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Reggae Anthology: Mighty Diamonds - Pass The Knowledge

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1.	Back Whey 03:30	buy track
2.	Right Time 03:11	buy track
3.	Have Mercy 03:14	buy track
4.	Just Can't Figure Out 03:11	buy track
5.	Jah Jah Bless The Dreadlocks 02:33	buy track
6.	Jail House 02:37	buy track
7.	Cat-O-Nine 02:40	buy track
8.	Africa 03:07	buy track
9.	Shame and Pride 03:18	buy track
10.	Country Living 03:55	buy track
11.	I Need A Roof 03:47	buy track
12.	Ghetto Living 03:37	buy track
13.	Identity 03:43	buy track
14.	Gypsy Woman 04:06	buy track
15.	Keep On Moving 03:46	buy track
16.	Just Like A River 02:58	buy track
17.	Let Jah Sun Shine 03:33	buy track
18.	Swell Headed - Dubplate 06:28	buy track
19.	I Want To Know - Dubplate 03:16	buy track
20.	Rocky Road - Dubplate 03:10	buy track
21.	Pass The Kutchie 03:35	buy track
22.	Bodyguard 03:28	buy track
23.	Struggling 03:26	buy track
24.	Gates Of Zion 07:00	buy track
25.	Brother Man 05:01	buy track
26.	Eyes On Africa 04:04	buy track
27.	Jah Will Work It Out 02:51	buy track
28.	Pray Unto Thee 03:15	buy track
29.	Tamarind Farm 04:01	buy track
30.	Mr. Chin Slippers 03:26	buy track
31.	Pass The Knowledge 03:41	buy track
32.	Let The Dollar Circulate 03:45	buy track
33.	Heads Of Government 03:40	buy track
34.	Fight It Out There 03:27	buy track
35.	(This Is) Party Time 03:44	buy track
36.	Hypocrite - Dubplate 02:47	buy track
37.	Survival - Dubplate 03:32	buy track
38.	Lovely Lady 03:39	buy track
39.	The Last Dance (Last Waltz) 03:32	buy track

about

A trio consisting of Donald "Tabby" Shaw, Fitzroy "Bunny" Simpson, and Lloyd "Judge" Ferguson, the Mighty Diamonds are Jamaica's longest-running vocal group still active with the original members, delivering the same smooth, easy-rocking, and thoughtful harmonies for some 40 years now. It comes as a bit of a surprise, then, that this set from VP Records is the first real career-spanning anthology of the trio's key tracks to hit the 21st century digital world. Covering the Diamonds' peak years from 1975 to 1986, and featuring productions done over those years by the likes of Gussie Clarke, Joseph Hoo-Kim, Donovan Germain, Tappa Zukie, Ossie Hibbert, Errol Thompson, Junior Booth, and Joe Gibbs, among others, along with rare dubplate versions of "Hypocrite" and "Survival," this woefully overdue compilation simply underscores what fans of vintage reggae roots music have always known, that these guys are simply one of the best vocal groups the island ever produced. The Diamonds' most essential sides are here, including the genre classics "Right Time," "Have Mercy," "I Need a Roof," and "Pass the Kouchie," and track after track glides by full of sharp, crisp rhythms and those trademark velvet-smooth and laid-back harmonies, even as the songs serve witness to poverty and desperation with defiant ghetto pride, determination, and the sly certainty of redemption. - Steve Legget

credits

released July 15, 2013

Manufactured By – VP Records
Distributed By – VP Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – VP Music Group, Inc.
Copyright © – VP Music Group, Inc.

Chris O'Brien
A&R, Project Manager

"Deadly" Headley Bennett
Composer

Wade Brammer
Composer

Linda Creed
Composer

Clement "Coxsone" Dodd
Composer

Lloyd Ferguson
Composer

Joseph "Jo Jo" Hoo Kim
Composer

Barry Llewellyn
Composer

Galt MacDermot
Composer

Barry Mason
Composer

Curtis Mayfield
Composer

Jackie Mittoo
Composer

James Rado
Composer

Gerome Ragni
Composer

Les Reed
Composer

Robbie Lyn
Composer

Winston Rodney
Composer

Donald Shaw
Composer

Leroy Sibbles
Composer

Fitzroy Simpson
Composer

Dennis Stanley
Composer

Joe Gibbs
Composer, Producer

Peter Simon
Cover Photo

Christopher Chin
Executive Producer

Tony McDermott
Graphic Design

Harry Wise
Liner Notes

Kevin Metcalfe
Mastering

The Mighty Diamonds
Primary Artist, Producer

Junior Booth
Producer

Augustus "Gussie" Clarke
Producer

Bunny Diamond
Producer

Donovan Germain
Producer

Ossie Hibbert
Producer

Joseph Hoo-Kim
Producer

Bunny Lee
Producer

Rodguel "Blackbeard" Sinclair
Producer

Dennis "Dubmasta" Stanley
Producer

Errol Thompson
Producer

Tappa Zukie
Producer

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VP Records Queens, New York

Miles Ahead

NYC • MIA • KIN • LDN • TYO • JHB • RJ

With origins in Kingston, Jamaica in the late 1950s as Randy’s Record Mart, Vincent and Patricia Chin’s small used record business would grow to become one of the world’s largest independent record labels, with a catalog of 35,000 recordings. ... more