"The Island Story" - Various Artists

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Disc One:

  • With or Without You – U2
  • Night Train – Steve Winwood
  • Broken English – Marianne Faithfull
  • Sinsemilla – Black Uhuru
  • All Right Now – Free
  • Keep on Running – Spencer Davis Group
  • Paper Sun – Traffic
  • Addicted to Love – Robert Palmer
  • Pull Up to the Bumper – Grace Jones
  • Boops (Here to Go) – Sly and Robbie
  • Cuba – Gibson Brothers
  • Funky Kingston – Toots and the Maytals
  • The Israelites – Desmond Dekker & The Aces
  • My Boy Lollipop – Millie
  • Now That We’ve Found Love – Third World

Disc Two:

  • No Woman No Cry – Bob Marley & The Wailers
  • Love Hurts – Jim Capaladi
  • Up Where We Belong – Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
  • Padlock – Gwen Guthrie
  • The Harder they Come – Jimmy Cliff
  • Eighteen With a Bullet – Pete Wingfield
  • Si Tu Dois Partir – Fairport Convention
  • Innocent When You Dream (Bar Room) – Tom Waits
  • World Shut Your Mouth – Julian Cope
  • Adventures in Success – Will Powers
  • Montego Bay – Amazulu
  • Video Killed the Radio Start – The Buggles
  • This Town Ain’t Big Enough for the Both of Us – Sparks
  • Do Anything You Wanna Do – Eddie & The Hot Rods
  • Forgotten Town – The Christians
  • Relax – Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Background Information

This two part set was released in late 1987 to celebrate Island Records 25th anniversary. The notes inside the album make reference to U2 topping the charts in April 1987 with “With or Without You”.

The version of “With or Without You” included here is the same version that is found on “The Joshua Tree” album.

The album is titled “The Island Story” but is also subtitled “1962-1987 25th Anniversary”.

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