K's ROCK STEADY SPECIAL. VA - Rock-Steady Explosion: 555 Original Rocksteady Firecrackers (Super Deluxe Edition) [2024] (20xCDs)

K's ROCK STEADY SPECIAL.

VA - Rock-Steady Explosion: 555 Original Rocksteady Firecrackers (Super Deluxe Edition) [2024] (20xCDs) 

Rocksteady is a music genre that originated in Jamaica around 1966. A successor of ska and a precursor to reggae, rocksteady was the dominant style of music in Jamaica for nearly two years, performed by many of the artists who helped establish reggae, including harmony groups such as the Techniques, the Paragons, the Heptones and the Gaylads; soulful singers such as Alton Ellis, Delroy Wilson, Bob Andy, Ken Boothe and Phyllis Dillon; musicians such as Jackie Mittoo, Lynn Taitt and Tommy McCook. The term rocksteady comes from a popular (slower) dance style mentioned in the Alton Ellis song "Rocksteady", that matched the new sound. Some rocksteady songs became hits outside Jamaica, as with ska, helping to secure the international base reggae music has today.

As a popular musical style, rocksteady was short-lived; its heyday only lasted about two years, from around summer 1966 until spring 1968 but timeless hits like "Stir It Up" and "Bend Down Low" by the original Wailers that had vocals by Bob Marley and rhythms by the Soul Brothers were created during this era, among many others, launching careers of the biggest reggae singers ever.

Also, in the middle to later part of the decade, as ska began to fade in popularity and the optimism that accompanied Independence in 1962 dwindled, young people from the Jamaican countryside were flooding into the urban ghettos of Kingston - in neighborhoods such as Riverton City, Greenwich Town and Trenchtown. Many of them became delinquents who exuded a certain coolness and style. These unruly youths became known as rude boys.

Alton Ellis is sometimes said to be the father of rocksteady for his hit "Rocksteady",but other candidates for the first rocksteady single include "Take It Easy" by Hopeton Lewis, "Tougher Than Tough" by Derrick Morgan and "Hold Them" by Roy Shirley. An account of the Studio One band The Soul Vendors says the genre changed from ska to rock steady when the Skatalites band broke up in 1965 having been severely underpaid by producer Coxsone Dodd, and the new rhythm section known as The Soul Brothers (aka Soul Vendors, aka Sound Dimension) entered Studio One which drummer Joe Isaacs, bass player Brian Atkinson, and drummer Sly Dunbar all say the Rock Steady genre origins truth in the film documentary STUDIO DRUMMIE ONE AND THE HISTORY OF ROCK STEADY MUSIC which premiered at Jamaica Reggae Film Festival 2012 and Billboard called "just as significant as the Marley documentary in the chronicling of the ongoing, multifaceted narrative that is Jamaican popular music". According to Joe Isaacs, Brian Atkinson and Sly Dunbar, rock steady music started at Studio One in 1966 because when Joe Isaacs at age 15 replaced Skatalites drummer Lloyd Knibbs, Isaacs could not play drums fast enough to keep up with the pace of ska. So in early 1966, music director Jackie Mittoo (The Mozart of Jamaica), slowed down the ska compositions he had composed for The Skatalites from 1963 to 1965 to accommodate his friend Isaacs into the new Studio One band at which point Coxsone Dodd said it was now 'Rock Steady'.

In a Jamaican radio interview, pianist Gladstone Anderson said that bandleader Lynn Taitt made a suggestion to slow the music down whilst recording "Take It Easy". Taitt backed this up in a 2002 interview, stating: "I told 'Gladdy to slow the tempo and that's how Take It Easy and rocksteady came about. Rocksteady is really slow ska."

The record producer Duke Reid released Alton Ellis' "Girl, I've Got a Date" on his Treasure Isle label, as well as recordings by the Techniques, the Silvertones, the Jamaicans and the Paragons. Reid's work with these groups helped establish the vocal sound of rocksteady. Some would consider the rocksteady years to be Treasure Isle's best. Rocksteady's dominance meant that all record labels of the time released music in the genre; Studio One, Bunny Lee and Prince Buster were predominant, with Reid.

Notable solo artists include Delroy Wilson, Ken Boothe and Phyllis Dillon (known as the "Queen of Rocksteady"). Other musicians who were crucial in creating rocksteady included keyboard player Jackie Mittoo, drummers Joe Isaacs and Winston Grennan, bassist Jackie Jackson and saxophonist Tommy McCook. When ska band the Skatalites disbanded (64/65-accounts vary) McCook went to work at the Treasure Isle label and Jackie Mittoo went to the Studio One label - these two artists/arrangers became instrumental in the way these two labels became dominant and helped to form the sound of Rocksteady.

Despite its short lifespan, rocksteady's influence is great. Many reggae artists began in rocksteady (and/or ska) - most commonly reggae singers grew out of rocksteady groups, e.g., Junior Byles came from the Versatiles, John Holt was in the Paragons, both Pat Kelly and Slim Smith sang with the Techniques (Pat Kelly sings lead on "You Don't Care") and Ronnie Davis was in the Tennors while Winston Jarrett was in the Righteous Flames. The Wailing Wailers were similarly a vocal harmony trio (modelled on the Impressions) who came from ska, through rocksteady and became a reggae band with just the one main vocalist.

Derrick Harriott noted, "Ask any Jamaican musician and they'll tell you the rocksteady days were the best days of Jamaican music."

Forming the bridge between ska and reggae, rock steady is arguably the most influential of Jamaican music’s many sub-genres. Although it lasted only a couple of years, rock steady yielded several of the island’s most immortal rhythm tracks. It is also probably the most contested of reggae formats, the innovations behind its irresistible beat claimed by a range of practitioners.

