Various Artists - Reggae Chartbusters, Vol. 1 (Expanded, Reissue) (2009)

For those as yet unfamiliar with the classic range, ‘Reggae Chartbusters’ was launched by Trojan late in 1969 to highlight the label’s best-selling and unsurprisingly it swiftly became one of the best-selling lines in the company’s catalogue.
Released annually, each of the volumes topped the Reggae album charts, even out-selling the much vaunted ‘Tighten Up’ collections, yet surprisingly the series only ran for three years before being brought to an end in 1972.
Volume One brings together a selection of favourites from the late sixties, when the genre was still in its embryonic stage, while subsequent collections trace the music’s development, covering all styles from ‘Skinhead’ or ‘Boss Reggae’ through to the Roots, Dub and Lovers music of the close of the following decade.

Tracklist:
1 01. Jimmy Cliff - Wonderful World, Beautiful People (03:12)
1 02. Dandy Livingstone - Reggae in Your Jeggae (02:56)
1 03. Desmond Dekker - (Poor Mi) Israelites (02:33)
1 04. Symarip - Skinhead Moonstomp (02:59)
1 05. The Pioneers - Poor Rameses (02:31)
1 06. Harry J Allstars - Liquidator (03:05)
1 07. The Upsetters - Return of Django (02:29)
1 08. Tony Tribe - Red Red Wine (02:54)
1 09. The Pioneers - Long Shot Kick De Bucket (02:47)
1 10. Boris Gardiner - Elizabethan Reggae (02:36)
1 11. Desmond Dekker - It Mek (02:32)
1 12. The Melodians - Sweet Sensation (03:51)
1 13. Max Romeo - Wet Dream (02:46)
1 14. Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters - People Funny Boy (02:36)
1 15. Beltones - No More Heartaches (02:29)
1 16. The Upsetters - Dollar In the Teeth (02:32)
1 17. The Ethiopians - Everything Crash (02:31)
1 18. Toots and The Maytals - Pressure Drop (02:57)
1 19. Pat Kelly - How Long Will It Take (03:08)
1 20. Derrick Morgan - Moon Hop (03:09)