Before the development of its own recording industry, Jamaican music fans predominantly found musical fulfilment in the raw shuffle blues music that emanated from mainland USA. This no-nonsense style of R&B dominated the island s sound system dances from the dawn of the Fifties, with operators aggressively competing with each other for exclusive discs, many of which were later covered by some of Jamaica s biggest names. In the tradition of the previous releases in this series, compiler and annotator Phil Etgart has selected only recordings that are known to have been played on the original Jamaican sound systems of the 1940s and 1950s, and once again he has managed to uncover a few tunes that were generally known on the island by their sound system titles.............

DISC 1
1. Louis Jordan - Caldonia
2. Illinois Jacquet - Twelve Minutes To Go
3. Joe Liggins - Ten Toes
4. Harold Tinsley - Fan Your Fanny Blues
5. Sherman Williams - Hello
6. Eddie Vinson - Kidney Stew Blues
7. Jimmy Witherspoon - Cain River Blues
8. Part 2 - Sonny Thompson - Lone Gone
9. Roy Milton - Keep A Dollar In Your Pocket
10. Joe Liggins - Roll'Em
11. Sherman Williams - Oo-Wee Baby Gee
12. Louis Jordan - Have You Got The Gumption
13. Percy Mayfield - Half Awoke
14. Part 2 - Sonny Thompson - The Fish
15. Larry Darnell - For You, My Love
16. The Robins - If It's So Baby
17. Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Mary Is Fine
18. King Tut - You've Been Fiddlin'Around
19. Bobby Smith - Bess's Boogie
20. Smiley Lewis - Growing Old
21. Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Boogie Rambler
22. Ruth Brown - Teardrops From My Eyes
23. You Milk The Cow - Louis Jordan - Show Me How
24. Parts 1 And 2 - Joe Liggins - Rhythm In The Barnyard
25. Jay McNeely - All That Wine Is Gone
26. Lynn Hope - Blow, Lynn, Blow
27. The Clovers - Don't You Know I Love You

DISC 2
28. Gene Ammons - Ammons Boogie
29. Joe Fritz - They Were Right
30. Billy Wright - When The Wagon Comes
31. Jimmy McCracklin - I Found That Woman
32. Dimples Harris - Call Me Daddy
33. The Griffin Brothers - Comin'Home
34. Joe Papoose Fritz - Real Fine Girl
35. Little Caesar - Long Time Baby
36. The Clovers - Middle Of The Night
37. Fats Domino - Please Don't Leave Me
38. Shirley & Lee - Baby
39. Amos Milburn - Let's Have A Party
40. Hal Paige - Big Foot May
41. The Dodgers - Let's Make A Whole Lot Of Love
42. Lester Williams - Crazy'Bout You Baby
43. Jimmy Liggins - Talking That Talk
44. Johnny Ace - Burley Cutie
45. Johnny Ace - Burley Cutie
46. Willie Mabon - Poison Ivy
47. Jimmy Wilson - Jumpin'From Six To Six
48. The Penguins - Hey Senorita
49. Buddy Griffin With Claudia Swann - Oh, What A Smile Can Do
50. The Charms - My Baby Dearest Darling
51. Tony Allen And The Champs - Nite Owl
52. Dance With You - Rosco Gordon - The Chicken
53. The Lollypoppers - Miss Selma's Boogie
54. Varetta Dillard - So Many Ways
55. Chuck Higgins - Here I'm Is
56. Alonzo Scales - My Baby Likes To Shuffle

DISC 3
57. Clyde McPhatter And The Drifters - What'Cha Gonna Do
58. The Penguins - Don't Do It
59. Smiley Lewis - One Night
60. The Cliques - The Girl In My Dreams
61. The Cookies - In Paradise
62. Vernon Green And The Medallions - Pushbutton Automobile
63. Chuck Higgins - Gambling Woman
64. Let Me Know - Sugar And Spice - Hey Joe
65. Shirley And Lee - That's What I'll Do
66. Bobbie And Ronald - You're Mine Oh Mine
67. Smiley Lewis - Queen Of Hearts
68. Louis Prima - 5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days
69. No Maybes - Professor Longhair - No Buts
70. Chris Kenner - Sick And Tired
71. Lloyd Price - Just Because
72. Gene And Eunice - The Vow
73. Ernie Freeman - Indian Love Call
74. Bill Doggett - Boo Da Ba
75. The Howards - Mimi Girl
76. Huey Piano Smith - High Blood Pressure
77. Terry And Jerry - Mama Julie
78. Professor Longhair - Cuttin'Out
79. Bobby Davis - I Was Wrong
80. Dave Baby Cortez - Piano Shuffle
81. Fats Domino - Be My Guest
82. Jimmy Beck - Pipe Dreams
83. Wilbert Harrison - C.C. Rider
84. The Merri-Men - Big Daddy