Rock steady’s innovative qualities are highly distinctive. First, it replaced the big band ska format with stripped-down studio ensembles that put the emphasis on the bass and drum, forever changing the focus of Jamaican music. Widespread use of electric bass came about during rock steady too, its upfront placement thanks partly to the advent of multi-track technology. Compare the frantic pumping of Lloyd Brevett of The Skatalites, whose acoustic bass was often relegated to the background, with the smooth lines of Jackie Jackson in The Supersonics, and you can hear how rock steady made bass the carrier of the melody line – a constant of the subsequent reggae to follow.

Themes addressing social issues came to the fore in rock steady as well, due in part to the “rude boy” phenomenon then plaguing Jamaica, with disenfranchised street gang members that engaged in acts of wanton violence becoming the focus of many rock steady tunes. And although vocal harmony groups had been an important part of ska, they began to truly dominate in rock steady.

Perhaps most important of all, rock steady had an idiosyncratic beat. The sound that gradually replaced ska was a slower, less cluttered style whose rhythm stressed the third beat of every measure. With a prominent electric bass now playing a readily defined strolling pattern, a new dance style came up that featured shaking shoulders, snapping fingers and a rocking body line, grafted onto the dancers’ stationary grid.

One of the biggest myths of rock steady is that its slow pace resulted from the “hot summer” of 1966. But as is noted in Caribbean Currents, Jamaica’s tropical climate does not allow for distinctions of summer and winter. Indeed, the island merely experiences rainy and dry seasons, meaning that the average daily temperature is generally only a few degrees cooler from December to February than during July and August.

As with ska, it is difficult to pinpoint the first bonafide rock steady recording. The rock steady dance craze seems to have arrived in earnest in late 1966, and it ruled Jamaica throughout 1967, although the dance may have been prevalent considerably earlier. As for the music, ska centred on rhythmic bursts provided by rhythm guitar or piano, as heard on Roy and Millie’s “We’ll Meet,” or the metric blowing of brass instruments (particularly trombone), as in the Skatalites’ “Confuscius”; in contrast, rock steady gained its demarcation from its unique drum beat, known as the “one-drop.”

As the frantic, frenetic pace of ska finally let up in 1966 the cool, cool sound of rock steady came to the fore. This languid, soulful music was the complete musical antithesis of its more famous antecedent and the gentle guitar of Lynn Taitt would forever define the sound of rock steady.

Trinidadian Nerlynn 'Lynn' Taitt had been given a contract by Byron Lee to travel to Jamaica to play at the Independence celebrations in 1962 but fell in love with Jamaica and decided to stay, joining The Sheiks and then The Cavaliers before forming Lynn Taitt and the Comets. Lynn also recorded as a guest guitarist with The Skatalites before Lynn Taitt and the Jets came together in 1966.

The rock steady beat was slower, more measured and the emphasis was placed on the bass. It no longer gave equal emphasis to every beat but, instead, played a repeated pattern that syncopated the rhythm. The rhythmic focus shifted to the core of the music to the bass and the drums where it has remained ever since.

"For that tempo the tempo is very slow with the bass and guitar line playing the same thing. You used to use two guitars. Hux Brown and myself or another guitarist and myself. And it was very slow but with a definite bass line going straight through the song..." Lynn Taitt

Lynn Taitt and the Jets were soon in such great demand that they would often play up to five sessions a day for as many different producers but they were not the only rock steady band. When the Skatalites had broken up in 1965 Jackie Mittoo formed Studio One's house band The Soul Brothers (who soon became The Soul Vendors) and Tommy McCook decided to work with Duke Reid at Treasure Isle studio with The Supersonics.

Bobby Aitken's Carib Beats eschewed subtlety for drive but together these musicians were responsible for establishing the rules of rock steady music. Their gentle approach allowed vocalists such as Alton Ellis, Ken Boothe and Desmond Dekker and harmony groups including The Techniques, The Melodians, The Uniques and The Paragons and many, many more to demonstrate their prowess.

Rock steady only lasted for a brief period, from 1966 to 1968, but its significance to the subsequent development of Jamaican music is incalculable and it would go on to shape each successive musical movement over the next four decades. Deejays, dub, digital and dance hall all stepped to the tune and pace of rhythms whose origins were grounded in the rock steady beat and it is impossible to ever overstate its importance... or its beauty.

So, after exhaustive and extensive online research, plus my own recollections and memories, here is my personal compilation of what I consider to be the 555 best and most important tracks from the original Rocksteady era of the mid-late 1960s.

This fully packed 20CD set contains many hard to find tracks. Only the original studio mixes are included, with many tracks featured in their original 45 7" mono single form. A few tracks have been sourced and ripped from the original vinyl records as they are extremely rare and have never been officially released on CD. No later remixes, re-recordings, 'stereo enhanced' or live versions here!

Compiled as always using the very latest and highest quality digital remasters (where available), with a considerable number of tracks sourced from the original master tapes for superior sound quality and enjoyment.

