Dandy Rock Steady With Dandy Expanded 2 Disc New CD

Dandy Rock Steady With Dandy Expanded 2 Disc New CD

***** This is a preorder for a new release CD that is not yet released. The release date for this item is 17-11-23. This item will be shipped from our Melbourne Warehouse within 5 days of the release date *****

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Historic album previously unavailable on any format for 56 years. Most tracks unavailable since the rock steady era. Includes original versions of 'Rudy, A Message To You. And. Let's Do Rock Steady' By 1967, the Jamaican music industry in the UK was flourishing, it's success primarily due to the efforts of a number of talented British-based singers, songwriters and producers, chief among them being the young multi-talented music maker Robert Thompson AKA Dandy. Having first achieved notable success in 1964, partnering Tito Simon on a series of ska singles as Sugar & Dandy, Thompson subsequently made his mark as a solo performer, cutting singles for Emil Shalit's Melodisc Records before commencing a hugely productive relationship with Rita & Benny King's R&B Records. Of his earliest work for the Kings were two of the most enduring rock steady tracks of the era, 'Rudy, A Message To You' and 'Let's Do Rock Steady' - later covered by Two- Tone hitmakers, The Specials and The Bodysnatchers, respectively. Thompson's popularity on the UK Jamaican music scene resulted in the release of his popular debut album 'Rock Steady With Dandy', which saw issue on the R&B subsidiary, Giant in 1967. Now, well over half a decade later, the collection is finally made available again, with it's dozen tracks bolstered by a further 33 recordings, with this 2CD set representing the very best of Dandy's rock steady output for R&B, recorded prior to his move to Trojan Records in the summer of 68.

- Disc 1 - 1 Keep Them Fretting 2 Got You on My Mind 3 Soul Power 4 Sock It to Me 5 People Do Rock Steady Let's Do Rock Steady 6 Rhythm of the Rain 7 Rude with Me 8 Play It Cool 9 Turn Your Wheel 10 My Wonderful One 11 Turn on Your Lovelight 12 You're No Hustler 13 The Operation 14 A Little More Ska 15 The Fight 16 Do You Know 17 One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer 18 Maximum Pressure 19 Rudy a Message to You 20 Till Death Do Us Part - Disc 2 - 1 My Time Now 2 East of Suez 3 Puppet on a String 4 Have Your Fun 5 We Are Still Rude 6 Somewhere My Love 7 My Kind of Love 8 There Is a Mountain 9 This Music Got Soul 10 I'm the Mood 11 That's How Strong My Love Is 12 Trouble in the Town 13 Charlie Brown 14 Ain't That a Shame 15 Do It Right Now 16 Propagandist 17 The Giant March 18 Sweet Ride 19 Up the Hill 20 Tears on My Pillow 21 Mad Them 22 I'm Back with a Bang Bang 23 Jungle Walk