VA - Merritone Rocksteady 1966 to 1968 - 10 Rare Singles Set Pt. 1-3 (2014)
BAND/ARTIST: Various artists
- Title: Merritone Rocksteady 1966 to 1968 - 10 Rare Singles Set Pt. 1-3
- Year Of Release: 2014
- Label: Dub Store Records
- Genre: Reggae; Dub
- Quality: FLAC (tracks)
- Total Time: 2:49:04
- Total Size: 694 MB
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2014Merritone Rocksteady 1966 to 1968 - 10 Rare Singles Set Pt. 1
In 1966, the Merritone label was founded as a subsidiary of Federal Records when the Ska beat was slowing down its tempo to take a next musical form called Rocksteady.
From the sons of Ken Khouri, Paul and Richard, engineers at the Federal Records to even employees at their pressing plant - everybody involved at the label followed the Merritone productions with passion.
They recorded many songs under the Merritone label. However, those only appeared on vinyl records in limited quantities in Jamaica and a small bunch of titles were released on the Island label in UK. Some of the recordings never saw the light, some became hardly known and many of them are now considered being ultra rare records. Thus the label became a mysterious Rocksteady production in the Jamaican musicology.
The label name is originated from Winston Blake's sound system, Merritone. Federal Records, which was the largest record company of the time in Jamaica, often used young talented people like Winston, who knew much about trends of the fraternity for promoting their new materials. Interestingly, Federal Records used even the sound system name in this case.
Although Federal Records is known for compositions arranged by Ernest Ranglin, Trinidadian guitarist Lynn Taitt and the Jets were in charge of the Merritone recordings. Lynn Taitt took a prominent role as a forerunner of brand new Rocksteady sounds and he produced Hopeton Lewis's 'This Music Got Soul' masterpiece.
Merritone recordings were undoubtedly a collective of veteran musicians at Federal Records, using high-technology recording facilities, traditions and being proud of the record company. Many would still describe the sound so unique, elegant, sophisticated and authentic like no other.
This compilation is the first in a series of digital albums from Dub Store Records’s Federal / Merritone reissue program. All of these tracks are also available as 7" vinyls in the "Vinyls & CDs" section and at www.reggaerecord.com .
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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.
01. Eddie Perkins; Merritone All Stars - I'm Coming Home (4:23)
02. Merritone All Stars - I'm Coming Home (Instrumental) (4:22)
03. The Zodiacs - Walk On By (2:28)
04. Merritone Singers - House Upon The Hill (2:17)
05. Lynn Taitt & The Jets - Bat Man (2:23)
06. Lynn Taitt & The Jets - Joker (2:59)
07. The Renegades - Mr. Hops (2:42)
08. Oswald Sewell - Oh My Love (2:21)
09. The Renegades - Big And Fine (2:32)
10. Oswald Sewell - Where Can He Go (3:12)
11. Roland Alphonso - How Soon (3:07)
12. Roland Alphonso - How Soon Pt. 2 (3:03)
13. Henry Buckley - Beware Of All Those Rude Boys (2:16)
14. Henry Buckley - If I Am Right (3:07)
15. Tomorrow's Children - Bang Bang Rock Steady (2:12)
16. Tomorrow's Children - Rain (Rock Steady) (2:43)
17. Roland Alphonso - Sai Pan (3:13)
18. Black Brothers - Born To Rule (2:13)
19. The Ethiopians - You Got To Be Clean (3:10)
20. The Ethiopians - Miss Nora (2:40)
2014 Merritone Rocksteady 1966 to 1968 - 10 Rare Singles Set Pt. 2
Part two of our Merritone compilations, with some unmissable rocksteady gems by Lynn Taitt & The Jets, Mr Rocksteady Hopeton Lewis, The Tartans, The Paragons and much more. Essential!
All of these tracks are also available as 7" vinyls in the "Vinyls & CDs" section and at www.reggaerecord.com .
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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.
