Name: Tighten up! Vol. 4
Brand: Trojan Records (UK)
SKU: 1010218
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Tighten up! Vol. 4

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Album: Tighten up! Vol. 4
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Blood and Fire - Niney
2)	Johnny Too Bad - The Slickers
3)	Selah, The - The Ethiopians
4)	One Eye Enos - The Maytals
5)	Hard Life - Merlene Webber
6)	I Shall Sing - Judy Mowatt & The Gaytones
7)	Grooving Out on Life - Hopeton Lewis
8)	Starvation - The Pioneers
9)	Bush Doctor - Music Doctor
10)	Good Ambition - The Ethiopians
11)	I Got It - The Lowbites
12)	Stand by Your Man - Merlene Webber
13)	Donkey Skank - Delroy Jones
14)	Silhouettes - Winston Wright & The Blaketone Allstars
15)	Out the Light Baby - Dennis Alcapone
16)	Love Uprising - The Jamaicans (Bonus Track) - The Jamaicans
17)	El Fishy - Herman
18)	(Going) Back to Africa - Alton Ellis
19)	Nuclear Weapon - Ansel Collins
20)	I Wish It Could Be Peaceful Again - Ken Boothe
21)	Wake the Nation (A.K.A. Heights of a Great Man) - Jeffrey Barnes
22)	All One Nation - Cliff & Winston/The GG All-Stars
23)	Love You the Most - Lloyd Clarke
24)	Creation Version - Charlie Ace/The Melodians
25)	Where Will You Be Tomorrow - Stranger Cole/Gladstone Anderson

Album: Tighten up! Vol. 4
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Blood and Fire - Niney
2)	Johnny Too Bad - The Slickers
3)	Selah, The - The Ethiopians
4)	One Eye Enos - The Maytals
5)	Hard Life - Merlene Webber
6)	I Shall Sing - Judy Mowatt & The Gaytones
7)	Grooving Out on Life - Hopeton Lewis
8)	Starvation - The Pioneers
9)	Bush Doctor - Music Doctor
10)	Good Ambition - The Ethiopians
11)	I Got It - The Lowbites
12)	Stand by Your Man - Merlene Webber
13)	Donkey Skank - Delroy Jones
14)	Silhouettes - Winston Wright & The Blaketone Allstars
15)	Out the Light Baby - Dennis Alcapone
16)	Love Uprising - The Jamaicans (Bonus Track) - The Jamaicans
17)	El Fishy - Herman
18)	(Going) Back to Africa - Alton Ellis
19)	Nuclear Weapon - Ansel Collins
20)	I Wish It Could Be Peaceful Again - Ken Boothe
21)	Wake the Nation (A.K.A. Heights of a Great Man) - Jeffrey Barnes
22)	All One Nation - Cliff & Winston/The GG All-Stars
23)	Love You the Most - Lloyd Clarke
24)	Creation Version - Charlie Ace/The Melodians
25)	Where Will You Be Tomorrow - Stranger Cole/Gladstone Anderson

Performer Notes

Includes liner notes by Noel "Harry" Hawks.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Roots reggae was beginning to have an impact by this time, and its rise was reflected in the fourth volume of the Tighten Up series, notably with the seminal opening track, Niney's apocalyptic "Blood and Fire." The Ethiopians' "The Selah" was also a roots classic, as was the Slickers' "Johnny Too Bad." Elsewhere, Merelene Webber and the Pioneers offer up heartfelt sufferer's songs. But it wasn't all "Hard Life" and "Starvation"; Hopeton Lewis, for one, was "Grooving Out on Life," with a soulful take on the Newbeats' hit. Jean and the Gaytones were grooving out to Art Garfunkel on their upbeat, reggaefied cover of "I Shall Sing." For the record, Jean is actually Judy Mowatt of the Gayletts and the I-Threes. Merelene Webber was grooving on her true love across a soulful, reggaefied cover of "Stand By Your Man." Life was less bright for the Ethiopians, whose encore track, "Good Ambition," was to rid themselves of an unworthy girlfriend. The Lowbites, an alias for a coterie of U.K. reggae sessionmen, claim that "I Got It," but all they've found is loneliness. The song is an intriguing blend of British beat melody set to a reggae beat. Music Doctor, Dandy Livingstone's backing band, offer up an equally intriguing musical hybrid on "Bush Doctor," which boasts a syncopated beat, a hint of funk, and a Billy Preston-ish piano lead. In contrast, the Maytals deliver up a straightforward John Crow skank on the rude "One Eye Enos," the set's only suggestive song. It's evident that tastes are shifting and Trojan was continuing to keep up with these changes. ~ Jo-Ann Greene