Links & Friends: More Rock Steady (LP)


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Format: LP 
Label: Rock-A-Shacka 
Year: 2023 

Media Condition: New 
Sleeve/Cover Condition: New 

TRACKS:

A1 The Gaylads: Let's Fall In Love
A2 Ken Boothe: Can't You See
A3 The Melodians: Sweet Rose
A4 Delroy Wilson: Give Love A Try
A5 Ken Boothe: I Remember Someone
A6 The Conscious Minds: Something New

B1 The Gaylads: Mama Look
B2 Delroy Wilson: Soul Resolution
B3 The Gaylads: Looking For A Girl
B4 The Gaylads: Aren't You The Guy
B5 The Melodians: It Comes & Goes
B6 Randall Thaxter: Small World

Links was a rare artist-run Jamaican label in 1967 and 1968. It provided a brief refuge, but an enduring example, for artists weary of the island's exploitative studio cartels. Some of the biggest stars of the rock steady era recorded there, including Ken Boothe, The Gaylads, Delroy Wilson, and the Melodians. 5-10 years after links' demise, while all of those performers were still stars on the global scene, self-publishing by reggae artists had become commonplace.

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