Rock Steady Essentials

[ton1]

From 1966 to 1968 for most of them. Some call those 2 years "golden age of Jamaican music" and i agree with them although ska and roots era gave us plenty of serious tunes.

[6anbatte]

Incredible.
I do have a massively soft spot for those 2 years!

[Jah Glu]

"The Loser" is also essential

[ton1]

A excellent compilation that i only have on mp3 and not really well encoded (i'm looking for info about this one, found nothing on the net) is "Exclusive Rock Steady vol.1" with a rocksteady version of Burial by Tosh and other pure rocksteady stuffs.

[6anbatte]

How about;

Slaving (Every Day) - Lloyd Parks
Black Man Time - I Roy
Slaving Version - Lloyd Parks
Honesty - Big Youth
No More Slavery - Glen Brown

15 mins 42 secs!

That has everything in it!

[ton1]

Who La La - Glen Brown (not excellent but i like this one 'cause i'm french and the lyrics sounds quite funny to me)

Actually, the "exclusive rock steady" comp' i was talking about in the previous post does not exist, it seems to be a home made comp' and there's 8 volumes, i get them and i come back for more sweet rocksteady.

@6anbatte
Excellent but i think it's not rocksteady, it's reggae and deejays cutting over reggae tunes

[6anbatte]

Hi ton1

I think they are that point where Rocksteady is turning into Reggae.

[Lion]

wow
those song are from 1972/73.6anbatte.

When rock steady turn ina reggae ina 68
Early reggae tunes are Nanny goat Larry Marshall,
No more heartach Beltones,Nigt doctor Lee Perry,
Freedom street Ken Booth etc etc.

Lion

[6anbatte]

Always happy to stand corrected. I must admit it sounded earlier to me, but you are right.

[McCool]

***Rock Steady*** or **Rocksteady**

*The term was used by some Rootsmen too! All the following available at one time on LP format*

http://www.roots-archives.com/search/?q ... &mode=song

(People Get Ready) Let's Do Rocksteady [Dandy & The Superboys]

A-B-C Rock Steady [The Gaylads]

Do The Rock Steady [The Termites]

Get Ready Rock Steady [The Soul Agents]

Get Ready Rock Steady [Justin Hinds]

Get Ready, Rock Steady (New Style) [Alton Ellis]

Hornpipe Rocksteady [Leslie Butler With Lynn Taitt & The Jets]

Rock Steady [Phyllis Dillon]

Let's Do Rock Steady [The Divine Light]

Mojo Rock Steady [Prince Francis]

Mojo Rock Steady [The Sound Dimension]

People Rock Steady [The Uniques]

Reggae Rock Steady [Hugh Griffiths]

Rock Steady [Alton Ellis - Soul Groover]

Rock Steady [Phyllis Dillon]

Rock Steady [The Marvels]

Rock Steady [Byron Lee]

Rock Steady [The Jets]

Rock Steady [Jah Bunny]

Rock Steady Cool [Frederick Bell]

Rock Steady Dub [The Aggrovators]

Rock Steady Rocker [The Ethnic Fight Band]

Rock Steady Train [Evan & Jerry]

Rock Steady Wedding [Jackie Mittoo & The Soul Vendors]

Rocking Steady [The Wailers]

Rocking Steady (Original) [The Wailers]

Rocksteady [The Fugitives]

Rocksteady Party [Leroy Sibbles]

Rocksteady Party [Glenn Miller]

Rocksteady Time [The Progressions]

Ska-Bluebeat-Rocksteady [Brimstone]

Sly And Robbie Rock Steady Dub [Sly & Robbie]

Steady Rock [Jackie Mittoo]

The Rock Steady [Noel Bunny Brown & The Wildcats]

This Is Rock Steady [Ken Boothe]

Tommy's Rocksteady [Tommy McCook]