VA - Atlantic 1 (Remastered & Expanded) (1976/2023)
CD Rip | FLAC (tracks, no cue, no log) - 539 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 328 MB
2:22:10 | Reggae, Roots Reggae, Lovers Rock | Label: Doctor Bird
• Popular 1976 album making its CD debut. Most tracks new to CD. Includes an array of mid-70s reggae classics.Following his move into music production in late-1968, Alvin ‘G.G.’ Ranglin swiftly rose to the higher echelons of the Jamaican music industry and by the mid-70s was firmly established as one of the island’s premier music makers.
Reflecting his status on the reggae scene, leading London-based operator Trojan Records, secured agreements for his finest works, releasing Ranglin’s music on numerous 7” singles and long-playing compilation albums, the last of which was ‘Atlantic 1’, an LP boasting some of Jamaica’s finest vocal and instrumental talent, which the company issued on the its Horse subsidiary in 1975.