Best of Jamaican R&B: Jamaican Blues Beat 1 / Var: Best of Jamaican R&B: Jamaican Blues Beat 1 (Vinyl LP)
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Vinyl LP pressing, an installment in a series of newly created Trojan Records compilations celebrating the 2015 re-launch of the label. Shortly before the advent of Ska, Jamaica rocked to a sound variously known as Jamaican Blues, Shuffle Blues, or Blues Beat Influenced by U.S. musicians such as Rosco Gordon and Fats Domino, the style emphasized the off-beat and laid the foundation for the Ska sound of the early sixties Features 12 classic tracks from Desmond Dekker, Roland Alphonso, Derrick Morgan, Roy & Millie, Laurel Aitken, The Living Juniors, Owen Gray & The Caribs, Drumbago & His Band, The Melody Enchanters and others. Boogie in My Bones - Laurel Aitken ; the Caribs, Forward March - Derrick Morgan, We LL Meet - Roy ; Millie, Sugar Dandy - the Jiving Juniors, Jenny Lee - Owen Gray ; the Caribs, Back Beat - Roland Alphonso, Honour Your Mother and Father - Desmond Dekker, Let the Good Times Roll - Derrick ; Patsy, Duck Soup - Drumbago ; His Band, Oh Ma Oh Pa - the Melody Enchanters, Darling Patricia - Owen Gray, Worried Over You - Keith ; Enid
Vinyl LP pressing, an installment in a series of newly created Trojan Records compilations celebrating the 2015 re-launch of the label. Shortly before the advent of Ska, Jamaica rocked to a sound variously known as Jamaican Blues, Shuffle Blues, or Blues Beat Influenced by U.S. musicians such as Rosco Gordon and Fats Domino, the style emphasized the off-beat and laid the foundation for the Ska sound of the early sixties Features 12 classic tracks from Desmond Dekker, Roland Alphonso, Derrick Morgan, Roy & Millie, Laurel Aitken, The Living Juniors, Owen Gray & The Caribs, Drumbago & His Band, The Melody Enchanters and others. Boogie in My Bones - Laurel Aitken ; the Caribs, Forward March - Derrick Morgan, We LL Meet - Roy ; Millie, Sugar Dandy - the Jiving Juniors, Jenny Lee - Owen Gray ; the Caribs, Back Beat - Roland Alphonso, Honour Your Mother and Father - Desmond Dekker, Let the Good Times Roll - Derrick ; Patsy, Duck Soup - Drumbago ; His Band, Oh Ma Oh Pa - the Melody Enchanters, Darling Patricia - Owen Gray, Worried Over You - Keith ; Enid