Atlantic 1, Various Artists Expanded 2CD
Various Artists

• Popular 1976 album making its CD debut.
• Most tracks new to CD.
• Includes an array of mid-70s reggae classics.

Following his move into music production in late-1968, Alvin ‘G.G.’ Ranglin swiftly rose to the higher echelons of the Jamaican music industry and by the mid-70s was firmly established as one of the island’s premier music makers.

Reflecting his status on the reggae scene, leading London-based operator Trojan Records, secured agreements for his finest works, releasing Ranglin’s music on numerous 7” singles and long-playing compilation albums, the last of which was ‘Atlantic 1’, an LP boasting some of Jamaica’s finest vocal and instrumental talent, which the company issued on the its Horse subsidiary in 1975.

Yet despite the album’s popularity among reggae die-hards, it has since been largely overlooked and it is not until this long overdue 2CD collection that it is finally made available once more.

Further enhancing the collection are an array of bonus tracks, comprising dub cuts of tracks on the album, plus an entire disc showcasing the finest tracks that Ranglin delivered to Trojan prior to the UK company’s dramatic demise in 1975 – with most of the recordings making their CD debut with this set.

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE

1 Atlantic One – Ansel Collins & G.G. All Stars
2 Hold My Hand – The Starlites
3 Same Folks – Ronnie Davis
4 I Need Your Love – Gregory Isaacs
5 Sitting On The Sidewalk – Ansel Linkers
6 Joan – The Tidals
7 Marie’s Song – Fitz Major
8 Open Up Your Door – Freddie McKay
9 Sensuous Woman – The Maytones
10 Don’t Go – Gregory Isaacs
11 How Glad I Am – The Tidals
12 A Noh Me Trouble You – The Willows
13 Marry Me – Ansel Linkers
14 Reasoning With The Almighty – Gregory Isaacs
15 Take A Walk – The Tidals
16 Hurricane Fifi – The G.G. All Stars
17 Musical Come – Ranking Magnum & The G.G. All Stars
18 Call Me Teacher – The Bluebells
19 How Glad I Am, Part 2 – The G.G. All Stars
20 Mama Dee, Part 2 – The G.G. All Stars BONUS TRACKS
21 Atlantic One, Part 2 – The G.G. All Stars
22 (Same Folks) Dub Wise – The G.G. All Stars
23 Hold My Hand Part 2 – The G.G. All Stars
24 Sitting On The Sidewalk Version – The G.G. All Stars
25 A Noh Me No Trouble You Instr. – The G.G. All Stars

DISC TWO

1 The Great Messiah – The Meditations
2 Mama Dee – The Starlites
3 Nana – The Meditations
4 Nana Banana – U Roy
5 Nana Banana Part 2 Dub – The G.G. All Stars
6 Silence In The Town – Keith & Dennis
7 It De Yah – Keith & Dennis
8 It De Yah Version – The G.G. Allstars
9 Stone Hearted Woman – Glen Washington
10 Stone Hearted Version – The G.G. Allstars
11 Soldering – The Starlites
12 Soldering Part 2 – The G.G. All Stars
13 Stick A Beef – Keith & Dennis
14 Stick A Beef Version – The G.G. Allstars
15 Voice Of The Father – Glen Washington
16 Voice Of The Version – The G.G. All Stars
17 Sha La La – The Maytones
18 Sha La La Version – The G.G. All Stars
19 What A Violence – Austin Campbell
20 Fighting For Life – Vince Powell
21 Faithful Wife – The Starlites
22 Hush, Black Brothers – Elpedo & The Marveltones
23 Country And Town – The Starlites
24 Country And Town Version – The G.G. All Stars
25 The Battle Get Hotter – Austin Campbell
26 The Battle Get Hotter Version – The G.G. All Stars