Hit the Road Jack (album) explained

Hit The Road Jack
Type:	Compilation Album
Artist:	Big Youth
Cover:	Big_Youth_-_Hit_The_Road_Jack_-_Front.jpg
Released:	1976
Genre:	Reggae
Length:	32:24
Label:	Trojan
Producer:	Big Youth
Prev Title:	Natty Cultural Dread
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Isaiah First Prophet of Old
Next Year:	1978

Hit the Road Jack is a 1976 album^[1] by the reggae artist Manley Buchanan from Kingston, Jamaica, better known as Big Youth. In February 2011, as part of its Reggae Britannia TV series, the BBC broadcast an interview with Buchanan in which he discussed his version of Hit the Road Jack.^[2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Manley Buchanan; except where indicated

1. "What's Going On" (Marvin Gaye)
2. "Hit the Road Jack" (Percy Mayfield)
3. "Wake Up Everybody" (Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead)
4. "Get Up, Stand Up" (Bob Marley, Peter Tosh)
5. "Jah Man of Syreen"
6. "Ten Against One"
7. "Hotter Fire"
8. "The Way of the Light"
9. "Dread High Ranking"
10. "Dread Is the Best"

Personnel

• Vocals : Big Youth

Recording Information

• Recording : Randy's, Kingston, Jamaica
• Engineers : Karl Pitterson & Errol Thompson

Notes and References

1. Web site: Big Youth - Hit The Road Jack . . . 4 September 2015.
2. Reggae Britannia: Big Youth - Hit The Road Jack . . Producer: Jeremy Marre Director: Jeremy Marre. BBC Four. 4 February 2011. 4 September 2015 .