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Track lists

CD01

01 Alton Ellis and the Flames - Rock Steady 2:39

02 The Gaylads - ABC Rocksteady 2:08

03 Dermott Lynch - Adults Only 2:59

04 Alton Ellis and the Flames - Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One) 2:48

05 Austin Faithful - Ain't That Peculiar 2:33

06 John Holt - Ali Baba 2:40

07 The Valentines with the Fugitives - All in One 2:59

08 Alton Ellis - All My Tears (Come Rolling) 2:42

09 Joya Landis - Angel of the Morning 3:07

10 Johnny and the Attractions - Anything You Want 2:44

11 Ken Boothe - Artiebella 2:36

12 The Jamaicans - Ba Ba Boom 3:20

13 Dennis Alcapone - Ba-Ba-Ri-Ba Skank 2:37

14 The Black Brothers - Baby Come Back to Me 3:07

15 The Sensations - Baby Love 2:52

16 The Cables - Baby Why (Original 1968 Studio One 7" Single Version) 2:50

17 Hemsley Morris - Bad Minded People 2:15

18 Tommy McCook and the Supersonics - Bang Belly 2:29

19 Roy Shirley with Lynn Taitt and his Band - Be Good 2:59

20 The Rulers - Be Good 2:45

21 The Rulers - Be Mine 3:07

22 The Harmonizers with the Fugitives - Be My Queen 2:52

23 The Uniques - The Beatitude 3:10

24 Desmond Dekker - Beautiful and Dangerous 2:49

25 Bob Marley and the Wailers - Bend Down Low (Original 1966 Wail 'N Soul 'M 7" Single Version) 2:32

26 Monty Morris with the Fugitives - Best Dress Girl (Put on Your Best Dress) 2:39

27 The Basses - Never Love Again 3:24

CD02

28 The Overtakers - The Big Take Over 2:33

29 The Maytals - Bim Today (Bam Tomorrow) 2:53

30 The Coolers - Birds of the Air 3:11

31 Tommy McCook and the Supersonics - Black Power 2:43

32 The Sensations - Bless You 2:56

33 Desmond Dekker and the Aces - Bongo Gal 2:29

34 Hopeton Lewis - Boom Shacka Lacka 2:44

35 Derrick Harriott - Born to Love You 2:27

36 Phyllis Dillon feat. Hopeton Lewis - Boys and Girls Reggae 2:17

37 Alton Ellis and the Flames - Breaking Up 2:59

38 Clancy's All Stars - C.N. Express 2:27

39 Johnny and the Attractions - Call of the Drums 2:45

40 Ken Boothe - Can't You See 2:54

41 Justin Hinds and the Dominoes - Carry Go Bring Come (Rocksteady Version) 3:41

42 Stranger Cole, Patsy Todd with Lynn Taitt and the Jets - Certify My Love (Satisfy My Love) 2:38

43 Stranger Cole & Gladdy Anderson - Chances 2:40

44 Ken Parker - A Change Is Gonna Come 2:51

45 Eric "Monty" Morris with Gibson's All Stars - Cinderella 2:22

46 Phyllis Dillon - Close to You 3:14

47 Hugh Malcolm with Gibson's All Stars - Come Brothers 2:44

48 The Conquerors - Come Let Us Dance 2:20

49 The Melodians - Come on Little Girl 2:23

50 The Ethiopians - Come on Now 3:06

51 Johnny and the Attractions - Coming on the Scene 2:51

52 Derrick Morgan - Conquering Ruler 2:53

53 Dermott Lynch - Cool It 2:43

54 Bob Andy - Crime Don't Pay 2:22

55 Johnny and the Attractions - Cross My Heart 2:48

CD03

56 Alton Ellis and the Flames - Cry Tough 2:16

57 The Tartans - Dance All Night 4:02

58 Alton Ellis and the Flames - Dance Crasher 2:38

59 Roy Shirley with Gibson's All Stars - Dance the Anna (aka Dane the Arena) 3:09

60 Delroy Wilson - Dancing Mood 2:50

61 The Soul Vendors - Darker Shade of Black 2:52

62 The Sensations - Darling Forgive Me 2:27

63 Stranger Cole - Darling Jeboza Macoo 3:09

64 The Groovers & Gibson's All Stars - Day By Day 2:59

65 The Techniques - Day-O 2:54

66 The Jamaicans - Dedicate My Song to You (Dedicated to You) 2:47

67 Lynn Taitt and the Jets - Dee's Special 2:53

68 Hazel and the Jolly Boys - Deep Down 3:06

69 Winston & George - Denham Town 2:14

70 Bob Andy - Desperate Lover (Original 1968 Supreme 7" Single Version) 3:10

71 The Senastions - Devoted to You 2:43

72 Derrick Harriott - Do I Worry? 2:49

73 The Three Tops with Tommy McCook and the Supersonics - Do It Right 2:31

74 Errol Dunkley with Lynn Taitt and the Jets - Do Right Tonight 3:01

75 Joe Higgs; The Fugitives - Don't Come to My House No More 3:57

76 Ken Boothe - Don't Cry Little Girl 2:53

77 The Moving Brothers - Don't Play That Song (Darling I Love You) 3:11

78 The Silvertones - Don't Say No 2:26

79 Phyllis Dillon - Don't Stay Away 2:33

80 Phyllis Dillon - Don't Touch Me Tomato 2:58

81 Stranger Cole; Patsy Todd; The Fugitives - Don't Want to Be Hurt 3:15

CD04

82 Stranger Cole and Patsy Todd - Down by the Train Line 2:45

83 Lynn Taitt and the Jets - Dr. Paul 3:27

84 Honey Boy Martin - Dreader Than Dread 2:35

85 Stranger Cole; The Conquerors - Drop the Ratchet 2:01

86 Alton Ellis and the Flames - Duke of Earl 3:22

87 Theo Beckford - Easy Snappin' 2:43

88 Phyllis Dillon - Eddie Oh Baby 2:43

89 Lynn Taitt and the Jets - El Casino Royale 2:39

90 Bobby Ellis and the Crystalites - The Emperor 2:56

91 The Ethiopians - Engine 54 2:38

92 Austin Faithful - Eternal Love 2:17

93 Roland Downer & Count Ossie - Ethiopian Kingdom 3:04

94 Victor Morris with the Lynn Taitt Band - Fall and Rise 2:37

