BRAND NEW CD
SUPERB COMPILATION OF CLASSIC SKA & ROCKSTEADY
VOICE OF JAMAICA - VOJCD004
The prestige, pre-eminence and, perhaps more importantly, the permanent influence of Jamaica on popular music the world over has been unparalleled and unprecedented and whether it is ska, rock steady, roots, dub raga, dancehall or basement, all music originating from Jamaica has been termed reggae.
'Do you know what reggae really is Reggae is the same as rock steady but with the organ shuffle. It's the shuffle that kinda carried up the rock steady.....if you take out that you get rock steady! The organ shuffle kind a make it sound a little faster....the shuffling...plenty people a talk but they don't know. Reggae is the organ shuffle...' Bunny 'Striker' Lee
The languid, laid back rock steady beat that reigned supreme in Kingston's dance halls for the previous two years started to speed up in the Autumn of 1968 as the faster, brasher reggae rhythms came to the fore. Many claimed to have originated the new beat....
'All those singers used to like to listen to one another...anytime you'd voice Slim Smith or Delroy Wilson then you'd find Alton Ellis up at the studio listening to them.....every one of them was good in their own right'
Bunny 'Striker' Lee
The finer points of what is, and what is not, reggae are invariably lost on all but serious devotees of the music, however, pedantry should never stand in the way of appreciation. We would respectfully advise you to simply listen and enjoy...
Track 1 - Cool operator- Delroy Wilson
Track 2 - Natty Dread In a Greenwich Farm- Cornell Campbell
Track 3 - Riding For a Fall - John Holt
Track 4 - Cherry Oh Baby - Eric Donaldson
Track 5 - The Time Has Come- Slim Smith
Track 6 - Poor Marcus- Johnny Clarke
Track 7 - Bongo Natty- Owen Grey
Track 8 - Too Late - The Twinkle Brothers
Track 9 - Kaya- Ronnie Davis
Track 10 - Stick By Me - Dennis Brown
Track 11 - God Helps The Man - Leroy Smart
Track 12 - Ehthiopian Girl - Linval Thompson
Track 13 - How Long - Pat Kelly
Track 14 - Guiding Star - Horace Andy
Track 15 - Step It Up - Barry Brown *
Track 16 - Play It Cool - Alton Ellis *
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