A little walk through history of the stupendous output of early R'n'B shuffle, jazz, afro, bluebeat, ska and rocksteady that came outta from Jamaica from 1958 - 1969. A mixed bag selection wise, stuff I'm digging, some crucial rare business as well as some bonifide classics that defined reggae as we know it. The jazz side of things shows the class of musicians that formed the foundation of the Ska sound while the R&B and shuffle sounds borrowed heavily from the US mainland pop records and where given the Jamaican Rub. Wheeel up!
The Cyril X Diaz and His Orchestra - Tabu (1958)
The Wrigglers f/ Ernest Ranglin - Don't Touch Me Tomato (1958)
Denzil Laing and The Wrigglers - Bloodshot Eyes (1958)
Duke Reid's All Stars - Pink Lane Shuffle (1959)
Theophilus Beckford - Easy Snapping (1959)
Eric Grant Orchestra - Uncle Joe (1960)
Derrick Morgan - Fat Man (1960)
Don Drummond - Further East (1960)
Higgs and Wilson - Manny On (1960)
Roland Alphonso and Cecil Lloyd - Oceans 11 (1961)
The Jiving Juniors and Duke Reid - Lollipop Girl (1961)
The Folkes Brothers and Count Ossie Afro Combo - Oh Carolina (1961)
Neville Esson - Wicked And Dreadful (1961)
Clancy Eccles - Freedom (1961)
Lascelles Perkins, Clue J and His Blues Basters - Creation (1961)
The Jiving Junior, Hersan and His City Slickers - Hip Rub (1961)
The Jiving Juniors - Sugar Dandy (1962)
Winston and Roy f/ Count Ossie and His Warrikas - Babylon Gone (1962)
Prince Buster - Creation (1963)
Justin Hinds and the Dominoes - Carry Go Bring Come (1963)
Ernest Ranglin - Surfin' (1964)
Tommy McCook and The Skatalites - Jazz Walking (1964)
Prince Buster and The All Stars - Al Capone (1964)
The Skatalites - Exodus (1965)
Prince Buster - And I Love Her (1965)
Jackie Opel - You're Too Bad (1965)
Jackie Opel - Shelter In The Storm (1965)
Lord Creator - King & Queen Babylon (1965)
Don Drummond - Don De Lion (1965)
Lord Creator - Come Down '68 + (1965)
Treasure Isle All Stars - Alley Cat Ska (1965)
Skatalites - Man In The Street (1965)
Tommy McCook - My True Confession (1966)
Hopeton Lewis - This Music Got Soul (1966)
Toots and the Maytals - Hold On (1966)
The Techniques - You Don't Care (1967)
Alton Ellis - Rocksteady (1967)
The Silvertones - Buddy Bum (1967)
The Melodians - You Have Caught Me (1967)
Earl Lowe (Little Roy) - I Am Gonna Cool It (1967)
The Invaders - Sweet Soul Rocking (1968)
Winston Jarrett - Ease Me Up Officer (1969)
Slim Smith and The Sensations - Born to Love You (1969)
