Added 14/01/10: Hard on the heels of last month’s Crown Prince Of Reggae compilation, VP again delve deep into the archive of recordings by Dennis Brown as produced by Joe Gibbs, kicking off with the classic Visions Of album, arguably his best complete album and a sensation in its time with killer roots tracks such as Deliverance Will Come and Repatriation, then the 1978 Words Of Wisdom set featuring his excellent cover of Alton Ellis’ Ain’t That Loving You as well as further roots classic So Jah Say and Black Liberation as well as his update of Money In My Pocket, then Love’s Gotta Hold On Me with such gems as Right Fight, A Little Bit More and a great cover of John Holt’s Man Next Door along with a selection of tracks that emerged as singles or album tracks on his A&M sojourn including I’m Coming Home Tonight, Running Up & Down, Love Has Found It’s Way and Historical Places. But the clincher for many fans will be the Reflections disc, which features tracks lifted from the old Joe Gibbs Best Of Dennis Brown and supplemented by further choice track selections including the great Vineyard off the United Dreadlocks album, but no Bubbling Fountain, the killer Shaka killer.
Tracklist:
Disc One: Visions Of Dennis Brown
1. Deliverance Will Come
2. Oh Mother
3. Love Me Always
4. Concrete Castle King
5. Malcolm X
6. Repatriation
7. Jah Can Do It
8. Milk And Honey
9. Stay At Home
10. Say What You Say
Disc Two: Words Of Wisdom
1. So Jah Say
2. Don't Feel No Way
3. Words Of Wisdom
4. Should I
5. A True
6. Ain't That Loving You
7. Cassandra
8. Love Jah
9. Black Liberation
10. Rasta Children
11. Drifter
12. Money In My Pocket
Disc Three: Love’s Gotta Hold On Me
1. Souls Keep Burning
2. Let Love In
3. Your Love's Got A Hold On Me
4. Right Fight
5. Hooligan
6. I Can't Stand It
7. Little Bit More, A
8. Three Meals A Day
9. Man Next Door
10. Rolling Down
11. Created By The Father
12. Open Up
13. I'm Coming Home Tonight
14. Come On Little Girl
15. Running Up And Down
16. Love Has Found Its Way
17. Your Man
18. Why Baby Why
19. Historical Places
Disc Four: Reflections
1. Money In My Pocket
2. When You Are Down
3. Let Me Live
4. Pretend
5. Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend
6. Play Girl
7. Smile Like An Angel
8. Poor Side Of Town
9. We Will Be Free
10. Summertime
11. My Kind
12. Golden Streets
13. Girl I've Got A Date
14. Equal Rights
15. Let Me Love You
16. Vine Yard
17. Stop The Fussing And Fighting
18. I Hope We Get To Love In Time
19. Tell Me You Love Me