THE HISTORY OF BLUE BEAT: THE BIRTH OF SKA (BB101 – BB125 A & B SIDES) (3CD SET)

Artist: Various Artists
Format: 3CD
Bar-code: 5060342021199
Cat No: NOT3CD119

£7.99

The sound of Jamaica in the early Sixties was bluebeat, dance music that ‘had a good beat and was bluesy’. The definition came from Sigmund ‘Siggy’ Jackson, the man who licensed the music from the island’s record labels and brought it to London where Emile E Shalit’s Melodisc Records took it to the market. This is the fifth in an ongoing series of compilations of Blue Beat singles, issued in 1962: more than 400 singles plus a handful of LPs were released in the label’s seven-year lifespan. Only one (Prince Buster’s release ‘Al Capone’) made the UK charts, but the label proved so influential that its name came to define a genre.

CD 1

1. My Sound That Goes Around – Prince Buster & His Torch Lighters
2. They Got To Go – Prince Buster & His Torch Lighters
3. Tell Me Why – The Blues Busters
4. I’ve Done You Wrong – The Blues Busters
5. Lonely Days – Owen Gray & Sonny Bradshaw Quartet
6. No Good Woman – Owen Gray & Sonny Bradshaw Quartet
7. Fool’s Day – Lloyd Clarke & Reco’s All Stars
8. You’re A Cheat – Lloyd Clarke & Reco’s All Stars
9. Pack Up Your Troubles – Eric Morris
10. Oh What A Smile Can Do – Eric Morris
11. Oh Shirley – Derrick Morgan And Patsy
12. Sam The Fisherman – Basil Gabidon’s Group
13. You Better Be Gone – Beresford Ricketts & The Blue Beats
14. I’ve Been Walking – Beresford Ricketts & The Blue Beats
15. Keep It In Mind – Owen Gray
16. Do You Want To Jump – Owen Gray
17. Lucille – Laurel Aitken & The Blue Beats
18. I Love You More Everyday – Laurel Aitken & The Blue Beats

CD 2

1. Are You Going To Marry Me? – Derrick Morgan & Patsy
2. Troubles – Derrick Morgan & Patsy
3. Iverene – Basil Gabbidon
4. Lover Man – Basil Gabbidon
5. Four Corners Of The World – Roland Alphonso & The Alley Cats
6. Romantic Shuffle – The Shiners
7. Best Twist – Owen Gray
8. Grandma, Grandpa – Owen Gray & The City Slickers
9. Crying Over You – The Charmers with Prince Buster
10. Now You Want To Cry – The Charmers with Prince Buster
11. G.I. Lady  – Eric Morris & Prince Buster All Stars
12. Going To The River – Eric Morris & Prince Buster All Stars
13. Independence Song – Prince Buster & Blue Beats
14. Aug-62 – Rico & His Blues Band
15. Murder – Leo & Owen with Drumbago All Stars
16. Fourty Four – Roy Panton with Drumbago All Stars

CD 3

1. My Happy Home – Roy & Patsy Hersang & Combo
2. In Your Arms Dear – Roy & Patsy Hersang & Combo
3. Twelve Minutes To Go – Duke Reid Group
4. Midnight – Hortense Ellis & Duke Reid Group
5. Sixty Days & Sixty Nights – Laurel Aitken & Les Dawson Combo
6. Going To Kansas City – Laurel Aitken & Les Dawson Combo
7. Crying In The Chapel – Derrick & Patsy & Duke Reid Group
8. Come Back My Love – Derrick & Patsy & Duke Reid Group
9. Give Me A Chance – Lloyd Robinson & Rico Rodriguez
10. When You Walk – Lloyd Robinson & Rico Rodriguez
11. Oh My Love – Derrick & Patsy
12. Let’s Go To The Party – Derrick & Pasty
13. Independent Blues – B.Gabbidon
14. For You My Love – B.Gabbidon
15. When It’s Spring – Keith And Enid with Sonny Bradshaw Orchestra
16. True Love – Keith And Enid with Sonny Bradshaw Orchestra