Reggae Hit The Town - The Early Reggae Mix

It had been a while since I had ventured back into the stacks and dug up the components to a spur-of-the-moment compilation, especially in the midst of editing the 2014 Halloween Spooktacular, but I got inspired.  I think it has a lot to do with putting together the Jackie Bernard tribute earlier this week and listening to a heap of top-flight tunes from the early reggae era that in my nine years here have seemed to slip through the cracks... or even more precisely, through my memory.  What you're going to hear is a highly listenable and danceable, if you're so inclined, mix that will work nicely in putting a smile on your face and a spring in your step this weekend!  I know some of these songs are clearly skirting the edge of rocksteady but we're tossing genre labels to the wind and just jumping in.  Here's what you're going to hear... now mind you, aside from a couple ripped directly from vinyl, I have compiled these tracks from various LPs and CD's but it was more fun listing them as they were originally pressed... and yes, I would love to have them all in their original formats but I have yet to win the lottery to finance that project. :)

1.  Lee Perry & The Upsetters - Salt & Pepper - Eastwood Rides Again LP - Trojan - 1970
2.  King Sporty - Choice of Music - Coxsone 7" - 1970
3.  The Ethiopians - Everything Crash - JJ Records 7" - 1968
4.  Karl Bryan & The Crystalites - Slippery - Crystal Records 7" - 1969
5.  Al Barry & The Cimarons - Morning Sun - Doctor Bird 7" - 1970
6.  Peter Tosh - You Can't Fool Me Again - Impact 7" - 1969
7.  Jackie Mittoo - Spring Time - Bamboo 7" - 1969
8.  The Maytals - Monkey Girl - Summit 7" - 1971
9.  Ansel Collins - Night Of Love - Beverley's 7" - 1969
10.  The Dynamites - Reggaedelic - Clandisc 7" - 1970
11.  Dennis Walks - Heart Don't Leap - Moodisc 7" - 1969
12.  Hopeton Lewis - Live It Up - Duke Reid 7" - 1969
13.  The Tennors - Cherry - Crab 7" - 1969
14.  Augustus Pablo - Snowball & Pudding - Ackee 7" - 1971
15.  Fitz Roy Sterling - That's My Life - Bullet 7" - 1970
16.  Derrick Morgan - Moon Hop - Crab 7" - 1969
17.  Harry J Allstars - Liquidator - Harry J 7" - 1969
18.  Pat Kelly - How Long Will It Take - Gas 7" - 1969
19.  Cedric Brooks & Dave Madden - Sea Breeze - Ru Soul 7" - 1971
20.  Jo Jo Bennett & The Mudies All Stars - Calling You - Groovy Joe LP - 1970

Enjoy!