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  • Various Artists, The Harder They Come, 1972 on Mango

    Various Artists, The Harder They Come, 1972 on Mango

    This was the soundtrack to a film of the same name, released in the UK in 1972 and in the US in 1973. Although Jimmy Cliff’s name is above the title, and he has six of the twelve tracks (though 2 have double versions on the LP_, there’s also two Maytals tracks and one Desmond…

  • Sly & Robbie; The Sixties, Seventies + Eighties = Taxi; 1981 on Mango

    Sly & Robbie; The Sixties, Seventies + Eighties = Taxi; 1981 on Mango

    Great collection of songs produced by Sly Dunbar & Robbie Shakespeare, whose production company and label were both called Taxi, released on Mango which was an Island Records subsidiary focused on Caribbean artists. Great covers of Herbie Hancock’s “Watermelon Man” and the Lennon-McCartney “I Should Have Known Better” as well as some more traditional ska…

  • Various Artists, Bad Influence (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 1990 on Mango Records.

    Various Artists, Bad Influence (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 1990 on Mango Records.

    Various Artists, Bad Influence (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 1990 on Mango Records. Great soundtrack – Nina Vasconcelos & The Bushdancers, Lloyd Cole, Thomas Mapfumo, Toots Hibbert doing “Spiritual Healing,” Les Negresses Vertes, Etta James Not sure I remember the movie but the soundtrack is still with me