Various - Rude Boy Scorchers LP
SKU: KSLP069
Description:
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The Rude
Boy moniker has its roots firmly set in the downtown
districts of Kingston, Jamaica. Alongside the regular Ska/
Rocksteady sounds coming out of the sound
systems, there was an undercurrent theme to some songs that
spoke of the struggles of the youth, of their
confrontation, arrests and run-ins with the establishment.
Some of these songs praised the Rude Boys for their stance and
style while other songs were more in contempt with the rude
boy’s attitudes, comings, goings and violent
behaviour.
Some of the runnings that
did not help their standing with their elders’ was that not
only did they get employed by sound system operators to help
keep their dance safe but also to disrupt competitors dances,
a job that also gave them the name dancehall crasher. Where
music leads fashion is never far behind and the rude boys were
no exception. The look favoured, sharp suits, thin ties, pork
pie or Trilby hats and stylish shoes. The British not only took
on the music, but also the look of the rude boy as the styles
moved between the Mod look and also the American jazz and soul
influences of the time. This 60’s style made a comeback in the
United Kingdom with the Mod / Two Tone revival. Bands like The
Specials showed their love of the Jamaican music, which
heavily influenced their first album even seeing them covering
some of the Jamaican classics like ‘Monkey Man’ and ‘A Message
To You Rudy’.
For this release we have
put together a set of tunes that the Jamaican rude boys would
have been listening to at the sound systems on the lawns and street
corners. Not only the more obvious rude boy tunes like ‘Gunmen
Coming To Town’, ‘Dreader than Dread’, `Moon Hop’ but also
some of the tunes that made the sound systems rock well into
the night.
Format &
package: LP
Record label: Kingston Sounds
Year of release: 2017 (compilation)
Tracks:
A1 Derrick Morgan - Fat Man
A2 Lloydie & The Lovebites - Wine And Grine
A3 Phyllis Dillon - Love Is All I Have
A4 Delroy Wilson - Put Yourself In My Place
A5 Rico Rodriguez - Rainbow Into The Rio Mino
A6 Derrick Morgan - I Love You
A7 Honey Boy Martin - Dreader Than Dread
B1 The Heptones - Gunmen Coming To Town
B2 Justin Hinds - Rub Up, Push Up
B3 Lester Sterling - Soul Voyage
B4 Derrick Morgan - Moon Hop
B5 John Holt - Fat Girl, Sexy Girl
B6 The Ethiopians - Reggae Hit The Town
B7 Pat Kelly - How Long
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