SIDE A
1. The Jamaicans – Ba-Ba-Boom Time
2. Tommy McCook And The Supersonics – Tommy’s Rock Steady
3. The Techniques – Drink Wine
4. Tommy McCook And The Supersonics – Hot Rock
5. Miller, Williams, Yount – Release Me
6. Tommy McCook And The Supersonics – Hey Leroy
SIDE B
1. The Techniques – Queen Majesty
2. Tommy McCook And The Supersonics – Soul Serenade
3. The Paragons – Mercy Mercy
4. Phyllis Dillon – Dont Touch Me Tomato
5. The Melodians – You Don’t Need Me
6. Tommy McCook And The Supersonics – Down Bond Street
The Treasure Isle Recording Studio, which is now acknowledged as the leader in producing the hits of Jamaica-and where Rock Steady all happened. Backing all the tracks on this LP is Tommy McCook and the Supersonics, the original Rock Steady Band. Tommy, on tenor sax, is one of Jamaica’s greatest musicians, and his arrangements on this and other records, as well as his superb solo work,Ê are evidence of this. Thanks to the artists, musicians, engineers, and the producer, Duke ReidÑhere is Rock Steady at its best.
Jamaica’s most successful producer, manager, and promoter is undoubtedly Duke Reid. Many may remember him as Duke ReidÑThe Trojan, with his famous, and for many successive years, top award-winning, Trojan Sound System; and his almost legendary Saturday evening Radio Programme ÒTreasure Isle TimeÓ. Duke Reid produced and promoted his first record in 1959, and since then has contributed to the success of a vast number of Jamaican artists: Millie Small, Derrick Morgan, Hortense Ellis, Laurel Aitken, The Techniques, Alton Ellis and the Flames, Ken Boothe, Stranger Cole, and many others. And as for recordsÑremember ÒDukes CookingÓ. ÒRough and ToughÓ, ÒCarry Go Bring ComeÓ, ÒMusical CommunionÓ, ÒRiver BankÓ-to name but a few.
Greatest Jamaican Beat is available as a limited edition of 750 individually numbered copies on orange coloured vinyl.
180 gram audiophile vinyl
Limited edition of 750 individually numbered copies on orange coloured vinyl