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Even though the rock-steady era only lasted a couple years (right before reggae arrived in full force), that short window produced a wealth of classic, influential sides. This is a killer price for 50 prized cuts from that golden age of Jamaican music.
Tracklist
Disc: 1
1 007 (Shanty Town) - Desmond Dekker
2 Return of Django - The Upsetters
3 Rock Steady - Alton Ellis & The Flames
4 54-46 That's My Number - The Maytals
5 Walk the Streets (You Might as Well Forget Him) - Derrick Harriott
6 The Russians Are Coming (Take Five) - Val Bennett
7 I Will Get Along Without You - The Melodians
8 Hold Them - Roy Shirley
9 Engine 54 - The Ethiopians
10 Only a Smile - The Paragons
11 Intensified '68 - Desmond Dekker & The Aces
12 It's Hard to Confess - The Gaylads
13 Things You Say You Love - The Jamaicans
14 Stop That Train - Keith Rowe & Texas Dixon
15 Once Upon a Time - Delroy Wilson
16 Don't Stay Away - Phyllis Dillon
17 Long Story - Rudy Mills
18 Do It Right (with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics) - The Three Tops
19 Long Shot Bus Me Bet - The Pioneers
20 The Whip - The Ethiopians
21 Queen Majesty - The Techniques
22 Let Me Go Girl - The Uniques
23 On the Beach - The Paragons
24 Fu Man Chu - Desmond Dekker & The Aces
25 Rudy, a Message to You - Dandy
Disc: 2
1 The Tide Is High - The Paragons, Tommy McCook & The Supersonics
2 It Mek - Desmond Dekker & The Aces
3 Train to Skaville - The Ethiopians
4 You Have Caught Me - The Melodians
5 Bim Today (Bam Tomorrow) - The Maytals
6 Down By the Train Line - Stranger Cole & Patsy Todd
7 My Willow Tree - Alton Ellis
8 Over the Rainbow's End - The Gaylads
9 I Am the Upsetter - Lee "Scratch" Perry
10 You Don't Care (a.k.a. You'll Want Me Back) - The Techniques
11 Mother's Young Gal - Desmond Dekker & The Aces
12 The Loser - Derrick Harriott
13 Happy Go Lucky Girl - The Paragons
14 Ride Your Donkey - The Tennors
15 My Conversation - The Uniques
16 Girl I've Got a Date - Alton Ellis & The Flames
17 Lady with the Starlight - Ken Boothe
18 Winey Winey - The Kingstonians
19 Perfidia - Phyllis Dillon
20 Just Like a River - Stranger Cole & Gladdy Anderson
21 Penny For Your Song - The Federals
22 You Don't Need Me - The Melodians
23 Unity - Desmond Dekker & The Aces
24 Ba Ba Boom - The Jamaicans
25 Let's Do Rock Steady - Dandy