Dandy – Rock Steady With Dandy (Orange Vinyl LP)

Historic album that had not been available in any format for 56 years.
Most of the tracks have been unavailable since the rocksteady era.
Includes the original versions of Rudy, A Message To You and Lets Do Rock Steady.

In 1967, the Jamaican music scene was flourishing in Britain, its success largely due to the efforts of a number of talented British singers, songwriters, and producerschief among them the young, multi-talented music maker Robert Thompson, better known as Dandy.

After achieving notable success in 1964 with Tito Simon as the duo Sugar & Dandy, Thompson went on to make his mark as a solo artist, releasing singles for Emil Shalits Melodisc Records before beginning a highly productive partnership with Rita & Benny Kings R&B Records. Among his earliest work for the Kings were two of the most enduring rocksteady tracks of the time: Rudy, A Message To You and Lets Do Rock Steady, later covered by Two-Tone hitmakers The Specials and The Bodysnatchers, respectively.

Thompsons popularity within the British Jamaican music scene led to the release of his acclaimed debut album Rock Steady With Dandy, issued in 1967 on the R&B subsidiary Giant. Now, more than half a century later, the collection is finally available againexpanded with an additional 33 recordings alongside the original dozen tracks. This 2-CD set represents the very best of Dandys rocksteady output for R&B, recorded before his move to Trojan Records in the summer of 1968.