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Trojan Box Set: Instrumentals | 
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| Artist: Various Artists
Label: Trojan
Category: Music
Buy New: $19.97
New (10) Used (4) from $19.97
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 315475
Format: Box Set, Limited Edition, Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.1 x 5 x 0.7
UPC: 766126100726
EAN: 0766126100726
ASIN: B00000IN5J
Release Date: May 11, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: BRAND NEW Factory Sealed - Ready to be shipped within 24 hrs from California - Average 5 workdays delivery time - Excellent customer service - Buy with confidence!
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Disc 1
| • | Liquidator - Johnson | | • | James Ray - Harriott | | • | Capo - Adams | | • | Napoleon Solo - Taitt, Lyn | | • | Fat Dog - Gibson | | • | One Eyed Giant - Brooks, Baba | | • | Champion - Luboff | | • | Tom's Version - Smith | | • | Tribute to King Scratch - Sterling, Lester | | • | East of the River Nile - Pablo, Augustus | | • | Eastern Standard Time - Drummon | | • | Reflections of Don D - Moore, Johnny [3] " | | • | Make Yourself Comfortable - Merrill | | • | The Rooster - Reid, Duke | | • | In the Spirit - Chambers, Lloyd | | • | Tons of Gold - Johnson, Harry | | • | For a Few Dollars More - Perry, Lee [1] "Scr |
Disc 2
| • | The Russians Are Coming - Desmond | | • | Scarface - Riley | | • | Soul Scorcher - Johnson, Harry | | • | Top Secret - Riley, W. | | • | Return to Django - Perry, Lee [1] "Scr | | • | Contact - Richards, Roy | | • | Guns Fever - Brooks, Baba | | • | Memphis Underground - Gibson | | • | The Hippys Are Here - Gibson, J.A. | | • | Tit for Tat - Hinds, Neville | | • | El Torro - Alphonso, Roland | | • | Death a Come - Charmers, Lloyd | | • | The Saint - Unknown | | • | My Cherie Amour - Cosby | | • | El Casino Royale - Toitt | | • | Bombshell - Harriott, Derrick |
Disc 3
| • | Clint Eastwood - Phillips, Adams | | • | Way of Life - Unknown | | • | Heads or Tails - Dunn | | • | Last Call - Unknown | | • | El Pussy Cat Ska | | • | Memories of Love - Unknown | | • | Decimal Currency - Blenders | | • | Eight Years After - Unknown | | • | Jumping With Mr. Lee - Bennett, Val | | • | The Monster - Kong | | • | Seven Guns Alive - Hinds, Neville | | • | Cloudburst | | • | Love Me Forever - Eccles, Clancy | | • | Don't Let Me Down - Lennon, John | | • | Green Island - Drummond, Don | | • | Barabus - Unknown | | • | Stop That Man - Harriott, Derrick |
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Album Description
50 great reggae instrumentals from the vaults of Trojan Records. Contains brief biographies on each artist & track. Artists include Harry J Allstars, Augustus Pablo, Don Drummond, Upsetters, Roland Alphonso, Tommy McCook and many more. Comes packaged in a full color CD-sized brilliant box with each disc in a separate slipcase. 1999 release.
Album Details
Limited Edition Three CD Set featuring 50 Tracks of Classic Instrumental Reggae Hits.
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| Customer Reviews:
 * A Sweet, Sweet Deal * October 13, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a sweet friggin' box-set of instrumental Jamaican music for a VERY low price. There are 3 discs and FIFTY tracks here! It's like buying a small DJ crate of rare Jamaican sides for next to nothing! There is some ska-era stuff, a good deal of rocksteady, and tons of what we who enjoy these things label "early reggae." Of course the instrumental stuff from these periods were less tethered to the Jamaican popular forms than the vocals were, moving easily from r&b to soul to jazz to funk, to Latin, and all over the place, mixing up the stuff to create whole new styles. This is killer stuff, pure and simple. Beginners might want to get into classic Jamaican instrumental music with a disc such as Heartbeat's "Downbeat The Ruler" or Soul Jazz's "Studio One Scorcher," the two of which are the best of their type. Soon enough, however, you'll be wanting to add this groovin' set to your collection, and it will be worth every cent, and then some. Awesome.
P.S. - Check out Trojan's "Alpha Boy's School" disc as well, for more killer instrumentals from this period.
in total disagreement with previous review February 20, 2004
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
While some of these tracks are on the obscure side, this is one of the most enjoyable instrumental compilations in any genre that I ever purchased. I highly recommend it even to those unfamilliar with Jamaican music of the 60's (most of these tracks fall into the ska/rocksteady/early reggae period).
 Instrumentals Non-essential July 10, 2003
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
With Trojan Records, you'd think you'd pretty much be in the arms of Jah with anything you buy. Not necessarily so, here. Although this collection contains some decent standouts from the Harry J All Stars et. al, most of the material borders on kitsch and comes off as somewhat dispensable within just the first listen, unlike much of the instrumental/dub work of Lee Scratch/Upsetters. Unless you're dedicated to collecting all these box sets, go with another and you might get a few of the better selections offered here.
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