95 Rupie Edwards and the Virtues - Falling in Love (with You) 2:20

96 The Soul Vendors - Fat Fish 2:56

97 The Mellotones with Lynn Taitt and the Jets - Fat Girl in Red 2:23

98 Tommy McCook and his Band - Feel So Good (aka It's So Fine) 3:10

99 Alton Ellis and the Flames - Feeling Inside 3:15

100 Bob Andy - Feeling Soul (Original 1969 Studio One 7" Single Version) 2:12

101 Eric "Monty" Morris - Festival Time 2:10

102 The Maytals - 54-46 That's My Number (Original 1968 Beverley's 7" Single Version) 2:53

103 Freddie McKay - Fine Fine Fine 2:39

104 Tommy McCook and the Supersonics - Flying Home 2:09

105 Tony & Dennis - Folk Song 2:53

106 Desmond Dekker and the Aces - Fu Man Chu 3:14

107 The Kingstonians - Fun Galore 2:50

108 Lloyd Williams - Funky Beat 2:43

109 The Soul Lads - Funny 3:06

CD05

110 Leslie Butler; The Fugitives - Gay Drums 3:11

111 The Tennors - Gee Whiz 2:16

112 Keith Blake with Lynn Taitt and the Jets - Get in the Groove (aka Woo Oh Oh) 2:41

113 Tommy McCook and the Supersonics - Get Me to the Church on Time 2:37

114 Phyllis Dillon feat. Hopeton Lewis - Get on the Right Track 2:29

115 The Creations - Get on Up 2:23

116 The Soul Agents - Get Ready It's Rock Steady 3:30

117 Errol Dunkley - Get Up Now 2:29

118 Ken Boothe - The Girl I Left Behind 3:05

119 Alton Ellis and the Flames - Girl I've Got a Date 2:52

120 The Overtakers with the Lynn Taitt Band - Girl You Ruff 2:48

121 Patsy Millicent Todd; The Baba Brooks Band - Give Love a Try 2:45

122 The Pioneers with Lynn Taitt and the Jets - Give Me a Little Loving 2:46

123 Ken Boothe - Give Me Back My Heart 2:44

124 The Tennors - Give Me Bread 2:17

125 Stranger Cole; The Conquerors - Give Me the Right 3:16

126 The Ethiopians - Give Me Your Love 2:22

127 The Harmonizers; The Fugitives - Go Back Home 3:02

128 Bob Andy - Going Home 3:34

129 Lloyd Williams - Good Bye Baby 2:55

130 Jackie Mittoo - Good Feeling 2:12

131 The Soul Tops - Good Things 2:29

132 Charlie Organaire and the Carib Beats - The Good You Can 2:51

133 The Paragons - Got to Get Away 2:00

134 Dandy - Got You on My Mind 2:49

135 George Dekker - Govern Your Mouth 2:43

136 Lord Salmons with Gibson's All Stars - Great Great in '68 2:33

137 Derrick Morgan - The Great Musical Battle 3:34

CD06

138 Keith & Ken - Groove to the Beat 3:02

139 The Valentines - (Gun Fever) Blam Blam Fever 2:50

140 The Uniques - Gypsy Woman 3:11

141 Roland Alphonso and the Beverley's All Stars - Halls of Montezuma 3:16

142 The Paragons - Happy Go Lucky Girl 3:11

143 Dennis Walks with Gibson's All Stars - Having a Party 2:19

144 Ernest Ranglin - Heart Beat (aka Heartbeat) 1:44

145 The Techniques - Heart of a Man 2:07

146 Vic Taylor - Heartaches 3:16

147 Tommy McCook and the Supersonics - Heatwave 3:17

148 Justin Hinds and the Dominoes - Here I Stand 2:27

149 Lee Perry - Hey Mama 2:16

150 The Virtues - High Tide 2:16

151 Glen Adams - Hold Him Joe 2:42

152 Johnny Nash - Hold Me Tight 2:43

153 Roy Shirley - Hold Them 2:45

154 The Creations - Holding Out 2:25

155 Ken Boothe - Home, Home, Home 2:58

156 The Leaders with Lynn Taitt and the Jets - Hope Someday 2:54

157 Dermott Lynch - Hot Shot 2:05

158 Norma Frazer - Hound Dog 3:02

159 Phyllis Dillon - Humpty Dumpty 2:28

160 The Heptones - I Am Lonely 2:35

161 Lee "Scratch" Perry - I Am the Upsetter 3:06

162 Phyllis Dillon - I Can't Forget About You Baby 3:05

163 Alton Ellis - I Can't Stand It 2:23

164 Alton Ellis - I Can't Stop Now 3:21

165 The Melodians - I Could Be a King 2:36

CD07

166 Ken Boothe - I Don't Want to See You Cry 5:29

167 The Techniques - I Feel Alive Again 2:18

168 The Conquerors - I Fell in Love 2:17

169 Patsy Millicent Todd; The Baba Brooks Band - I Held Your Hand (True Love) (Found Love) 2:34

170 Joya Landis - I Love You True (So True) 3:20

171 C. Marshall - I Need Your Loving 2:37

172 Lynn Taitt and the Jets - I Spy 2:53

173 Derrick Morgan with the Lynn Taitt Band - I Want to Go Home (aka Detroit City) 2:21

174 Phyllis Dillon - I Wear His Ring 2:11

175 The Melodians - I Will Get Along Without You 3:03

176 The Techniques - I Wish It Would Rain 2:23

177 Bob Andy - I Would Be a Fool 3:12

178 John & Joya - I'll Be Lonely 2:09

179 Alton Ellis - I'll Be Waiting 2:33

180 Al and the Vibrators - I'll Come Back 2:15

181 Velma Jones - I'll Hold You Tight 2:51

182 The Sensations - I'll Never Fall in Love 2:18

183 Dobby Dobson - I'm a Loving Pauper 3:15

184 Errol Dunkley with Lynn Taitt and the Jets - I'm Going Home 3:00

185 Austin Faithful - I'm in a Rocking Mood 3:20

186 The Techniques - I'm in the Mood for Love 1:52

187 Johnny and the Attractions - I'm Moving On 2:51

188 Keith Blake with Lynn Taitt and the Jets - I'm Moving On 2:12

189 Errol Dunkley with the Lynn Taitt Band - I'm Not Your Man 2:17

190 Alton Ellis - I'm Still in Love with You 3:26

191 The Soul Lads - I'm Yours Forever 3:38

