Jamaican 50th Independence Musical Countdown!

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'l':

a very special cuban born performer in sun glasses who's been on the forefront of jamaican music since the very early days, mr laurel aitken, here with a lovely '67 rocksteady:

 

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'm':

will have to be the melodians. it even mentions '67' in the song title, so for that alone it's worth posting it here. i like it, it reminds me very much of the early ethiopians recordings.




eta:

another one mentioning the year '67:

 

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'n':

i'm always struggling with 'n', but this rocksteady by the natives sounds very '67 to me, can anybody confirm its release year?

 

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'o':

not as obscure as yesterday's originators, but a tune with a tonne of groove to it nevertheless:

 

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'p':

phyllis dillon's first release. lovely, lovely stuff.

 

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'q':

fuck knows....help me out, ringo!

 

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'r':

the rulers with be mine:

 

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'q':

fuck knows....help me out, ringo!

 

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's':

soulful carib soul by the soul agents:

 

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't':

 

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'u':

the uniques begging a girl to let him go.

 

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'v':

the valentines. great tune, love the bass voice

 

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'w':

will have to be the wailers, here with a tosh number:

 

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right, i'm done here, i leave x, y and z from 1967 to yous, ska and ringo

 

[ska invita]

some great picks there

 

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disregarding our alphabethical research project, this '67 stomper i like:

 

[ringo]

Gwaan Big Seb

Y: Best I can do

You Don't Love Me (No No No) - Dawn Penn [original cut]

 

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X:

Only Sixteen - Heptones

 

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Z:

Zazuka - Tommy McCook

 

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Loving Pauper - Dobby Dobson

 

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Derrick Harriott - The Loser

 

[Fedayn]

Loving Pauper - Dobby Dobson

A fucking classic, absolutely superb.

Might I say folks, this is a fucking superb thread.

 

[Fedayn]

I'll add a couple.....

One of my favourite singers of all time....



One of my favourite songs of all time....

 

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The Greatest - Winston Samuels

 

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Z:
Zazuka - Tommy McCook

what a sweet tune - loving this very muchly

 

[ska invita]

One of my favourite singers of all time....

wow - need to get to know more ken boothe

 

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Gwaan Big Seb

Y: Best I can do

You Don't Love Me (No No No) - Dawn Penn [original cut]

always had this down as a 69er for some reason. i like it so much that i would have posted it three times on sunday: once for 'd', once for 'p' and once for 'y'. and prolly once more, just in case anybody missed it.
if it really is a 67er it was well ahead of its time.........fucking

 

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X:

Only Sixteen - Heptones

what a tune! alton ellis really is the ultimate king of rocksteady!

talking of which - doesn't legend go that alton ellis formed the term 'rocksteady' with the same-named tune in '67? and if that's true - what did people call all these beautiful songs we posted in '66? or am i mixing things up here?

 

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Classic thread. *googles youtube to mp3 downloader*

 

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Derrick Harriott - The Loser

who plays piano on this one? could it be lenny hibbert before he went solo? sounds very much like him, he's unlike any other jamaican piano players from that period i can think of....