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Category: Music
Artist: Cornell Campbell
Publisher: Sanctuary Records
Studio: Sanctuary Records
Manufacturer: Sanctuary Records
Label: Sanctuary Records
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 80526
UPC: 060768052628
EAN: 0060768052628
ASIN: B0009A3ZW6
Release Date: May 17, 2005
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Disc 1
| • | Girl of My Dreams | | • | Stars | | • | Gorgon | | • | Dance in a Greenwich Farm | | • | Conquering Gorgon | | • | Gun Court Law | | • | They Can't Get Me Out | | • | Natty Dread in a Greenwich Farm | | • | Press Along Natty Dread | | • | Give Me Strength Oh Jah | | • | Gorgon Is the Ruler | | • | Stay Down Babylon | | • | Jah Jah a Go Beat Them | | • | I'll Mash You Down | | • | Please Be True | | • | Wherever I Lay My Hat | | • | I've Got to Keep on Running | | • | Duke of Earl | | • | Sun | | • | Whenever You Need Me | | • | Heading for the Mountain | | • | Wolf in Sheep's Clothing | | • | Rasta Come from Jail | | • | Natty Dread |
Disc 2
| • | My Sweet Baby | | • | Got to Tell It to the People | | • | Malicious World | | • | I'll Never Let Go | | • | Press Along Natty | | • | Fight Against Corruption | | • | Trick in the Book | | • | Boxing | | • | Rope In | | • | Chatty Chatty Too Much | | • | My Love for You | | • | Everybody Want Promotion | | • | Hypocrites | | • | No Man's Land | | • | Jah Jah Me No Born Yah | | • | Gorgon Is Back | | • | Confusion on the Land | | • | My Guiding Star | | • | Drifter | | • | Queen of the Minstrel | | • | Be True to Me | | • | Hard Headed Israelites [Aka Follow Instruction] |
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Album Description
Jamaica's answer to Curtis Mayfield. Most comprehensive collection of the singer's output ever released. 2 CD set. Trojan. 2005.
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A great collection of another overlooked reggae artist. February 1, 2009
This is a great collection, especially for the price, that covers the brilliant Career of Cornell Campbell. There is not a bad song on this collection and if you are tired of tracking track down 45's, this is a good purchase.
beautiful music.... December 2, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a spiritual collection of stoic roots music, featuring the soul influenced vocal styling of Cornell Campbell.
"King in My Empire" 12" (released on Basic Channel with Rhythm and Sound) has kept his profile high with roots lovers -- The track was distinctive due to its stripped minimalist structure and "roll off" sub lows, contrasted with ethereal vocals. This collection from Trojan is stylistically mixed, combining his soulful output with lover's tunes and some evocative sufferer's roots vocals.
CD 1 features the hooligan bass of "Dance Inna Greenwich Farm" later versioned by the great Dr. Alimantado. Another high point is Campbell's version of Johnny Clarke's "None Shall Escape" -- here entitled "Gun Court."
"Stay Down In Babylon" is a hymnal chant. "Jah A Go Beat Them" is a thunderous cut to Coxsonne's "Freedom Blues" -- later also versioned by Tappa Zukie as "MPLA."
Another cut from Tappa's "MPLA" album surfaces here -- the impassioned "Please Be True", with its shifting Tubby's/Bunny Lee rhythm track burning red hot under the emotive vocal.
"Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" moves on from the Bunny Lee flying cymbal style, which can wax repetitive and begin to grate -- so it is a relief when the style shifts to a militant Rockers snare and rim shot heat.
CD 2 steps up the pressure with a later Sly and Robbie Rockers style, including some Radics tunes -- "Malicious World" is a dark and pessimistic realism lyric, inclining towards misanthropy and a bleak view of humanity. "Fight against Corruption" is Cornell's version of Junior Byles "Beat Down Babylon" with a swirling Scientist mix.
CD 2 also features an original contribution to the history of roots music, "Jah Jah Me No Born Yah", in which Cornell sounds more like the Afro Cuban vocalist Celia Cruz, or a vocalist from the Fania All Stars than a JA roots singer. Besides a very strong Afro Cuban influence in the vocals here, the melody and inflection sounds similar to prevalent female vocal styles from Southern and Central Africa in the early 60's.
The high point of the album is the moving "Hypocrites/AKA Blessed Are They Who Keep The Commandments" which is a beautiful version to the "Tribute To Steve Biko" from Tappa Zukie's "Peace in the Ghetto" album.
"Blessed are they who keep the commandments, for they have the right to the Tree of Life. Downpressers cannot enter. Hypocrites too, cannot enter. No liars and thieves cannot enter into Jah Kingdom-- it's only by the works that you do. No false teacher and false prophet cannot enter."
Great compilation October 11, 2005
The essential Cornell Campbell is all here. A great compilation for those who are new to his music and collectors. Disc one is a compilation of his 70's hits and disc two is a collection of the 80's songs. Most of those tracks are produced by Bunny Lee so the quality is guaranteed.
I wouldn't call Cornel Campbell, a competition to Bob Marley or even close, but this CD collection is a must have For all Reggae fans.
 Bob Marley finally has fierce competition!! May 4, 2005
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Cornel Cambell is a very close, almost equal, competition for Bob Marley as the greatest reggae artist of all time. This album is an incredible compilation of extremely smooth reggae, and i would suggest it to anyone with even the slightest interest in reggae music
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