01. Don Henry; Lynn Taitt & The Jets - As Long As I Live (2:33)
02. Pulus - Sow To Reap (2:31)
03. Joe Higgs; Lynn Taitt & The Jets - You Hurt My Soul (1:57)
04. Lynn Taitt & The Jets - Why Am I Treated So Bad? (3:22)
05. Hopeton Lewis; The Merritone All Stars - Let Me Come On Home (3:02)
06. Hopeton Lewis; The Merritone All Stars - Hardships Of Life (2:34)
07. The Gaylettes; Lynn Taitt & The Jets - Silent River Runs Deep (2:40)
08. The Gaylettes; Lynn Taitt & The Jets - I Like Your World (2:58)
09. The Tartans - Real Gone Sweet (3:00)
10. The Tartans - It's Not Right (2:13)
11. The Paragons; Lynn Taitt & The Jets - We Were Meant To Be (1:59)
12. The Paragons; Lynn Taitt & The Jets - We Were Meant To Be (Acappella) (1:30)
13. The Untouchables; Lynn Taitt & The Jets - I Do Love You (3:20)
14. The Untouchables; Lynn Taitt & The Jets - Mackie Mackie (2:51)
15. Roland Alphonso - Stranger For Durango (3:57)
16. Roland Alphonso - Sounds Of Silence (3:07)
17. The Termites - We Gonna Make It (2:26)
18. The Ethiopians - We Gonna Be Free (2:53)
19. Hopeton Lewis - This Music Got Soul (2:53)
20. Hopeton Lewis - Rocksteady (2:40)
2014 Merritone Rocksteady 1966 to 1967 - 10 Rare Singles Set Pt. 3
Here comes the third edition of the Merritone single compilations by Dub Store Records, covering the 1966 and 1967 rocksteady years, with essential numbers by Hopeton Lewis, The Tartans, The Dynamites, The Renegades, Henry Buckley, Lynn Taitt & The Jets, all recorded at the legendary Federal Records studio facilities!
All of these tracks are also available as 7" vinyls in the "Vinyls & CDs" section and at www.reggaerecord.com .
---
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.
01. Tartans - Dance All Night (4:09)
02. Tartans - What Can I Do (2:27)
03. Hopeton Lewis - Cool Collie (2:56)
04. Hopeton Lewis - This Poor Boy (3:33)
05. Dynamites - Fountain Bliss (2:59)
06. Dynamites - If You Did Love Me (2:44)
07. The Minstrels; Lynn Taitt & The Jets - Hey There Lonely Girls (2:47)
08. The Minstrels; Lynn Taitt & The Jets - Hey There Lonely Girls (Acappella) (2:46)
09. Hopeton Lewis - Rock A Shacka (2:30)
10. Hopeton Lewis - I Don't Want Trouble (2:42)
11. Renegades - Knocking On My Door (2:27)
12. Hopeton Lewis - Pick Yourself Up (2:48)
13. Tartans - I'm Ready (3:16)
14. Tartans - Rolling Rolling (2:54)
15. Hopeton Lewis - Don't Cry (2:44)
16. Hopeton Lewis - A De Pon Dem (2:30)
17. Henry Buckley - Thank You Girl (2:43)
18. Henry Buckley - Take Me Back (2:57)
19. Hopeton Lewis; Lynn Taitt & The Jets - Everybody Rocking (2:15)
20. Lynn Taitt & The Jets - Rocking Mood (3:08)
In 1966, the Merritone label was founded as a subsidiary of Federal Records when the Ska beat was slowing down its tempo to take a next musical form called Rocksteady.
From the sons of Ken Khouri, Paul and Richard, engineers at the Federal Records to even employees at their pressing plant - everybody involved at the label followed the Merritone productions with passion.
They recorded many songs under the Merritone label. However, those only appeared on vinyl records in limited quantities in Jamaica and a small bunch of titles were released on the Island label in UK. Some of the recordings never saw the light, some became hardly known and many of them are now considered being ultra rare records. Thus the label became a mysterious Rocksteady production in the Jamaican musicology.
The label name is originated from Winston Blake's sound system, Merritone. Federal Records, which was the largest record company of the time in Jamaica, often used young talented people like Winston, who knew much about trends of the fraternity for promoting their new materials. Interestingly, Federal Records used even the sound system name in this case.
Although Federal Records is known for compositions arranged by Ernest Ranglin, Trinidadian guitarist Lynn Taitt and the Jets were in charge of the Merritone recordings. Lynn Taitt took a prominent role as a forerunner of brand new Rocksteady sounds and he produced Hopeton Lewis's 'This Music Got Soul' masterpiece.
Merritone recordings were undoubtedly a collective of veteran musicians at Federal Records, using high-technology recording facilities, traditions and being proud of the record company. Many would still describe the sound so unique, elegant, sophisticated and authentic like no other.
This compilation is the first in a series of digital albums from Dub Store Records’s Federal / Merritone reissue program. All of these tracks are also available as 7" vinyls in the "Vinyls & CDs" section and at www.reggaerecord.com .
---
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.
