Various - THE HISTORY OF BLUE BEAT - The Birth Of Ska Vol.4 - 3xCD Box

BB76-BB100: The A Sides - 3 CDs feat. 50 tunes from the early years of legendary label.

Blue Beat left a remarkable legacy, releasing more than 400 singles in its seven-year lifespan and exerting an influence out of proportion to its size. We pick up the story in 1962, when a ready-made audience for Jamaican pop existed in London. Since the late Forties, considerable numbers of Afro-Caribbean immigrants, the majority from Jamaica, had been arriving in the city. Plus there was the growing Mod movement, style-obsessed young men who loved black music. Blue Beat was eminently danceable and still largely unknown to the general public, important qualities for Mods.

TRACKS:

1-1 Derrick Morgan– Sunday Monday 1-2 Derrick Morgan– Be Still 1-3 Bobby Kingdom & The Blue Beats – Spanish Town Twist 1-4 Bobby Kingdom & The Blue Beats – Brand New Automobile 1-5 Jimmy Cliff, Cavaliers Combo– I'm Sorry 1-6 The Blue Beats – Roarin' 1-7 Girl Satchmo & The Blue Beats – Twist Around Town 1-8 Girl Satchmo & The Blue Beats – My New Honey 1-9 Winston & Roy With Count Ossie– Babylon Gone 1-10 Count Ossie Feat. Reco & Gaynair – First Gone 1-11 Eric Morris , Busters Group – Sinners Repent And Pray 1-12 Hortense Ellis, Busters Group – Now And Forever More 1-13 Derrick Morgan With Busters Group – Don't You Know Little Girl 1-14 B. Gabbidon With Busters Group – Hully Gully Miss Molly 1-15 Eric Morris, Busters Group – Money Can't Buy Life 1-16 A. Ellis, Busters Group – True Love 1-17 Laurel Aitken & The Blue Beats – Back To New Orleans 1-18 Laurel Aitken & The Blue Beats – Brother David

2-1 Derrick Morgan, Busters Group – Come On Over 2-2 Derrick Morgan, Busters Group – Come Back My Darling 2-3 Errol Dixon & His Back Beats – Bad Bad Woman 2-4 Errol Dixon & His Back Beats – Early This Morning 2-5 Theo Beckford – Walking Down King Street 2-6 Theo Beckford With Sir Dee's Group– The Clock 2-7 Lloyd Flowers With Reco's Rhythm Group– I'm Going Home 2-8 Lloyd Flowers With Reco's Rhythm Group– Lovers Town 2-9 The Echoes, Celestials – Are You Mine 2-10 The Echoes, Celestials – I Love You Forever 2-11 Rupert Edwards – Guilty Convict 2-12 Rupert Edwards – Just Because 2-13 Owen Grey, Busters Group – Millie Girl 2-14 Derrick Morgan, Busters Group – Headache 2-15 Clive Bailey, Recho's Blues Group – Evening Train 2-16 Clive Bailey, Recho's Blues Group – Take Me Home 3-1 Bobby Aitken, Buster Group – Never Never 3-2 Derek Morgan, Busters Group – Isabella 3-3 Derrick Morgan & Yvonne – Meekly Wait 3-4 Derrick Morgan & Yvonne – Day In Day Out 3-5 Higgs And Wilson – How Can I Be Sure 3-6 Higgs And Wilson – Mighty Man 3-7 Owen & Millie With The City Slickers– Sit And Cry 3-8 Owen & Millie With The City Slickers– Do You Know 3-9 Derrick & Patsy With The Drumbago All Stars – Love Not To Brag 3-10 Drumbago All Stars– Ducksoup 3-11 Kent & Jeanie & The City Slickers– Daddy 3-12 Kent & Jeanie & The City Slickers– Hello Love 3-13 Lloyd Clark, Smithie's Sextet– Good Morning 3-14 Lloyd Clark, Smithie's Sextet– Now I Know The Reason 3-15 Derrick Morgan– In My Heart 3-16 Bell's Group– Kingston 13