Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood Raids Trojan Vaults For Reggae Compilation

Though it's far from evident on any Radiohead album, lead guitarist Jonny Greenwood apparently loves his reggae. So much so, in fact, that he spent six months digging through Trojan Records' extensive archives in order to compile an album of his 17 favourite tracks.

Jonny Greenwood Is The Controller is titled in homage to the first track, Linval Thompson's "Dread Are The Controller." The compilation — which features vintage tracks from the likes of Lee "Scratch" Perry, Desmond Dekker & The Aces, Gregory Isaacs, The Heptones, Marcia Griffiths and Delroy Wilson — will hit stores on March 6.

The compilation is the latest release in Trojan's artist choice series. DJ Spooky put together the two-disc In Fine Style: 50,000 Volts Of Trojan Records set last year.

Greenwood talked about discovering dub reggae on Radiohead's Dead Air Space blog in 2005. With his work on this album and the Easy Star All-Stars' release of a reggae version of OK Computer last summer, will Thom Yorke sport dreads on the cover of the next Radiohead album? We can always hope.

Here are the songs on Jonny Greenwood Is The Controller:

Linval Thompson — "Dread Are The Controller"
Derrick Harriot — "Let Me Down Easy"
Marcia Aitken — "I'm Still In Love"
Gregory Isaacs — "Never Be Ungrateful"
Lee "Scratch" Perry — "Bionic Rats"
The Heptones — "Cool Rasta"
Scientist, Jammy and The Roots Radics — "Flash Gordon Meets Luke Skywalker"
Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters — "Black Panta"
Junior Byles — "Fever"
Desmond Dekker & The Aces — "Beautiful And Dangerous"
Lloyd's All Stars — "Dread Dub" (It Dread Out Deh Version)
Marcia Griffiths — "Gypsy Man"
Johnny Clarke & The Aggrovators — "A Ruffer Version"
The Jahlights — "Right Road to Dubland" (Right Road to Zion Dub)
Junior Byles and Lee Perry — "Dreader Locks"
Delroy Wilson — "This Life Makes Me Wonder"
Scotty — "Clean Race"