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KOY 007LP
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RELEASE DATE: 11/14/2025
Get ready, it's rocksteady! One of the coolest music styles ever in Jamaican music and a real tornado for the mid-sixties island scene. Pianist Gladstone Anderson was a prolific artist and one of the most requested session players of the era. First released in 1968 Glad Sounds sees the pianist backed by guitarist Lynn Taitt and the Jets for a pulsating track list full of instrumental rocksteady hits composed by the likes of Desmond Dekker, Ken Boothe, and The Gaylads.
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KOY 006LP
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$23.50
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RELEASE DATE: 11/14/2025
Another gem from the brief but influential golden age of rocksteady. This is legendary saxophonist Roland Alphonso at the head of the so-called Original Orchestra a short-lived ensemble that included some of Jamaica's finest session players. ABC Rocksteady consists of elegant instrumental versions of popular hits composed by record producer Sonia Pottinger.
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KOY 004LP
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Keith Lynn and Ken Lazarus were singers for Byron Lee's Dragonaires. Their debut album on 4 Corners Of The World was released in UK in 1964. Featuring a track by Mongo Santamaria -- the opener "Tear Up (Fat Back)" -- the album was considered an excellent early reggae and calypso tinged production.
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KOY 005LP
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"My Boy Lollipop," cut in London by a group of session musicians and featuring her childlike, extremely high-pitched vocals, was the first international ska hits and introduced global audiences to the bluebeat style. Millie Small, who was known as "the Blue Beat Girl," was just a teenager at the time, and little was heard from her after she left the business in the early '70s. Originally released in 1964 on Fontana in the UK, this album is widely considered a milestone.
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KOY 003LP
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Long-awaited reissue of this rare Jamaican compilation, originally licensed in 1964 on local imprint Soulsville Center. Prince Buster is the obvious matador here with five exclusive tracks. Also featuring ska stalwarts The Maytals, Don Drummond, Roland Alphonso, The Skatalites, Gaynor & Errol, Millie Small & Roy Panton, and Owen Gray.
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KOY 002LP
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Long-awaited reissue of this rare Jamaican ska record, originally released in 1964. In 1961 Byron Lee And The Dragonaries took a huge break when they were part of the first James Bond film -- Dr. No -- as the hotel band. In 1964, the band was also featured in a broadcast called "This is Ska!" alongside Jimmy Cliff, Prince Buster, and Toots and the Maytals. Amazing back cover illustrations: how to learn classic ska dance in 12 easy steps!
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KOY 001LP
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One of the earliest and rarest compilation of Jamaican ska jazz, released in 1961 on the iconic Blue Beat Record. Featuring Don Drummond, Roland Alphonso, Cecil Lloyd, Alton Ellis, Derrick Harriott, Rico Rodriguez, The Charmers, The Jiving Juniors, Aubrey Adams, Clancey Eccles, Clu J. and His Blues Blasters, E. Parkins, Carol McLaughlin, Chuck Josephs, Dobby Dobson, and Lascelles Perkins.
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