| Reggae Golden Jubilee - Origins of Jamaican Music | |
| Type: | compilation |
| Cover: | reggae-golden-jubilee.jpeg |
| Released: | 6 November 2012 |
| Genre: | Reggae, lovers rock, ska, rocksteady, roots, dancehall |
| Label: | VP Records |
Reggae Golden Jubilee (official album title: Reggae Golden Jubilee - Origins of Jamaican Popular Music) is a compilation album that commemorates Jamaica’s 50th anniversary of independence. It was released on 6 November 2012.[1] Reggae Golden Jubilee included four CDs featuring Jamaica's top 100 hit songs and a 64-page booklet of notation with iconic photographs.[2]
The album featured ska, rocksteady, reggae, roots reggae and dancehall with established musicians and younger artists, such as Millie Small, Bob Marley & The Wailers, Eric Donaldson, Dawn Penn, Buju Banton, Sizzla, Beenie Man, Sean Paul, Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, Shaggy, and Mavado among others.[3]
The tracks were selected by Edward Seaga, a former Prime Minister of Jamaica, who also wrote the liner notes and the track notations. Seaga is also well known as the founder of the music label West Indies Records Limited (WIRL), and was associated in the development of the Jamaican music industry at large.[4]
Edward Seaga, Chris Chin