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@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.

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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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

No worries - I didn't take it personally

MightyZ

ton1 wrote: The Minstrels - So Weary

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

I guess it's pretty rare, right?

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.

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)

rhtyhm ruler wrote:(if you have the chance, try to see pat kelly live)

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