VARIOUS - Rock Steady Beat (treasure Isle's Greatest Hits)

Item Description

CD,
Compilation Reissue

℗ 1967 Treasure Isle
© 1998 Culture Press/Made in France

Packaging Yves Loffredo (Hot Shot Club)

Under exclusive licence from Mrs Lucille Reid

"Most of these sides were originally released as singles in 1966 and 1967, on Treasure Isle in Jamaica and on Doctor Bird, Trojan and Treasure Isle in England. Duke Reid selected them in 1967 to make up his first rocksteady compilation LP which he issued on Treasure Isle LP 101/2."

According to liner notes:
Track 2 ("You don't care") started life as "You'll want me back" written by Curtis Mayfield and a hit for [a=Major Lance].
Track 5 ("Oh Babe") started life in New Orleans as "Sick and Tired", composed by Chris Kenner in 1957 (and covered by [a=Fats Domino] in 1958).
Track 9 ("Perfidia") is best known as a hit instrumental by [a=The Ventures] but dates back to 1941, an Alfredo Dominguez composition.
Track 10 ("Day O") is a traditional West Indian melody.
Track 12 ("Train To Ska-Thedral") started life as "Winchester Cathedral", written by Geoff Stephens and a big hit for [a=The New Vaudeville Band] in 1967.