Best Music of Jamaica
1 Legend
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend Vinyl LP.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"In any genre, Bob Marley, alone, has the highest sales percentage of any reggae performer or group. He recorded for nearly 20 years, with his groundbreaking Island catalog coming in 1970 with the release of Catch A Fire and ending in 1980 with Uprising. His calypso and ska days won't be found here and in truth, many renditions of the tracks on Legend are equaled or surpassed on other albums or black-market releases such as his 1975 concert at The Quiet Nights Club in Chicago. (Although, his TDK studio recording of Catch A Fire in Toyko (1970-71) is outstanding as well.). Having own quite a few of his blackmarket/ underground concerts none of the official "live" recording of the Wailers stacks up against the ones that are privately owned and circulated, but there is the sense in listening to the few live tracks on this album of what a Bob Marley & The Wailers concert meant."
"If you have a home theater with 5.1 Surround sound and an appreciation for the art of music and quality audio, you will LOVE this set."
"Bought it as a surprise for my mother to go along with a Bluetooth suitcase record player from Amazon as well."
"THE MOST GORGEOUS VINYL IN MY COLLECTION!!!"
"Great song."
"How can you go wrong with Bob Marley?!?"
"I love Bob Marley and this CD has lots of the old favorites."
"What can I say, It's one of my all time favorite artist and albums. Wore the last disk out."
Even as greatest hits packages go, this is an utter gem. Every song is inspired, in a class of its own, whether the real version of "I Shot the Sheriff," the hymnlike "No Woman, No Cry," or the sheer joy of "Jamming." Even allowing that Marley never wrote any bad material, then Legend is still the crème de la crème, the heart and soul of the Jamaican people packed into one five-inch compact disc. He was unique, and the message of this record, more than any other, is that he died far too soon.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"In any genre, Bob Marley, alone, has the highest sales percentage of any reggae performer or group. He recorded for nearly 20 years, with his groundbreaking Island catalog coming in 1970 with the release of Catch A Fire and ending in 1980 with Uprising. His calypso and ska days won't be found here and in truth, many renditions of the tracks on Legend are equaled or surpassed on other albums or black-market releases such as his 1975 concert at The Quiet Nights Club in Chicago. (Although, his TDK studio recording of Catch A Fire in Toyko (1970-71) is outstanding as well.). Having own quite a few of his blackmarket/ underground concerts none of the official "live" recording of the Wailers stacks up against the ones that are privately owned and circulated, but there is the sense in listening to the few live tracks on this album of what a Bob Marley & The Wailers concert meant."
"If you have a home theater with 5.1 Surround sound and an appreciation for the art of music and quality audio, you will LOVE this set."
"Bought it as a surprise for my mother to go along with a Bluetooth suitcase record player from Amazon as well."
"THE MOST GORGEOUS VINYL IN MY COLLECTION!!!"
"Great song."
"How can you go wrong with Bob Marley?!?"
"I love Bob Marley and this CD has lots of the old favorites."
"What can I say, It's one of my all time favorite artist and albums. Wore the last disk out."
37 TRACKS: 1) Splashing Dashing 2) Lord Watch Over Our Shoulders 3) Kingly Character 4) Every Knee Shall Bow (With Coco Tea, Charlie Chaplin) 5) Jah Jah Is The Ruler 6) Mama 7) Hello Africa 8) Like A Mother 9) Nothing Can Divide Us 10) Oh Me Oh My 11) Commitment 12) It's Growing 13) Mystic Chant 14) Bless Me 15) Love Is The Answer 16) Lion Heart 17) See Bimbo Ya 18) Keep Them Talking 19) I Am Vex 20) Blessed Be The Almighty 21) Everything I've Got 22) Place In Your Heart 23) Slave 24) Disadvantaged 25) Retreat Wicked Man 26) Fight Back (With Richie Stephens) 27) Complain 28) Christian Soldiers (With Tony Rebel) 29) Music Is The Rod 30) Fill Us Up With Your Mercy 31) Green Line 32) Harder 33) Man Is Just A Man 34) Zion In A Vision 35) Spread The Love 36) Singing For The People 37) Garnet Silk Interview (Feb. 1994).
