductions into specific Jamaican genres on the market. The budget-priced boxes stuff in over 50 songs across three CDs, and although they are parsimonious with the liner notes and infuriatingly unhelpful with the credits, there isn't much of better value to be had. The Trojan D.J. box set is yet a further example of the plusses and minuses of this series. The discs are positively packed with hits from all of the era's greatest stars. U-Roy flashes his whip, Big Youth is indeed killer and a screaming target for his competitors to try to beat, Dennis Alcapone is crowned the King of Kings and remains the perennial DJ's choice, while I-Roy proves that "Blackman Time" is the best time of the day. All four of these superstars are well served within, each spotlighted by a handful of their top toasts. A little further down the ladder were DJs like Scotty, Shorty, Charlie Ace, and Lizzy, all popular in their day, but whose accomplishments have faded with time. The first two each receive several cuts, and their "Yamaha Skank" and "I Worry," respectively, are both top-notch, as is Lizzy's "Love Is a Treasure." Dave Barker is as renowned for his singing as his DJing, and his toasting was as exuberant as his singing was sweet. His "I Got to Get Away" is an absolute masterpiece. There are also welcome inclusions from such early groundbreakers as King Stitt and Sir Lord Comic, as well as a number from now long-forgotten DJs like Blake Boy and Prince Heron. What's missing is any sense of chronology, any mention of the producers, and any identification of the rhythms being rapped over. For novices, this can lead to endless weeks of playing Name That Tune, and even veterans will find the lack of information disturbing. Buy it for the music, then get going on your own research.  
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