192 The Conquerors - I've Done You Wrong 3:06

CD08

193 Bob Andy - I've Got to Go Back Home (Original 1966 Studio One 7" Mono Single Version) 3:15

194 Dermott Lynch - I've Got Your Number 2:18

195 Joe White; The Fugitives - If It Don't Work Out (Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye) 3:30

196 Pete Young - If You Got Soul 2:56

197 Joya Landis - (If You Really Love Me) Let Me Know (Rock Steady Version) 2:51

198 The Yardbrooms - If You See Jane 2:25

199 Ike Bennett and the Crystalites - Illya Kuryakin 3:22

200 The Silvertones - In the Midnight Hour 2:42

201 Lester Sterling - Inez (aka Tracy's Theme) 3:44

202 Desmond Dekker and the Aces - Intensified 2:45

203 The Paragons - Island in the Sun 3:09

204 Desmond Dekker and the Aces - Israelites 2:35

205 The Melodians - It Comes and Goes 2:38

206 Desmond Dekker - It Mek 2:33

207 The Tartans with Tommy McCook's Band - It's Alright 2:29

208 The Gaylads - It's Hard to Confess 2:26

209 The Tartans - It's Not Right 2:15

210 The Three Tops - It's Raining 2:58

211 Phyllis Dillon - It's Rocking Time 2:49

212 Alton Ellis - It's True 2:44

213 The Techniques - It's You I Love 2:39

214 The Paragons - Joy in My Soul 2:28

215 Roland Downer & Count Ossie - Ju Ju Wah 3:33

216 The Versatiles with Lynn Taitt and the Jets - Just Can't Win 2:27

217 Stranger Cole & Gladdy Anderson - Just Like a River 2:37

218 The Techniques - Just One Smile 2:37

219 Toots and the Maytals - Just Tell Me 2:40

CD09

220 Joya Landis - Kansas City 3:05

221 Lloyd Tyrell - Keep on Going 2:49

222 The Soul Tops - Keep on Moving 2:53

223 Winston & George - Keep the Pressure On 2:57

224 Dandy - Keep Them Fretting 2:45

225 Lee 'King' Perry with Lynn Taitt and the Jets - Kimble (the Nimble) 3:19

226 The Spanishtonians - Kisses 2:37

227 Ken Boothe - Lady with the Starlight 2:43

228 The Melodians - Last Train to Expo 67 3:09

229 Phyllis Dillon - Leave It in the Hands of Love 2:55

230 The Paragons - Left with a Broken Heart 3:09

231 The Uniques - Let Me Go Girl 2:23

232 The Ethiopians - Let the Light Shine 2:54

233 Ken Boothe - Let the Water Dry 2:58

234 Bob Andy - Let Them Say 2:55

235 Velma & Clancy - Let Us Be Lovers 2:45

236 Johnny and the Attractions - Let's Get Together 2:58

237 The Melodians - Let's Join Hands (Together) 2:46

238 The Mellotones - Let's Join Together 3:22

239 Bob Andy - Life Could Be a Symphony 3:39

240 The Conquerors; Lynn Taitt; The Fugitives - Listen to Me Baby (Going Down the Line) 2:34

241 Pat Kelly - Little Boy Blue 2:46

242 The Techniques - Little Did You Know 2:43

243 Patsy - Little Flea 4:15

244 The Melodians - Little Nut Tree 2:25

245 Carlton Manning - Live and Love 2:57

CD10

246 Hopeton Lewis - Live It Up 2:59

247 The Natives - Live It Up 2:37

248 The Gladiators - Live Wire (Take One) 2:11

249 Phyllis Dillon - Living in Love 2:32

250 The Fugitives - Living Soul 4:30

251 The Clarendonians - Lonely Heartaches 2:14

252 The Conquerors - Lonely Street 2:19

253 Al and the Vibrators - Lonesome Lover 3:34

254 The Pioneers - Long Shot (Bus Me Bet) 2:43

255 Rudy Mills - Long Story 3:11

256 Phyllis Dillon - Long Time 2:27

257 Phyllis Dillon - Long Time (aka Nice Time) 2:27

258 The Sensations - Long Time Me No See You Girl 2:42

259 The Viceroys - Lose and Gain 2:34

260 Derrick Harriott - The Loser 3:36

261 Hugh Malcolm - Love Brother Love 2:29

262 Errol Dunkley with Gibson's All Stars - Love Brother, Love Sister 2:25

263 Freddie McKay - Love Is a Treasure 2:44

264 Phyllis Dillon - Love Is All I Had 2:52

265 The Techniques - Love Is Not a Gamble 2:38

266 Alton Ellis & Phyllis Dillon - Love Letters 2:38

267 Errol Dunkley & the Pioneers with Gibson's All Stars - Love Love Everyday 2:32

268 Joya Landis - Love Me All the Time 2:48

269 The Mighty Vikings - Love Me Forever 3:39

270 Phyllis Dillon - The Love That a Woman Should Give a Man 3:28

271 Phyllis Dillon - Love The One You're With 2:53

272 The Termites - Love Up, Kiss Up 2:22

CD11

273 Phyllis Dillon - Love Was All I Had 2:47

274 Millicent Patsy Todd - Loving Love 2:33

275 Tommy McCook and the Supersonics - Mad, Mad, Mad 2:44

276 Phyllis Dillon - Make Me Yours 2:20

277 Stranger Cole; Gladstone Anderson - Mally Sally (Molly Solly) 2:23

278 Patsy Millicent Todd with Lynn Taitt and the Jets - A Man Is Two-Faced (Blues in the Night) 2:55

279 The Techniques - Man of My World 2:12

280 Danny Simpson - Mary Poppins 2:46

281 John Holt and the Paragons - Maybe Someday 1:59

282 The Creations with the Lynn Taitt Band - Meet Me At Eight 2:17

283 The Paragons - Memories By the Score 2:38

284 The Paragons - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy 2:58

285 Ernest Ranglin and the Supersonics - Merry Mood (Ranglin on Bond Street) 2:49

286 Phyllis Dillon - Midnight Confessions 2:32

287 Austin Faithful & Hippies - Miss Anti-Social 2:22

