
For Ziggy Marley's first ever compilation project, Ziggy Marley in Jamaica, he has chosen rare reggae classics along with well-known hits that together help tell the story of Jamaican music's last four decades, from early rocksteady and ska through early roots and lovers rock.
The album, due out July 15, features giants of reggae like Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, Culture and Toots & the Maytals, plus the mega-hits "You Can Get It If You Really Want It", "Israelites", "Skylarking" and "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner."
Over the next month, BobMarley.com takes a closer look at the artists Ziggy has selected and how their music has impacted the further development of reggae. Stay tuned to Bobmarley.com to hear streamed tracks from the album and to learn more about the backstories of these influential artists and their greatest songs.
ALBUM TRACK LISTING
1. 54-46, Toots & the Maytals2. You Can Get It, Jimmy Cliff
3. Happy Go Lucky Girl, The Paragons
4. Israelites, Desmond Dekker
5. Carry Go Bring Come, Justin Hinds
6. Sattamasagana, Abyssinians
7. Book of Rules, Heptones
8. Money in My Pocket, Dennis Brown
9. Better Must Come, Delroy Wilson
10. Guess who's Coming to Dinner, Black Uhuru
11. Jah Give Us Life to Live, Wailing Souls
12. Mr. Chatterbox, The Wailers
13. Skylarking, Horace Andy
14. Legalize It, Peter Tosh
15. Make Some Music, Ziggy Marley
16. Poor and Clean, Gregory Isaacs
