"Gussie Presenting I Roy" reissue on Trojan - is there really a 2CD version?

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Pangolino
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"Gussie Presenting I Roy" reissue on Trojan - is there really a 2CD version?

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I finally bought a copy of this album - it's a 2007 reissue version on Trojan (cat. 06076-80569-2) with 23 tracks on it. I'm now seeing listings for a 2CD version with 40-some tracks, also listed as being a 2007 release. Does anyone know if two versions really came out, and if so, why? I'm glad to finally have a copy of this album, as I Roy is probably my favourite DJ, but maybe I should remember not to buy things without doing research first.
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Re: "Gussie Presenting I Roy" reissue on Trojan - is there really a 2CD version?

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lucky u got a store u can get such music from...
not a single reggae store in my country, got to rely on selektas to get vintage stuff, but dem got only 40% of it!!
mad ting.......
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Re: "Gussie Presenting I Roy" reissue on Trojan - is there really a 2CD version?

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Disc 2 contains, among other versions, the original cuts of the tracks that I Roy DJs over.

There is, for example, the original vocal cut of "Black Man Time" - Slaving (Every Day) by Lloyd Parks - plus 3 additional versions on this rhythm.
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Re: "Gussie Presenting I Roy" reissue on Trojan - is there really a 2CD version?

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Thanks - at least I know there is another version. I can't figure why Trojan would have done it that way, but I've seen other albums released in both single and double CD versions at the same time. I will have to look up a track listing and see how many of the disc 2 songs I have already (I'm sure I have some (Ken Boothe's "Black, Gold and Green", for example) or could get elsewhere, to see if it would be worth trying to get hold of the 2CD version instead.
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Track listing for CD 2
Ken Boothe -black, gold & green
Lloyd Parks - slaving
Lloyd Parks - slaving version
Glen Brown - southeast rock
Glen Brown - no more slavery
Dennis Brown - in their own way
Dennis Brown - in their own way version
Alton Ellis - breaking up
Alton Ellis - dub wise to break your heart
Gregory Isaacs - late at night
The Heptones - tripe girl
Augustus Pablo - cow town version/fiat 125
The Simplicity People - anywhere but nowhere (version)
Roman Stewart - try me
Augustus Pablo - stardum
The Simplicity People - no no no version
The Simplicity People - KG's at Halfway Tree
Augustus Pablo - KG's (cross roads)
The Simplicity People - the murderer
Gregory Isaacs - I'm alright (loving pauper)
Old Boys Inc - I am alright version
rougher yet
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