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Derrick Morgan
Moon Hop: Best of the Early Years 1960-69
Genres: Alternative Rock, International Music, Pop

Track Listings (27) - Disc #1
1. Fat Man [1960 Version]
2. Feel So Fine
3. Teach Me Baby
4. The Hop
5. See and Blind
6. Forward March
7. Housewives Choice
8. Be Still [1962 Version]
9. Are You Going to Marry Me
10. Blazing Fire - Derrick Morgan, Morgan, Derrick
11. No Raise No Praise
12. Look Before You Leap
13. I Found a Queen
14. Don't You Worry
15. Street Girl
16. I Am a Blackhead Again
17. Starvation
18. Heart of Stone
19. Around the Corner
20. So Wonderful
21. Don't Call Me Daddy
22. My Lover Has Left Me
23. It's Alright
24. I Want to Go Home - Derrick Morgan, Morgan, Derrick
25. Tougher Than Tough (Rudie in Court)
26. Greedy Gal
27. Kill Me Dead
Track Listings (27) - Disc #2
1. No Dice
2. I Mean It
3. Do the Beng Beng
4. (What A) Revenge
5. You Never Miss Your Water
6. Got You on My Mind
7. Real Ring Ding
8. Horse Dead, Cow Fat
9. Someone
10. Do You Love Me
11. I Am the Ruler
12. Conquering Ruler
13. Gimme Back
14. Woman a Grumble
15. Want More
16. King for Tonight
17. Don't Say
18. Me Naw Give Up
19. Ben Johnson Day
20. Copy Cat
21. What's Your Grouse
22. Johnny Pram Pram
23. Be Still [1968 Version]
24. Fat Man [1968 Version]
25. Hold Your Jack
26. Seven Letters
27. Moon Hop

CD Details

All Artists: Derrick Morgan
Title: Moon Hop: Best of the Early Years 1960-69
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sanctuary Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/1960
Re-Release Date: 7/22/2003
Album Type: Original recording remastered
Genres: Alternative Rock, International Music, Pop
Styles: Ska, Reggae
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 060768041028

Synopsis

Album Description

Full Title - Moon Hop Best Of The Early Years 1960-'69. Focusing on the most successful period in Derrick's recording career, 'Moon Hop' brings together his most popular Ska, Rocksteady & early Reggae recordings from the sixties. Compiled chronologically, the selection illustrates the ease with which he was able to remain at the forefront of the industry, despite various changes in style that occurred over the most significant decade in Jamaican music history. Many of these sides have remained unavailable to the general public for well over forty years & fetch vast sums on the collector's market - now you can enjoy over 50 of them for less than the price of just one original 7 inch single! 54 tracks in a slipcase. Trojan. 2003.

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CD Reviews

Killer Rocksteady, some of the best!

rocksteady | Seattle, WA USA | 10/14/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"While the first CD of this set contains most of Derrick Morgan's hits from the Ska period of the early 60s, it is the second CD that shows this artist at his peak in the later 60s. Derrick uses lyrics borrowed from Jamaican folk music paired with the intense beat of the rocksteady period to make the best music of his career. I'm particularly fond of his duets with George Agard (check out "Me Naw Give Up"). You have two of the best Jamaican singers of the time over some of the rawest, most insistent rocksteady ever recorded, driven by scratchy guitar and heavy basslines, this music sounds raw compared to the more polish releases by groups like the Melodians and the Maytals. The duets with Paulette are very affecting as well ("You Never Miss Your Water"). Crucial sounds from an era of Jamaican popular music that deserves to be more widely heard."