For our second podcast mix, we give you over an hour of hand-picked classic rocksteady. It doesn’t matter what the weather is like, we guarantee that this mix will make you feel like it is summer and you’re sitting at the beach sipping on something cold with someone you love.

If you missed it, read our Rocksteady overview, and the profiles on Lynn Taitt & the Jets, Alton Ellis, and Phyllis Dillon. Looking for something more upbeat? Our Electroclash mix might be what you need to get your weekend started.

To our American readers, happy Juneteenth. Have a fantastic weekend, and defund the police.

Track List

1. Alton Ellis - Cry Tough

2. The Paragons - The Tide Is High

3. Hopeton Lewis - Take It Easy

4. Roy Shirley - Hold Them

5. Phyllis Dillon - Don’t Stay Away

6. The Rulers - Don’t Be A Rude Boy

7. The Gaylads - It’s All in the Game

8. Alton Ellis & The Flames - Don’t Trouble People

9. The Heptones - Fatty Fatty

10. Carlton & The Shoes - Love Me Forever

11. The Ethiopians - Engine 54

12. The Gaylads - ABC Rocksteady

13. Ken Boothe - When I Fall In Love

14. The Ethiopians - The Whip

15. The Techniques - I Wish it Would Rain

16. The Melodians - You Have Caught Me

17. Alton Ellis - Rocksteady

18. Ken Boothe - The Girl I Left Behind

19. The Techniques - Queen Majesty

20. The Ethiopians - Owe Me No Pay Me

21. Derrick Herriott - The Loser

22. Gladstone Anderson - If I Only Had Time

23. Ken Boothe - Puppet on a String

24. Slim Smith - People Get Ready

25. Carl Dawkins - Baby I Love You

26. Leonard Dillon - Cool It Amigo

27. The Jamaicans - Things You Say You Love

28. Derrick Morgan - Tougher Than Tough (Rudie in Court)

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