Monkey Business: The Definitive Skinhead Reggae Collection

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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▼CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Tighten Up
recording of:
Tighten Up
writer:
Derrick Harriott and Lee Perry
The Untouchables2:40
2Fatty Fatty
Clancy Eccles2:40
354 - 46 Was My Number
recording of:
54‒46 (That’s My Number)
lyricist and composer:
Toots Hibbert
The Maytals3:12
4007 (Shanty Town)
recording of:
007 (Shanty Town)
lyricist and composer:
Desmond Dacres
publisher:
Ackee Music Inc.
Desmond Dekker & the Aces52:34
5Liquidator
recording of:
Liquidator (Ain't No-One Greater)
composer:
Harry Johnson
publisher:
Cari-Blue Music
The Harry J All Stars3:06
6Fire Corner
King Stitt2:52
7Double Barrel
producer:
Winston Riley
bass:
Robert “Robbie” Shakespeare
guitar:
Ranchie McLean
keyboard:
Ansel Collins (JM reggae keyboardist & producer)
membranophone:
Lowell “Sly” Dunbar
lead vocals:
Dave Barker (reggae artist)
performer:
The Techniques All Stars
recording of:
Double Barrel
lyricist and composer:
Dave Barker (reggae artist), Ansel Collins (JM reggae keyboardist & producer) and Winston Riley
Dave & Ansel Collins52:46
8Birth Control
Lloydie & the Lowbites2:49
9Herbsman
King Stitt & Andy Capp2:41
10Elizabethan Reggae (a.k.a. Elizabethan Serenade)
Boris Gardiner & The Love People2:38
11Return of Django
recording of:
Return to Django
lyricist and composer:
Lee “Scratch” Perry
publisher:
B & C Music Publishing
The Upsetters2:32
12Monkey Spanner
recording of:
Monkey Spanner
writer:
Dave Barker (reggae artist), Ansel Collins (JM reggae keyboardist & producer) and Winston Riley
Dave & Ansel Collins2:31
13(To Be) Young Gifted and Black
producer:
Harry Johnson
cover recording of:
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
lyricist:
Weldon Irvine
composer:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
Bob & Marcia3:08
14Long Shot Kick de Bucket
recording of:
Long Shot (Kick the Bucket)
writer:
George Agard (Jamaican reggae artist, aka "George Dekker", "Johhny Melody"), Sidney "Luddy" Crooks and Jackie Robinson (reggae singer, member of The Pioneers)
The Pioneers2:49
15Monkey Man
recording of:
Monkey Man
lyricist and composer:
Toots Hibbert
The Maytals3:45
16Dollar in the Teeth
The Upsetters2:35
17Barbwire
Nora Dean2:33
18Shocks of Mighty
Dave Barker & The Upsetters2:49
19Them Laugh and a Kiki
The Soulmates2:39
20Cherry Oh Baby
producer:
Bunny Lee
recording of:
Cherry Oh Baby
lyricist and composer:
Eric Donaldson
Eric Donaldson43:03
21No More Heartaches
recording of:
No More Heartaches
composer:
Harry Johnson
The Beltones2:31
22Sufferer
recording of:
Sufferer
The Kingstonians3:27
23People Funny Boy
recording of:
People Funny Boy
composer:
Lee “Scratch” Perry
Lee “Scratch” Perry2:37
24How Long Will It Take
recording of:
How Long Will It Take
lyricist and composer:
Pat Kelly
Pat Kelly3:10
25Hong Kong Flu
The Ethiopians2:18
26Fat Man
recording of:
Fat Man
writer:
Derrick Morgan
Derrick Morgan3:10
27Pop a Top
Andy Capp2:19
28Wet Dream
Max Romeo32:46
▼CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Israelites
producer:
Leslie Kong
recording of:
Israelites
writer:
Desmond Dacres and Leslie Kong
publisher:
Ackee Music Inc. and Sparta Music (publisher) (in 1978)
Desmond Dekker & the Aces42:36
2Singer Man
recording of:
Singer Man
The Kingstonians3:05
3Lock Jaw
Dave Barker & The Upsetters3:05
4Mama Look Deh
The Reggae Boys3:11
5Hang 'em High
Richard Ace3:05
6John Jones
recording of:
John Jones
writer:
Derrick Harriott and Rudy Mills
Rudy Mills3:11
7Everything Crash
The Ethiopians2:33
8River to the Bank
Derrick Morgan2:12
9Clint Eastwood
The Upsetters2:22
10Moonlight Lover
Joya Landis2:28
11Come Into My Parlour
recording of:
Come Into My Parlour
The Bleechers3:08
12Bangarang
Stranger Cole & Lester Sterling3:11
13Ride Your Donkey
recording of:
Ride Your Donkey
writer:
Lloyd Campbell (reggae singer & producer, aka Spiderman, Matador, Joe Frasier) and The Tennors
The Tennors2:01
14The Law
Andy Capp2:15
15A Place in the Sun
cover recording of:
A Place in the Sun
writer:
Ron Miller (Motown songwriter Ronald Norman Miller) and Bryan Wells
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc., Stone Diamond Music Corporation, イーエムアイ音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30), イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
David Isaacs2:47
16Pressure Drop
producer:
Leslie Kong
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 278) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 446)
recording of:
Pressure Drop
lyricist and composer:
Frederick Nathaniel Hibbert
The Maytals52:59
17Reggae Pressure
The Hippy Boys2:50
18Cuss Cuss
recording of:
Cuss Cuss
writer:
Harry Johnson and Lloyd Robinson (reggae / dancehall singer)
Lloyd Robinson2:34
19Spread Your Bed
The Versatiles2:16
20Seven Letters
Derrick Morgan3:15
21Reggae Hit the Town
The Ethiopians2:26
22Intensified '68 (Music Like Dirt)
Desmond Dekker & the Aces2:42
23Live Injection
The Upsetters3:32
24Wreck a Buddy
The Soul Sister2:29
25Reggae in Your Jeggae
Dandy Livingstone2:58
26Queen of the World
Lloyd and Claudette2:20
27Red Red Wine
cover recording of:
Red Red Wine
lyricist and composer:
Neil Diamond (in 1967)
publisher:
Bang Records (US disco) (in 1968)
lyrics quoted on:
Jiggle Jiggle
Tony Tribe52:57
28Skinhead Moonstomp
recording of:
Skinhead Moonstomp
writer:
Roy Ellis (Mr. Symarip) and Monty Naismith
publisher:
B & C Music Publishing and Sparta Florida Music Group Ltd.
Symarip52:59