Various
Rocksteady Fever
Rocksteady fever hit Jamaica around 1966 when the jerky ska rhythms slowed down to a more leisurely pace, some say due
to the extreme heat that hit the island that year. Whatever the reasons were, this two-year period that ran until 1968
would see some of the power escape from the three big producers, Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, Prince Buster and Duke Reid.
They had to finally make room for the new wave of up and coming producers who had something to say. Such names as Joel
Gibson (Joe Gibbs), Sonia Pottinger, Derrick Harriot and the most prolific of them all, Mr. Bunny Lee, would unleash
some fine music in this fascinating, if short-lived period in reggae's history. Here Kingston Sounds have compiled some
of the biggest hits from the rocksteady era alongside some lesser known cuts that deserve to be re-evaluated." Artists
include: Roy Shirley, Uniques, Delroy Wilson, Pat Kelly, Glen Adams, Lester Sterling, Raving Ravers, Dawn Penn, Winston
Samuels, Bill Gentiles, Cynthia Richards, and Ken Parker.
Price
Genre
Format
LP - 1 disk
Release
29-09-2008
Label
Item-nr
625859
EAN
5060135760236
Availability
Not in stock
Tracks
Title
Artist
1
MUSICAL TRAIN
ROY SHIRLEY
2
CONVERSATION
UNIQUES
3
TILL I DIE
DELROY WILSON
4
DADDY'S HOME
PAT KELLY
5
RUN COME DANCE
GLEN ADAMS
6
FOREST GATE ROCK
LESTER STERLING
7
ROCK, ROCK AND CRY
RAVING RAVERS
8
TRYING TO FIND ME A HOME
UNIQUES
9
WARMING UP THE SCENE
ROY SHIRLEY
10
I'LL GET YOU
DAWN PENN
11
IT'S BEEN SO LONG
WINSTON SAMUELS
12
LONG LIFE
BILL GENTILES
13
SHE'S SO FINE
GLEN ADAMS
14
FOREVER
CYNTHIA RICHARDS