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01. Roy Shirley - Love and Devotion
02. Roy Shirley - If I Don't Know
03. Glen Adams - Taking Over Orange Street
04. Lester Sterling - It Might As Well Be Spring
05. Uniques - Girl of My Dreams
06. Roy Shirley - Good Ambition
07. Lester Sterling - Soul Voyage
08. Glen Adams - Hold Down Miss Winey
09. Errol Dunkley - I'm Going Home
10. George Dekker - Foey Man
11. Uniques - Hooray
12. Don T. Lee - It's Reggae Time
13. Webber Sisters - My World
14. Alva Lewis - Revelation
15. Ken Rose - Wall Flower
16. Glen Adams - I Remember
ARTIST
TITLE
Rocksteady Taking Over Orange Street 1966-1968
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
KSCD 057CD KSCD 057CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
7/10/2015

Rocksteady took over Orange Street, Kingston, Jamaica around 1966, the same time that an extreme heat wave hit the Jamaican Island. Some say the previous jerky ska rhythms proved too strenuous of an activity to partake in during the all night sound systems, so it proved a winning formula to slow the beat down to a more leisurely pace. Whatever the reasons were, this two-year period that ran until 1968 would see some of the power escape from the big three producers -- Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, Prince Buster, and Duke Reid -- who up to that period ruled the airwaves. It was time to make room for a new wave of up-and-coming producers who also had something to offer the people. So sit back and enjoy some rocksteady straight from the dances of Jamaica. Includes tracks by Roy Shirley, Glen Adams, Lester Sterling, Uniques, Errol Dunkley, George Dekker, Don T. Lee, Webber Sisters, Alva Lewis. CD includes two bonus tracks: "Wall Flower" by Ken Rose and "I Remember" by Glen Adams.