You Can'T Wine / Music Alone Shall Live / Various You Can'T Wine / Music Alone Shall Live / Various CD

UK two CD set. Among those at the vanguard of the reggae explosion that took the music world by storm in the late '60s and early '70s was performer-turned producer, Rupie Edwards. Having launched the aptly named Success Records in 1968, his productions regularly graced the local charts, with the popularity of his work prompting Britain's leading reggae company, Trojan Records to gather a dozen of his best-known productions on the now extremely collectable 1970 LP, You Can't Wine. Soon after, the London-based operation scheduled a follow-up compilation, Music Alone Shall Live, but for reasons now lost in the mists of time, the album failed to receive an official UK release, only seeing issue in limited numbers in Jamaica. Now, after almost half a century, both of these insanely rare and collectable long-players finally receive their long overdue re-release, with their contents further bolstered by the very best of Rupie Edwards' remaining output from the period.

1. You Can't Wine - the Kingstonians 2. Grandfather's Clock - Winston Wright ; the Rupie Edwards All Stars 3. The Way I Feel - Bob Andy 4. The Big Sin Thing - Lloyd Charmers ; the Rupie Edwards All Stars 5. Love Is the Foundation - Lloyd ; Devon 6. Uncertain Love - Rupie Edwards 7. A Taste of Music - Lloyd Charmers ; the Rupie Edwards All Stars 8. I Can't Help Myself - Lloyd Charmers ; the Rupie Edwards All Stars 9. I Need Your Loving - the Concords 10. The Masquerade Is Over - Dobby Dobson 11. The Magnificent Seven - Winston Wright ; the Soul Kings 12. Each Day - Gregory Isaacs 13. Bonus Tracks 14. Your New Love - Dobby Dobson 15. High Tide - Val Bennett ; the Virtues 16. Love Is a Wonderful Wicked Thing - Rupie, Bob ; Tyrone 17. I Wasn't Born Yesterday - Dobby Dobson 18. Let Me Love You - Rupie Edwards 19. Crazy - Dobby Dobson 20. Chatty Chatty - the Itals 21. I Can't Forget - Rupie Edwards 22. Pop Hi - Neville Hinds ; the Rupie Edwards All Stars 23. Man and Woman - John Holt 24. Promotor's Grouse - Rupie Edwards 25. Strange - Dobby Dobson 26. Falling in Love - Rupie Edwards 27. Oh Lord Why Lord - the Itals 28. Young Gifted and Black - Neville Hinds ; the Rupie Edwards All Stars 29. Exclusively Yours - Rupie Edwards 30. Souling Way Out - Glen Adams ; the Rupie Edwards All Stars 31. Music Alone Shall Live - the Meditators 32. Since the Other Day - Joe White 33. When You Go to a Party - the Meditators 34. Full Moon - the Rupie Edwards All Stars 35. This Is the Time - Joe White 36. Every Time - the Itals 37. Good Morning Mother Cuba - the Meditators 38. Sharpen Ya Machete - Winston Wright ; the Rupie Edwards All Stars 39. Too Late - Gregory Isaacs 40. Buttoo - the Concords 41. Herbert Spliffington - Winston Blake 42. Long Lost Love - Rupie Edwards 43. Conjunction - Neville Hinds ; the Rupie Edwards All Stars 44. The Big M Thing - Winston Blake 45. If You Can't Beat Them - Rupie Edwards 46. Young Gal Melody - Karl Bryan ; the Rupie Edwards All Stars 47. Red Sun Rise - Hughroy Henry ; the Concords 48. Look Who Bust a Style - the Meditators 49. Bee Sting - the Rupie Edwards All Stars 50. Fat Girl, Sexy Girl - John Holt 51. Handicap - Rupie Edwards 52. Revenge Version II - the Rupie Edwards All Stars 53. Cry a Little Cry - Dobby Dobson 54. Don't Let Me Suffer - the Concords 55. Return of Herbert Spliffington - Winston Blake 56. I'm Gonna Get There - Joe White 57. Your New Love - Neville Hinds 58. Census Taker - Rupie Edwards