Ultimate Guide to Great Reggae

Michael Garnice is best known for his groundbreaking early reggae website www.mentomusic.com and his writing about Bob Marley for Reggae Beat Magazine. He lives in New York City and writes for a number of reggae websites and magazines.

• 1. Acknowledgements 2. Introduction 3. Jamaica's History of Great Records 4. Great Songs From The Golden-age of Mento Singles 5. Count Lasher 6. Chin's Calypso Sextet 7. Great Jamaican R&B 8. The Skatalites 9. Bob Marley & The Wailers, Part 1: Ska and More At Studio One 10. Prince Buster 11. More Great Ska Songs 12. Great Treasure Isle Rock Steady Songs 13. Great Rock Steady From Other Studios 14. Desmond Dekker & The Aces with The Dynamites at Beverly's 15. Toots & The Maytals 16. The Ethiopians 17. Great Studio One Rock Steady and Reggae Instrumentals 18. More Great Studio One Rock Steady and Pre-Roots Reggae Songs 19. Bob Marley & The Wailers, Part 2: Self-produced Singles In Their Middle Period 20. Bob Marley & The Wailers, Part 3: The JAD Productions In Their Middle Period 21. Bob Marley & The Wailers, Part 4: An LP Produced by Leslie Kong In Their Middle Period 22. Bob Marley & The Wailers, Part 5: Produced by Lee Perry In Their Middle Period 23. Bob Marley & The Wailers, Part 6: Work With Sundry Other Producers In Their Middle Period 24. More Great Early Reggae 25. Jimmy Cliff 26. Nora Dean 27. Augustus Pablo 28. Lee Perry Before The Black Ark 29. Lee Perry And The Black Ark Sound 30. Junior Murvin at The Black Ark 31. The Congos At The Black Ark And Elsewhere 32. More Great Dub 33. Great Mento-Reggae by Stanley Beckford and Others 34. Great Mento After The Golden-Age 35. More Great Reggae Instrumentals 36. The Abyssinians 37. Burning Spear 38. More Great Nyabinghi and Nyabinghi-Reggae Songs 39. Dennis Brown 40. Gregory Isaacs 41. Black Uhuru and Michael Rose 42. More Great Sly & Robbie Songs 43. Black Slate 44. Steel Pulse 45. More Great Roots Reggae 46. Big Youth 47. More Great DJ Songs 48. Bob Marley & The Wailers, Part 7: The Internationally Released LPs 49. Bunny Wailer, After The Wailers 50. Peter Tosh, After The Wailers 51. Great Dub Poetry 52. Great Jamaica Jazz 53. Barrington Levy and The Birth of Dancehall 54. Johnny Osbourne 55. More Great Dancehall 56. Coda: More Great Songs, But Difficult to Categorize

'This is a well-written, accessible, and enjoyable tour de force of Jamaican reggae. I found it informed, thoughtful, but written with a light touch.' Chris Partridge, Lancaster University