Jamaica’s 50-års fødselsdag skal ikke dø i Jah-synd her på siden. Her til nydelse, med åbne vinduer ud mod dansk sommernat og en kold Red Stripe i hånden, halvanden time’s Kingston-inspireret musik fra BBC’s arkiver. Ikke alt er lige fremragende (!), men der er store øjeblikke undervejs, især i første halvdel, som f.eks. The Wailers’ ‘Stir It Up’, Althea & Donna’s britiske kæmpehit ‘Uptown Top Ranking’, Desmond Dekker’s vilde version af sin egen ‘Israelites’, The Specials fra Coventry City, Junior Murvin’s klassiske Lee Perry-samarbejde ‘Police And Thieves’ (som The Clash lavede cover af), og så selvfølgelig The Lonely Lover himself, silkestemmen Gregory Isaacs – enjah!

01 Nicky Thomas – Love Of The Common People (1973)
02 The Wailer’s – Stir It Up (1973)
03 Susan Cadogan – Hurts So Good (1975)
04 Bob Marley & The Wailers – Exodus (1977)
05 Althea & Donna – Uptown Top Ranking (1978)
06 Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Israelites (1978)
07 Steel Pulse – Klu Klux Klan (1978)
08 Dennis Brown – Money In My Pocket (1979)
09 Janet Kay – Silly Games (1979)
10 Madness – The Prince (1979)
11 The Specials – A Message To You Rudy (1979
12 Junior Murvin – Police And Thieves (1980)
13 Black Slate – Amigo (1980)
14 UB40 – Food For Thought (1981)
15 Sugar Minott – Good Thing Going (1981)
16 Aswad – African Children (1982)
17 Musical Youth – Pass The Dutchie (1982)
18 Gregory Isaacs & The Roots Radic – Night Nurse (1982)
19 Maxi Priest – Wild World (1988)
20 Shabba Ranks – Twice My Age (1993)
21 Shaggy – Oh Carolina (1993)
22 chaka Demus & Pliers feat Jack Radics – Twist & Shout (1993)
23 Buju Banton – Murderer (1995)
24 Burning Spear – Slavery Days (1996)
25 Beenie Man – Who Am (2002)
26 Sean Paul – We Are Burnin’ (2005)
27 Jimmy Cliff – Many Rivers To Cross (2008)