Skanker ! Jazzy, reggae, ragga or punk... Sound library :)The early Reggae sound that came out of Jamaica between the years 1968 and 1971 became the soundtrack to the
skinhead movement in the UK. Not only was the music embraced but also the dress style of the Jamaican Rude Boys.
The skinhead style started around 1968 and by the following year 1969, had become the style and fashion of the British teenagers. The uniform of the skinheads consisted of boots, braces, button down shirts and jeans and the upbeat reggae sounds seemed to match the style perfectly. The tempo of the music in Jamaica had previously slowed down from the
more up tempo beat of Ska to the calmer pace of beat called Rock Steady. Some say this was to match the extreme heat wave that was hitting the island between 1966 and 1968. But that period had now passed and the evolution of the
Reggae beat had again found a new pulse to hang its songs by. A more up tempo beat that all Jamaicans, British youths and various p
Kingston Sounds LP 91
Bunny Lee All Stars, Don Lee, Doreen Schaffer, Lee Perry, Max Romeo, Roland Alphonso, Slim Smith, The Hotrod All Stars, U Roy, Val Bennet, Winston Francis, Winston Scotland, Winston Williams
Name: Skinhead Shuffle’
Label: Kingston Sounds
Format: 12" LP
Country: UK
Category: DUB / Ragga
Style: Reggae Vocal
Weight: 0.24 kg
Label: Kingston Sounds
Format: 12" LP
Country: UK
Category: DUB / Ragga
Style: Reggae Vocal
Weight: 0.24 kg
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