Name: Rocking On The G.G. Beat 1970-1971
Brand: Various

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

DBCDD121

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-06-16

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Signed copies: No

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Cherry Red (ADA)

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Standard:20

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5013929282148

Total Cap

CDx2

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Various

Genre GB

Reggae / Dub

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Doctor Bird

Doctor Bird is a music label that was founded in the UK by Graeme Goodall, an Australian sound engineer and original shareholder of Island Records. The label was revived by Trojan Records in 1970 for three releases before being relaunched in 2017 as a division of Cherry Red Records. Doctor Bird specializes in vintage Jamaican sounds licensed from the catalogue of Trojan Records.
Graeme Goodall played a significant role in the Jamaican music scene, engineering sessions at various studios and producing countless recordings during the ska era. He also formed other labels such as Pyramid Records and Attack to promote reggae music. Despite relocating to Atlanta, Georgia in the 1970s, Goodall continued his involvement with music until his passing in 2014.
Today, Doctor Bird continues to bring Jamaican rocksteady and other vintage sounds to music enthusiasts worldwide through their curated selection of releases. With its rich history and dedication to preserving iconic Jamaican music, Doctor Bird remains a respected authority on this genre.

16 tracks new to CD. Includes some of the biggest reggae hits of the early 1970s. Features many of the most popular reggae performers of the era.

Among the new wave of record producers who commenced their careers at the tail end of the 1960s, Alvin ‘GG’ Ranglin. Alvin scored numerous Jamaican hits yet remains one of the most under-rated and over-looked Kingston-based music makers of the 20th Century. At the start of the 1970s, he cemented his reputation as one of the most popular reggae producers of his generation, expanding his roster to include some of the finest talents on the island, their number including The Ethiopians, Cynthia Richards, Charlie Ace, and The Slickers, as well as long-term stalwarts, The Maytones. This 2CD collection, the second in a series of sets showcasing the very best of Ranglin’s productions from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s, demonstrates the high quality of his output during one of the most fascinating periods in the development of reggae music.

1 Music Keep On Playing – Cornel Campbell

6 Willy My Darling – Paulette &amp; Gee*

9 Feel It More And More – Paulette &amp; Gee

11 I Don’t Like To Interfere – The Maytones

13 Shock And Shake Version 3 – Charlie Ace

14 Rocking On The G.G. Beat – Cliff &amp; Winston

18 Minna Hear Me Now – Cliff &amp; Winston*

23 All One Nation – Cliff &amp; Winston

7 Devil’s Angel – Bunny &amp; The Kiemanaires

10 A Place In My Heart – Cynthia Richards

11 Sounds Of Our Forefathers – The Ethiopians

15 How Long Will You Stay – Paulette &amp; Gee

20 You’ve Got A Friend – Cynthia &amp; Irving