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- Date Released: January 30, 2007
- Genre: International
- Style: Roots Reggae
- Label: Greensleeves Records Ltd. / The Orchard
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Greensleeves' 2007 release Most Wanted: Classic Cuts 1978-1984 isn't the definitive Wailing Souls compilation, but with the band's discography sprawling across labels, decades, and many flavors of reggae, a one-disc wrap-up is a bit too much to ask. Most Wanted focuses on the transitional years of 1978-1984, just missing their seminal 1977 hit "Bredda Gravalicious," but displaying their evolution from rugged roots music to more mature roots and on to dancehall. "Bredda"'s successor, "War," is here, and like every other cut save "Fire House Rock," it's presented in its desirable 12" mix, which in this case stretches the infectious groove past the five-minute mark. Even better, "Kingdom Rise & Kingdom Fall" is rightfully epic at over ten minutes and "See Baba Joe" makes it to almost nine with its easy-strolling dub tacked on. Almost all of these extended mixes are previously unreleased on CD and extremely hard to find in any format, so it's a bit odd that Greensleeves doesn't crow about it on the cover, deciding instead to market this as a mere "best-of." For hardcore fans, this is the logical follow-up to Pressure Sounds' The Wailing Souls at Channel One, and it would be just as revelatory if didn't overlap that set by a couple tracks.
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| 01. |  |
War (12” Disco 45 Mix) |
5:22 |
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| 02. | |
Jah Give Us Life (Don't Feel No Way) (12" Mix) |
6:39 |
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| 03. | |
Fire House Rock |
4:17 |
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| 04. | |
Kingdom Rise & Kingdom Fall (12" Mix) |
10:09 |
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| 05. | |
A Day Will Come (12" Mix) |
6:41 |
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| 06. | |
See Baba Joe (12” Disco 45 Mix) |
8:46 |
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| 07. | |
Who No Waan Come (12” Disco 45 Mix) |
6:19 |
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| 08. | |
Up Front (12” Disco 45 Mix) |
6:10 |
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| 09. | |
Diamonds & Pearls (12" Mix) |
7:54 |
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| 10. | |
They Don't Know Jah (12" Mix) |
6:13 |
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| 11. | |
Bounce Back (12" Mix) |
6:15 |
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| 12. | |
War Deh Round A John Shop (12" Mix) |
3:34 |
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12 Total Tracks, 78:19 Total Length
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- Scientist - Engineer // Scientist - Engineer // Scientist - Engineer // Scientist - Engineer // Chuck Foster - Source Material // Barnabas - Engineer // Revolutionaries - Assistant // Revolutionaries - Assistant // Revolutionaries - Assistant // Revolutionaries - Assistant // Ansel Collins - Keyboards // Linval Thompson - Producer // Gladstone Anderson - Keyboards // Tony Asher - Keyboards // Andy Bassford - Guitar // Andy Bassford - Guitar (Rhythm) // Winston Bope Bowne - Guitar // Errol Brown - Engineer // Radcliffe Bryan - Guitar // Tony Chin - Guitar (Rhythm) // Basil "Benbow" Creary - Drums // Carlton "Santa" Davis - Drums // Sly Dunbar - Drums // Dean Fraser - Saxophone // Bernard Touter Harvey - Keyboards // Ossie Hibbert - Keyboards // Wycliffe "Steely" Johnson - Keyboards // Bertram Ranchie McLean - Bass // Collins Moore - Source Material // Dwight Pinkney - Guitar // Dwight Pinkney - Guitar // Fazel Prendergast - Guitar (Rhythm) // Ronald "Nambo" Robinson - Trombone // Style Scott - Drums // Robbie Shakespeare - Bass // Robbie Shakespeare - Guitar (Rhythm) // Noel "Scully" Simms - Percussion // Earl "Chinna" Smith - Guitar // Soldgie - Engineer // Keith Sterling - Synthesizer // Errol Thompson - Engineer // Uziah "Sticky" Thompson - Percussion // Winston Wright - Keyboards // Errol "Flabba" Holt - Bass // Henry "Junjo" Lawes - Producer // Tony McDermott - Design // Kevin Metcalfe - Mastering // Jack Barron - Photography // Timothy O'Sullivan - Photography // Errol "Tarzan" Nelson - Organ // George Williams - Photography // Chris Meredith - Bass // Joseph "Jo Jo" Hoo Kim - Producer // Harry Hawke - Liner Notes // Harry Hawke - Source Material // Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont - Guitar // Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont - Guitar (Rhythm) // Ernest Hookim - Engineer // Christopher Blake "Sky Juice" - Percussion // Ray Huford - Source Material // Lincoln Valentine - Drums
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