Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Rocksteady, 17 North Parade presents “First Class Rocksteady”: a comprehensive 40-track collection of the pivotal selections from that genre that preceded reggae in Jamaica. 
This cream of the crop sound was a mid-step between ska, which was the leading island sound, and reggae – a sound that slows the tempo but keeps the guitar accent on the upbeat. This fine 2CD-set captures the work from some of the genre’s defining artists in state-of-the-art sound quality with sleeve notes and images!

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Track-list:

CD1

1. Take It Easy - Hopetoun Lewis
2. Hold Them - Roy Shirley
3. I Am Lonely - Heptones
4. Dance All Night - The Tartans
5. Rock Steady - Alton Ellis
6. Ba Ba Boom - The Jamaicans
7. Pata Pata Rocksteady - Patsy & The Count Ossie Banf
8. Last Train To Expo 67 - The Melodians
9. I'm a Loving Pauper - Dobby Dobson
10. Please Stop Your Lying - Errol Dunkley
11. Return Home - Alva Lewis
12. Just Like a River - Stranger Cole & Gladdy
13. El Casino Royale - Lynn Tait & The Jets
14. Dreaded Than Dread - Honey Boy Martin
15. The Return of Ezekiel - The Jupiters
16. Live and Love - Carlton Manning
17. Last Train To Ecstasy - The Melodians
18. You're Gonna Need Me - Errol Dunkley
19. Born To Love You - The Sensations
20. Sounds ad Pressure - Hopeton Lewis

CD2

1. You Don't Care - The Techniques
2. Little Boy Blue - Pat Kelly
3. Left With a Broken Heart - The Paragons
4. ABC Rocksteady - The Gaylads
5. The Beatitude - The Uniques
6. Revelation - Alva Lewis
7. A Change Is Gonna Come - Ken Parker
8. The Russians Are Coming - Val Bennett
9. The Great Musical Battle - Derrick Morgan
10. The Big Take Over - The Overtakers
11. I Am the Upsetter - Lee
12. Musically - Keith Blake
13. Lonely Heartaches - The Claedonians
14. Napoleon Solo - Lynn Tait & The Jets
15. Intensified - Desmond Dekker
16. Got to Get Away - The Paragons
17. Hold Me Tight - Johnny Nash
18. Long Time Me No See You Girl - The Sensations
19. Seeing is Knowing - Stranger Cole & Gladdy
20. Darling Jeboza Macoo - Stanger Cole