Rock Steady Essentials

[ton1]

@Oras

Mainly some of the songs i mentioned in this thread. I don't have so much time these days but i'll tell you if i need to fill it.

[MightyZ]

Oras - I am certainly not ignorant of either Roy Shirley (Hold Them is a classic) or the Byron Lee 'Rocksteady' classic - I have that on a compilation Soul Ska - an awesome collection of Byron Lee rocksteady tunes! I love the title track too!
When I contributed at the start of the thread - I wanted to leave room for others to contribute!

MightyZ

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[Guest]

don't take it personnally mightyz. it wasn't my intention to offend someone.

i was just disappointed that hopeton lewis wasn't mentioned on 5 (!) pages about essential rocksteady

[MightyZ]

No worries - I didn't take it personally

MightyZ

[Mangola]

The Minstrels - So Weary

Where can I find this tune? On vinyl - or CD?

I guess it's pretty rare, right?

[Mangola]

The Minstrels - So Weary seems to be rare and not available on CD or LP. Check [this](http://www.popsike.com/MERRITONESO-WEAR ... 17958.html) out.

If anyone knows anything about this tune please let me know.

[rhtyhm ruler]

ton1, you've got an excellent taste. the minstrels and the rulers tune are the heaviest stuff ever pressed on jamaica from my point of view. sadly i never had 900usd for a record and i guess i will never have. are you dj/collector or do you know these titles from the mentioned compilations only? some more great rock steady stuff:

crystalites: slippery (great version of "do i worry" which was mentioned before
glen adams: hold down miss winey (one of bunny lee's masterpieces)
zoot simms: take it cool (murder coxsone rarity)
desmond dekker: foo manchu (simply his best)
techniques: queen majesty (if you have the chance, try to see pat kelly live)

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