288 Junior Soul - Miss Cushie 2:17

289 Errol Dunkley & the Pioneers with Gibson's All Stars - Miss Tourist 2:17

290 The Soul Agents - Money Lover 3:58

291 Im and David - Money Maker 2:38

292 Joya Landis - Moonlight Lover 2:20

293 The Rio Grandes - Moses 2:59

294 The Inspirations - Mother's Advice 2:44

295 Lynn Taitt and the Jets - Mother's Reply 3:31

296 Desmond Dekker and the Aces - Mother's Young Gal 2:58

297 Al and the Vibrators; The Fugitives - Move Up (Festival 1967) 2:44

298 Al and the Vibrators - Move Up Calypso 2:41

299 The Gladiators - Mr Sweet 2:20

300 Tommy McCook and the Supersonics - Music Is My Occupation 3:35

CD12

301 Roy Shirley featuring Drumbago - Music Is the Key 2:38

302 Jo Jo Bennett; The Fugitives - Musical Pressure 3:17

303 Keith Blake - Musically 2:22

304 The Paragons - My Best Girl 2:35

305 Tommy McCook and the Supersonics with Winston Wright - My Best Girl (Rhythm) 2:38

306 The Uniques - My Conversation 3:28

307 The Dynamics with Lynn Taitt and the Jets - My Friends 2:57

308 John Holt - My Heart Is Gone 2:48

309 The Termites - My Last Love 3:28

310 Eric "Monty" Morris - My Lonely Days 2:35

311 John Holt - My Number One 2:11

312 Bob Andy - My Time 1:58

313 Dandy - My Time Now 2:05

314 Alton Ellis - My Willow Tree 2:43

315 Dandy - My Wonderful One 2:54

316 Lynn Taitt and the Jets - Napoleon Solo 2:29

317 Alton Ellis - Never Love Again 3:35

318 Phyllis Dillon - Nice Time 2:26

319 The Hamlins - Night Doctor 2:51

320 The Mellotones - No Good Girl 2:49

321 Victor Morris & Girlie with the Lynn Taitt Band - Now I'm All Alone 2:37

322 Count Ossie - Nyah Bongo 3:24

323 Tommy McCook and the Supersonics - Ode to Billy Joe 3:53

324 Ken & Delroy - Oh Babe 3:33

325 The Techniques - Oh Babe (Sick and Tired) 2:47

326 Stranger Cole; The Conquerors; The Fugitives - Oh Ye Mahee (Ole Ma Ealyea) 2:30

327 Tommy McCook and the Supersonics - Oily Oily 2:36

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328 The Silvertones - Old Man River 2:24

329 The Silverstars - Old Man Say 2:12

330 Justin Hinds and the Dominoes - On a Saturday Night 2:51

331 The Conquerors; The Fugitives - On That Day (La La Day) 2:24

332 The Paragons - On the Beach 2:36

333 Bunny & Ruddy - On the Town 2:28

334 Justin Hinds and the Dominoes - Once a Man (Twice a Child) 2:49

335 Delroy Wilson - Once Upon a Time 3:02

336 Phyllis Dillon - One Life to Live, One Love to Give 2:33

337 Stranger Cole; The Seraphines; The Baba Brooks Band - One Love 2:33

338 The Paragons - Only a Smile 2:57

339 Alton Ellis - Oo Wee Baby (Baby I Love You) 2:17

340 Dandy - The Operation 3:23

341 Tommy McCook and the Supersonics - Our Man Flint 3:23

342 The Techniques - Out of Many, One (Fighting for the Right) 2:40

343 Joya Landis - Out the Light 2:16

344 The Gaylads - Over the Rainbow's End 2:50

345 Patsy Millicent Todd; The Count Ossie Band - Pata Pata Rocksteady 3:11

346 The Jamaicans - Peace and Love 2:41

347 The Federals - Penny for Your Song 2:58

348 Lee Perry - People Funny Boy 2:36

349 The Uniques - People Rocksteady 2:37

350 Phyllis Dillon - Perfidia 2:47

351 Tommy McCook and the Supersonics - Persian Cat Ska (aka In a Persian Market) 2:33

352 Phyllis Dillon - Picture on the Wall 2:43

353 Dandy - Play It Cool 2:07

354 Monty Morris and Chorus - Play It Cool 2:43

355 Larry & Alvin - Please Stay 2:27

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356 Errol Dunkley - Please Stop Your Lying 2:55

357 Joe White - Pretty Girl 2:50

358 The Silverstars - Promises 2:18

359 The Versatiles with Gibson's All Stars - Push It In 2:15

360 The Techniques - Queen Majesty 3:30

361 The Soul Tops - Rain and Thunder 2:25

362 Tommy McCook and the Supersonics - Real Cool 3:20

363 The Techniques - The Reason Why 2:38

364 Tommy McCook and the Supersonics - Regay (Lonely Goatherd) 2:15

365 Alton Ellis & Phyllis Dillon - Remember That Sunday 2:37

366 Patsy - The Retreat Song 3:19

367 Alva Lewis - Return Home 1:48

368 The Upsetters - Return of Django 2:32

369 The Jupiters - The Return of Ezekial 3:14

370 Alva Lewis - Revelation 3:23

371 Dandy - Rhythm of the Rain 2:19

372 The Tennors - Ride Yu Donkey 2:03

373 The Paragons - Riding High on a Windy Day 2:51

374 Count Lasher - Ring Ding '67 2:49

375 Noel "Bunny" Brown and the Wildcats - The Rock Steady 2:59

376 Tommy McCook and the Supersonics with Roy Richards - Rocking Soul 2:22

377 Byron Lee and the Dragonaires - Rocksteady 2:48

378 Dandy - Rude with Me 2:31

379 The Spanishtonians - Rudie Gets Plenty 2:41

380 Stranger Cole; Gladstone Anderson - Rudies All Around 2:45

381 Dandy - Rudy, a Message to You 2:33

382 The Techniques - Run Come Celebrate 2:16

383 Ken Boothe - Run Coming Back 3:09

384 Hopeton Lewis - Run Down 2:35

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385 Lee "Scratch" Perry - Run Rudie Run 2:49

