COMPILATIONS
VITAL SELECTION
(1981 - Virgin Front Line UK)
TRACKS: Behold, Poor Jah People, Stop The Fussing And Fighting, Work On Natty, Never Get Weary, Citizen As A Peaceful Dub, Iron Sharpen Iron, The International Herb, Too Long In Slavery, The Shepherd, Holy Mount Zion
NOTES: LP only compilation of Sonia Pottinger productions
TOO LONG IN SLAVERY
(1990 - Virgin UK, Caroline US)
TRACKS: Behold, Poor Jah People, Stop The Fussing And Fighting, Cumbolo, Work On Natty, Tell Me Where You Get It, Iron Sharpening Iron, The International Herb, Too Long In Slavery, The Shepherd, Holy Mount Zion, Natty Never Get Weary, Citizen As A Peaceful Dub
NOTES: CD version of Vital Selection with many extra tracks
CULTURE AT THEIR BEST - STRONGER THAN EVER
(1990 - Rocky One US)
TRACKS: Baldhead Bridge, Zion Gate, Innocent Blood, I'm Not Ashamed, Natty Dread Taking Over, Jah Jah See Them A Come, This Train, Down In Jamaica, Play Skillfully, Two Sevens Clash
NOTES: Joe Gibbs production. The sound is awful (songs not taken from masters). Only interesting for hard-core fans because it does contain a few mixes not found elsewhere.
17 CHAPTERS OF CULTURE
(1992 - Sonic Sounds JA)
TRACKS: Elijah, Lion Rock, We Deh Yah Still, Forward To Africa, Hand A Bowl, Good Things, Love Music, Chanting On, Cousin Rude Boy, Youthman Move, Righteous Loving, The Rastaman, Babylon Big Dog, Jah Alone A Christian, Armagiddion War, Disobedient Children, Psalms Of Bob Marley
NOTES: merely ‘Lion Rock’ and ‘Good Things’ on one CD. Sound is bad, and ‘A Double Tribute to the O M’ is missing.
STRICTLY CULTURE - THE BEST OF CULTURE 1977-1979
(1994 - Music Club UK)
TRACKS: Behold, Two Sevens Clash, Holy Mount Zion, The International Herb, Natty Never Get Weary, Calling Rasta For I, Natty Dread Taking Over, Zion Gate, Jah Love, See Them A Come, Stop The Fussing And Fighting, I'm Not Ashamed, Tell Me Where You Get It, Iron Sharpening Iron, Get Ready To Ride The Lion To Zion, Work On Natty, Jah Pretty Face, Cumbolo
NOTES: Nothing rare, but sound and liner notes are really good - the only compilation to have both Pottinger and Gibbs productions.
RAS PORTRAITS
(1997 - RAS US)
TRACKS: One Stone, Youth Man Move, Addis Ababa, Good Things, Lazybones, Chanting On, Mark Of The Beast, I Tried, Psalm Of Bob Marley, Stoned Again, Slice Of Mount Zion, Righteous Dub
NOTES: Songs from 'Good Things' and 'One Stone'. One rarity only – a dub of ‘Righteous Loving’.
PRODUCTION SOMETHING
(1998 - Heartbeat US)
TRACKS: Too Long In Slavery (previously unreleased alternate mix), Garvey (extended mix), Trod On (featuring DJ Jah Thomas), Weeping (extended mix), Production Something (featuring DJ Grandpa Culture), Pyaka (previously unreleased alternate mix), Dog A Go Nyam Dog (extended mix), Black Rose (extended), Children Of Israel (extended alternate mix)
NOTES: This is the one you want, especially if you are looking for exclusive tracks and mixes.
NATTY NEVER GET WEARY
(2003, Revolver, So Af)
TRACKS: Never Get Weary, I'm Not Ashamed (with I Roy), Disco Train (with Nicodemus), Zion Gate (with Prince Mohammid), Bad Dog, Peace Truce (with Errol Scorcher), Money Girl, Too Much Pressure, Capture Rasta, Trod On
NOTES: various rare 7" and 12" singles compiled onto CD.
RARE AND UNRELEASED DUB
(2003, Revolver, So Af)
TRACKS: Disobedient Children Dub, Froward to Africa Dub, Everyday Love Dub, Skilful Dub, Iron Sharp Dub, Tropical Dub Fever, Heavenly Dub, Harder Than the Rest Dub, Freedom Jam Dub, Deep Root Dub, Two Sevens Clash Dub
NOTES: Culture in Dub album with 3 extra tracks - dubs of 'Two Sevens Clash', 'Disobedient Children' and 'Forward to Africa'.
THIS IS CRUCIAL REGGAE
(2004, RAS/Trojan)
TRACKS: A Slice of Mt Zion, Good Things, Dirty Tricks, Do Something For Yourself, One Stone, Trust Me, Two Sevens Clash (live), Payday, Writing on the Wall, Psalm of Bob Marley, I Tried, Too Long In Slavery (live)
NOTES: A collection of songs taken from varoius RAS albums.
CULTURE & THE DEEJAYS at JOE GIBBS, 1977-79
(2008, VP Records)
TRACKS: Two Sevens Clash/Prophesy Reveal (w Bo Jangles),I'm Not Ashamed (w I-Roy), See Them A Come/Natty Pass Him GCE (w Shorty the President), Natty Dread Taking Over (w I-Roy), Baldhead Bridge (w Ranking Joe), Jah Love/Selassie I Cup (w Bo Jangles), Zion Gate/Forty Leg Dread (w Prince Mohammed), This Train/Disco Train (w Nicodemus), Down In Jamaica/Send Some Rain (w Clint Eastwood), Burning All Illusion/The Same Knife (w Prince Far I)
NOTES: compilation of Joe Gibbs 7" and 12" singles
2008, Jim Dooley