To me, it's all about the mix (as in, usually, "various artists"), and this is one of the best Ive yet to hear. Yes, there have been a ton of Trojan Records retrospectives over the years, but DJ Spooky picks out some real gems, and gets the sequencing and everything just right. Also, speaking of copyright law and sharing music, its interesting to see on this album how these early reggae artists liberally borrowed from each other and from other popular music. You get Lee "Scratch" Perry fucking around with Max Romeo's "Chase the Devil", a Beatles cover, and various takes on the Dave Brubeck classic "Take Five", among others.
Highly recommended for: driving in your car, sipping wine on a Sunday night, or whenever else you need some good vibrations
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Word. That Jonny Greenwood reggae compilation is pretty good, too, if you caught it when it came out last year.
yeah i read some good things about that one, but never got around to peeping it out....
i have been listening to the soundtrack he did for "There Will be Blood" a bit though.... good stuff, good use of strings
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