Your Top 10

[cpv]

what is your top 10 for roots albums (second half of the 70s). just for curiosity and also to see if i am missing a good album. here is mine:

1. Heart of the congos
2. Exodus
3. Wild suspense
4. Africa must be free by 1983
5. Haile i hymn
6. A song
7. Pave the way
8. Satta massagana
9. Trenchtown mix up
10.Zap pow

[Donovan]

3 of my my top 10 are past 12/31/79

1. Prince Far I - Psalms For I
2. Freddie Mcgregor - Bobby Bobylon
3. Little Roy - Tafari Earth Uprising
4. The Congos - Heart of The Congos
5. Yabby You - Jesus Dread
6. Horace Andy - Seek & You Shall Find
7. The Gladiators - Trenchtown Mix-Up
8. The Uplifters - Burning Bush
9. Various Artists - Wiser Dread
10. Freddie Mcgregor - Big Ship

[ras andejo]

1. Cultural Roots - Revolutionary Sounds
2. Freddie McGregor - Bobby Bobylon
3. The Travellers - Black Black Minds
4. The Congos - Heart Of The Congos
5. The Abyssinians - Satta Massagana
6. Israel Vibration - The Same Song
7. Cornell Campbell - Stalowatt
8. Hugh Mundell - Africa Must Be Free by 1983
9. Junior Murvin - Police And Thieves
10. The Viceroys - Consider Yourself

[kalcidis]

rasandejo; I've tried so many times to get into the Melodians-album. I think it's such a boring album. Not knocking on your taste but I can't see what people see in this album!

I have very few vocal albums on that list. Mainly dub and deejays. I'll try to write down my list this evening.

[ras andejo]

kalcidis; Beauty is in the eye of the beholder....

[picaraza]

Ten not yet mentioned:


Dennis Brown
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Visions of Dennis Brown
Joseph's Coat of Many Colours

Burning Spear
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Marcus Garvey
Man In the Hills
Living Dub
Social Living
Hail H.I.M.

Max Romeo
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Revelation Time

Justin Hinds & the Dominoes
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Jezebel

Joe Higgs
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Life of Contradiction

Gregory Isaacs
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Soon Forward
Cool Ruler

[kalcidis]

This is in no way my absolute favourite top 10. Just ten albums I can think of this moment that I rate as some of the best this era had to offer.

Rico - Man From Wareika LP (Island, 1976)
Big Joe - Keep Rocking And Swinging LP (Celluloid, 1976)
Mighty Maytones - Madness LP (Burning Sounds, 1976)
Winston Edwards - Natty Locks Dub LP (Fay Music, 1974)
Sir Coxson Sound - King Of The Dubb Rock LP (Safari, 1975)
Vivian Jackson - Ram-A-Dam LP (Lucky, 1975)
Ranking Dread - Kunta Kinte Roots LP (Burning Roots, 1979)
Yabby You - Beware LP (Grove Music, 1978)
Twinkle Brothers - Rasta Pon Top LP (Grounation, 1976)
Skin, Flesh & Bones - Fighting Dub LP (Love, 1975)

[Marky Dread]

well, this was tough - so tough in fact, i have just listed the last 10 i listened to!

trinity - shanty town determination
yabby you - dub it to the top
augustus pablo - el rockers
lee perry / upstetters - super ape
clint eastwood - the real clint eastwood
king tubby - dub gone crazy
bim sherman - tribulation
u brown - train to zion
heptones - sweet talking
general echo - teacher fi di class

bonus: x-ray spex - germ free adolescents (GOTTA mix it up a bit!)

[OrginialRockersStylee]

In no particular order (1975-1979)

Gregory Isaacs - Cool Ruler
Gregory Isaacs - Soon Forward
Dennis Brown - Visions
Hugh Mundell - Africa must be free by 1983
Jacob Miller - Tenament Yard
Lee "Scratch" Perry - Super Ape
Peter Tosh - Legalize it
Peter Tosh - Equal Rights
Max Romeo - War Ina Babylon
Israel Vibration - Same Song

Ok, chosing 10 out of 100 is quit hard

Edit: Omg, where is Augustus Pablo? Where are the Heptones...

[rootmanxy]

Abyssians "Forward"
Hugn Mundell "Africa Must be free" (Rockers)
Augustus Pablo "East of the River Nile"
Gladiators "Presenting"
Mighty Diamonds "Right Time"
Scientist "Rids the world of evil vampires"
Burning Spear "Marcus Garvey"
Lee Scratch Perry "Open the Gate"
Bob Marley "Exodus"
Yabby You "Jesus Dread"