Various Artists: Rocksteady Taking Over Orange Street (Vinyl LP)
Kingston Sounds
Regular price
$25.99
Sale
Usually ships in 3-6 business days
LP version. Rocksteady took over Orange Street, Kingston, Jamaica around 1966, the same time that an extreme heat wave hit the Jamaican Island. Some say the previous jerky ska rhythms proved too strenuous of an activity to partake in during the all night sound systems, so it proved a winning formula to slow the beat down to a more leisurely pace. Whatever the reasons were, this two-year period that ran until 1968 would see some of the power escape from the big three producers - Clement Coxsone Dodd, Prince Buster, and Duke Reid - who up to that period ruled the airwaves. It was time to make room for a new wave of up-and-coming producers who also had something to offer the people. So sit back and enjoy some rock steady straight from the dances of Jamaica. Includes tracks by Roy Shirley, Glen Adams, Lester Sterling, Uniques, Errol Dunkley, George Dekker, Don T. Lee, Webber Sisters, Alva Lewis. CD includes two bonus tracks: Wall Flower by Ken Rose and I Remember by Glen Adams. Love and Devotion - Roy Shirley, If You Don't Know - Roy Shirley, Taking Over Orange Street - Glen Adams, It Might As Well Be Spring - Lester Sterling, Girl of My Dreams - the Uniques, Good Ambition - Roy Shirley, Soul Voyage - Lester Sterling, Hold Down Miss Winey - Glen Adams, I'm Going Home - Errol Dunkley, Foey Man - George Dekker, Hooray - the Uniques, It's Reggae Time - Don Lee, My World - the Webber Sisters, Revelation - Alva Lewis
LP version. Rocksteady took over Orange Street, Kingston, Jamaica around 1966, the same time that an extreme heat wave hit the Jamaican Island. Some say the previous jerky ska rhythms proved too strenuous of an activity to partake in during the all night sound systems, so it proved a winning formula to slow the beat down to a more leisurely pace. Whatever the reasons were, this two-year period that ran until 1968 would see some of the power escape from the big three producers - Clement Coxsone Dodd, Prince Buster, and Duke Reid - who up to that period ruled the airwaves. It was time to make room for a new wave of up-and-coming producers who also had something to offer the people. So sit back and enjoy some rock steady straight from the dances of Jamaica. Includes tracks by Roy Shirley, Glen Adams, Lester Sterling, Uniques, Errol Dunkley, George Dekker, Don T. Lee, Webber Sisters, Alva Lewis. CD includes two bonus tracks: Wall Flower by Ken Rose and I Remember by Glen Adams. Love and Devotion - Roy Shirley, If You Don't Know - Roy Shirley, Taking Over Orange Street - Glen Adams, It Might As Well Be Spring - Lester Sterling, Girl of My Dreams - the Uniques, Good Ambition - Roy Shirley, Soul Voyage - Lester Sterling, Hold Down Miss Winey - Glen Adams, I'm Going Home - Errol Dunkley, Foey Man - George Dekker, Hooray - the Uniques, It's Reggae Time - Don Lee, My World - the Webber Sisters, Revelation - Alva Lewis