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From Mento to Lovers' Rock - Episode 6

Linton Kwesi Johnson continues his 10-part history of Jamaican music. In part six, he considers the social unrest on the island in the sixties and the emergence of the new rocksteady style.

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Wed 14 Aug 2024 02:00
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Music Played

  • The Ethiopians

    TRAIN TO SKAVILLE

    • LET'S DO ROCKSTEADY THE STORY OF ROCKSTEADY 1966-68.
    • TROJAN.
    • TJDDD-027.

  • The Skatalites

    Johnny Dark

    • In Memory Of Don Drummond.
    • Coxsone Records.
    • CSL 8021.

  • Peter Tosh

    Rasta Shook Them Up

    • THE TOUGHEST.
    • HEARTBEAT.
    • CDHB-150.

  • The Rulers

    Copasetic

    • VINYL SINGLE.
    • Rio.
    • R 107.

  • Delroy Wilson

    DANCING MOOD

    • ISLAND 1959-1999 VOL 2.
    • ISLAND.
    • PRCD-75552.

  • The Tartans

    Dance All Night

    • VINYL SINGLE.
    • Island Records.
    • WI-3058.

  • The Soul Brothers

    Sound Pressure

    • VINYL SINGLE.
    • Island Records.
    • WI-3036.

  • The Wailing Wailers

    Rude Boy

    • VINYL SINGLE.
    • Studio One.
    • S1001.

  • Prince Buster

    Judge Dredd

    • Prince Buster: Fabulous Greatest Hits.
    • Trojan.
    • TJCCD-07.

  • Honeyboy Martin

    DREADER THAN DREAD

    • VINYL SINGLE.
    • Caltone.
    • Tone 103.

  • The Defenders

    Set Them Free

    • VINYL SINGLE.
    • Doctor Bird.
    • DB-1104.

  • Desmond Dekker

    007

    • Reggae Classics.
    • Capital Gold.
    • 9808538-1.

  • ELLIS, ALTON AND THE FLAMES

    GIRL I'VE GOT A DATE

    • VERSION GALORE.
    • TROJAN.
    • TJDDD-056.

  • Alton Ellis

    ROCKSTEADY

    • Trojan Box Set.
    • TROJAN RECORDS.
    • TRBCD-003.

  • The Jamaicans

    Baba Boom

    • Duke Reid Rock's Steady.
    • Trojan.
    • TJDDD-363.

  • Slim Smith

    Happy Times

    • VINYL SINGLE.
    • Heartbeat Records.
    • HEARTBEAT CD 3501.

  • The Techniques

    You Don't Care

    • Duke Reid Rocks Steady (Disc 1).
    • EMI Tunes Ltd.
    • CD-001.

  • The Heptones

    Why Did You Leave Me?

    • VINYL SINGLE.
    • Studio One.
    • SO 2026.

  • The Paragons

    THE TIDE IS HIGH

    • LETS DO ROCKSTEADY.
    • TROJAN.
    • 803-20.

  • The Ethiopians

    THE WHIP

    • The Original Reggae Hitsound Of The Ethiopians.
    • Trojan Records.
    • TRLS 228.

  • Alton Ellis

    I Can't Stand It

    • VINYL SINGLE.
    • New Beat Records.
    • NB 010.

  • Norma Fraser

    THE FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST

    • VINYL SINGLE.
    • Studio One.
    • None.

  • Phyllis Dillon

    PERFIDIA

    • ROCKSTEADY SOUL.
    • METRO.
    • METRCD-061.

  • Marcia Griffiths

    FEEL LIKE JUMPING

    • STUDIO ONE ROCKERS.
    • SOUL JAZZ.
    • SJRCD-48.

  • The Impressions

    MINSTREL AND QUEEN

    • THE IMPRESSIONS/NEVER ENDING IMPRESSIONS.
    • KENT.
    • CDKEND-126.

  • The Techniques

    Queen Majesty

    • Queen Majesty - Best of the Techniques Disc 1 1965-1974.
    • Trojan.
    • TJDDD-286.

  • Jackie Mittoo

    Medley

  • The Techniques

    Day O (The Banana Boat Song)

    • The Best Of The Techniques.
    • Trojan Records.
    • TJDDD-286.

  • The Heptones

    Cry, baby cry

    • The Heptones.
    • Studio One.
    • SOL 9002.

  • Slim Smith

    Rougher Yet

    • VINYL SINGLE.
    • Studio One.
    • SO-0078.

  • Freddie McGregor

    Bobby Babylon

    • bobby babylon.
    • heartbeat.
    • 11661-78152.

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