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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 Dekker and others. I was too young to know, but this is said to have been a major part of breaking reggae outside of Jamaica as popular music - I know it established who Jimmy Cliff was for me. My copy—via private […]

https://goatless.org/2026/08/10/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 Dekker and others. I was too young to know, but this is said to have been a major part of breaking reggae outside of Jamaica as popular music - I know it established who Jimmy Cliff was for me. My copy—via private […]

https://goatless.org/2026/08/10/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 Dekker and others. I was too young to know, but this is said to have been a major part of breaking reggae outside of Jamaica as popular music - I know it established who Jimmy Cliff was for me. My copy—via private […]

https://goatless.org/2026/08/10/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 Dekker and others. I was too young to know, but this is said to have been a major part of breaking reggae outside of Jamaica as popular music - I know it established who Jimmy Cliff was for me. My copy—via private […]

https://goatless.org/2026/08/10/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 Dekker and others. I was too young to know, but this is said to have been a major part of breaking reggae outside of Jamaica as popular music - I know it established who Jimmy Cliff was for me. My copy—via private […]

https://goatless.org/2026/08/10/various-artists-the-harder-they-come-1972-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 and reggae classics. My copy via Beverly Coin & Jewelry in Beverly MA

https://goatless.org/2024/12/03/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 and reggae classics. My copy via Beverly Coin & Jewelry in Beverly MA

https://goatless.org/2024/12/03/sly-robbie-the-sixties-seventies-eighties-taxi-1981-on-mango