| Ride Like Lightning: Best of 1972-1976 (Bns CD) |  | Artist: Big Youth
Label: Sanctuary Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 122,839
Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 060768028425
EAN: 0060768028425
Release Date: September 23, 2003
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Disc 1
| • | $.90 Skank | | • | Can You Keep a Secret | | • | Dubble Attack (AKA Double Attack) | | • | Opportunity Rock - Big Youth, Brown | | • | Mooving Version - Big Youth, Marley | | • | Cool Breeze | | • | Dock of the Bay | | • | Big Fight | | • | Forman Versus Frazier | | • | A So We Stay - Big Youth, Brown | | • | Chucky No Lucky | | • | Waterhouse Rock | | • | Half Ounce | | • | Medicine Doctor | | • | Facts of Life | | • | ABC | | • | Screaming Target | | • | Concrete Jungle - Big Youth, Clarke, Allan | | • | The Killer - Big Youth, Clarke, A. | | • | The Killer Version (AKA the Murder) - Big Youth, Clarke, A. | | • | Pride and Joy Rock - Big Youth, Clarke, A. | | • | One of These Fine Days - Big Youth, Clarke, A. | | • | Keep Your Dread - Big Youth, Muchanan | | • | Tell It Back - Big Youth, Muchanan | | • | Phil Pratt Thing - Big Youth, Beckford |
Disc 2
| • | Give Praises - Big Youth, Buchanan, M. | | • | Plead I Cause - Big Youth, Buchanan, M. | | • | Hap Ki Do - Big Youth, Buchanan, M. | | • | Riverton City - Big Youth, Buchanan, M. | | • | Weeping in the Night - Big Youth, Buchanan, M. | | • | Reggae Phenmenon - Big Youth, Buchanan, M. | | • | Natty Cultural Dread | | • | I Light and I Salvation | | • | Dread High Ranking | | • | Wolf in Sheep's Clothing - Big Youth, Buchanan, M. | | • | Wolf in Sheep's Clothing Version - Big Youth, Buchanan, M. | | • | Jim Squeechy | | • | Every Nigger Is a Star | | • | Ten Against One | | • | Hell Is for Heros | | • | Hit the Road Jack - Big Youth, Mayfield, Percy |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Album Description
Subtitled - The Best Of Big Youth 1972-1976. 2002 compilation featuring 41 of Big Youth's most popular recordings. The most definitive collection of the DJ's work. Includes recordings previously unavailable on CD. Trojan.
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| Customer Reviews:
 raw unadulterated souldrippin crazy goodness May 20, 2005
Robert G. Maccarthy (oakland, ca)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
this is a lot of music for the ching. damn, this stuff is raw and tastey. this is not like his overproduced, smoothed out later releases. i gots lots of dub, and rock steady, this one is unclassifiable...or is it... (see title of review).
Essential March 30, 2004
Ryan Moret (Sewanee, TN)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Big Youth is one of the most influential artists to ever come from Jamaica; he may be second only to Marley in terms of influence. This is an essential collection for anyone who is into Reggae. This 2-disc set explores some of Big Youth's best early work. The first disc contains some excellent work,especially from the album "Screaming Target" which was possibly the most important and influential record for a few London youths in the 70s that went on to form a band you may have heard of...The Clash. The second disc contains several tracks from Youth's best album, Natty Cultural Dread, which I think is only available on vinyl (but I am really not sure). Big Youth is one of the most influential artists for the early punk movement AND for hip-hop. This 2-disc set is a perfect introduction to this essential reggae toaster. Bottom line: this set is the bomb. PERIOD. Since I purchased this set a few days ago it has hardly left my player! PURE GENIUS!!
 a powerful collection August 16, 2004
J. Holmes (yokohama, japan)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
the influence of Big Youth has been far and wide in both reggae and punk music. he is often thought of as one of the most influential toasters and an innovator of the dub style.
this is a monster of a collection with a whopping 41 tracks spanning (mostly) his early career. every song on here is a classic in it's own right. you can find no wrong here on this set of fine jamaican music. if you are into the styles of U-Roy or I-Roy, then buy this Big Youth 2cd set with confidence and expand your knowledge of this legendary figure. you won't regret it.
Great But..... May 6, 2010
.fgd (usa)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The first half dozen tracts of first side are out of sight.But better to sample otherwise as the rest are weak or ok as some kind of background. But i have this CD because i haven't got round to mp3 player yet and first tracks are strongly recommmended for sheer turned on eireenessness.As is King Stitt,little known but should be especially 'Dance Beat' on his one album.
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