The rough guide to reggae is a world music compilation album originally released in 1997part of the world music network rough guides series the album gives broad coverage to the reggae genre originating in jamaicathe album was curated by steve barrow who also wrote the namesake book and later compiled the rough guide to dubphil stanton co founder of the world music network was the . Various the rough guide to reggae label world music network rgnet 1016 cd series rough guides rgnet 1016 cd format cd compilation country uk released 1997 genre reggae style tracklist 1 the maytals as the flames 10 brodway jungle 2 don drummond the skatalites chinatown 3 the paragons the hide is high 4 the melodians rivers of babylon 5 . I have used the rough guide to reggae and the smaller rough guide 100 essential cds by the same authors for over a decade they have proven to be excellent resources that as the other reviewers touch on serve as buyers guides rather than books to be read cover to cover though the smaller one can be read cover to cover some of the other comments that criticize the books organization . Reggae rough guide rough guides user review not available book verdict this is an inexpensive yet near comprehensive way to educate oneself about reggae music incorporating the same lets cut to the chase style that has characterized the rough guide travel books as read full review contents jamaican folk traditions 46 mento and the birth of jamaicas record industry 710 7 the . Rough guide further extend their commitment to reggae and music generally with a new series of pocket sized guides to 100 essential cds in a broad selection of musical genres the rough guide to 100 essential reggae cds again co written by steve barrow and myself is due for publication this september our aim has been to look in depth at the 100 cds that no reggae collection should be