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Trojan Box Set: Rock Steady [Box]
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Originally Released: 1999
Discs: 3
Label: Sanctuary (USA)
Item Number: BMG802892

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Trojan Box Set: Rock Steady [Box]
Track Listings
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0.    DISC 1:   
1.    Rock Steady - Alton Ellis (Patois)
2.    Beautiful & Dangerous - Desmond Dekker
3.    On the Beach - The Paragons
4.    Little Nut Tree - The Melodians (Patois)
5.    Teardrops Falling - The Versatiles
6.    Loser, The - Derrick Harriott
7.    Shocking Love - The Federals
8.    Just Tell Me - The Maytals
9.    Here I Stand - Justin Hinds & Dominoes
10.    Come on Now - The Ethiopians
11.    Somebody's Baby - Pat Kelly
12.    Illya Kuryakin - Ike Bennett
13.    You You - Natives in Black
14.    It's Hard to Confess - The Gaylads
15.    Do I Worry? - Derrick Harriott
16.    Conquering Ruler - Derrick Morgan (Patois)
17.    My Conversation - The Uniques
0.    DISC 2:   
1.    Island in the Sun - The Paragons
2.    To Sir with Love - Lyn Taitt
3.    You're Gonna Need Me - Errol Dunkley
4.    Don't Touch Me Tomato - Phyllis Dillon
5.    Dreader Than Dread - Honey Boy Martin (Patois)
6.    Mother's Young Gal - Desmond Dekker & the Aces (Patois)
7.    Swing and Dine - The Melodians
8.    Walk the Streets - Derrick Harriott
9.    Riding High on a Windy Day - The Paragons
10.    ABC Rocksteady - The Gaylads
11.    All My Tears - Alton Ellis
12.    Super Special - Lester Sterling
13.    Young Wings Can Fly - Johnny & the Attractions
14.    Trust the Book - The Versatiles
15.    Can't You See - Ken Boothe
16.    Borne to Love You - Derrick Harriott
17.    Wear You to the Ball - The Paragons
0.    DISC 3:   
1.    Rudies All Around - Joe White
2.    People Rocksteady - The Uniques
3.    Once upon a Time - Delroy Wilson
4.    Ba Ba Boom - The Jamaicans
5.    Live It Up - Natives in Black
6.    Upsetter, The - Lee "Scratch" Perry
7.    Solomon - Derrick Harriott
8.    Engine 54 - The Ethiopians
9.    I Want to Go Home - Derrick Morgan
10.    I'll Get Along Without You - The Melodians
11.    Save a Bread - Justin Hinds & Dominoes (Patois)
12.    Silent River (Runs Deep) - The Gaylads
13.    Time Has Come, The - The Versatiles
14.    Bongo Gal - Desmond Dekker & the Aces
15.    Shadow of Your Smile, The - Tommy McCook
16.    Over the Rainbow's End - The Gaylads
All tracks have been digitally remastered.

This 50-song, three-CD set is about as good as it gets as a compilation. The box delights, teases, and fascinates from its opening number, "Rock Steady" by Alton Ellis -- practically the first record ever to use that term. Ellis and well-known acts like Desmond Dekker, the Maytals, the Paragons, Justin Hinds & the Dominoes, and the Melodians share space with lesser-known acts such as the Versatiles, the Federals, Derrick Harriott, and the Uniques. The majority of the acts emphasize vocals, and a great degree of soulful lyricism, whereas the Maytals display a sound and a quality of musicianship closer in content and spirit to the best folk-rock acts of the period. Not all of it is exactly groundbreaking; the pedestrian "You You" by the Natives becomes generic background music very quickly. The expected names, such as the Gaylads ("It's Hard to Confess") and Lyn Taitt & the Jets (a rare instrumental version of "To Sir With Love"), do tend to dominate the proceedings. Derrick Morgan's big rocksteady hit "Greedy Gal" isn't here, but in its place is "Conquering Ruler," another worthy showcase of his talents as a singer and songwriter. Also present is the Michael Jackson of the rocksteady boom, Errol Dunkley ("You're Gonna Need Me"), who cut a string of hits in his mid-teens. Juxtaposed with heavier numbers like "Dreader Than Dread" by Honey Boy Martin, this mix of songs is a good cross-section of this short-lived but dazzlingly creative period in Jamaican (and British) music. The sound quality is generally excellent, although a few of the tracks sound like they're not from first-generation sources. The only glaring flaw is the virtual absence of serious liner notes. ~ Bruce Eder


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