VA - Merritone Rock Steady 1: Shanty Town Curfew 1966-1967 (2016)

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Title: Merritone Rock Steady 1: Shanty Town Curfew 1966-1967
Year Of Release: 2016
Label: Dub Store Records
Genre: Reggae, Dub, Ska, Dancehall
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 60:15 min
Total Size: 140 / 296 MB
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Tracklist:

01. Roland Alphonso - Sai Pan 03:14
02. The Renegades - You've Lost The Love 02:41
03. The Ethiopians - You Got To Be Clean 03:13
04. Henry Buckley - Beware Of All Those Rude Boys 02:17
05. The Tartans - What You Gonna Do Now 02:42
06. Roland Alphonso - Stranger For Durango 03:58
07. The Renegades - Knocking On My Door 02:29
08. Soul Brothers - Shanty Town Curfew 03:43
09. Oswald Sewell - Where Can He Go 03:13
10. Henry Buckley - If I Am Right 03:08
11. Roland Alphonso - How Soon 03:08
12. Pulus - Sow To Reap 02:31
13. The Renegades - Big And Fine 02:33
14. Black Brothers - Born To Rule 02:14
15. Laxton Ford - Finders Keepers 02:35
16. Hopeton Lewis - Run Down 02:46
17. Oswald Sewell - Oh My Love 02:21
18. Hopeton Lewis - Pick Yourself Up 02:49
19. The Tartans - Dance All Night 04:09
20. The Tartans - What Can I Do 02:33
21. The Federal All Stars - Merritone False Starts 1 02:09

Ken Khouri's Federal Records gave Jamaica its musical identity The Federal Record Manufacturing facility was the first pressing plant in Jamaica... their studio gave birth to mento, ska, rock steady and reggae of the highest calibre. This album features an astonishing selection of well known classics and rarities transferred straight from their master tape.

Dub Store Records is the Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae and Dancehall reissue label run by the eponymous Tokyo based record store. The label aims at accurately covering the 50-plus years of Jamaican music, and pass on many rare and magnificent recordings, which are non-commercial and highly artistic. Carefully handing down the tradition of reggae music, Dub Store Records has so far issued recordings from labels and artists such as Studio One, Federal Records (Federal, Kentone, Merritone), Jammys, Bunny Wailer's Solomonic, Derrick Harriott, Kiddus I, Redman International, King Tubby’s Firehouse, Fam's, BMN and much more to come.