Label: LMLR
Released 8/30/2024
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.
Track listing:
- Duke Reid & His Group: Duke's Cookies
- The Skatalites: Yard Broom
- Stranger Cole & Patsy Todd: Hey, Hey, Baby
- Roland Alphonso: Blackberry Brandy
- Justin Hinds & the Dominoes: Carry, Go, Bring, Come
- Tommy McCook: Starry Night
- Alton Ellis: Cry Tough
- The Paragons: The Tide Is High
- Don Drummond: Thoroughfare
- Baba Brooks & Eric 'Monty' Morris: Strongman Sampson
- The Skatalites: Occupation
- Marguerita & Don Drummond:
- Woman a Come
- Duke Reid's Group: Pink Lane Shuffle
- The Silvertones: Midnight Hour
- The Valentines: Blam Blam Fever
- The Coolies: On the Bank
- Stranger Cole & the Skatalites: Rough and Tough
- The Melodians: Come on, Little Girl
- The Techniques: Oh Babe