Tighten Up, Vol. 1-6: Trojan Reggae Classics 1968-1974

Various Artists

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Tighten Up, Vol. 1-6: Trojan Reggae Classics 1968-1974 Review

by Stephen Cook

The six original Tighten Up albums are now available as a two-disc, 52-track package. Credited with really selling the English public on reggae, the series featured now-classic work by the Maytals, Delroy Wilson, the Upsetters, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Slim Smith, the Uniques, and the Pioneers. The British skinheads were particularly impressed, especially by such stomping anthems as Clancy Eccles' "Fattie, Fattie" and the Upsetters' "Return of Django." And for those favoring a slower pace, this mix of 1968-1974 sides includes plenty of smoky relaxants by the likes of Judy Mowatt, Johnny Clarke, and Nicky Thomas, among many others. Not a bad way to start your reggae collection, really.

Track Listing - Disc 1

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1 The Untouchables 02:38 SpotifyAmazon
2 Joya Landis 02:51 SpotifyAmazon
3 Val Bennett 03:05 SpotifyAmazon
4 David Isaacs 02:45 SpotifyAmazon
5
George A. Penny 02:49 SpotifyAmazon
6 Derrick Morgan 03:09 SpotifyAmazon
7 Joya Landis 02:53 SpotifyAmazon
8 The Uniques 02:23 SpotifyAmazon
9 The Kingstonians 03:26 SpotifyAmazon
10 Clancy Eccles 02:41 SpotifyAmazon
11 Rudy Mills 03:09 SpotifyAmazon
12 Joya Landis 02:27 SpotifyAmazon
13 The Pioneers 02:47 SpotifyAmazon
14 Clancy Eccles 02:49 SpotifyAmazon
15 The Upsetters 02:30 SpotifyAmazon
16
The Soul Sisters 02:30 SpotifyAmazon
17 The Bleechers 03:07 SpotifyAmazon
18
Soulmates 02:38 SpotifyAmazon
19 The Maytals 03:45 SpotifyAmazon
20 Dave Barker 02:47 SpotifyAmazon
21 Ken Boothe 02:59 SpotifyAmazon
22 The GG All-Stars 02:57 SpotifyAmazon
23 The Kingstonians 03:03 SpotifyAmazon
24 Andy Capp / King Stitt 02:38 SpotifyAmazon
25 Nora Dean 02:20 SpotifyAmazon
26 Delano Stewart 02:20 SpotifyAmazon

Track Listing - Disc 2

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1 Niney the Observer 03:08 SpotifyAmazon
2 The Slickers 03:10 SpotifyAmazon
3 The Pioneers 02:25 SpotifyAmazon
4 Delroy Wilson 02:47 SpotifyAmazon
5 Jackie Edwards / Judy Mowatt 03:02 SpotifyAmazon
6 The Ethiopians 03:05 SpotifyAmazon
7 Clancy Eccles 02:24 SpotifyAmazon
8
Bunny / Bongo Herman 02:39 SpotifyAmazon
9 Jimmy London 03:24 SpotifyAmazon
10 Chosen Few 03:39 SpotifyAmazon
11 Bob Marley & the Wailers 03:16 SpotifyAmazon
12 Harry J All-Stars 03:05 SpotifyAmazon
13 Toots & the Maytals 03:09 SpotifyAmazon
14
I Roy & The Jumpers 02:29 SpotifyAmazon
15 Shorty the President 02:51 SpotifyAmazon
16 U-Roy 02:51 SpotifyAmazon
17 Slim Smith 03:02 SpotifyAmazon
18 Nicky Thomas 03:35 SpotifyAmazon
19 Ken Boothe 02:37 SpotifyAmazon
20
Bob Andy 03:18 SpotifyAmazon
21 Zap Pow 02:55 SpotifyAmazon
22 The Heptones 03:18 SpotifyAmazon
23 Al Brown 04:14 SpotifyAmazon
24 Judy Mowatt 03:10 SpotifyAmazon
25 Johnny Clarke 03:15 SpotifyAmazon
26 Cynthia Richards 02:41 SpotifyAmazon
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