Shanty Town Determination ( 1976 - 1978 ) : Trinity

This is going to be one of the best Trinity compilation discs you're going to be able to find out there.  Thank You, Blood & Fire for releasing this proper track set back in 2000 with the wave of reissues and collections, more than a head-full of reggae at the time. Shanty Town Determination has 13 tracks total and it's just under an hour in duration.  The highlight tracks for me : # 6 (Promise is a comfort to a fool), # 7 (Natty Dread A No Bandooloo), # 11 (Peace Conference In A Western Kingston), and # 12 (Fight It To The Top/Lively Tribulation).  Fight it to the top is an extended Trinity Add-on of the Heptones original.  The first eight tracks of the disc are straight from the original vinyl release back in 1977, which is apparently a very rare piece for collectors.  Five additional tracks round this disc out and make it a decent duration.  Sometimes it's hard to pick up a disc when it has only got 6 or 7 tracks on it.  Some say Trinity has a slight similarity to Big Youth in his delivery and voice, but once you listen to all these DJ champs enough you hear differences that make them unique, not similarities - you'll see. Over-all this is a great disc to start off with out of the Trinity library - it's also a proper disc to add in to your master collection.  If you've only got several slots for Roots DJ, this could easily be one of your selections.