A huge run of music from the legendary Blue Beat label – a crucial British label that brought the sounds of Kingston to the shores of London – forever helping transform the musical culture in that city! Blue Beat got its start in the 60s, and much of this work is in the earliest Jamaican modes mento turning into jazz, ska, and even a bit of rocksteady – spread out here in a huge package that features important 60s Jamaican recordings by a huge number of artists, plus London work too! 36 tracks in all, with work from Roland Alphonso, The Blues Busters, Clue J, Derrick Morgan, Laurel Aitken, The Mellow Larks, Bobby Kingdom, Duke Reid, Lynn Hope, Owen Gray, Keith & Enit, Byron Lee, The Jiving Juniors, Theo Beckford, Clancy Eccles, Titus Turner, Errol Dixon, Hank Marr, and Derrick & Patsy. LP, Vinyl record album