(Reggae / Dub) VA - A Blackbeard Production - Too Much Iron In The Fire (2 CD, 2004, MP3, 320 kbps)

1 hour 12 minutes 47 seconds
1. Barry Brown - Them A Come (4:10)
2. Barry Brown - Pass Up The Chalice (3:59)
3. Barrington Levy & Trinity - You Say Me Say (4:03)
4. Blackbeard All Stars - We Say Dub (4:29)
5. Ken Boothe & Trinity - Fattie Bum Bum (3:28)
6. Johnny Clarke - Wolves And Leopards (3:11)
7. Jacob Miller - False Rasta (2:31)
8. Ronnie Davis - Inna Dis Ya Time (3:29)
9. Barry Brown & Trinity - Coolie Carrie Basket (3:50)
10. Wayne Jarrett - All I Want To Do (3:27)
11. Johnny Clarke - Fade Away (3:11)
12. Barry Brown - Life Is Funny (3:21)
13. Black Uhuru Trinity - Give A Little (4:04)
14. Blackbeard All Stars - Cayamanas Park Dub (4:46)
15. Horace Andy - Free Africa (3:46)
16. Blackbeard All Stars - West Chester Dub (3:44)
17. Flick Wilson - Lucifer (3:00)
18. Mighty Diamonds - Jah Jah Bless (2:48)
19. Ronnie Davis - Too Much Religion (3:47)
20. Jacob Miller - Dread Inna Babylon (3:43)

1 hour 12 minutes 17 seconds

1. Johnny Clarke - Strictly Reggae Music (3:19)
2. Barry Brown - Protect Them (3:55)
3. Barry Brown & Trinity - Mother Do That (3:48)
4. Horace Andy - Ranking Having Fun (3:45)
5. Johnny Clarke - Can't Stop Me (2:56)
6. Johnny Clarke - Everyday Wondering (3:28)
7. Ronnie Davis - My World (2:57)
8. Mighty Diamonds - Eyes On Africa (4:11)
9. Black Uhuru & Trinity - Too Much Iron In The Fire (3:46)
10. Blackbeard All Stars - South Borough Dub (3:39)
11. Wayne Jarrett - Mount Zion (3:25)
12. Johnny Clarke - Don't Know Who To Trust (3:07)
13. Ronnie Davis - I Ain't Gonna Give You (3:36)
14. Barry Brown - Don't Know What To Say (2:48)
15. Trinity - Rock As My Baby (4:15)
16. Blackbeard All Stars - Drifter Version (3:57)
17. Jimmy Riley - Jealous Of Your Boyfriend (3:57)
18. Blackbeard All Stars - Boyfriend Dub (3:46)
19. Trinity - Ali (3:34)
20. Blackbeard All Stars - West Bay Dub (4:08)

Roderick "Blackbeard" Sinclair, older brother of Tapper Zukie, is one of the most unassuming of Jamaica's great reggae producers, and he continues to issue occasional singles on his Mr. Tipsy label some 30 years after he began as an apprentice to Bunny Lee. Blackbeard productions feature solid singing and bright, dub-like textures, and while there is nothing particularly innovative or experimental about them, their consistent high quality is a trademark of sorts in the here today and gone tomorrow world of the ever-shifting Jamaican music industry. This double-disc collection from Sanctuary/Trojan is the first extended release of Blackbeard's work on CD, and it shows a producer who knows his performers well, and always puts the spotlight on the song itself. Among the standout tracks here are Barrington Levy's bright, accomplished "You Say Me Say," Johnny Clarke's fine cover of Dennis Brown's "Wolves and Leopards," Ronnie Davis' "Inna Dis Yah Time," and the beautiful vocals of the Mighty Diamonds on "Jah Jah Bless." There are a few straight dub tracks scattered through the set, but Blackbeard's A-sides have such a dub feel in the first place that they seem to blend right in, giving this anthology the seamless feel of a bright summer's afternoon.