“The Harder They Come” Movie 50th Anniversary Soundtrack On Vinyl

Celebrating five decades of his magnum opus, one of the most important reggae artists of all-time, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame® inductee, and GRAMMY® Award-winning icon Jimmy Cliff will unveil The Harder They Come 50th Anniversary Edition Vinyl on December 9, 2022 via UMe.

Collectors Exclusive: The Harder They Come Soundtrack on Vinyl

This notably stands out as the record’s first commercial vinyl release.

In addition to a 2LP gatefold wrapped jacket with lamented gloss coating, the package boasts the liner notes from the 40th Anniversary Edition in addition to brand new words courtesy of Jimmy personally and revered reggae historian Dana Smart.

The Harder They Come is the soundtrack album to the film of the same name, starring Jimmy Cliff.

This 50th Anniversary Edition of the soundtrack on vinyl includes for the first time commercially, The Harder They Come (Film Version), liner notes from the 40th Anniversary edition, as well as new notes from Jimmy Cliff!

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Stream “The Harder They Come” (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

The Harder They Come Tracklist

A1. Jimmy Cliff You Can Get It If You Really Want
A2. Scotty Draw Your Brakes
A3. The Melodions Rivers Of Babylon
A4. Jimmy Cliff Many Rivers To Cross
A5. The Maytals Sweet And Dandy
A6. Jimmy Cliff The Harder They Come
B1. The Slickers Johnny Too Bad
B2. Desmond Decker Shanty Town
B3. The Maytals Pressure Drop
B4 . Jimmy Cliff Sitting In Limbo
B5. Jimmy Cliff You Can Get It If You Really Want
B6. Jimmy Cliff The Harder They Come
B7. Jimmy Cliff The Harder They Come (Fillm Version)

“The Harder They Come” Movie by Perry Henzell

The Harder They Come is a 1972 Jamaican crime film directed by Perry Henzell and co-written by Trevor D. Rhone, and starring Jimmy Cliff. The film is most famous for its reggae soundtrack that is said to have “brought reggae to the world”.

Ivanhoe Martin (Jimmy Cliff) arrives in Kingston, Jamaica, looking for work and, after some initial struggles, lands a recording contract as a reggae singer. He records his first song, “The Harder They Come,” but after a bitter dispute with a manipulative producer named Hilton (Bob Charlton), soon finds himself resorting to petty crime in order to pay the bills.

He deals marijuana, kills some abusive cops and earns local folk hero status. Meanwhile, his record is topping the charts.

The film was a sensation in Jamaica and the rest of the world in the years to come due to its naturalistic portrayal of black Jamaicans in real locations and its use of local Patois (Jamaican Creole).

However, the popularity of the movie at the time was limited outside of Jamaica because the local Patois spoken by the characters was so thick that it required subtitles, making it possibly “the first English-language movie in history to require subtitles in the United States”.

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