Name: Top Ranking DJ Session – Volumes 1 and 2
Brand: Various

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DBCDD110

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-09-23

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Cherry Red (ADA)

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5013929281042

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2 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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Various

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Reggae / Dub

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Doctor Bird

Doctor Bird is a music label that was founded in the UK by Graeme Goodall, an Australian sound engineer and original shareholder of Island Records. The label was revived by Trojan Records in 1970 for three releases before being relaunched in 2017 as a division of Cherry Red Records. Doctor Bird specializes in vintage Jamaican sounds licensed from the catalogue of Trojan Records.
Graeme Goodall played a significant role in the Jamaican music scene, engineering sessions at various studios and producing countless recordings during the ska era. He also formed other labels such as Pyramid Records and Attack to promote reggae music. Despite relocating to Atlanta, Georgia in the 1970s, Goodall continued his involvement with music until his passing in 2014.
Today, Doctor Bird continues to bring Jamaican rocksteady and other vintage sounds to music enthusiasts worldwide through their curated selection of releases. With its rich history and dedication to preserving iconic Jamaican music, Doctor Bird remains a respected authority on this genre.

Over 30 tracks new to CD. Two albums on CD for the first time. Includes many of the biggest DJ hits of the late 70s.

By the close of the 70s, the DJ sound that had revolutionised the Jamaican music industry at the start of the decade was firmly established as one of the dominant sub-genres of reggae music.

Few producers championed the style more vigorously than Joe Gibbs, who along with Errol Thompson, regularly provided a platform for the cream of the island’s toasters.

In 1977, some of their finest DJ productions were gathered on the album, ‘Top Ranking DJ Session Volume 1’, the popularity of which spurred a second volume two years later.

Now, at long last, both collections feature on CD for the first time, with their track listings stripped of a few much earlier tracks and bolstered by the very best of the Mighty Two’s DJ output from the late 70s.

DISC ONE: TOP RANKING DJ SESSION VOLUME 1 1 Top Ranking – Trinity 2 Trust No Shadow After Dark – I Roy 3 Commercial Business – Trinity 4 Equal Rights Style – Big Youth 5 Natty Pass His G.C.E. – Shorty The President 6 Big Fast Car – Big Youth BONUS TRACKS 7 Badder Than You – Clint Eastwood 8 Jah Joy – Mr. Bojangles 9 Too Much Gal Out A Street – Shorty The President 10 Ask Me No Question – Ranking Joe 11 Dread Locks Thing – Prince Hammer 12 Production Plan – Clint Eastwood 13 Prophesy Reveal – Mr. Bojangles 14 Bellevue Patient – Dillinger 15 Dread Locks Party – Ranking Joe 16 The Selassie I Cup – Mr. Bojangles 17 Informer – Prince Mohammed 18 Natty On Top – Prince Hammer 19 Jamaican Dollar – Trinity 20 Producer’s Trophy – Mr. Bojangles 21 Ten Years Late – Prince Mohammed 22 Different Style – Kojak &amp; Liza

DISC TWO: TOP RANKING DJ SESSION VOLUME 2 1 Come Fi Si Yu Daughter – Jah Thomas 2 Gau’wn A School – U Brown 3 One Fi The Money – Clint Eastwood 4 Kublicon – Dillinger 5 My Wife – Lui Lepke 6 Beverley How You Love Me – Lee Van Cleef 7 Girls Of Today – Weedy Dread 8 Bad Card – Trinity 9 Set Me Free – I Roy BONUS TRACKS 10 Forty Leg Dread – Prince Mohammed 11 Out The Light – Dillinger 12 Starsky and Hutch – Trinity 13 Orthodox Rock – Prince Hammer 14 Friend and Money – Mikey Dread 15 Bubbling Love – Prince Mohammed 16 War Is Over – Dillinger 17 Naw Go A Them Burial – Prince Allah 18 I Pray Thee – I Roy 19 Hog and Goat – Trinity 20 Shaolin Disciples – Jah Grundy 21 Racing Pool – Dillinger 22 Christmas Style – Kojak &amp; LIza