Merritone Rock Steady 1: Shanty Town Curfew 1966-1967 (Vinyl 2xLP) discogimp

Merritone Rock Steady 1: Shanty Town Curfew 1966-1967 (Vinyl 2xLP) discogimpAmerican rhythm & blues fervour, boosted by a multitude of sound systems playing 78rpm records on increasingly larger sets, gripped Jamaica from the late forties onwards but, towards the end of the decade, the American audience began to move towards a somewhat softer sound. The driving rhythm & blues discs became increasingly hard to find and the more progressive Jamaican sound system operators, realising that they now needed to make their own music,

We're Only People (And There's Not Much Anyone Can Do About That) is a meditation on our inner lives and the limitations we experience in our attempts to give and receive love

Eloise Leigh designed the sleeve

prison sentence

from the nwobhm through thrash and speed metal onward

Recorded at the end of May 1970 at the Apostolic Studios in New York

First time re-issue of this 1978 Burning Sounds release remastered on 180 gram vinyl

its predecessor

Classic roots vocal group album from Black Uhuru's classic Michael Rose

'gee wiz' is a creamy ambient swoon

Sax huncho in The Crusaders

Lloyd Miller

He left us with an impressive legacy