01. Eddie Perkins; Merritone All Stars - I'm Coming Home (4:23)
02. Merritone All Stars - I'm Coming Home (Instrumental) (4:22)
03. The Zodiacs - Walk On By (2:28)
04. Merritone Singers - House Upon The Hill (2:17)
05. Lynn Taitt & The Jets - Bat Man (2:23)
06. Lynn Taitt & The Jets - Joker (2:59)
07. The Renegades - Mr. Hops (2:42)
08. Oswald Sewell - Oh My Love (2:21)
09. The Renegades - Big And Fine (2:32)
10. Oswald Sewell - Where Can He Go (3:12)
11. Roland Alphonso - How Soon (3:07)
12. Roland Alphonso - How Soon Pt. 2 (3:03)
13. Henry Buckley - Beware Of All Those Rude Boys (2:16)
14. Henry Buckley - If I Am Right (3:07)
15. Tomorrow's Children - Bang Bang Rock Steady (2:12)
16. Tomorrow's Children - Rain (Rock Steady) (2:43)
17. Roland Alphonso - Sai Pan (3:13)
18. Black Brothers - Born To Rule (2:13)
19. The Ethiopians - You Got To Be Clean (3:10)
20. The Ethiopians - Miss Nora (2:40)
2014 Merritone Rocksteady 1966 to 1968 - 10 Rare Singles Set Pt. 2
Part two of our Merritone compilations, with some unmissable rocksteady gems by Lynn Taitt & The Jets, Mr Rocksteady Hopeton Lewis, The Tartans, The Paragons and much more. Essential!
All of these tracks are also available as 7" vinyls in the "Vinyls & CDs" section and at www.reggaerecord.com .
---
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.
01. Don Henry; Lynn Taitt & The Jets - As Long As I Live (2:33)
02. Pulus - Sow To Reap (2:31)
03. Joe Higgs; Lynn Taitt & The Jets - You Hurt My Soul (1:57)
04. Lynn Taitt & The Jets - Why Am I Treated So Bad? (3:22)
05. Hopeton Lewis; The Merritone All Stars - Let Me Come On Home (3:02)
06. Hopeton Lewis; The Merritone All Stars - Hardships Of Life (2:34)
07. The Gaylettes; Lynn Taitt & The Jets - Silent River Runs Deep (2:40)
08. The Gaylettes; Lynn Taitt & The Jets - I Like Your World (2:58)
09. The Tartans - Real Gone Sweet (3:00)
10. The Tartans - It's Not Right (2:13)
11. The Paragons; Lynn Taitt & The Jets - We Were Meant To Be (1:59)
12. The Paragons; Lynn Taitt & The Jets - We Were Meant To Be (Acappella) (1:30)
13. The Untouchables; Lynn Taitt & The Jets - I Do Love You (3:20)
14. The Untouchables; Lynn Taitt & The Jets - Mackie Mackie (2:51)
15. Roland Alphonso - Stranger For Durango (3:57)
16. Roland Alphonso - Sounds Of Silence (3:07)
17. The Termites - We Gonna Make It (2:26)
18. The Ethiopians - We Gonna Be Free (2:53)
19. Hopeton Lewis - This Music Got Soul (2:53)
20. Hopeton Lewis - Rocksteady (2:40)
2014 Merritone Rocksteady 1966 to 1967 - 10 Rare Singles Set Pt. 3
Here comes the third edition of the Merritone single compilations by Dub Store Records, covering the 1966 and 1967 rocksteady years, with essential numbers by Hopeton Lewis, The Tartans, The Dynamites, The Renegades, Henry Buckley, Lynn Taitt & The Jets, all recorded at the legendary Federal Records studio facilities!
All of these tracks are also available as 7" vinyls in the "Vinyls & CDs" section and at www.reggaerecord.com .
---
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.
01. Tartans - Dance All Night (4:09)
02. Tartans - What Can I Do (2:27)
03. Hopeton Lewis - Cool Collie (2:56)
04. Hopeton Lewis - This Poor Boy (3:33)
05. Dynamites - Fountain Bliss (2:59)
06. Dynamites - If You Did Love Me (2:44)
07. The Minstrels; Lynn Taitt & The Jets - Hey There Lonely Girls (2:47)
08. The Minstrels; Lynn Taitt & The Jets - Hey There Lonely Girls (Acappella) (2:46)
09. Hopeton Lewis - Rock A Shacka (2:30)
10. Hopeton Lewis - I Don't Want Trouble (2:42)
11. Renegades - Knocking On My Door (2:27)
12. Hopeton Lewis - Pick Yourself Up (2:48)
13. Tartans - I'm Ready (3:16)
14. Tartans - Rolling Rolling (2:54)
15. Hopeton Lewis - Don't Cry (2:44)
16. Hopeton Lewis - A De Pon Dem (2:30)
17. Henry Buckley - Thank You Girl (2:43)
18. Henry Buckley - Take Me Back (2:57)
19. Hopeton Lewis; Lynn Taitt & The Jets - Everybody Rocking (2:15)
20. Lynn Taitt & The Jets - Rocking Mood (3:08)
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