The Roots Of Jamaican Soul

Jamaica Rhythm & Blues 1956-1961

CD1 : LAUREL AITKEN (FEAT. ERNEST RANGLIN): BOOGIE ROCK • DENZIL LAING & THE WRIGGLERS: BLOODSHOT EYES • HIGGS & WILSON (FEAT. JOE HIGGS): MANNY OH • THEOPHILUS BECKFORD (FEAT. RICO RODRIGUEZ): EASY SNAPPING • THEOPHILUS BECKFORD (FEAT. ROLAND ALPHONSO): GEORGIE AND THE OLD SHOE • RICO RODRIGUEZ: LET GEORGE DO IT • LAUREL AITKEN: LOW DOWN DIRTY GIRL • LAUREL AITKEN: BABA KILL ME GOAT • DRUMBAGO ALL STARS (FEAT. COUNT OSSIE): DUCK SOUP • THEOPHILUS BECKFORD (FEAT. ERNEST RANGLIN): JACK AND JILL SHUFFLE • DERRICK MORGAN: FAT MAN • DUKE REID’S ALL STARS: PINK LANE SHUFFLE • DERRICK MORGAN (FEAT. DON DRUMMOND): LOVER BOY • LLOYD CLARKE: PARAPINTO BOOGIE • LAUREL AITKEN: JUDGEMENT DAY • BELL’S GROUP: KINGSTON 13 • LAUREL AITKEN: MORE WHISKY • THE FOLKS BROTHERS (FEAT. COUNT OSSIE): OH CAROLINA • OWEN GRAY: CUTEST LITTLE WOMAN • OWEN GRAY: RUNNING AROUND • LAUREL AITKEN: MIGHTY REDEEMER • BUDDY DAVIDSON W / BYRON LEE & THE DRAGONAIRES: KISSIN’ GAL. CD2 : OWEN GRAY (FEAT. DON DRUMMOND): SINNERS WEEP • THE JIVING JUNIORS (FEAT. DERRICK HARRIOTT): HIP RUB • THEOPHILUS BECKFORD: SHE’S GONE (MY BABY IS GONE) • LAUREL AITKEN: DRINKIN’ WHISKY • OWEN GRAY: GET DRUNK • ERIC “MONTY” MORRIS: CORN BREAD AND BUTTER • ERIC “MONTY” MORRIS: HUMPTY DUMPTY • DERRICK MORGAN: I’M GONNA LEAVE YOU • DUKE REID’S ALL STARS (FEAT. ROLAND ALPHONSO): WHAT MAKES HONEY • LASCELLES PERKINS: LONELY ROBIN • ROY PANTON: FORTY FOUR • THEOPHILUS BECKFORD: DON’T WANT ME NO MORE • BUNNY & SKITTER (FEAT. DON DRUMMOND): ROCK WITH MY BABY • DERRICK MORGAN: WIGGER WEE SHUFFLE • NEVILLE ESSON (FEAT. CLUE J AND HIS BLUES BLASTERS): LOVERS’ JIVE • LAUREL AITKEN: HEY BARTENDER • THE FOLKS BROTHERS (FEAT. COUNT OSSIE): I MET A MAN • KEITH & ENID: EVERYTHING WILL BE ALL RIGHT • DERRICK MORGAN: LEAVE EARTH • SHENLEY & ANNETTE: MILLION DOLLAR BABY • THE BLUES BLASTERS (FEAT. DIZZY JOHNNY MOORE): DOWN BEAT SPECIAL • THE MELLOW CATS (FEAT. COUNT OSSIE): ANOTHER MOSES."

"Chris Blackwell, Clement «Coxsone» Dodd, Duke Reid, Prince Buster, Edward Seaga and Byron Lee are all legendary figures, and here they were beginning their careers as producers. Influ-enced by the sounds of New Orleans and Memphis, this Jamaican R&B, featured in 44 exceptional titles selected by Bruno Blum, represents a unique cocktail: blues, boogie-woogie, shuffle, swing jazz, jump blues, gospel, nyabinghi, doo-wop and rock & roll! Forgotten by history, this tropical rock-music preceding the arrival of ska contains the authentic roots of reggae. Many of these seminal bluebeat pieces have been almost impossible to find since the Sixties but, at last, here they are!” Patrick FRÉMEAUX

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