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    First Class Rock Steady

    17 North Parade
      • 1. Hopeton Lewis – Take It Easy
      • 2. Roy Shirley – Hold Them
      • 3. The Heptones – I Am Lonely
      • 4. The Tartans – Dance All Night
      • 5. Alton Ellis & The Flames – Rock Steady
      • 6. The Jamaicans – Ba Ba Boom
      • 7. Patsy Todd – Pata Pata Rock Steady
      • 8. The Melodians – Last Train To Expo 67
      • 9. Dobby Dobson – I'm A Loving Pauper
      • 10. Errol Dunkley – Please Stop Your Lying
      • 11. Alva "Reggie" Lewis – Return Home
      • 12. Stranger & Gladdy – Just Like A River
      • 13. Lynn Taitt & The Jets – El Casino Royale
      • 14. Honey Boy Martin – Dreader Than Dread
      • 15. The Jupiters (2) – The Return Of Ezekial
      • 16. Carlton Manning – Live And Love
      • 17. The Melodians – Last Train To Ecstasy
      • 18. Errol Dunkley – You're Gonna Need Me
      • 19. The Sensations – Born To Love You
      • 20. Hopeton Lewis – Sounds And Pressure
      • 21. The Techniques – You Don't Care
      • 22. Pat Kelly – Little Boy Blue
      • 23. The Paragons – Left With A Broken Heart
      • 24. The Gaylads – ABC Rock Steady
      • 25. The Uniques – The Beatitude
      • 26. Alva "Reggie" Lewis – Revelation
      • 27. Ken Parker – A Change Is Gonna Come
      • 28. Val Bennett – The Russians Are Coming
      • 29. Derrick Morgan – The Great Musical Battle
      • 30. The Overtakers – The Big Takeover
      • 31. Lee Perry – I Am The Upsetter
      • 32. Keith Blake (2) – Musically
      • 33. The Clarendonians – Lonely Heartaches
      • 34. Lynn Taitt & The Jets – Napoleon Solo
      • 35. Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Intensified
      • 36. The Paragons – Got To Get Away
      • 37. Johnny Nash – Hold Me Tight
      • 38. The Sensations – Long Time Me No See You
      • 39. Stranger & Gladdy – Seeing Is Knowing
      • 40. Stranger Cole – Darling Jeboza Macoo

      Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Rocksteady music genre, 17 North Parade presents "First Class Rocksteady". The collection captures early work from some of the genre's defining artists Hopeton Lewis, Alton Ellis, Lynn Taitt, The Heptones, the list goes on...

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