"Guaranteed to drive the purists around the bend, this budget-priced box set skimps on the packaging, but does make up for it with 50 tracks spread across three CDs. As the cynical have learned to expect, although advertised as a ska compilation, it does indeed stray repeatedly into rocksteady. Once upon a time, Trojan knew the difference, but apparently no longer. Admittedly though, it is classic rocksteady -- the Paragons, the Tamlins, the Valentines, with their sensational 'Blam Blam Fever,' and a clutch of other sublime vocal groups -- but let's get back to the ska. And here's the bit that will really infuriate collectors: Trojan has trawled through their archives and come up with enough gems to make listeners grit their teeth and buy this set regardless of the genre faux pas."
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YouTube: Get Up Edina - Desmond Dekker, Justin Hinds And The Dominoes - Carry Go Bring Come, Don Drummond- Don D Lion, 007 (Shanty Town) - Desmond Dekker, Baba Brooks And His Band - One Eyed Giant, Eric Monty Morris - If I didn't Love, The Skatalites - Guns Of Navarone
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