Desmond Dekker - Israelites / Version
Beverleys UK 1968
Israelites - Desmond Dekker
¥2480 (US$16.04)
Various - Merritone Rock Steady 2: This Music Got Soul 1966-1967 (2LP)
Dub Store Records JPN 1966- 1967
¥5380 (US$34.80)
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 Artists - Jamaica Jazz From Federal Records: Carib Roots, Jazz, Mento, Latin, Merengue & Rhumba 1960-1968 (2LP
Dub Store Records JPN 1960- 1968
¥5380 (US$34.80)
Reaching out to the real roots of the Jamaican sixties musical explosion…
Some of the originators of the genre, including Ernest Ranglin, Lennie Hibbert & Cecil Lloyd, playing in their element and demonstrating just where they're coming from
Johnny, Attractions - Call Of The Drums / Leslie Butler, Count Ossie - Call Of The Drums Rhythm 2
Gay Feet / Dub Store Records JPN 1967
¥2080 (US$13.45)
Marvellous binghi rock steady masterpiece by Count Ossie led Johnny & The Attractions. An unreleased alternative instrumentalal cut on flip.
Stranger Cole, Patsy Millicent Todd - You Took My Love / Webber Sisters - Good Thing Come To Those Who Wait
Gay Feet / Dub Store Records JPN 1966
¥2080 (US$13.45)
Patsy's classic slow ska backed with Webber Sisters previously unreleased rock steady piece pushing forward til their day comes.
The Gaylads - It's Hard To Confess / The Gaylads - I Need Your Loving
Gay Feet / Dub Store Records JPN 1968
¥2080 (US$13.45)
Monty Alexander, Cyclones - Summertime / Dog It
Studio One / Dub Store Records JPN 1962
¥2080 (US$13.45)
An exotic cover of the standard - by young Monty Alexander for Studio One. Its heavy and exotic arrangement by Monty’s own the Cyclones could well be the version of the famous “Summertime” that Jamaica has been proud of, and also out of million others to date this stands out as one of the most distinguished covers of all. From a number of Coxsone’s own labels, this is one of the rarest and includes nice shuffle-instrumental on the other side like the original press. A very rare piece that the collectors have been searching for.
Roland Alphonso - Guantanamera Ska / Spanishtonians - Suffer Me Not
Pyramid UK / Beverleys 1967
¥2080 (US$13.45)
Roland Alphonso - Stream Of Life / Austin Faithful - I'm In A Rocking Mood
Pyramid UK / Beverleys 1968
¥2080 (US$13.45)
Toots & The Maytals - Alidina / Don Drummond - Dragon Weapon
Pyramid UK / Beverleys 1969
¥2080 (US$13.45)
Jackie Mittoo - Chinese Chicken / Put It On
Studio One / Dub Store Records JPN 1967
¥2080 (US$13.45)
The killer Rocksteady-Ska like a vital bridge between both of them, backed with a Mittoo’s nice vocal tune. Throned from the Skatalites to the Soul Vendors, this is the last form of the Studio One Ska and it’s very much like the Soul Vendor’s party piece. Along with the B-side, Jackie Mittoo had directed both and his marvelous creativity can be seen allover. Each of them recorded from the original master-tape.
Various - 101 Orange Street: Ska Meets The Rocksteady (jacket Damage)
Kingston Sounds Uk / jamaican Recordings Uk 1967- 1969
¥3280 (US$21.21)
Various - Red Bumb Ball: Rare & Unreleased Rocksteady 1966-1968 (2LP)
Pressure Sounds UK 1966- 1968
¥6980 (US$45.15)
Pat Kelly - In The Mood For Love / Lennox Brown - Lovers Mood
Neville Sounds UK 1969
Mood For Love
¥1200 (US$7.76)
Count Sticky - What Do You So / Winston Right - What Do You So [Inst]
Moodisc US 1969
¥1680 (US$10.87)
Skatalites - Independence Ska And The Far East Sound: Original Ska Sounds From The Skatalites 1963-65 (2LP)
Soul Jazz Records UK 1963- 1965
¥5980 (US$38.68)
Various - Coxson's Music: First Recordings Of Sir Coxone The Downbeat 1960-62 Record A (With Download Code) (2
Soul Jazz Records UK 1960- 1962
¥5980 (US$38.68)
Various - Coxson's Music: First Recordings Of Sir Coxone The Downbeat 1960-62 Record B (With Download Code) (2
Soul Jazz Records UK 1960- 1962
¥5980 (US$38.68)
Various - Studio One Freedom Sounds: The Sound Of Young Jamaica (2LP)
Soul Jazz Records UK 196-
¥5980 (US$38.68)
The Techniques & Friends - Winston Riley's Rock Steady & Early Reggae 1968-1969
Dub Store Records JPN 1968- 1969
¥3980 (US$25.74)
Winston Riley started his production career as a singer with an enviable track record, having formed the Techniques in 1962 and hitting the top of the charts two years later with the splendid ‘Little Did You Know’ for Duke Reid’s esteemed Treasure Isle label. When the frantic ska beat slowed down and turned into rocksteady Winston remained the only permanent component of the Techniques, arguably Jamaica’s finest vocal group.
As the beat changed yet again from rock steady to the faster reggae format, Winston’s thoughts turned to production, and he decided to create his own ‘Techniques’ label. A serious man with a serious work ethic, the quality of his music was apparent from the start as he released hit after hit, producing and singing as part of the different combinations of singers and vocal groups that he worked with.
Derrick Morgan - I'm Indebted (Loving Baby) / Derrick Morgan, Denzil Dennis - Going Down To Canaan
Hop 1965
¥980 (US$6.34)
Derrick Morgan, Naomi - Wall Flower / Derrick Morgan, Patsy - Let The Good Times Roll
Hop 1966
¥1480 (US$9.57)
Derrick Morgan, Patsy - Oh Shirley / Derrick Morgan - Joy Bells
Hop 1964
Info: Adapted
¥800 (US$5.17)
Pauline Morgan, Lovelets - Stop The Wedding / Derrick Morgan - Bad Luck On Me
Hop UK 1968
¥900 (US$5.82)
Bob Marley, Wailers - Bus Dem Shut / Lyrical Satirical I
Impact US 1968
Bus Dem Shut
¥2580 (US$16.69)
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