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Derrick Harriott - Rock Steady Party
¥2376 (US$15.37)
A faultless selection of seriously sublime rock steady from Derrick Harriott. A timeless classic where one of the pivotal pioneers of Jamaican music lays down sweet melodies, mellow grooves and wall to wall soul.
Ernest Ranglin - Guitar In Ernest
¥2500 (US$16.17)
Internationally acclaimed guitarist Ernest Ranglin with piano genius Leslie Butler in a dazzling quartet. Recorded in 1965.
Various - Merritone Rock Steady 1: Shanty Town Curfew 1966-1967
Dub Store Records JPN 1966- 1967
¥2780 (US$17.98)
American rhythm & blues fervour, boosted by a multitude of sound systems playing 78rpm records on increasingly larger sets, gripped Jamaica from the late forties onwards but, towards the end of the decade, the American audience began to move towards a somewhat softer sound. The driving rhythm & blues discs became increasingly hard to find and the more progressive Jamaican sound system operators, realising that they now needed to make their own music, turned to Kingston’s jazz and big band musicians to record one off custom cut discs. These were not initially intended for commercial release but designed solely for sound system play on acetate or ‘dub plates’ as they would later be termed. These ‘specials’ soon began to eclipse the popularity of American rhythm & blues and the demand for their locally produced music proved so great that the sound system operators began to release their music commercially on vinyl and became record producers. Clement ‘Coxsone’ Dodd, Duke Reid ‘The Trojan’ and Prince Buster, who operated his Voice Of The People Sound System, were among the first to establish themselves in this new role and the nascent Jamaican recording industry now went into overdrive.
In 1954 Ken Khouri had numbered among the first far sighted entrepreneurs to produce mento records with local musicians (mento is Jamaica’s original indigenous music) before progressing to opening Jamaica’s first record manufacturing plant. Three years later he moved his operation to Foreshore Road (later renamed Marcus Garvey Drive) where, with the assistance of the inestimable Graeme Goodall, he updated and upgraded his recording studio. The importance of this enterprising move was critical to the development of Jamaican music and its influence both profound and far reaching.
Various - Merritone Rock Steady 3: Bang Bang Rock Steady 1966-1968
Dub Store Records JPN 1966- 1967
¥2780 (US$17.98)
Superior rock steady from the vaults of Federal Records
The third edition in this universally acclaimed series including giant of the genre, Hopeton Lewis, and a scintillating selection of hit records and previously unreleased material.
Various Artists - Dancing Down Orange Street
¥2376 (US$15.37)
A seriously sought after classic album of rocksteady and uptempo reggae hits
from 1969
Lord Brisco - Spiritual Mambo (Coloured Vinyl) / Baba Brooks - Fly Right
Beverleys 1964
¥2380 (US$15.39)
Baba Brooks - Sly Mongoose / Beverley's All Stars - Smoke Screen
Beverleys UK 1964/ 69
¥2380 (US$15.39)
Johnny Melody (George Dekker) - Cover Your Mouth (Govern Your Motuh) / Larry Marshall - Money Girl
Beverleys UK 1967
¥2380 (US$15.39)
Various - All Aboard The CN Express: Rock Steady And Boss Reggae Sounds 1967-1968
Doctor Bird UK 1967- 1968
¥2380 (US$15.39)
Cecil Lloyd - A Night In Jamaica With Cecil Lloyd
¥2500 (US$16.17)
First ever re-issue of 1965 Jamaican Latin-Calypso-Jazz album by the piano genius Cecil Lloyd, who led a 20-piece hotel band from the age of seventeen. In 1959, the maestro was asked to record an album for 20th Century Fox and he later released three albums on Studio One. Featuring a solid rhythm section with conga and percussion, A Night in Jamaica was produced by Ken Khouri for Federal's Kentone label. This enduring masterpiece still echoes across the beautiful Caribbean Sea.