Skinhead Shuffle

The early Reggae sound that came out of Jamaica between the years 1968 and 1971 became the soundtrack to the skinhead movement in the UK. Not only was the music embraced but also the dress style of the Jamaican Rude Boys.

The skinhead style started around 1968 and by the following year 1969, had become the style and fashion of the British teenagers. The uniform of the skinheads consisted of boots, braces, button down shirts and jeans and the upbeat reggae sounds seemed to match the style perfectly. The tempo of the music in Jamaica had previously slowed down from the more up tempo beat of Ska to the calmer pace of beat called Rock Steady. Some say this was to match the extreme heat wave that was hitting the island between 1966 and 1968. But that period had now passed and the evolution of the Reggae beat had again found a new pulse to hang its songs by. A more up tempo beat that all Jamaicans, British youths and various pockets of people around the world could groove to.

Kingston Sound have selected a cross section of tunes from those heady times, so sit back and enjoy some of the tunes the youths were listening to when the Skinhead Shuffle was all the rage. 

a1/1 What A Cute Man - Max Romeo

a2/2 Do Your Thing - Roland Alphonso & Don Lee

a3/3 Boss Cocky - The Hotrod All Stars

a4/4 The Whip - Winston Williams

a5/5 Earthquake - Winston Scotland

a6/6 Joe Lewis - Bunny Lee All Stars

a7/7 Walk Through This World - Doreen Schaffer

b1/8 Call On Me - U Roy

b2/9 Welcome To Reggae City - Val Bennet

b3/10 Devil’s Playground - Bunny Lee All Stars

b4/11 Run For Cover - Lee Perry

b5/12 In The Mood For Horns - Roland Alphonso

b6/13 Chain Gang - Winston Francis

b7/14 The Vow - Slim Smith & Doreen Schaffer

15 Cute Man - Vin Gordon*

16 Lonely Still - Alva Lewis*

17 Day Dream - Glen Adams*

18 Out Of Love - Dave Barker*

*CD Bonus Tracks