Roots & Truths 4CD Jumbo Pack 1

Goods: A 4CD Jumbo pack containing 4 promo Cds

Music: Volumes 1-4 of the 'Roots & Truths' series

Released: 2016

Number of Tracks:  81

CD Description: A series dedicated to highlighting non-commercial vintage roots and culture reggae music, assembling them together creates a fantastic listen.  This is not your everyday roots tunes, some of these tracks are rare, some are album cuts, some 7" and a few 10 & 12" dotted in the collection.  Full of culture, reality, knowledge and upliftment.

Age of Music: 70's-80's

Genres: Classic & Rare Roots, Culture, Dub

Suitable for: Roots Fans (all levels), DJ's, Collectors

Audio Quality: Audio from FLAC/WAV files

Duration: 5 Hours+

Product Description: CDs are fully printed and brand new in plastic sleeves, wrapped in packs and are sealed with 'Promo CD' stickers. They are not available anywhere else, they are promotional cds, for Promotional use. 

Tracklists for the 4 discs are as follows:

Roots & Truths 1 - Total Playtime = 76 min 55 secs
1. Igzibeher (Let Jah Be Praised) - Peter Tosh (4:38)
2. Better For I - Barry Brown (3:40)
3. Rasta Children - Dennis Brown (3:55)
4. Fally Ranking - Johnny Osbourne (3:47)
5. Standing Firm - Jacob Miller (4:07)
6. Forward Ever Backward Never - Jacob Miller (3:05)
7. Politician - Barry Brown (2:57)
8. Warrior (10" Cut) - Johnny Clarke (4:36)
9. Jah Fire Will Be Burning - Hugh Mundell (4:10)
10. Book of The Old Testament - Sylford Walker (5:41)
11. Jah Jah Deliver Us - Keith Goode (2:51)
12. Rejoice Jah Jah Children - The SIlvertones (2:41)
13. Righteous Works - Earl Zero (3:41)
14. Jahoviah - The Twinkle Brothers (4:00)
15. Liberation - Junior Delgardo (3:41)
16. Children of Israel - Frankie Paul (3:50)
17. Jah Gave Us this World - The Travellers (2:31)
18. What About the Half - Dennis Brown (2:47)
19. Behold the Land - Culture (2:49)
20. Zion I & Give Up the Badness - Johnny Clarke & Hardy Boys (7:05)

Roots & Truths Vol 2 - Total Playtime = 77 min 15 secs
1. Time To Change - Fred Locks (2:55)
2. Chant Away (12" Disco Mix) - Carlton Coffee - (7:45)
3. 83 Struggle - Prince Far I/Ashanti Roy (6:14)
4. Creation - Joe Higgs (3:40)
5. Rasta Pon Top - The Twinkle Brothers (3:00)
6. Calling Rastafari - Culture (2:28)
7. Throw Down Your Arms - The Maytones (3:30)
8. Jordan River - Max Romeo (3:10)
9. Slipping Into Darkness - Carl Bradney (3:04)
10. Judgement on The Land - Vivian Jackson & The Prophets (3:03)
11. Some a Hala - Jerry Adams (2:56)
12. Jah Give I Love - Prince Alla (3:57)
13. Eyes on Africa - The Mighty Diamonds (4:08)
14. So Many Things - Sugar Minott (3:09)
15. Rome - Sugar Minott (2:58)
16. Beautiful Africa - Gregory Isaacs (2:47)
17. World Needs Love - Johnny Osbourne (3:43)
18. Roman Soldiers of Babylon - Jacob Miller (2:33)
19. I'm A Natty - Jacob Miller (5:38)
20. Move Out of Babylon - Johnny Clarke (3:22)
21. Voice of My Father - Dennis Brown (3:07)

Roots & Truths Vol 3 - Total Playtime = 79 min 41 secs
1. Steel Pulse - Blessed Is The Man 4:15)
2 . Ras Michael - Holy Mount Zion (Psalm) (06:02)
3. Wailing Souls - Shark Attack (3:47)
4. Israel Vibration - Miscalculations (5:15)
5. Linval Thompson - Jah Jah Is The Conqueror (3:09)
6. Johnny Clarke - Don't Trouble Trouble (3:39)
7. Johnny Clarke - Cold I Up (2:55)
8. Bunny Wailer - Rise & Shine (4:25)
9. Let us do something - Joe Higgs (03:33)
10. Ken Boothe - Black, Gold and Green (3:01)
11. Peter Tosh - Jah Guide (4:23)
12. Twinkle Brothers - It will happen to you (4:07)
13. Culture - Weeping And Wailing (3:23)
14. The Congos - Beatles Come (3:40)
15. The Gladiators - Fussing and Fighting (3:10)
16. Dennis Brown - Appreciate Nature (3:35)
17. Frankie Paul - Leaving Out Of Babylon (4:07)
18. Freddie McGregor - Across The Border (4:12)
19. Aswad - Corruption (4:41)
20. Peter Tosh - No Sympathy (4:14)

Roots & Truths Vol 4 - Total Playtime = 79 min 58 secs
1. Aswad - Behold (7:01)
2. We Are Going - Burning Spear (4:08)
3. Earl Sixteen & Mikey Dread- African Tribesman (4:56)
4. African Stone - Run Rasta Run (2:49)
5. Im Brooks - The Way To My Heart (3:03)
6. Freddy McKay - I'm a Free Man (3:29)
7. Bunny Brissett - Babylon Falling (3:44)
8. Dennis Brown - Stages In Life (3:22)
9. Delroy Wilson - Keep On Trying (4:52)
10. Roman Stewart - Dont Get Jumpy (5:34)
11. The Viceroys - Miracle (3:06)
13. The Congos - Teacher's Teach (4:16)
14. The Emeterians - Have Faith (4:44)
15. Culture - Iniquity Worker (2:37)
16. Yabby U - Chant Jah Victory (3:29)
17. Mighty Diamonds - Wicked A Fight (3:19)
18. Al Campbell - Going Down The Drain (3:21)
19. Joe Higgs - So It Go (3:28)
20. Twinkle Brothers - Don't Let It Happen To You (4:04)

What Is 'Roots & Truths'?
'Roots & Truths' is rammed full of vintage, classic, rare and underrated Roots & Culture music stretching all the way back to late 60's, the golden era of the 70's for roots, also the 80s which was rich with roots music.  In the collection there are a handful of 90's/early 2000's roots tunes . The music is spiritual, sometimes deep, socially aware, reflective, full of reality and a great source of cultural vibes.