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Sound System Rockers: Kingston Town 1969-1975 LP
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Kingston Sounds Records
The sound system has become part of today's musical/cultural heritage, playing the people's favorite hits or just as important, breaking some new tunes. But perhaps less known are the roots of the sound system, which began way back when... in Kingston... Around the late 1940s, the sound system began to overtake the big bands that usually played at the dances in Kingston. The American rhythm and blues records that were so popular at the time would find their way to Jamaica via the merchant sailors and migrant workers returning from their stints in America. For economic reasons alone it would pay to have a DJ on hand to play these hits rather than a ten-piece band that could eat and drink the promotor out of the house and on curried goat! The early sound systems were basic affairs built around a single record deck, a valve amp and a speaker. But by the 1950s they had grown to purpose-built speakers the size of wardrobes that could be heard blocks away. Record producer Bunny "Striker" Lee would remember the time "sound systems was like our radio station... not many people on the island would own a wireless, so it was the way for the people to hear their music." This selection of lovers, ballads, root's classics made the sound systems of Jamaica the place to be. So sit back and enjoy the ride... Sound System Rockers... one and all. Features Ken Booth, Horace Andy, Leroy Smart, Dennis Brown, Cornell Campbell, John Holt, Delroy Wilson, Gregory Isaacs, Johnny Clarke, Freddie McGregor, Linval Thompson, Barry Brown, and Pat Kelly.
01. Ken Booth - Satta Massa Gana
02. Horace Andy - Guiding Star
03. Leroy Smart - Shame & Pride
04. Dennis Brown - Stick By Me
05. Cornell Campbell ¬- Can't Get Me Out
06. John Holt - Riding For A Fall
07. Delroy Wilson - Once Upon A Time
08. Gregory Isaacs - The Village
09. Johnny Clarke - Ride On Girl
10. Freddie McGregor - Mighty King
11. Linval Thompson - Whip Them King
12. Barry Brown - Lead Us Jah Jah
13. Pat Kelly - Everybody Needs Love