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VA - Merritone Rock Steady 2: This Music Got Soul 1966-1967 (2016) Hi-Res

VA - Merritone Rock Steady 2: This Music Got Soul 1966-1967 (2016) Hi-Res

BAND/ARTIST: Various Artists

  • Title: Merritone Rock Steady 2: This Music Got Soul 1966-1967
  • Year Of Release: 2016
  • Label: Dub Store Records
  • Genre: Reggae
  • Quality: 16-bit/44.1kHz FLAC; 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC
  • Total Time: 58:24 min
  • Total Size: 273; 558 MB
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Tracks:
01. Hopeton Lewis - This Music Got Soul (2:55)
02. Hopeton Lewis - Let Me Come On Home (3:05)
03. Zodiacs - Walk On By (2:31)
04. Termites - We Gonna Make It (2:28)
05. Dynamites - Fountain Bliss (3:01)
06. Hopeton Lewis - Rock A Shacka (2:33)
07. Hopeton Lewis - Don't Cry (2:46)
08. Merritone Singers - House Upon The Hill (2:18)
09. Tartans - Real Gone Sweet (3:02)
10. Tartans - Rolling Rolling (2:56)
11. Hopeton Lewis - I Don't Want Trouble (2:43)
12. Lester Sterling - Lester Sterling Special (2:51)
13. Dynamites - If You Did Love Me (Take 1) (2:40)
14. Tartans - Don't Take That Train (2:29)
15. Lynn Taitt & The Jets - Batman (Early Take) (2:43)
16. Hopeton Lewis - Oh Tell Me Darling (Take 1) (3:07)
17. Tartans - I'm Ready (3:19)
18. Henry Buckley - Take Me Back (2:59)
19. Roland Alphonso - Sounds Of Silence (3:10)
20. Lynn Taitt & The Jets - Batman (Early Take) Rehasal (3:06)
21. Federal All Stars - Merritone False Starts 2 (1:45)

American rhythm & blues fervour, boosted by a multitude of sound systems playing 78rpm records on increasingly larger sets, gripped Jamaica from the late forties onwards but, towards the end of the decade, the American audience began to move towards a somewhat softer sound. The driving rhythm & blues discs became increasingly hard to find and the more progressive Jamaican sound system operators, realising that they now needed to make their own music, turned to Kingston’s jazz and big band musicians to record one off custom cut discs. These were not initially intended for commercial release but designed solely for sound system play on acetate or ‘dub plates’ as they would later be termed. These ‘specials’ soon began to eclipse the popularity of American rhythm & blues and the demand for their locally produced music proved so great that the sound system operators began to release their music commercially on vinyl and became record producers. Clement ‘Coxsone’ Dodd, Duke Reid ‘The Trojan’ and Prince Buster, who operated his Voice Of The People Sound System, were among the first to establish themselves in this new role and the nascent Jamaican recording industry now went into overdrive.

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  • mufty77
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Many thanks for lossless!!
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  • mufty77
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Many thanks for Hi-Res.