Immediately after landing on British soil in the summer of 1960, Jamaican singing sensation Laurel Aitken was signed by leading independent record company, Melodisc, and over the next few years he provided the ambitious concern with a slew of popular proto-Ska singles that were instrumental in establishing its newly launched Blue Beat subsidiary as the UK’s most recognisable West Indian music imprint.
The very best of these historic and hugely influential recordings are gathered on this compilation - most being made available on CD for the very first time - and with original copies of these highly collectable sides almost impossible to obtain at any price, ‘You Got Me Rockin’’ provides an opportunity to enjoy almost all of Laurel’s Melodisc output for a fraction of the price of an old scratched Blue Beat single.

Quite simply, this is the most essential original Ska collection of 2010!
(from Pressure Drop Records website)

Mary Lee – Laurel Aitken & The Blue Beats
Railroad Track – Laurel Aitken & The Blue Beats
Tell Me Darling – Laurel Aitken & The Blue Beats
Bartender – Laurel Aitken & The Blue Beats
Mash Potato Boogie – Laurel Aitken & The Blue Beats
Nursery Rhyme Boogie (Aka In And Out The Window) – Laurel Aitken & The Blue Beats
Bouncin’ Woman – Laurel Aitken & The Blue Beats
Mighty Redeemer – Laurel Aitken & The Blue Beats
Please Don’t Leave Me – Laurel Aitken & The Blue Beats
Brother David – Laurel Aitken & The Blue Beats
Back To New Orleans – Laurel Aitken & The Blue Beats
Mabel – Laurel Aitken & Hyacinth With Baron Twist & His Knights
You Got Me Rockin' – Laurel Aitken & Hyacinth With Baron Twist & His Knights
Lucille – Laurel Aitken & The Blue Beats
I Love You More Everyday – Laurel Aitken & The Blue Beats
Sixty Days And Sixty Nights – Laurel Aitken & The Les Dawson Combo Going To Kansas City - Laurel Aitken & The Les Dawson Combo
Weary Wanderer – Laurel Aitken With Ruddy & Sketto & The Bandits
Jenny Jenny – Laurel Aitken & The Bandits
She’s Gone To Napoli – Laurel & Owen
Have Mercy Mr Percy – Laurel & Owen
Sweet Jamaica – Laurel Aitken With Ruddy & Sketto & Rico’s Group Bossa Nova Hop – Laurel Aitken & Rico’s Group
Zion – Laurel Aitken With Ruddy & Sketto
Swing Low Sweet Chariot – Laurel Aitken With Ruddy & Sketto
Daniel Saw The Stone
This Great Day
I May Never See My Baby

17.00 €