CD Album - Various Artists - Trojan Rocksteady Box Set - Trojan

CD Album

Artist:	Various Artists
Title:	Trojan Rocksteady Box Set
Label:	Trojan
Country:	UK
Date:	1998
Catalogue:	TRBCD 003 Z
Barcode:	766126100320
Format:	CD Album
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	4 Own
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
1-01	Alton Ellis	Rocksteady	Ellis	7.0 Rate
1-02	Desmond Dekker	Beautiful And Dangerous	Dekker	7.0 Rate
1-03	The Paragons	On The Beach	J. Holt	8.0 Rate
1-04	The Melodians	Little Nut Tree	Brevette	6.0 Rate
1-05	The Versatiles	Teardrops Falling	Unknown	7.0 Rate
1-06	Derrick Harriott	The Loser	Harriott	6.0 Rate
1-07	The Federals	Shocking Love	Smikle	7.0 Rate
1-08	The Maytals	Just Tell Me	Hibbert, Gordon, Mathias	7.0 Rate
1-09	Justin Hinds And The Dominoes	Here I Stand	Hinds	8.0 Rate
1-10	The Ethiopians	Come On Now	Dillon	7.0 Rate
1-11	Pat Kelly	Somebody's Baby	Kelly	7.0 Rate
1-12	Ike Bennett And The Crystalites	Illya Kuryakin	Harriott	7.0 Rate
1-13	The Natives	You You	Unknown	7.0 Rate
1-14	The Gaylads	It's Hard To Confess	Seaton	7.0 Rate
1-15	Derrick Harriott	Do I Worry	Cowan, Worth	7.0 Rate
1-16	Derrick Morgan	Conquering Ruler	D. Morgan	6.0 Rate
1-17	The Uniques	My Conversation	Lee, Tyrell, Ridley	6.0 Rate
2-01	The Paragons	Island In The Sun	Burgess, Belafonte	7.0 Rate
2-02	Lyn Tait And The Jets	To Sir With Love	London, Black	6.0 Rate
2-03	Errol Dunkley	You're Gonna Need Me	Dunkley	5.0 Rate
2-04	Phyllis Dillon	Don't Touch Me Tomato	Reid	7.0 Rate
2-05	Honey Boy Martin	Dreader Than Dread	Galnek	6.0 Rate
2-06	Desmond Dekker And The Aces	Mother's Young Gal	Dacres, Kng	6.0 Rate
2-07	The Melodians	Swing And Dine	Seaton	6.0 Rate
2-08	Derrick Harriott	Walk The Streets	Harriott	8.0 Rate
2-09	The Paragons	Riding On A High And Windy Day	Holt	7.0 Rate
2-10	The Gaylads	A.B.C. Rocksteady	Seaton	6.0 Rate
2-11	Alton Ellis And The Flames	All My Tears	Ellis	8.0 Rate
2-12	Lester Sterling	Super Special	Unknown	7.0 Rate
2-13	Johnny And The Attractions	Young Wings Can Fly	Unknown	6.0 Rate
2-14	The Versatiles	Trust The Book	Unknown	6.0 Rate
2-15	Ken Boothe	Can't You See	Boothe	7.0 Rate
2-16	Derrick Harriott	Born To Love You	Hunter	6.0 Rate
2-17	The Paragons	Wear You To The Ball	J. Holt	8.0 Rate
3-01	Joe White	Rudies All Round	J. White	7.0 Rate
3-02	The Uniques	People Rocksteady	Unknown	8.0 Rate
3-03	Delroy Wilson	Once Upon A Time	Paul, Hamilton, Stevenson, Ales	8.0 Rate
3-04	The Jamaicans	Ba Ba Boom	Cowan	8.0 Rate
3-05	The Natives	Live It Up	Unknown	7.0 Rate
3-06	Lee Perry	The Upsetter	Perry	8.0 Rate
3-07	Derrick Harriott	Solomon	Harriott	7.0 Rate
3-08	The Ethiopians	Engine 54	Dillon	8.0 Rate
3-09	Derrick Morgan	I Want To Go Home	D. Morgan	7.0 Rate
3-10	The Melodians	I Will Get Along Without You	Brevette	8.0 Rate
3-11	Justin Hinds And The Dominoes	Save A Bread	Hinds	8.0 Rate
3-12	The Gayletts	Silent River (Runs Deep)	Unknown	7.0 Rate
3-13	The Versertiles	The Time Has Come	Unknown	7.0 Rate
3-14	Desmond Dekker And The Aces	Bongo Gal	Dacres	8.0 Rate
3-15	Tommy McCook	The Shadow Of You Smile	Mandel, Webster	7.0 Rate
3-16	The Gaylads	Over The Rainbow's End	Seaton	7.0 Rate

Notes

Three-disc set, each disc in a card slip-case, with sleeve notes spread over the backs of the three cases.

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RogerFoster 28th Jan 2016		Review A very nice collection of Jamaican recordings from the "Rocksteady Era" of 1966-1968, complete with a fascinating essay about how "Rocksteady" evolved out of "Ska" as the dominant form of Jamaican popular music and gave way to "Reggae", all in the space of little more than two years. As an indication of the endurable nature of the "Rocksteady" style (essentially a slowed down version of "Ska"), many of the musical backing tracks from the era have been endlessly recycled over the decades to form the basis of assorted Reggae, Dub, Lovers-Rock, Ragga and Dancehall hits. The music was heavily influenced by the US Soul vocal groups of the time, so expect a lot of harmonisation in the style of The Impressions, Temptations, Miracles, Mad Lads etc. etc. etc. over those chugging Rocksteady rhythms. Also expect a degree of plagiarism, "Ilya Kuryakin" is a thinly disguised version of Percy Faith's "Summer Place" while "Young Wings Can Fly" (allegedly written by that most prolific of songwriters "Unknown") is the same song as the 1963 US hit of the same name by Ruby & The Romantics. 2 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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