Author: Lloyd Bradley
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing
ISBN: 9781856261777
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 368

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Author: Steve Barrow
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781858285672
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Containing detailed reviews of 100 recordings, from The Skatalites to Sizzla, this guide covers the acknowledged classics and plenty of others that deserve to be.

Author: Chris Morrow
Publisher: Chronicle Books (CA)
ISBN:
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 132

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Morrow surveys this highly popular cover art, featuring rare and classic covers from the early ska era through the dancehall style of the '80s.

Author: Vladimir Bogdanov
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879306274
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1508

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Arranged in sixteen musical categories, provides entries for twenty thousand releases from four thousand artists, and includes a history of each musical genre.

Author: Lloyd Bradley
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802138286
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 606

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A history of Jamaica's contribution to world culture--reggae--traces the history of the form from African rhythms to the slums of Kingston and the international recording industry.

Author: Karen Latchana Kenney
Publisher: ABDO Publishing Company
ISBN: 161784649X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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Highlights everything needed to learn about reggae music.

Author: Steve Barrow
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780955481789
Category : Reggae music
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Reggae Soundsystem is a new deluxe 200 page hard-back 12"x12" book featuring hundreds of stunning full size record cover designs that span the history of reggae music. The book is compiled by the celebrated author and reggae expert Steve Barrow (Rough Guide to Reggae/ Blood and Fire Records) and Stuart Baker (Soul Jazz Records). Beginning in the 1950s, Jamaican music developed into one of the most important and influential music industries in the world. From its early Mento (Jamaican Calypso) beginnings through to the invention of Ska, Rocksteady, Roots, Dub and Dancehall, Jamaican music is also one of the richest and innovative veins in popular music. This stunning hardback deluxe book is a timely look at the endless visually creativity of reggae record cover designs, iconic, classic, rare and unique artwork spanning sixty years of Jamaican sounds. The book includes a fascinating introductory essay on the history of reggae by Steve Barrow and the book is edited by Stuart Baker (founder of Soul Jazz Records and editor of the book Dancehall, and cover art books on Bossa Nova, Freedom, Rhythm & Sound and Studio One Records).

Author: Johnbailey
Publisher: Blurb
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Every album featured includes a full colour album sleeve (front and back), vinyl label scan and a complete track listing with selected review of 100 reggae albums released from 1968 through to 1973. A great companion for the music now being re-released in digital form. The book is a veritable treasure chest of reggae albums released during the embryonic early years of reggae, with the connoisseurs of Jamaican music often citing the period as the golden age of reggae or the Boss Reggae years. What is in no doubt there were numerous quality albums released by Trojan, Pama and Island, over sixty by Trojan alone in 1970, with many having remained overlooked for over half a century. The majority of the albums at the time would have been out of reach as very few could afford to purchase half a dozen albums a month, despite the budget cost of around 14/6. There is no set criteria as to what defines a classic album, especially with reggae. All the artists have their own unique identity, be it the unmistakable trade-mark falsetto voice of Eric Donaldson, the distinctive style of Toots And The Maytals fronted by Toots characteristic vocals or The Pioneers, greatly influenced by the legendary producer Leslie Kong. 100 Classic Reggae Albums is a celebration of some of the finest recording to come out of Jamaica and a snap-shot on the evolving years of reggae from 1968 -1973.

Author: Chris Potash
Publisher: Schirmer Trade Books
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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Here is the first ever anthology on Jamaican music forms that have changed the shape of Western popular music. Beginning with Bob Marley, music reviewer Chris Potash explores the roots of Jamaican pop from mento, ska, calypso, and rock steady. The book also profiles such roots pioneers as Toots and the Maytals, the Skatalites, Jimmy Cliff, and more.

Author: Chuck Foster
Publisher: Billboard Books
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 366

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Told in the voices of reggae's major participants, these authoritative accounts chart the history, characteristics, and broad appeal of the music that originated in Jamaica, but has spread like wildfire throughout the world over the years to rise up in Africa and South America as well as England and America.