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Adrian Sherwood soundtrack for 'Johnny Was'

Adrian Sherwood compiled the soundtrack for the film 'Johnny Was'. He picked out 39 great reggae tracks (many of them from his own On-U Sound catalogue) for the film, that will be out on DVD in the US mid September.

Here's the official synopsis of this 2005 film, directed by Mark Hammond and with actors such as Samantha Mumba, Lennox Lewis, Patrick Bergin, Vinnie Jones, Eriq La Salle and The Who singer Roger Daltrey:

Johnny (Vinnie Jones), trying to escape a violent past, hides out in the world's least-safe safe house, sandwiched between a crime den run by a Jamaican gangster (Eriq LaSalle) and a pirate radio station belonging to a Rasta DJ (Lennox Lewis). When Johnny's former comrade (Patrick Bergin) escapes from prison, Johnny faces being dragged back into violence and away from his new love (Samantha Mumba).

Johnny's actions ignite a simmering war on two fronts with his drug-dealing neighbor and his former boss Jimmy (Roger Daltrey). Johnny faces questions of race, morality, loyalty, and ultimately survival - played out against a great reggae sound track from legendary DJ-producer Adrian Sherwood.'

Here is the tracklisting, in alphabetical order:

• 2 Bad Card - Weed Specialist
• Adrian Sherwood - Stepping Crowd
• Adrian Sherwood - Trot One Off
• Adrian Sherwood - Zero Zero One
• Adrian Sherwood - X Planation
• Afro Celt Soundsystem - Whirl-Y-Reel 1
• Beanie Man - In the Ghetto
• Creation Rebel - Space Movement 5
• Congo Ashanti Roy - Breaking Down the Pressure
• Congo Natty - Banana Boat Man
• Congo Natty - H.I.M. War
• Dennis Bovell - Different Dub
• Dub Syndicate - Fire Burning
• Dub Syndicate - 2001 Love
• Dub Syndicate - Precinct of Sound
• Dub Syndicate - African Landing
• Dub Syndicate - Fight the Power
• Dub Syndicate - Stoned Immaculate
• Ganja Kru - Super Sharp Shooter
• Ghetto Priest - Visionary
• Ghetto Priest/Ri Ra - Rise Up
• Harry Beckett - Monsters
• Home T./Cocoa Tea/Shabba Ranks - Pirates Anthem
• Ja-Man All Stars - Herb Cutter
• Junior Delgado - Invisible Music
• King Tubby - Great Stone
• King Tubby - Peace and Love in the Dub
• Lee Perry/Dub Syndicate - You Thought I Was Dead
• Lenky Marsden - Diwali Rhythm
• Little Roy - Piece of the Earth
• Little Roy - Bongo Nyah
• Little Roy - Jah can Count on I
• Natty Wailer - Lift Your Spirits
• Noah House of Dread - Murder
• Samia Farah - Homesick Blues Dub
• Sam Sarpong - Brixton Party
• Singers and Players - Bloodshed dub
• The Abyssinians - Satta Massagana
• Yellowman - Zungguzungguguzungguzeng

Check out the You Tube stream of Johnny Was