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"The tracks are also very well written, well produced, and, while being mainly conscious songs, the set gives the listener the vibe to rock while meditating on the remarkable, well put togehter lyrics. My favorites include, Splashing Dashing, Lord Watch Over our Shoulders, Mama, Kingly Character, Hello Mama Africa, Nothing Can Devide Us, Oh Me Oh My, It's Growing, Commitment, Love is the Answer, See Bimbo Ya, Everything I've Got (personal favorite), Place in Your Heart, Disadvantaged, Fight Back, Complain, Fill Us Up With Your Mercy, Man Is Just A Man, Zion in a Vision, Spread The Love, and Singing for the People."
"Funny how hearing songs in a certain order can affect the listening experience."
"I love Garnet Silk and think this CD is an incredible combination of his fantastic work."
"Heard Garnet's music playing on shuttle from airport to resort in Jamaica."
"Well, I'm from Kingston city Jamaica, and we don't stop short to give Garnett Silk much respect out there. I believe it was arson because Garnett, though he was a Rasta, sang a lot about Jesus Christ - and even has a song called Christian Soldiers. One of the best songwriters across all genres, I think Garnett Silk will remain timeless as he boldly declares the Words of God."
Best Caribbean & Cuban Music
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend Vinyl LP.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"If you have a home theater with 5.1 Surround sound and an appreciation for the art of music and quality audio, you will LOVE this set."
"Bought it as a surprise for my mother to go along with a Bluetooth suitcase record player from Amazon as well."
"THE MOST GORGEOUS VINYL IN MY COLLECTION!!!"
"Great song."
"How can you go wrong with Bob Marley?!?"
"I love Bob Marley and this CD has lots of the old favorites."
"What can I say, It's one of my all time favorite artist and albums. Wore the last disk out."
"There is just something about Bob Marley's music and sound."
Best Music of Trinidad
!This Kitchener compilation is a gem with all the obvious reasons why Kitchener's musical compositions were always favored at Carnival by steel pan orchestras.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Awesome !!"
"Very happy to find the music of my youth here."
"This Kitchener compilation is a gem with all the obvious reasons why Kitchener's musical compositions were always favored at Carnival by steel pan orchestras."
"Does the job cant ask for more."
"The 'Good Lord' Kitchener is letting us have it."
"After many years of traveling the Carribean, from St. Lucia, to Trinidad and on to Haiti, the music joins your soul."
"All in all this is fantastic album on all fronts, as a window into to the past showing Kitch's genius, the evolution of the art form and the early influences that forged calypso into what it is today and as a great way to wine the waist and dance."
Best Music of Haiti
En las palabras al futuro de la joven cantante en esta grabación, Karol Aurora de Jesús Reyes, la música "Nos hará brillar alrededor del mundo, hasta que la gente oiga la música y diga 'Mira, esta es la música de Puerto Rico.'. In the forward-looking words of the young singer on this recording, Karol Aurora De Jesús Reyes, the music "will make us shine around the world, until the people hear the music and say, Look, that is the music of Puerto Rico. Its the music of my country, that which represents us and that which identifies us as a people."
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"EXCELLENT 10 STARS, THIS IS PUERTO RICAN FOLK MUSIC KNOWN AS JIBARO MUSIC BY. ECOS DE BORINQUEN; THIS GROUP WAS FOUNDED IN 1978 BY MIGUEL SANTIAGO DIAZ TO. MARK THE REVIVAL OF TRADITIONAL PUERTO RICAN MUSIC."
"She was born and raised in Puerto Rico and she loves the album."
"They sometimes want to hear more modern Puerto Rican music but I could listen to this Jibaro music all day."
"Our music from home that we miss soo much."
"This CD contains 16 songs of Puerto Rican mountain music from Ecos de Borinquen (the original name for the island of Puerto Rico) and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings."
"Brought back many memories yet failed to hit the right cord, pardon the pun."
Best Music of the Bahamas
Remastered reissue of the disco/funk act's 1982 album.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"T Connection, from love ballads to funk , this LP has it all."
"I was looking to this album on CD but found it very difficult to purchase because the price tag over 30 bucks. Alternatively, in my experience, when you purchase an album already convert to mp3, you get a low quality 128bit sound."
"The biggest difficulty I find with the 'oldies' is that tracks you were not into at the time, or were simply not familiar with have an even more difficult task of winning you over in the later years because they sound somewhat dated and obviously do not have that "good ol' memories" card to play! If the reader is going to pick ONE T-connection album to add to their collection from a list that includes even the ubiquitous "best of" compilations, then "Pure & Natural" would be my uncontested recommendation. Excellent composition, timeless melodies, superb mid-tempo and slow tracks and if that is not enough, features "Girl Watching"!"
