With four CDs and over 100 tracks, The Bunny "Striker" Lee Story is absolutely overwhelming, such a profusion of music that one barely knows where to start. The accompanying booklet is a good place, and provides an excellent biography of this crucial Jamaican producer, written by Penny Reel in conjunction with Lee himself, as well as a wealth of photographs. This is excellent background for the music, but, unfortunately, not for the set itself. Even the erudite Reel is at times left reeling by the eccentric sequencing, which wanders willy-nilly through the years, but at least makes a valiant attempt to bring together versions -- vocal, instrumental, and DJ cuts. Reel's efforts, however, are thoroughly undermined by the booklet's layout, which eschews paragraphs, making it all the more difficult to follow. But forget all that, and just immerse yourself in the music. There are hits galore, including Lee's earliest (Roy Shirley's "Music Fell"), a slew of rocksteady classics from a stable of magnificent vocalists led by the Uniques, and more crucial cuts from the reggae age. Lee reached an apotheosis in the mid-'70s, as his two biggest singers -- Johnny Clarke and Cornel Campbell -- battled for supremacy and his DJs simultaneously toasted their way to the top. Lee held on through the end of the decade, but by the early '80s his output was dwindling. The set contains perhaps a tad too many spoilers -- quick cash-in versions of other producers' hits -- and not quite enough attention is paid to the DJs (notable omissions include Prince Jazzbo and Dr. Alimantado). Most amazing of all, only a single instrumental from Lee's crack studio band, the Aggrovators, is featured, and they, bizarrely, aren't even mentioned in the booklet. Lee's productions defined Jamaican music in the mid-'70s, popularizing not only the resuscitation of old hits in new guises, but the very concept of versions. Three decades later, the Jamaican dancehalls are still reverberating to these innovations. Lee led the way, and here is his music in all its glory.