/r/Rocksteady

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Sub related to Jamaican music genres of the 60s: ska, rocksteady and reggae

Welcome to Rocksteady!

This community is dedicated to the Rocksteady sound; a style of music that started as an offshoot from early Jamaican ska in the late 60's and helped to bring about the evolution of reggae as a new genre.

Feel free to post any rocksteady, skinhead reggae and early-ska related music and links. Keep it polite and enjoy your stay!

Related subreddits:

r/reggae r/ska r/dub

/r/Rocksteady

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Jamaican Jazz Orchestra - Ungawe

Great track from these Belgian heavy hitters 🇧🇪 Also recommend “rain walk” really good album 👊

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2025/01/21
12:09 UTC
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Lester Sterling With Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Inez - 1966

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2025/01/20
03:14 UTC
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Baba Brooks - Guns Fever - 1965

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2025/01/20
03:04 UTC
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The Skatalites - Guns Of Navarone - 1965

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2025/01/20
03:01 UTC
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Buster All Stars - City Riot - 1964

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2025/01/20
03:00 UTC
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Baba Brooks & His Recording Band - This Is Thunder - 1966

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2025/01/20
02:56 UTC
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Jah jazz orchestra

Amazing band, such a great sound and really clever compositions, if you enjoy it and like a bit of jazz definitely worth checking out the Louis billette quintet and Shems Bendali and Leon phal’s other projects. Can’t get enough of Jah jazz, their live session on YouTube is fantastic too, some McCook and Herbie Hancock covers 👊

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2025/01/19
10:12 UTC
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Instrumental ska/rocksteady recommendations?

Any decent instrumental recommendations are much appreciated !! ✊

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2025/01/18
22:22 UTC
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Dope Dutch instrumental ska

Well worth checking out the higher notes album “double salute” 🇳🇱🇯🇲

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2025/01/18
22:19 UTC
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Prince Buster - Black Man Must Be Free

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2025/01/18
03:55 UTC
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Fabulous Shades - Lonely Man

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2025/01/18
03:03 UTC
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The Jamaicans With Tommy McCook Supersonics Band - I've Got A Pain

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2025/01/17
10:28 UTC
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Barrington Spence - Contemplating Mind

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2025/01/13
22:26 UTC
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Looking for this female vocal version of this song (at 19:50)... the backing instrumental is "Real Cool" by Tommy McCook and the Supersonics.

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2025/01/13
00:50 UTC
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Johnny Moore - Sound and Soul

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2025/01/11
23:34 UTC
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Primo & Hopeton - Your Safe Keep

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2025/01/08
01:23 UTC
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Marcia Griffiths - Band of Gold

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2025/01/08
00:24 UTC
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Bob Marley and The Wailers - Bus Dem Shut

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2025/01/07
23:34 UTC
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George Dekker - You're Treating Me Bad

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2025/01/07
23:23 UTC
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Keith Thompson - The Way I Feel

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2025/01/04
23:44 UTC
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U-Roy & The Originals

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2025/01/04
17:02 UTC
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Just watched a beautiful production of Swan Lake by the English National Ballet (on iPlayer) and it reminded me of Swan Lake by The Cats, featuring the most incredible flute solo I've ever heard.

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2025/01/02
18:03 UTC
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Slim Smith - Turning Point

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2024/12/30
06:13 UTC
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Roy Man & The Caribbeats - Crying Time

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2024/12/28
01:15 UTC
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The Ethiopians ‎– Love And Pity

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2024/12/26
15:03 UTC
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A Jamaican Christmas

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2024/12/23
16:51 UTC
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The Originators ( Stranger Cole ) - Since You Left Me

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2024/12/15
10:58 UTC
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The Hamlins - Tell Me That You Love Me

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2024/12/15
10:50 UTC
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The Wailers - What Am I Supposed To Do

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2024/12/15
10:13 UTC
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Alva "Reggie" Lewis - Lonely Still

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2024/12/14
17:12 UTC
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