V/A "Best of Jamaican R&B: Jamaican Blues Beat 1" 2024-03-22 Barones toiled as the world

Barones toiled as the world roiled

this isn't the sound of triumph

rollicking title track

Featuring lead single “What We Earn”

V/A "Best of Jamaican R&B: Jamaican Blues Beat 1" 2024-03-22 Barones toiled as the worldAn 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,