386 Val Bennett - The Russians Are Coming (Take Five) 3:41

387 The Paragons - The Same Song 2:47

388 Justin Hinds and the Dominoes - Save a Bread 2:49

389 Eric "Monty" Morris - Say What You're Saying 2:08

390 Errol Dunkley with Lynn Taitt and the Jets - The Scorcher 2:42

391 The Creations with the Lynn Taitt Band - Searching 2:21

392 Tommy McCook and the Supersonics - Second Fiddle 2:24

393 Stranger & Gladdy with Lynn Taitt and the Jets - Seeing Is Knowing 2:57

394 Errol Dunkley with Lynn Taitt and the Jets - Seek and You'll Find 2:19

395 Joe Higgs; The Fugitives - Sensation of Love 3:25

396 The Fugitives - Seven Heaven 3:12

397 Tommy McCook and the Supersonics - The Shadow of Your Smile 3:25

398 The Termites - Shake It Up 2:50

399 Hopeton Lewis - She's Gone 3:25

400 The Federals - Shocking Love 2:58

401 The Gaylets - Silent River (Runs Deep) 2:42

402 Eric "Monty" Morris - Simple Simon 2:50

403 Hortense Ellis - Sitting in the Park 3:06

404 Aston Campbell; Yen; The Fugitives - Skilamy 2:45

405 Hopeton Lewis & Glen Brown - Skinny Leg Girl 2:10

406 Lynn Taitt and the Jets - Sleepy Ludy (aka Sleepy Luddy) 2:28

407 The Silvertones - Slow and Easy 2:28

408 Charlie Kelly - So Nice Like Rice 2:46

409 Dandy - Sock It to Me 3:05

410 Roland Alphonso and the Beverley's All Stars - Sock It to Me 3:19

411 The Valentines with the Fugitives - Sock It to Me Baby 3:00

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412 The Rio Grandes - Soldiers Take Over 2:41

413 Derrick Harriott and the Crystalites - Solomon 2:47

414 Norman Grant - Somebody Please Help 2:55

415 Pat Kelly - Somebody's Baby 3:05

416 The Leaders with Lynn Taitt and the Jets - Someday Someway 2:45

417 Phyllis Dillon - Something 3:42

418 The Leaders with the Lynn Taitt Band - Sometimes I Sit Down and Cry 2:34

419 The Hamlins - Soul and Inspiration 3:21

420 Count Ossie & Leslie Butler - Soul Drums 2:50

421 Tommy McCook and the Supersonics - Soul for Sale 2:37

422 Joey and his Group with Tommy McCook and the Supersonics - Soul Love 2:34

423 Dandy - Soul Power 2:43

424 Radcliffe Butler - Soul Power (My Last Word) 2:24

425 Tommy McCook and the Supersonics - Soul Remedy 2:10

426 Tommy McCook and the Supersonics - Soul Rock 2:32

427 Tommy McCook - Soul Serenade 3:13

428 Tommy McCook and the Supersonics - Soul Style 2:33

429 Vin Gordon with Lynn Taitt and the Jets - Soulful Mood (aka Caterpillar Rock) 2:45

430 Johnny Moore and the Supersonics - Sound and Soul 2:54

431 Hopeton Lewis - Sounds and Pressure 3:13

432 The Webber Sisters; The Fugitives - Stars Above 2:54

433 Bob Andy - Stay in My Lonely Arms 2:40

434 Hemsley Morris - Stay Loose 3:12

435 John Holt - Stealing Stealing (Thief in the Night) 1:58

436 Bob Marley and the Wailers - Stir It Up (Original 1967 Wail 'N Soul 'M 7" Single Version) 3:11

437 Keith Rowe & Texas Dixon - Stop That Train 3:15

438 The Valentines - Stop the Violence 3:07

439 Hazel and the Jolly Boys; The Fugitives - Stop Them 2:37

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440 Roland Alphonso and the Beverley's All Stars - Stream of Life 2:54

