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World of Reggae Music: Rocksteady

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Rocksteady

The Jam-Tex selector offers a new chapter in the World of Reggae Music Collection entitled Rocksteady. The rocksteady collection contains over 100 of the best Jamaican songs from the Rocksteady Era (1966-1968). Rocksteady music represents the transition from the faster-paced ska music of the late 1950s and 1960s to the easy-grooving reggae music of the 1970s. The sounds of rocksteady are the soul of reggae. An excellent film that depicts this era is Stascha Bader’s Rockteady: The Roots of Reggae, which is narrated by Stranger Cole and provides an excellent historical account of late 1960s Jamaica rocksteady music scene.

As the precursor to reggae, many reggae and ska musicians participated in the Rocksteady Era including legendary Jamaican performers like Alton Ellis, Lee Scratch Perry, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Desmond Dekker, and Ken Boothe. Many well-known vocal groups including The Paragons, The Techniques, the Melodians, the Ethiopians, the Kingstonians, and the Maytals participated in the movement while bands like the Uniques and the Jets laid down the intoxicating rhythms. The great musicians of ska and reggae music played rocksteady tracks, including Tommy McCook, Ernest Ranglin, Jackie Mittoo, and Lynn Taitt.

Here are over 100 essential tracks of Rocksteady music…

Phyllis Dillon – Don’t Stay Away

Alton Ellis – Rock Steady

The Jamaicans – Ba Ba Boom

Hopeton Lewis – Take It Easy

Lee “Scratch” Perry – I Am The Upsetter

The Paragons – Wear You To The Ball

The Techniques – Queen Majesty (aka Minstrel and Queen)

Pat Kelly – How Long Will It Take

Delroy Wilson – Once Upon A Time

Justin Hinds & The Dominoes – Carry Go Bring Come

The Uniques – My Conversation

The Tenors – Ride Me Donkey

The Melodians – Swing and Dine

Phyllis Dylon – A Thing Of The Past

The Paragons – Island in the Sun

Desmond Dekker – Beautiful And Dangerous

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Hypocrites

Lee “Scratch” Perry – People Funny Boy

Alton Ellis – (Girl) I’ve Got A Date

Slim Smith – Keep That Light

The Paragons – On The Beach

Peter Tosh – Them Ha Fi Get A Beaten

The Melodians – You Don’t Need Me

U-Roy & The Melodians – Rock Away (Version Two)

Errol Dunkley – I’m Going Home

Derrick Harriot – Dancing the Reggae

Slim Smith & the Uniques – People Get Ready, Do Rock Steady

The Gladiators – Live Wire (Take Two)

The Melodians – Little Nut Tree

Ken Boothe – Can’t See You

Glen Miller – Rocksteady Party

Derrick Morgan – I Want To Go Home

Roy Shirley – Hold Them

Desmond Dekker & the Aces – Bongo Gal

The Ethiopians – Reggae Hit the Town

The Melodians – I Will Get Along Without You

The Jamaicans – Dedicated To You

Phyllis Dillon – Don’t Touch Me Tomato

Honeyboy Martin – Dreader Than Dread

The Techniques – (Lonely) Lonely Man (Am I)

Slim Smith – Let Me Go Girl

Alton Ellis & the Flames – All My Tears

Errol Dunkley – You’re Gonna Need Me

The Ethiopians – Engine 54

The Three Tops – Do It Right

Bruce Ruffin – Who’s Gonna Be Your Man

Desmond Dekker – Intensified ’68 (aka Music Like Dirt)

Alton Ellis – Cry Tough

The Melodians – You Have Caught Me

The Shades – Who You Gonna Run To

Phyllis Dillon – You’re Like Heaven

Slim Smith – Give Me A Love

Bruce Ruffin – I’m The One

Sound Dimension – Mojo Rock Steady

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Rocking Steady

Desmond Dekker – It Mek

Bruce Ruffin – The Bitterness of Life

Jimmy Cliff – Ship Is Sailing

The Techniques – The Reason Why

Coolie – On The Bank

Desmond Dekker – Unity

The Shades – Let Me Remind You

Bob Marley & The Wailers – Adam & Eve

Pat Kelly – There Comes A TIme

The Conquerors – Lonely Street

Slim Smith – Just A Dream

The Versatiles – I Love You Baby

Desmond Dekker – It Pays

Tyrone Evans – If This World Were Mine

The Techniques – Bad Minded People

Freddie McKay – If I Should Make It

Slim Smith – Try Again

The Three Tops – Do It Right (Early Version)

Desmond Dekker – Wise Man

The Techniques – Baby Don’t Say Goodbye

Tyrone Evans – Let Me Say

The Soul Lads – Funny

Bruce Ruffin – The Came the Heartbreak

The Shades – I Know a Girl

Slim Smith & The Uniques – Girls Like Dirt

Winston Francis – Find Yourself A Fool

Tyrone Evans – (I Am A) True Believer

Bruce Ruffin – We Can Never Go On This Way

Alton Ellis – Feeling Inside

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Rudy Mills – Long Story

Stranger Cole – Just Like A River

Derrick Harriott – The Loser

Lester Sterling – Super Special

Johnny & the Attractions – Young Wings Can Fly

The Natives – Live It Up

The Versatiles – The Time Has Come

Keith and Tex – Tonight

The Jamaicans – Things You Say You Love

The Gaylads – Hard to Confess

The Maytals – Just Tell Me

Larry Marshall – Please Stay

Beres Hammond – The Wanderer

The Tartans – Far Beyond the Sun

The Overtakers – Girl You Ruff

Lloyd Robinson – Death A Come

Dennis Brown – Things in Life

Glen Adams – Hey There Lonely Girls

Phyllis Dillon – It’s Rocking Time (Rocksteady)

Dawn Penn – To Sir With Love

Errol Dunkley – Please Stop Your Lying

The Paragons – Only A Smile

Owen Gray – Take Me Back

Eric “Monty” Morris – Cinderella

Bob Andy – Too Experienced

The Sensations – Lonely Lover

Stranger Cole – Seeing Is Knowing

Nicky Thomas – God Bless the Children

The Dynamics – My Friends

The Mellotones – Fat Girl In Red

Keith Blake – Musically

Jimmy London & the Inspirations – Who You Gonna Run To

Alton Rock, Suga Roy, & Conrad Crystal – Rock Steady

Lynn Tait & the Jets – Only A Smile

Glen Adams – Run Come Dance

Dawn Penn – Lonely Day Short Night

Derrick Morgan – Hey Them

Derrick Harriot – Solomon

The Kingstonians – Winey, Winey

Lynn Taitt & the Jets – To Sir With Love

Joe White – Rudies All Around

Dawn Penn – I’ll Let You Go

The Tartans – Dance All Night

Tommy McCook – The Shadow of Your Smile

The Versatiles – Teardrops Falling

Derrick Morgan – Conquering Ruler

Clancy Eccles – What Will Your Mama Say

Pat Kelly – Somebody’s Baby

The Gaylads – A.B.C. Rocksteady

The Silvertones – Smile

The Techniques – You Don’t Care

Ike Bennet and the Crystalites – Illya Kuryakin

The Sensations – Right On Time

Justin Hinds – Save A Bread

The Gaylettes – Silent River (Runs Deep)

Stranger Cole & Patsy – Down The Train Line

Derrick Harriot – Walk The Streets

Clancy Eccles – The Revenge

Alton Ellis – Loving Mood

The Gaylads – Over the Rainbows End

Errol Dunkley – King and Queen

The Techniques – Traveling Man

Ken Boothe – Lady with the Starlight

World of Reggae Music: Rocksteady
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