Various – Do The Rock Steady 1966 To 1968

Label: Voice Of Jamaica – VOJLP 002
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: 2013
Genre: Reggae
Style: Rocksteady

A1 The Uniques– People Rock Steady
A2 Roy Shirley & Glen Adams– Musical Train
A3 Glen Adams– Hold Down Miss Winey
A4 Cynthia Richards– Forever
A5 The Sensations– Right On Time
A6 Delroy Wilson– Till I Die
A7 The Uniques– The Beautitude
B1 Winston Samuels– Don’t Believe Him
B2 Roy Shirley– Touch Them (Never Let Them Go)
B3 Alva Lewis – Revelation
B4 Slim Smith– Love & Devotion
B5 Val Bennett– The Russians Are Comming
B6 Glen Adams– Run Come Dance
B7 The Sensations– Long Time Me No See You Girl

“The greatest man that came from Jamaica and changed the whole beat from ska to rock steady was Lyn Taitt. He was from Trinidad but Byron Lee did come to Jamaica as an organist but he started playing guitar and the rest is history! We should call him Rock Steady… It’s Lyn Taitt as he was the man! He played lead guitar and ska at the same time.” –Bunny Lee Rock Steady only lasted for a brief period from 1966 to 1968, but its significance to the subsequent development of Jamaican music is incalculable and it would go on to shape each successive musical movement over the next four decades. DJs, digital and dancehall all stepped to the tune and pace of rhythms whose origins were grounded in the Rock Steady beat and it is impossible to ever overstate its importance, or its beauty.