Sound System Rockers / Various: Sound System Rockers (Various Artists)
Sound System Rockers / Various: Sound System Rockers (Various Artists)
Format: VINYL LP
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Artist: Sound System Rockers / Various
Label: Kingston Sounds
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 5036848002031
Genre: Reggae
LP version. 2019 repress. 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.
Tracks:
1.1 Satta Massa Gana - Ken Booth
1.2 Guiding Star - Horace Andy
1.3 Shame ; Pride - Leroy Smart
1.4 Stick By Me - Dennis Brown
1.5 Can't Get Me Out - Cornell Campbell
1.6 Riding for a Fall - John Holt
1.7 Once Upon a Time - Delroy Wilson
1.8 The Village - Gregory Issacs
1.9 Ride on Girl - Johnny Clarke
1.10 Mighty King - Freddy McGregor
1.11 Whip Them a King - Linval Thompson
1.12 Lead Us Jah Jah - Barry Brown
1.13 Everybody Needs Love - Pat Kelly
1.14 Play It Cool - Alton Ellis
1.15 Mule Train - Count Prince Millar
1.16 Natty Bongo - Owen Gray
