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Various Artists: Dawning Of A New Era (TJDDD252)

Wow this takes me back, back to my era where I first came across theserocksteady tunes the formulative years of my youth. How I well remember happening on a lot of these sounds.

Not all are brilliant but those that are certainly encapsulate an era and this compilation certainly does what it sets out to do, it hits the spot.

A CRACKING START WITH Rudy Mills wonderful John Jones, son of a gun, followed by several derrick Morgan’s (especially Fat Man) who for a period was everybody’s number one.

Even back then I always loved the vocal groups and none more so that the Pioneers whose excellent Reggae Beat and Su Su Su are both featured here. Of course wet Dream hit big time and mostly because of it’s lyrical content but it was a great riddim and there were many versions and here we feature the Reggae Boys What you gonna do.

Other top tracks are the Tenors Another Scorcher, peanut vendor, lloyd Charners – Argument, Glen Adams Cat Woman (Pat Kelly’s How Long),

Various Artists: Dawning Of A New Era (TJDDD252)

Format: Double CD album Released: Aug 22 2005 Price: £13.99 'Dawning of a New Era' pulls together for the first time 2 CD’s worth of prime records from 1968-69, a period when Skinheads were still largely an underground youth movement and not a violent newspaper headline. Focusing on rare and in demand records rather than the obligatory Pop chart placings, many of the tracks on this set never been issued since their original small pressings nearly thirty-five years ago. And with artists of the caliber of Rico Rodriquez, Lloyd Charmers, The Tennors, Lester Sterling, the Ethiopians and Tommy McCook featured, this collection will undoubtedly be highly sought-after by all fans of the Skinhead sound.

Tracklisting

2-CD SET

DISC 1:

John Jones - Rudy Mills

Gimme Back - Derrick Morgan

In Like Flint - The Good Guys

Tommy's Dream - Tommy McCook

Son Of Reggae - Sylvan Williams

Quaker City - Eric Barnett & Theo Beckford's Group

Reggae Beat - The Pioneers

Groovin' At The Cue - Dandy & His Group

(What A) Revenge - Derrick Morgan And Desmond Dekker

Fat Man - Derrick Morgan

South Parkway Rock - Val Bennett

Rescue Me - The Reggae Girls (AKA The Ebony Sisters)

What You Gonna Do - The Reggae Boys

Night Of Love - Ansel Collins

Wala Wala - The Pioneers

Mix It Up - The Kingstonians

Forest Gate Rock - Lester Sterling

Soul Scorcha - Karl 'King Cannon' Bryan & The Harry J All Stars

She's So Fine - Glen Adams

Magic Touch - Junior Murvin

Reggie On Broadway - Lester Sterling

DISC 2:

Another Scorcher - The Tennors

The Avengers - Tommy McCook

5 To 5 - Lloyd Charmers

Rock Steady Gone - Dandy

Reggae Hit The Town - The Ethiopians

Su Su Su - The Pioneers

Dip It Up - The Sparklers

Splash Down - The Crystalites

Peanut Vendor - Tommy McCook

Wooh Oh Oh - Keith Blake

My Argument - Lloyd Charmers

Wise Message - Rico & The All Stars

Cool Hand Luke - Brother Dan & The All Stars

Drop Pon - The Crystalites

Eastern Organ - Brother Dan & The All Stars

Baby Baby - Val Bennett

Cat Woman - Glen Adams

Parapinto - Karl Ryan & Johnny Moore

Last Laugh - Lloyd Charmers

Reggae Girl - The Tennors

Spoogy - Lester Sterling