V/A "Best of Jamaican R&B: Jamaican Blues Beat 1" Turnstile John Stirratt

John Stirratt

ballroom pop and brutal rock

The album peaked at 174 on the Billboard 200 chart

incorporating soul

V/A "Best of Jamaican R&B: Jamaican Blues Beat 1" Turnstile John StirrattAn installment in a series of newly created Trojan Records compilations celebrating the 2015 re launch of the label. Shortly before the advent of Ska, Jamaica rocked to a sound variously known as Jamaican Blues, Shuffle Blues, or Blues Beat Influenced by U. S. musicians such as Rosco Gordon and Fats Domino, the style emphasized the off beat and laid the foundation for the Ska sound of the early sixties Features 12 classic tracks from Desmond Dekker,