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Howdy,

I’ve been trying to piece together an early reggae / rocksteady show for a few months now and with the help of a friend, Julie, I was able to pull off an hour or so. I have unfortunately only scratched the surface with these tunes in this post but it’s a beginning, and hopefully I’ll get another set of this sorta music together in the coming (winter) months.

Also, if you like non-commercial college radio then you’ll want to check this out.

The Pioneers “Long Shot Kick De Bucket” from Long Shot

Bob Marley and The Wailers “Soon Come” from the complete wailers

The Ethiopians “Good Ambition” from Trojan Originals Box Set

Jackie Mittoo “One Step Beyond” from Evening Time ”

The Heptones “Equal Rights” from On Top

The Kingstonians “Your Love” from sufferer

Prince Buster “Judge Dred” from the Fabulous

Slim Smith “Keep That Light” from Slim Smith Selected Hits

The Rulers “Wrong em boyo” from Revolution Rock

Horace Andy “Fever” from Studio One Root Roots

Desmond Dekker & The Aces “Fu Man Chu” from This Is Desmond Dekkar

Millie “White Boys” from Time Will Tell

The Upsetters “The Vampire” from Upsetter UK singles

The Natives “You You” from trojan rocksteady boxset

Dandy Livingstone “Put On Your Dancing Shoes” from Dandy Returns

Norma Fraser “The First Cut Is the Deepest” from studio one soul

Phyllis Dillon “Midnight Confessions” from love is all i had

Freddie McGregor “Africa Here I Come” from Freddie McGregor: The Anthology

The Sonics “He’s Waitin’” from Boom!

Them “Secret Police” from Belfast Gypsies

Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo De Cotonou “Minsato Le, Mi Dayihome”

United Travel Service “Wind And Stone”

Click Horning “Crazy Hannah” from Click

The Bantams “Ticket To Ride” from Beware! The Bantams