A fundamental album released in 1966 that determined the way Rocksteady was going to journey. In 1966, Rude Boys were at the peak of the fame with their notorious behaviors, while Ska gradually started to slow down its tempo. This album paved the way for a newborn music, Rocksteady, with rather slower and tighter rhythm approach. This album should be considered as one of the ten most important albums in Reggae history. The descent from Ska, which had its derivation from Jazz or Rhythm and Blues, to Rocksteady, with its various potential elements which would be passed to the next decade of Reggae, has been allegedly created in this album with Trinidadian guitarist Lynn Taitt and his band The Jets as the backing band. Entitled “Take It Easy With The Rock Steady Beat!”, most of the tunes featured in this album were written for praising dancehall as if he’d have known this genre was going to rule the dance floors. Among the tunes in this album, “This Music Got Soul” was the coolest of all and called out the dawn of the Rocksteady era. This tune had a huge influence on the future developments of Reggae music.
10 TRACKS:
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Take It Easy
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Sounds And Pressure
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A De Pon Dem
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Why Must I Cry
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Let The Little Girl Dance
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Rock Steady
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Cool Collie
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Music Got Soul
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Hard Ships Of Life
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This Poor Boy
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Produced By: Richard Khouri Recorded At: Federal Studio Engineered By: Louis Davidson
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Gregory Isaacs
Warning
(LP)
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Ernie Smith
Tell Me Why
(7")
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National Dance Theatre Of Jamaica
National Dance Theatre Of Jamaica
(CD)
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Hopeton Lewis
Happy Christmas
(7")
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Gladstone Anderson, Lynn Taitt, Jets
Glad Sounds
(CD)
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Henry Buckley
Thank You Girl
(7")
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Tony Tuff
Ram Dance Style
(7")
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T Shirt (Official)
Kiddus I -- Navy XL (5.6oz)
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George Moxey, Ernest Ranglin
Plays Music For Dancing
(CD)
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T Shirt (Official)
Kiddus I -- BLK L (5.6oz)
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Jo Jo Bennett
Cantelope Rock
(7")
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Desmond Dekker, Aces
007 Shanty Town
(7")
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Desmond Dekker
Israelites
(7")
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Toots & The Maytals
Monkey Man
(7")
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Rulers
Let My People Go
(7")
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Derrick Harriott
Rock Steady Party
(CD)
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Various Artists
Dancing Down Orange Street
(CD)
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Derrick Morgan
Forward March
(7")
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Ernest Ranglin
Guitar In Ernest
(CD)
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Cecil Lloyd
A Night In Jamaica With Cecil Lloyd
(CD)
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Cleaner
CD Cleaner Cloth
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Divider
CD White Plastic Divider (Spine Up)
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Polylined Paper Sleeve
CD White Polylined Paper
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