"The 47 tracks on this 2000 comp include some familiar favorites, such as Junior Byles' strangely moving "Place Called Africa," Bob Marley's epochal herb anthem "Kaya," and the inevitable four or five takes on the "Small Axe" rhythm. But there are also some wonderful obscurities, including Hortense Ellis's delightful rock steady renditions of "Take a Little Piece of My Heart" and "Suspicious Minds," and Stranger Cole's scornful "Run Up Your Mouth."
Digibook packaging has some scuffs, especially on the back, and the first page of stitched-in booklet has a couple of creases; discs have some marks but play fine. Overall grade VG.
- 1-01 Tight Spot
- 1-02 Knock On Wood
- 1-03 Heart & Soul
- 1-04 Zig Zag
- 1-05 Elusion
- 1-06 Big John Wayne
- 1-07 Mr. Brown
- 1-08 Dracula
- 1-09 Confusion
- 1-10 Confusion Version
- 1-11 Kaya
- 1-12 Kaya Version
- 1-13 Small Axe
- 1-14 All In One (Medley): [A) Bend Down Low B) Nice Time C) One Love D) Simmer Down E) It Hurts To Be Alo
- 1-15 You’ve Got To Be Mine
- 1-16 You’ve Got To Be Mine Version
- 1-17 Shocks 71
- 1-18 The Creeper
- 1-19 Creeping Version
- 1-20 Copasetic
- 1-21 Don’t Cross The Nation
- 1-22 Groove Me
- 1-23 Screwdriver
- 2-01 What A Confusion
- 2-02 Confusion Version
- 2-03 Earthquake
- 2-04 A Place Called Africa
- 2-05 Run Up Your Mouth
- 2-06 Mouth Version
- 2-07 Never Had A Dream Come True
- 2-08 Never Had A Dream Come True Version
- 2-09 Picture On The Wall
- 2-10 Picture On The Wall Version
- 2-11 More Axe
- 2-12 The Axe Man
- 2-13 Dark Moon
- 2-14 You'll Be Sorry
- 2-15 Dreamland
- 2-16 Dreamland Version
- 2-17 Well Dread
- 2-18 Well Dread Version
- 2-19 Piece Of My Heart
- 2-20 Piece Of My Heart Version
- 2-21 Suspicious Minds
- 2-22 Earthquake Version
- 2-23 Give Me Power
- 2-24 Give Me Power Version