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Various Artists: Best of Jamaican R&B: Jamaican Blues Beat 1 - VINYL LP

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Title:

Best of Jamaican R&B: Jamaican Blues Beat 1

Artist:

Various Artists

Label:

Sanctuary Records

Product Type:

VINYL LP

UPC:

881034134608

Genre:

Reggae

Release Date:

2015-06-16

Number of Discs:

1

Vinyl LP pressing, an installment in a series of newly created Trojan Records compilations celebrating the 2015 re-launch of the label. Shortly before the advent of Ska, Jamaica rocked to a sound variously known as Jamaican Blues, Shuffle Blues, or Blues Beat Influenced by U.S. musicians such as Rosco Gordon and Fats Domino, the style emphasized the off-beat and laid the foundation for the Ska sound of the early sixties Features 12 classic tracks from Desmond Dekker, Roland Alphonso, Derrick Morgan, Roy & Millie, Laurel Aitken, The Living Juniors, Owen Gray & The Caribs, Drumbago & His Band, The Melody Enchanters and others.

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