Atlantic 1 / Various Atlantic 1 / Various CD

Popular 1976 album making it's CD debut. Most tracks new to CD. Includes an array of mid-70s reggae classics. Following his move into music production in late-1968, Alvin 'G. G. ' Ranglin swiftly rose to the higher echelons of the Jamaican music industry and by the mid-70s was firmly established as one of the island's premier music makers. Reflecting his status on the reggae scene, leading London-based operator Trojan Records, secured agreements for his finest works, releasing Ranglin's music on numerous 7" singles and long-playing compilation albums, the last of which was 'Atlantic 1', an LP boasting some of Jamaica's finest vocal and instrumental talent, which the company issued on the it's Horse subsidiary in 1975. Yet despite the album's popularity among reggae die-hards, it has since been largely overlooked and it is not until this long overdue 2CD collection that it is finally made available once more. Further enhancing the collection are an array of bonus tracks, comprising dub cuts of tracks on the album, plus an entire disc showcasing the finest tracks that Ranglin delivered to Trojan prior to the UK company's dramatic demise in 1975 - with most of the recordings making their CD debut with this set.

1. Atlantic One - Ansel Collins ; G.G. All Stars 2. Hold My Hand - the Starlites 3. Same Folks - Ronnie Davis 4. I Need Your Love - Gregory Isaacs 5. Sitting on the Sidewalk - Ansel Linkers 6. Joan - the Tidals 7. Marie's Song - Fitz Major 8. Open Up Your Door - Freddie McKay 9. Sensuous Woman - the Maytones 10. Don't Go - Gregory Isaacs 11. How Glad I Am - the Tidals 12. A Noh Me Trouble You - the Willows 13. Marry Me - Ansel Linkers 14. Reasoning with the Almighty - Gregory Isaacs 15. Take a Walk - the Tidals 16. Hurricane Fifi - the G.G. All Stars 17. Musical Come - Ranking Magnum ; the G.G. All Stars 18. Call Me Teacher - the Bluebells 19. How Glad I Am, Part 2 - the G.G. All Stars 20. Mama Dee, Part 2 - the G.G. All Stars Bonus Tracks 21. Atlantic One, Part 2 - the G.G. All Stars 22. (Same Folks) Dub Wise - the G.G. All Stars 23. Hold My Hand Part 2 - the G.G. All Stars 24. Sitting on the Sidewalk Version - the G.G. All Stars 25. A Noh Me No Trouble You Instr. - the G.G. All Stars 26. The Great Messiah - the Meditations 27. Mama Dee - the Starlites 28. Nana - the Meditations 29. Nana Banana - U Roy 30. Nana Banana Part 2 Dub - the G.G. All Stars 31. Silence in the Town - Keith ; Dennis 32. It de Yah - Keith ; Dennis 33. It de Yah Version - the G.G. Allstars 34. Stone Hearted Woman - Glen Washington 35. Stone Hearted Version - the G.G. Allstars 36. Soldering - the Starlites 37. Soldering Part 2 - the G.G. All Stars 38. Stick a Beef - Keith ; Dennis 39. Stick a Beef Version - the G.G. Allstars 40. Voice of the Father - Glen Washington 41. Voice of the Version - the G.G. All Stars 42. Sha la la - the Maytones 43. Sha la la Version - the G.G. All Stars 44. What a Violence - Austin Campbell 45. Fighting for Life - Vince Powell 46. Faithful Wife - the Starlites 47. Hush, Black Brothers - Elpedo ; the Marveltones 48. Country and Town - the Starlites 49. Country and Town Version - the G.G. All Stars 50. The Battle Get Hotter - Austin Campbell 51. The Battle Get Hotter Version - the G.G. All Stars