"If you like soul music then this is definetly for you. It took me back a few years."
Best Music of Puerto Rico
Brand New, original recording digitally remixed and remastered digipak, shipped direct from the official online distributor of Combo Records.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"IF THERE ANY OTHER LEFT...BUY IT."
Best Music of Dominican Republic
Singer/songwriter Juan Luis Guerra applies his tropical big band magic on Christian-themed tunes on this CD but the result is the same--infectious rhythms that induce dance fever. Guerra's strength has always been his seamless blend of the spicy salsa and carnivalesque merengue rhythms and layering the music with elaborate vocal and horn arrangements to produce irresistible melodies.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Love this album!"
"We love his music and will buy more."
"Juan Luis Guerra is a special artist with a unique style."
"Great CD!!"
"The music, songs and videos of Juan Luis Guerra are excellent."
Best Soca Music
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"The unexpected bonus disc 2 is a DJ mix of the disc one songs (38 minutes, 14 tracks)."
Best Zouk Music
VARIOS INTERPRETES FRENCH CARIBBEAN.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"The Creole French CAN be understood...after listening carefully a dozen times...and the usual lyrics of love and sorrow are sauced with pungent satire of a neighboring society to the north."
"The songs are a blending of French music and Caribbean island music."
"Whether you're a casual fan of world music or you want to add to a growing collection, French Caribbean is a wise purchase."
"A lively and charming musical tour of the French West Indies."
"I love this CD .. great mix of tunes and one can play it over and over and over again without getting tired of it."
"I bought this CD as a gift to a future bride."
Best Cuban Music
NEW Combo BLUWAVS CD and FLAC FILE.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"He wanted very specific songs, which this had, but apparently the whole CD is a little sad and mellow."
"Have waited for a CD like this for a long time."
"Ray Price has always been one of my idols this CD brings back lots of memories."
"Always enjoyed Ray Price's music and he sounded good through the years."
"This C D will be cherished because Ray Price passed away last week."
"There was only one Ray Price and he was a great performer."
"Great album by a great artist who is no longer with us."
"Love It !!!"
Best Calypso Music
To Wish You A Merry Christmas by Harry Belafonte.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Mr. Belafonte's silky, uniquely expressive voice weaves a story within each song, giving one pause to enjoy a moment of foreverness and joy."
"I have no children but I'm thinking maybe I should pass copies of it on to my brother and sister or their kids. Other LP records by Belafonte: Belafonte at Carnegie Hall - The Complete Concert. Belafonte - The Midnight Special. Belafonte - Jump Up Calypso. Love is a Gentle Thing. Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean. Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall. Harry Belafonte - Mark Twain and Other Folk Favorites. Belafonte Sings the Blues. Harry Belafonte - My Lord What a Morning. Harry Belafonte - Calypso. Harry Belafonte - Swing Dat Hammer. Belafonte (Includes Matilda, Jump Down, Spin Around, Noah, Sylvie, Scarlet Ribbons, others). Harry Belafonte, Lena Horne - Porgy and Bess. An Evening with Belafonte. The Many Moods of Belafonte."
"This record arrived very quickly and was in great condition."
"My Christmas CD collection is now complete."
"Harry Bellafonte's marvellous CD some songs practically a capella which give the songs a touch that others' have not achieved, but then we are dealing with a man whose voice always has that warmth which is unique and with a capability of combining joy and seriousness."
"Belefonte added his wonderful voice to traditional favorites and a few rarely heard Christmas carols."
"probably my favorite Christmas album of all time ( it's almost February and I'm still listening to it."
"Belafonte always pleases."
Best Afro-Cuban Music
"lagrimas Negras" is a Calle 54 Project Led by Fernando Trueba.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Bebo is still great, Cigala is good, PAC."
"This is great I did step out of my comfort zone for this album but was greatly surprised.."
"Traditional selections, masterful presentation."
"This album combining two maestros from completely different disciplines is a confluence of genius and a love letter to all the composers whose songs are included."
"but this combination works and what is created is a haunting beautiful version of a song that will change you forever because these are the versions of the songs that will stick in your mind forever and when you hear them again being done by other arists they will not have that special tragic magic that will haunt you forever..... No other version of Lagrimas Negras will ever be good enough to compare....curiosity almost killed the cat but the magic in this CD will surely bring any cat back to life.."
"Super music."
"My Wife enjoyed the music and happy to receive it."