Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Rock Steady - Alton Ellis
2. Beautiful And Dangerous - Desmond Dekker
3. On The Beach - The Paragons
4. Little Nut Tree - The Melodians
5. Teardrops Falling - The Versatiles
6. The Loser - Derrick Harriott
7. Shocking Love - Federals
8. Just Tell Me - The Maytals
9. Here I Stand - Justin Hinds, The Dominoes
10. Come On Now - The Ethiopians
11. Somebody's Baby - Pat Kelly
12. Illya Kuryakin - Ike Bennett & The Crystalites
13. You You - Natives
14. It's Hard To Confess - The Gaylads
15. Do I Worry? - Derrick Harriott
16. Conquering Ruler - Derrick Morgan
17. My Conversation - The Uniques

Disc 2:

1. Island in the sun - Paragons
2. To sir with love - Taitt, Lynn & The Jetts
3. You're gonna need me - Dunkley, Errol
4. Don't touch me tomato - Dillon, Phyllis
5. Dreader than dread - Honey Boy Martin
6. Mother's young gal - Dekker, Desmond & The Aces
7. Swing and dine - Melodians
8. Walk the streets - Harriott, Derrick
9. Riding on a high and windy day - Paragons
10. ABC rocksteady - Gaylads
11. All my tears - Ellis, Alton & The Flames
12. Super special - Sterling, Lester
13. Young wings can fly - Johnny & The Attractions
14. Trust the book - Versatiles
15. Can't you see - Boothe, Ken
16. Born to love you - Harriott, Derrick
17. Wear you to the ball - Paragons

Disc 3:

1. Rudies all round - White, Joe
2. People rocksteady - Uniques
3. Once upon a time - Wilson, Delroy
4. Ba ba boom - Jamaicans
5. Live it up - Natives
6. Upsetter - Perry, Lee 'Scratch'
7. Solomon - Harriott, Derrick
8. Engine 54 - Ethiopians
9. I want to go home - Morgan, Derrick
10. I will get along without you - Melodians
11. Save a bread - Hinds, Justin & The Dominoes
12. Silent river (runs deep) - Gaylettes
13. Time has come - Versatiles
14. Bongo gal - Dekker, Desmond & The Aces
15. Shadow of your smile - McCook, Tommy
16. Over the rainbow's end - Gaylads

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8266 in Music
• Released on: 2008-02-26
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 140 minutes

Customer Reviews

Short and sweet
The Rocksteady era was short, but in that time some gems where made. Conquering Ruler - Morgan, Derrick, Riding On A High & Windy Day - Paragons, Dreader Than Dread - Honey Boy Martin, Upsetter - Lee Perry. This defiantly is an album to get your lover in the mood, slower than Ska, more filled in then Dub, should put a smile on anyone's face after they have bought it and played it for the first time

A class reminder of the forgoton era of reggea.
Before I listened to this album, I wasn't too aware of the "missing link" style of reggea that attached SKA to ROOTS; Rocksteady. After having listened to the album It became apparent that this style is as vibrant and exciting as its close cousins. A great introduction to a forgotten, if short lived era of reggea.

Prince Buster described Rocksteady as "the summer season of ska" and this is born from the fact it is more slowed down and soulful than its cousin. This is illustrated best by the hilariously named GAYLADS and their track SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOWS END. Other tracks which live up to the mark of quality of Trojan are DERRICK HARRIOT'S LOSER and JUSTIN HINDS AND THE DONINOES' HERE I STAND. Having said this there isn't a track for which I wouldn't steal if I didn't already have it.

In conclusion if you aint got it - get it.