VA - The Island Story: 1962-1987 25th Anniversary [2CD Set] (1987)

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Artist: Various Artists
Title: The Island Story: 1962-1987 25th Anniversary
Year Of Release: 1987
Label: Island Records [442-842 901-2]
Genre: Pop Rock, Blues Rock, Rock & Roll, New Wave, Reggae
Quality: CBR 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue, log)
Total Time: 1:56:49
Total Size: 267 mb / 700 mb
WebSite: Album Preview

Reflecting the label's roots in Jamaica in the late 1950s, this 31-song collection celebrating Island's 25th anniversary includes the definitive reggae anthems "The Harder They Come" by Jimmy Cliff from the classic movie soundtrack of the same name and "No Woman No Cry" by Bob Marley. Capturing the playful side of Jamaica, there's the first hit for label founder Chris Blackwell, the infectious 1963 smash "My Boy Lollipop" by little Millie Small; "Israelites" by Desmond Dekker and the Aces, "Montego Bay" by Amazulu, "Sinsemilla" by Black Uhuru, and a rousing "Funky Kingston" courtesy of Toots and the Maytals. Illustrating how Island grew far beyond the confines of the Caribbean, the album also includes white rockers U2, Traffic, Free, Robert Palmer and Julian Cope. Throw in several ballads such as "Up Where We Belong" by Jennifer Warnes and Bill Medley, and this is the overview you'd expect from such a long-lived and diverse label, although it must have been tough to hold to only one song from a catalog as extensive as Marley's, for example. Flow is sometimes a problem, but the music is strong.

:: TRACKLIST ::

Disc 1
1. U2 – With Or Without You (04:53)
2. Steve Winwood – Night Train (07:51)
3. Marianne Faithfull – Broken English (03:00)
4. Black Uhuru – Sinse Milla (05:08)
5. Free – All Right Now (04:14)
6. Spencer Davis Group – Keep On Running (02:47)
7. Traffic – Paper Sun (04:14)
8. Robert Palmer – Addicted To Love (04:04)
9. Grace Jones – Pull Up To The Bumper (03:40)
10. Sly & Robbie – Boops (Here To Go) (05:00)
11. Gibson Brothers – Cuba (03:01)
12. Toots And The Maytals – Funky Kingston (03:31)
13. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – The Israelites (02:46)
14. Millie – My Boy Lollipop (02:00)
15. Third World – Now That We've Found Love (03:57)

Disc 2
1. Bob Marley & The Wailers – No Woman No Cry (04:05)
2. Jim Capaldi – Love Hurts (03:29)
3. Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes – Up Where We Belong (03:55)
4. Gwen Guthrie – Padlock (03:53)
5. Jimmy Cliff – The Harder They Come (03:38)
6. Pete Wingfield – Eighteen With A Bullet (03:29)
7. Fairport Convention – Si Tu Dois Partir (02:20)
8. Tom Waits – Innocent When You Dream (Bar Boom) (04:14)
9. Julian Cope – Word Shut Your Mouth (03:05)
10. Will Powers – Adventures In Success (03:40)
11. Amazulu – Montego Bay (03:20)
12. The Buggles – Video Killed The Radio Star (03:20)
13. Sparks – The Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us (03:04)
14. Eddie & The Hot Rods – Do Anything You Wanna Do (04:00)
15. The Christians – Forgotten Town (03:59)
16. Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Relax (03:02)

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