This Is Trojan Rock Steady / Various This Is Trojan Rock Steady / Various CD

Even though the rock-steady era only lasted a couple years (right before reggae arrived in full force), that short window produced a wealth of classic, influential sides. This is a heckuva price for 50 prized cuts from that golden age of Jamaican music: "54-46 That's My Number" Maytals, "Return of Django" Upsetters, "007 (Shanty Town)," "It Miek" Desmond Dekker & the Aces, "Rock Steady" Alton Ellis & the Flames, "Stop That Train" Keith & Tex, "The Tide Is High" Paragons, "Let's Do Rock Steady," "Rudy, a Message to You" Dandy, "Train to Skaville" Ethiopians, Trojan.

1. 007 (Shanty Town) - By Desmond Dekker 2. Return of Django - By the Upsetters 3. Rock Steady - By Alton Ellis ; the Flames 4. 54-46 That's My Number - By the Maytals 5. Walk the Streets (You Might As Well Forget Him) - By Derrick Harriott 6. The Russians Are Coming (Take Five) - By Val Bennett 7. I Will Get Along Without You - By the Melodians 8. Hold Them - By Roy Shirley 9. Engine 54 - By the Ethiopians 10. Only a Smile - By the Paragons 11. Intensified '68 - By Desmond Dekker ; the Aces 12. It's Hard to Confess - By the Gaylads 13. Things You Say You Love - By the Jamaicans 14. Stop That Train - By Keith Rowe ; Texas Dixon 15. Once Upon a Time - By Delroy Wilson 16. Don't Stay Away - By Phyllis Dillon 17. Long Story - By Rudy Mills 18. Do It Right (With Tommy McCook ; the Supersonics) - By the Three Tops 19. Long Shot Bus Me Bet - By the Pioneers 20. The Whip - By the Ethiopians 21. Queen Majesty - By the Techniques 22. Let Me Go Girl - By the Uniques 23. On the Beach - By the Paragons 24. Fu Man Chu - By Desmond Dekker ; the Aces 25. Rudy, a Message to You - By Dandy 26. The Tide Is High - By the Paragons, Tommy McCook ; the Supersonics 27. It Mek - By Desmond Dekker 28. Train to Skaville - By the Ethiopians 29. You Have Caught Me - By the Melodians 30. Bim Today (Bam Tomorrow) - By the Maytals 31. Down By the Train Line - By Stranger Cole ; Patsy Todd 32. My Willow Tree - By Alton Ellis 33. Over the Rainbow's End - By the Gaylads 34. I Am the Upsetter - By Lee "Scratch" Perry 35. You Don't Care (A.K.A. You'll Want Me Back) - By the Techniques 36. Mother's Young Gal - By Desmond Dekker ; the Aces 37. The Loser - By Derrick Harriott 38. Happy Go Lucky Girl - By the Paragons 39. Ride Your Donkey - By the Tennors 40. My Conversation - By the Uniques 41. Girl I've Got a Date - By Alton Ellis ; the Flames 42. Lady with the Starlight - By Ken Boothe 43. Winey Winey - By the Kingstonians 44. Perfidia - By Phyllis Dillon 45. Just Like a River - By Stranger Cole ; Gladdy Anderson 46. Penny for Your Song - By the Federals 47. You Don't Need Me - By the Melodians 48. Unity - By Desmond Dekker ; the Aces 49. Ba Ba Boom - By the Jamaicans 50. Let's Do Rock Steady - By Dandy