Reggae Soundsystem Reggae Soundsystem - Reggae Soundsystem: Original Reggae Album Cover Art: A Visual History of Jamaican Music from Mento to Dancehall by Steve Barrow and Stuart Baker

(2012/Soul Jazz Books) Compiled by Steve Barrow and Stuart Baker, Hardcover, English, 31 x 2,5 x 31 cm, 239 page, full coor illustrations.
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The artwork featured in the record cover designs throughout this book creates a unique visual history of Jamaican popular ulture and its musical developments - from traditional mento and calypso beginnings in the 1950s, to the rise of ska and rocksteady in the 1960s, the unique creation of dub, DJ and roots in the 1970s through to the arrival of dancehall music at the start of the 1980s, which still dominates Jamaican music today.
Full-size album sleeve designs, complete with informative text on each musical section, provides a fascinating visual guide to the story of Jamaican reggae, the original rebel music.