Label: LMLR

Released 8/30/2024

Forming the bridge between ska and reggae, Rock Steady is arguably the most influential of Jamaican music's many sub-genres. Although it lasted only a couple of years, Rock Steady yielded several of the island's most immortal rhythm tracks. It is also probably the most contested of reggae formats, the innovations behind its irresistible beat claimed by a range of practitioners.

Track listing:

1. Duke Reid & His Group: Duke's Cookies
2. The Skatalites: Yard Broom
3. Stranger Cole & Patsy Todd: Hey, Hey, Baby
4. Roland Alphonso: Blackberry Brandy
5. Justin Hinds & the Dominoes: Carry, Go, Bring, Come
6. Tommy McCook: Starry Night
7. Alton Ellis: Cry Tough
8. The Paragons: The Tide Is High
9. Don Drummond: Thoroughfare
10. Baba Brooks & Eric 'Monty' Morris: Strongman Sampson
11. The Skatalites: Occupation
12. Marguerita & Don Drummond:
13. Woman a Come
14. Duke Reid's Group: Pink Lane Shuffle
15. The Silvertones: Midnight Hour
16. The Valentines: Blam Blam Fever
17. The Coolies: On the Bank
18. Stranger Cole & the Skatalites: Rough and Tough
19. The Melodians: Come on, Little Girl
20. The Techniques: Oh Babe