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Radiohead guitarist helms reggae comp
By Jim Welte - MP3.com
January 5, 2007 at 03:34:00 PM | more stories by this author

Trojan Records compilation, Jonny Greenwood Is the Controller, is set to hit stores March 6.

Thom Yorke isn't the only Radiohead member spending his time between the band's recording sessions wisely.

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Guitarist/multiinstrumentalist Jonny Greenwood picked the tracks for the latest Trojan Records classic reggae compilation, which hits stores March 6.

Appropriately dubbed Jonny Greenwood Is the Controller, the 17-track comp features tracks from the likes of Lee "Scratch" Perry, Gregory Isaacs, Marcia Griffiths, the Heptones, and the late Desmond Dekker.

Greenwood spent six months listening to Trojan's seemingly limitless vault of reggae and dub recordings to pick the tracks. It follows previously released comps hand-picked by DJ Spooky and Don Letts. Trojan plans another comp chosen by Perry.

Track listing for Jonny Greenwood Is the Controller:
1 Linval Thompson - "Dread Are the Controller"

2 Derrick Harriott - "Let Me Down Easy"

3 Marcia Aitken - "I'm Still in Love"

4 Gregory Isaacs - "Never Be Ungrateful"

5 Lee "Scratch" Perry - "Bionic Rats"

6 The Heptones - "Cool Rasta"

7 Scientist & Jammy & the Roots Radics - "Flash Gordon Meets Luke Skywalker"

8 Lee "Scratch" Perry & the Upsetters - "Black Panta"

9 Junior Byles - "Fever"

10 Desmond Dekker & the Aces - "Beautiful and Dangerous"

11 Lloyd's All Stars - "Dread Dub (It Dread Out Deh version)"

12 Marcia Griffiths - "Gypsy Man"

13 Johnny Clarke & the Aggrovators - "A Ruffer Version"

14 The Jahlights - "Right Road to Dubland (Right Road to Zion dub)"

15 Junior Byles & Lee Perry - "Dreader Locks"

16 Delroy Wilson - "This Life Makes Me Wonder"

17 Scotty - "Clean Race"

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nice colors
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this is just what i was looking for
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I just posted here 'cus I like RadioHead...and Head in general...>_>
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