Dandy Rock Steady With Dandy CD

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.

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 21. My Time Now 22. East of Suez 23. Puppet on a String 24. Have Your Fun 25. We Are Still Rude 26. Somewhere My Love 27. My Kind of Love 28. There Is a Mountain 29. This Music Got Soul 30. I'm the Mood 31. That's How Strong My Love Is 32. Trouble in the Town 33. Charlie Brown 34. Ain't That a Shame 35. Do It Right Now 36. Propagandist 37. The Giant March 38. Sweet Ride 39. Up the Hill 40. Tears on My Pillow 41. Mad Them 42. I'm Back with a Bang Bang 43. Jungle Walk