Various Artists - Rock Steady - Ska & Rock Steady Classics From Treasure Isle Vol. 1

Rock Steady — Ska & Rock Steady Classics From Treasure Isle Vol. 1

First time ever released on vinyl!

Mega-massive hits "The Tide Is High," "Hey, Hey, Baby" "Carry, Go, Bring, Gone"

Translucent yellow vinyl pressing

Package includes printed inner sleeve

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.

1. Duke Reid & His Group - Duke’s Cookies

2. The Skatalites - Yard Broom

3. Stranger Cole & Patsy Todd - Hey, Hey, Baby

4. Roland Alphonso - Blackberry Brandy

5. Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Carry, Go, Bring, Come

6. Tommy McCook - Starry Night

7. Alton Ellis - Cry Tough

8. The Paragons - The Tide is High

9. Don Drummond - Thoroughfare

10. Baba Brooks & Eric 'Monty' Morris - Strongman Sampson

11. The Skatalites - Occupation

12. Marguerita & Don Drummond - Woman A Come

13. Duke Reid’s Group - Pink Lane Shuffle

14. The Silvertones - Midnight Hour

15. The Valentines - Blam Blam Fever

16. The Coolies - On the Bank

17. Stranger Cole & The Skatalites - Rough and Tough

18. The Melodians - Come On, Little Girl

19. The Techniques - Oh Babe

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