░ SMOOTH ░ ▄ ▄ STEEL ▄ ■ ▒ ■ RELEASE ▒ ░ ░ ■ ▀▄ ▓▄■ ▀▄ ▓▄■ ▀ ▀ ▄ ▄ ▀▄ ▓▌▄▄██▓ ▓▌ ▄ ▄▄██▓ ▒ ▀▀▄▄ ░■ ▓▌ ▄▀ ▐██▓▌ ▄▀ ▐██▓▌▄██▓▄▄▄▄▄ ▀█▓▄▄▒ ▀▄ ▄▀ ▄▄████████▓▓░ ▄▀ ▄▄████████▓▓░▐███▀▀▀▀▀████▓▄▄ ▀██▓ ▓▌ ▄ ▄█████▓▀ ▀██▓▓ ▓ ▄█████▓▀ ▀██▓▓ ██▓ ░▒▓▄▄ ▀███▓▓▄ ██▓▄▀ ░■ ▄██████▓▌ ▐██▓▓ ▒ ▄██████▓▌ ▐██▓▓ ▐█▓▌ ░▒▓▌ ▐████▓▓ ▐█▓▌ ▄▒ ▐██████▓▓ ▄▓████▓▌ ░▐██████▓▓ ▄▓████▓▌ ██▓ ░▒▓ ▐█████▓▌ ▐█▓ ▐▌ ▓███████▓▌ ▀▀▀▓▄ ████████▓▌ ▀▀▀▓▄ ▐█▓▌░▒▓▀ ▄█████▓▓ █▓▌ ▄ ▓▌ ▐▓███████▓▄▄ ▀▐████████▓▄▄ ▀ ██▓▀ ▄▄████▓▀▀▀ ▐▓▀ ■ ▓▄ ▀▓████████████▄▄▄▄ ▀█████████████▄▄▄▄ ▓█████▀▀ ▄▓▀ ▀▄ ▀▓▄ ▀▓▀▀███████████▓▄ ▀░▀▀███████████▓▄▐▓█████▄▄▄ ▀ ▓▌ ▀ ▀░▄▄ ▀█████████▓ ▓ ░▄▀█████████▓███ ▀▀████▓▄▄▄▄ ▀ ▄▄▄ ▄▀ ░▒▓█▄ █████████▌ ▄█▄ ░▓ █████████▓██▌ ▄ ▀▀███████▓▄▄▄ ▀▀▓▄ ▄▄████▓▄ ░▒▓█ ▐████████▓▄████▓▄ ░▓▐████████▓▓█▓ ▀▓▄▄ ▀████████▓▓▄ ▓▌ ▄███▓▓▓▓▀▓▌ ░▒▓▌ ████████▓▀ ███ ▓▀ ░▓▌████████▓██▓▌ ░▒▓▄ ▀███████▓▓▌▐▓ ▐██▓▓▓▀ ▒ ░▒▓▌ ████████▌▒ ███░ ░▓▌████████▓███▓ ░▒▓▌ ▐██████▓▓▌▐▓ ▓█▓▓▀ ▄ ░▒▓█ ▐███████▓ ▒██▓ ░▓▀▐███████▓████▓ ░▒▓█ ▄██████▓▓▀ ▓▌ ▌▐██▓▌ ▓▌ ░ ░▒▓█▀ ▄██████▓▀ ▄ █▓▒ ▄▓▀▄██████▓▀████▓▌ ░▒▓█▀ ██████▓▓▀ ▄▓▀ ▓ ▀██▓▄ ▀░▒▓▄▓▀▀ ▄██████▓▀▄█▄ ▀ ▓▒░ ▀ ▄██████▓▀ ▓███▓▀ ░▒▓█▌ ▐██▓▓▀▀ ▄▄▓▀░ ▓▓▄ ▀▀████▄▄▄▄▄████▓▀▀▀ ▀▀████▄▄▄▄▄████▓▀▀▀ ▐██▓ ░░░▓█▓ ██▓▀ ▄▓▀ [z0o] ▓▓▓▓▓▄▄ ▀▀▓▒░▀▀▀ ▀▀▓▓░▀▀▀ ▀▓▌ ░▒▓█ ▐▓▌ ▓▌ █▓▓▀▀ ▒░ PRESENTS: ▒░ ▀ ▄ ░▒▌ ▀▓▄ ▀▄ ▀ ▓▀ ░ ░ ░▀▄ ▀ ▄ ░ ▌ ░▀ ▄ ▒ ▄▄▓██████▓▄▄▄▄ artist..: va ░ ▀ ▐▓▌ ▓███████████████▓▄▄ album...: reggae's golden voices ▓█▓ ▐████████████▓███████▓▄ ▄▓███▓▄ ▐██████████▓▓▀ ▀▀█▓▄ label..: n/a ▓▀ ███ ▀▓ ▓████████▓▓ ▀█▓ genre..: reggae ███ ▓████████▓▌ █▓ ripdate: 11.09.2004 ██▓ ▌ ▀▓███████▓▄ ▐▓▌ reldate: 11.02.2004 █▓▒ ▓ ▀▀▀▀██████▓▄ █▓▓ ripper.: Team SSR ▓▒░ █▓▄ ▀▀▀▀▀▓▀ ▐█▓▓ quality: VBR - joint stereo ▓▓░ ███▓▄ ███▓▌ tracks.: 15 ▒░░ ██████▓▄▄ ▄▄███▓▓ encoder: lame 3.90.3 ░░ ▀▀██████████▓▄▄▄▄ ▄▄█████▓▓▀ ░ ▀▀▀▀▀▀█████████████████▓▓▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▓▀ ▀ ▄▄▄ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▀▀▀ [ RELEASE INFORMATIONS ] ▀▀▀▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄█████▓▓▀ ░ ░ ▀▓▓█████▄▄▄▒ ▄▓██████▓▓▀ ▀▓▓██████▓▄ ▓▓██████▓▓▌ ▐▓▓██████▓▓ ▐▓███████▓▓ What a line-up! The singers featured on this ▓▓███████▓▌ ▓▓███████▓▓ exceptional compilation are all reggae ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ superstars, and with proven track records ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ stretching back to the days of ska and ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ rocksteady in the case of John Holt and Freddie ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ McGregor, who both learnt their craft at Studio ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ One. All too, retain a strong following among ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ today's reggae audience, reflecting the ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ resurgence of interest in quality vocal music ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ once more. ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ Since these five kings of the laid-back reggae ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ groove also still regularly notch up hits in the ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ dancehalls, their names should be familiar to ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ even the most casual of reggae enthusiasts. ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ Known as the "Cool Ruler," Gregory Isaacs will ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ certainly need no introduction to anyone who's ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ heard classics such as Soon Forward, Night Nurse ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ or Rumours, to list but a few. He and Bobby ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ Digital first worked together at King Jammy's, ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ and the latter's beautifully reworked rhythms ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ provide the ideal basis for Gregory's lovelorn ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ vocal style, as heard to telling effect here on ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ Nat King Cole's Unforgettable, Nah Leave and a ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ cover of the Paragons' Danger In Your Eyes. ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ The latter's NW London studio has played host to ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ a galaxy of JA and UK reggae stars of late, ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ including Sanchez, who rose to fame during the ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ late eighties after forsaking the church for the ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ Kingston dancehalls. His endless capacity for ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ finding the right song, then delivering it in ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ tones that would melt even the sternest of ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ hearts has made him an enduring favourite among ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ Caribbean music fans, and whilst he now also ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ records gospel music, his present status as ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ reggae's master stylist is unrivalled. ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ Last, but by no means least is recent reggae ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ Grammy nominee Beres Hammond, who earned his tag ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ of "Mr Soul Of Jamaica" by virtue of a string of ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ hits dating back to the late seventies, soon ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ after leaving the legendary Zap Pow. Now a ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ well-respected producer in his own right and the ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ proud owner of a top Kingston studio, Beres' ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ success has continued to grow over the years, ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ and still shows no signs of abating. BCR ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ producer Barry Clarke had been Beres' road ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ manager before recording Not Guilty, which ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ together with the little-heard Make Way, more ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ than qualifies for that highly prized "golden ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ voice" description. ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓█████████▓▓▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▓▓█████████▓ ▓██████████████▄▄▄▄█▀ ▀█▄▄▄▄██████████████▓ ▐▓███████████████▀▀ ▀▀███████████████▓▌ ▀▀▓▓██████▀▀▀▀ ▄ ▀ ▀ ▄ ▀▀▀▀██████▓▓▀▀ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▀▀▀ [ TRACKLISTING ] ▀▀▀▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄█████▓▓▀ ░ ░ ▀▓▓█████▄▄▄ ▄▓██████▓▓▀ ▀▓▓██████▓▄ ▓▓██████▓▓▌ 01. beres hammond - not guilty ▐▓▓██████▓▓ ▓▓██████▓▓▌ 02. freddie mcgregor - i don't know ▐▓▓██████▓▓ ▓▓██████▓▓▌ 03. john holt - give a little love ▐▓▓██████▓▓ ▓▓██████▓▓▌ 04. gregory isaacs - nah leave ▐▓▓██████▓▓ ▓▓██████▓▓▌ 05. sanchez - incomplete ▐▓▓██████▓▓ ▓▓██████▓▓▌ 06. beres hammond - make way ▐▓▓██████▓▓ ▓▓██████▓▓▌ 07. freddie mcgregor - this feeling of love ▐▓▓██████▓▓ ▓▓██████▓▓▌ 08. john holt - tide is high ▐▓▓██████▓▓ ▓▓██████▓▓▌ 09. gregory isaacs - unforgettable ▐▓▓██████▓▓ ▓▓██████▓▓▌ 10. sanchez - i care for you ▐▓▓██████▓▓ ▓▓██████▓▓▌ 11. freddie mcgregor - peace & you ▐▓▓██████▓▓ ▓▓██████▓▓▌ 12. john holt - body language ▐▓▓██████▓▓ ▓▓██████▓▓▌ 13. gregory isaacs - danger in your eyes ▐▓▓██████▓▓ ▓▓██████▓▓▌ 14. sanchez - who cares ▐▓▓██████▓▓ ▓▓██████▓▓▌ 15. freddie mcgregor - lava ▐▓▓██████▓▓ ▓▓████████▓ ▓████████▓▓ ▓██████████ ██████████▓ ▓██████████ ██████████▓ ▓██████████ ██████████▓ ▓██████████ ██████████▓ ▓▓█████████ █████████▓▓ ▐▓█████████ █████████▓▌ ▓▓████████▌ ▐████████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓ ▓███████▓▓ ▀▓███████▓▄ ▄▓███████▓▀ ▀▀▀█████▓▓▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▓▓█████▀▀▀ ░ ▀▀▓▓█████▄▄▄ ▀▄ ▄▄▀ ▄▄▄█████▓▓▀▀ ░ ▀▓▓██████▓▄ ▀█▓▄▄ ▄▄▓▓▀ ▄▓██████▓▓▀ ▐▓▓██████▓▓ ▀█▓████▓▓▀ ▓▓██████▓▓▌ ▓▓███████▓▓ █▓██▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ ▄ ▄▓▓█████████▓▓ ▐▓█▓▓▌ ▓▓█████████▓▓▄ ▄ ▀█▄▄▄▄██████████████▓▓ █▓██▓▓ ▓▓██████████████▄▄▄▄█▀ ▄ ▀▀███████████████▓▓ ▐█████▓▌ ▓▓███████████████▀▀ ▄ ▀▄▄ ▀▀▀▀██████▓▓▀▀ ▄███████▓▄ ▀▀▓▓██████▀▀▀▀ ▄▄▀ ▀██▄ ▄▄████████████▄▄ ▄██▀ ▀███▄▄ ▄▄████████████████████▄▄ ▄▄███▀ ▀▀███▓████████████████████▀▀████████████████████▓███▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀████████▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀████████▀▀▀▀▀ z0o ▄ ▀ REMORSE ▀ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▀▀▀ 2k4 ▀▀▀▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄▄▄█████▓▓▀ ░ ░ ▀▓▓█████▄▄▄ ▄▓██████▓▓▀ ▀▓▓██████▓▄ ▓▓██████▓▓▌ Now specialising in VBR ▐▓▓██████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓███████▓▓ ▓▓█████████▓▓▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▓▓█████████▓▓ ▓▓██████████████▄▄▄▄█▀ ▀█▄▄▄▄██████████████▓▓ ▓▓███████████████▀▀ ▀▀███████████████▓▓ ▀▀▓▓██████▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀██████▓▓▀▀