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Another mix-and-match U-Roy compilation that bundles together recordings from the '70s in willy-nilly fashion, Original DJ combs through the DJ's work with only two producers (as is too often the case), and to no one's surprise, it's Duke Reid and Prince Tony Robinson whose back catalogs are rifled. The Reid material has been bundled together many times over the years, starting back in 1971 when Trojan pulled together an album's worth of the toaster's Treasure Isle singles for Version Galore. That set was reissued by Virgin in 1978, with further Reid productions compiled on the following year's With Words of Wisdom. In 1990, Virgin, having annoyingly deleted both these albums, pulled tracks from them for the CD compilation Version of Wisdom, which is where you can find all the Reid productions and then some. Thus, the Originator's early recordings are dispensed with. In the mid-'70s, U-Roy began working with Robinson, a particularly successful partnership highlighted by more hit singles and a quartet of crucial albums. Virgin released 1975's Dread in a Babylon, with their Frontline imprint putting out Natty Rebel, Rasta Ambassador, and Jah Son of Africa over the following three years, all of which have been subsequently reissued on CD. Oddly, though, this compilation pulls tracks off only the first three sets, thus bringing this compilation to a premature conclusion in 1977. Not that one particularly notices, as the tracks bounce around the years and records. Regardless, there's still a mouthwatering selection of numbers within, and while Original DJ is by no means a career-spanning set of the DJ's '70s work (equally seminal singles were cut for many other producers as well), it's still a particularly worthy collection.
© Jo-Ann Greene /TiVo
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Tony Robinson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Ewart Beckford, ComposerLyricist - U-Roy, MainArtist
(C) 1995 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1978 Virgin Records Limited
Tony Robinson, Producer - Ewart Beckford, Composer, Vocals, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Owen Gray, ComposerLyricist - U-Roy, MainArtist
(C) 1995 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1976 Virgin Records Limited
U-Roy, Composer, MainArtist - Errol Thompson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Prince Tony Robinson , Producer - Silvester Morris, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1995 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1977 Virgin Records Limited
U-Roy, Composer, MainArtist - Bunny Lee, Producer - Errol Thompson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Prince Tony Robinson , Producer - Silvester Morris, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1995 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1977 Virgin Records Limited
Beckford, ComposerLyricist - A Treasure Island Production, Producer - U-Roy, MainArtist - Duke Reid, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1995 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1979 Virgin Records Limited
A Treasure Island Production, Producer - U-Roy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Duke Reid, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1995 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1978 Virgin Records Limited
John Holt, Composer - Howard Barrett, Composer - Tyrone Evans, Composer - A Treasure Island Production, Producer - U-Roy, MainArtist
(C) 1995 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1978 Virgin Records Limited
A Treasure Island Production, Producer - U-Roy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Duke Reid, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1995 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1978 Virgin Records Limited
Tony Robinson, Producer - Beckford, Composer - U-Roy, MainArtist
(C) 1995 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1976 Virgin Records Limited
Beckford, Composer - U-Roy, MainArtist - Errol Thompson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Prince Tony Robinson , Producer - Silvester Morris, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1995 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1977 Virgin Records Limited
Tony Robinson, Producer - Beckford, Composer - Robinson, Composer - U-Roy, MainArtist
(C) 1995 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1975 Virgin Records Limited
Tony Robinson, Producer - Beckford, Composer - Robinson, Composer - U-Roy, MainArtist
(C) 1995 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1975 Virgin Records Limited
A Treasure Island Production, Producer - U-Roy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Duke Reid, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1995 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1978 Virgin Records Limited
John Holt, ComposerLyricist - A Treasure Island Production, Producer - U-Roy, MainArtist
(C) 1995 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1977 Virgin Records Limited
A Treasure Island Production, Producer - U-Roy, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Duke Reid, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1995 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1978 Virgin Records Limited
Beckford, ComposerLyricist - A Treasure Island Production, Producer - U-Roy, MainArtist - Duke Reid, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1995 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1979 Virgin Records Limited
Beckford, ComposerLyricist - A Treasure Island Production, Producer - U-Roy, MainArtist
(C) 1995 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1979 Virgin Records Limited
Tony Robinson, Producer - Beckford, Composer - Robinson, Composer - Ford, Composer - U-Roy, MainArtist
(C) 1995 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1975 Virgin Records Limited
Tony Robinson, Producer - Beckford, Composer - Robinson, Composer - U-Roy, MainArtist
(C) 1995 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1975 Virgin Records Limited
Tony Robinson, Producer - Beckford, Composer - Robinson, Composer - U-Roy, MainArtist
(C) 1995 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1975 Virgin Records Limited
U-Roy, Composer, MainArtist - Errol Thompson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Prince Tony Robinson , Producer - Silvester Morris, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1995 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1977 Virgin Records Limited
Tony Robinson, Producer - Beckford, Composer - Robinson, Composer - U-Roy, MainArtist
(C) 1995 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1975 Virgin Records Limited
Tony Robinson, Producer - Beckford, Composer - Robinson, Composer - U-Roy, MainArtist
(C) 1995 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1975 Virgin Records Limited
Tony Robinson, Producer - Robinson, ComposerLyricist - U Roy, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - U-Roy, MainArtist - E Beckford, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1995 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1975 Virgin Records Limited
U-Roy, Composer, MainArtist - Errol Thompson, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Prince Tony Robinson , Producer - Silvester Morris, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1995 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1995 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1977 Virgin Records Limited
Album review
Another mix-and-match U-Roy compilation that bundles together recordings from the '70s in willy-nilly fashion, Original DJ combs through the DJ's work with only two producers (as is too often the case), and to no one's surprise, it's Duke Reid and Prince Tony Robinson whose back catalogs are rifled. The Reid material has been bundled together many times over the years, starting back in 1971 when Trojan pulled together an album's worth of the toaster's Treasure Isle singles for Version Galore. That set was reissued by Virgin in 1978, with further Reid productions compiled on the following year's With Words of Wisdom. In 1990, Virgin, having annoyingly deleted both these albums, pulled tracks from them for the CD compilation Version of Wisdom, which is where you can find all the Reid productions and then some. Thus, the Originator's early recordings are dispensed with. In the mid-'70s, U-Roy began working with Robinson, a particularly successful partnership highlighted by more hit singles and a quartet of crucial albums. Virgin released 1975's Dread in a Babylon, with their Frontline imprint putting out Natty Rebel, Rasta Ambassador, and Jah Son of Africa over the following three years, all of which have been subsequently reissued on CD. Oddly, though, this compilation pulls tracks off only the first three sets, thus bringing this compilation to a premature conclusion in 1977. Not that one particularly notices, as the tracks bounce around the years and records. Regardless, there's still a mouthwatering selection of numbers within, and while Original DJ is by no means a career-spanning set of the DJ's '70s work (equally seminal singles were cut for many other producers as well), it's still a particularly worthy collection.
© Jo-Ann Greene /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 25 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:48
- Main artists: U-Roy
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Virgin Records
- Genre: Reggae
© 1995 Virgin Records Limited This Compilation ℗ 1995 Virgin Records Limited
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