441 The Spanishtonians - Suffer Me Not 2:43

442 Lester Sterling - Super Special 2:46

443 The Conquerors; The Fugitives - Sweet Little Angel (Oh My Love) 3:30

444 The Gladiators - Sweet Soul Music 1:58

445 The Melodians - Swing and Dine 3:09

446 The Clarendonians - Tables Gonna Turn 3:16

447 Hopeton Lewis - Take It Easy 2:54

448 Phyllis Dillon feat. Hopeton Lewis - Take My Heart 2:21

449 The Versatiles - Teardrops Falling 2:40

450 Eric "Monty" Morris - Tears in Your Eyes 2:09

451 Stranger Cole; Patsy Todd; Lynn Taitt; The Fugitives - Tell It to Me 2:58

452 The Upsetters - Temptation 3:21

453 The Coolers - Terrible Headache 2:35

454 Eric "Monty" Morris - Terrible Mistake 2:27

455 Lee 'King' Perry with Lynn Taitt and the Jets - Thank You Baby 3:08

456 Dandy - That's How Strong My Love Is 2:39

457 The Overtakers - That's the Way You Like It 2:39

458 The Techniques - There Comes a Time 2:32

459 Hopeton Lewis - There She Goes 1:46

460 Phyllis Dillon - A Thing of the Past 2:42

461 The Jamaicans - The Things You Say You Love 2:48

462 Eric "Monty" Morris - Think Twice (aka Last Laugh) 2:25

463 Ken Boothe - This Is Rock Steady 2:35

464 The Dingles - This Is Thunder 2:51

465 Phyllis Dillon - (This Is) A Lovely Way to Spend An Evening 2:50

466 The Sensations - Those Guys 2:22

467 The Paragons - The Tide Is High 2:44

468 Dandy and his Group - Till Death Do Us Part 2:40

CD18

469 The Techniques - Time Has Come 1:58

470 The Versatiles with Gibson's All Stars - The Time Has Come 2:04

471 Neville Hinds with Lynn Taitt and the Jets - Tit for Tat 2:36

472 Dawn Penn - To Sir, with Love 2:54

473 John Holt - Tonight 2:34

474 Keith & Tex - Tonight 2:39

475 Stranger Cole; Patsy Todd; The Fugitives - Tonight 2:17

476 Bob Andy - Too Experience 3:10

477 Derrick Morgan - Tougher Than Tough (Rudie in Court) 2:22

478 Ken Boothe and the Wailers - The Train Is Coming (Original 1966 Supreme 7" Mono Single Version) 3:20

479 The Gladiators - The Train Is Coming Back 2:42

480 Tommy McCook and the Supersonics - Train to Ska-Thedral 3:28

481 The Ethiopians - Train to Skaville 2:52

482 Cool Sticky with Gibson's All Stars - Train to Soulsville 2:43

483 Sound Dimension - Traveling Home 3:38

484 The Techniques - Travelling Man 2:32

485 The Conquerors; The Fugitives - Treat Me Right 2:35

486 Dobby Dobson - Trouble Jim 3:10

487 Ken Parker - True True True 2:14

488 The Versatiles with Gibson's All Stars - Trust the Book 2:17

489 Ike Bennett and the Crystalites - Try a Little Merriness 2:40

490 Phyllis Dillon feat. Boris Gardiner - Tulips (and Heather) 3:09

491 Dandy - Turn on Your Lovelight 3:16

492 Dandy - Turn Your Wheel 2:13

493 Bob Andy - Unchained (Original 1966 Studio One 7" Mono Single Version) 2:38

494 Tommy McCook and the Supersonics - Uncle Sam 2:51

495 Dennis Walks with Gibson's All Stars - Uncle Sam's Country 2:36

496 Desmond Dekker and the Aces - Unity 2:14

497 Lynn Taitt and the Jets - Upsetter (Instrumental) 3:11

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498 Tommy McCook and the Supersonics - Venus 2:27

499 Derrick Harriott - Walk the Streets (You Might as Well Forget Him) 3:21

500 Phyllis Dillon feat. Hopeton Lewis - Walk Through This World with Me 2:15

501 The Uniques - Watch This Sound 2:33

502 Keith Thompson - The Way I Feel 2:50

503 The Royals - We Are in the Mood 2:33

504 Dandy - We Are Still Rude 3:12

505 Phyllis Dillon - We Belong Together 2:54

506 Stranger Cole; Gladstone Anderson; The Baba Brooks Band - We Shall Overcome 2:24

507 The Paragons - Wear You to the Ball 2:37

508 The Clancy Set - Western Organ 2:15

509 The Conquerors; The Fugitives - What a Agony 3:20

510 The Techniques - What Am I to Do 2:25

511 Clancy Eccles - What Will Your Mama Say 3:21

512 Ken Boothe - When I Fall in Love 2:44

513 Joya Landis - When the Lights Are Low 3:00

514 Ken Parker - When You're Gone 2:07

515 The Techniques - Where Were You 2:37

516 The Ethiopians - The Whip 2:57

517 The Silvertones - Whoo Baby 2:44

518 Alton Ellis - Why Birds Follow Spring 2:34

519 Alton Ellis & Phyllis Dillon - Why Did You Leave Me 2:38

520 Dawn Penn - Why Did You Lie 2:23

521 Leslie Butler; The Fugitives - Winchester Rock Steady 3:07

522 The Kingstonians - Winey Winey 2:53

523 Count Lasher - Winnie the Whip 2:49

524 The Jamaicans - Woman Go Home 2:32

525 Phyllis Dillon - Woman of the Ghetto 3:23

526 The Conquerors; The Fugitives - Won't You Come Home 2:15

CD20

527 The Jail Breakers - Work It Up 2:23

528 Tommy McCook and the Supersonics - Work Your Soul 2:58

529 Roy Shirley with the Lynn Taitt Band - The World Needs Love 2:40

530 Maurice Johnson - Yield Not to Temptation 2:50

531 Phyllis Dillon - You Are Like Heaven to Me 2:05

532 The Techniques - You Are My Everything 3:09

533 The Melodians - You Are My Only Love 3:18

534 The Techniques - You Don't Care (aka You'll Want Me Back) 2:40

535 The Melodians - You Don't Need Me 3:10

536 The Melodians - You Have Caught Me 3:15

537 Hemsley Morris - You Think I'm a Fool 1:57

538 Patsy Millicent Todd; The Baba Brooks Band - You Took My Love 2:53

539 George Dekker - You Treating Me Bad 2:49

540 The Heptones - You Turned Away 2:30

541 Dermott Lynch - You Went Away 1:49

542 Lee Perry - You Were Meant for Me 2:23

543 The Melodians - You Will Never Get Away (aka Rock Away) 3:03

544 Lloyd Robinson & Glen Brown - You Won't Regret It 3:14

545 The Natives - You You 2:24

546 Errol Dunkley - You're Gonna Need Me 2:11

547 The Groovers - You're Got to Cry 2:21

548 Dandy - You're No Hustler (You're a Scuffler) 2:16

549 George Dekker - You're Treating Me Bad 2:50

550 The Heptones - Young Generation 3:30

551 Johnny and the Attractions - Young Wings Can Fly (Higher Than You Think) 2:57

552 Joya Landis - Your Love Is All Over Me 2:22

553 Stranger Cole; Patsy Todd; Lynn Taitt; The Fugitives - Your Photograph 3:19

554 Desmond Dekker - 007 (Shanty Town) 2:30

555 Dandy - Let's Do Rock Steady 2:48

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