{"product_id":"owen-gray-dancing-on-the-beach-the-early-years-1960-1962-music-cd","title":"Owen Gray - Dancing On The Beach - The Early Years 1960-1962 Music CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eStill going strong in 2023, pioneering Jamaican singer Owen Gray was one of the first local artists to get on record in the late 1950s and one of the first to top the local charts when they were introduced back in 1959. He was also the very first Jamaican popular vocalist to release an album comprising R\u0026amp;B and pop rather than the island's earlier indigenous music mento or calypso. \"Owen Gray Sings\" was a landmark release in the history of what became reggae and also in the history of Island Records' founder Chris Blackwell, who produced it in the days before Island existed. The album features here in it's entirety in this Jasmine collection of early Owen - for the first time on CD, we believe - along with more than a dozen other examples of his work for other notable Jamaican producers of the pre-Ska era, among them Simeon 'Little Wonder' Smith, Clement 'Sir Coxson' Dodd and Prince Buster, all of them fine examples of how rapidly the Jamaican recording business was evolving in it's early years. Jamaican popular music didn't really have a name in these times, but in the UK it became known as 'Blue Beat' after the record label on which so much of it was released between 1960 and 1967. Here on \"Dancing On The Beach\" are many of the very best of Owen's blue beat-era recordings presented, as with all Jasmine CDs, in the highest possible audio quality with expert remastering and copious annotation. There's plenty more to compile if a second volume is warranted.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Feel Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSomeone Help Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFar Love - Owen Gray And The Caribs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Plea - Owen Gray Featuring Ernest Ranglin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMash It (Parts 1 ; 2) - Owen Gray And The Caribs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLet Me Go Free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn My Dreams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlease Let Me Go - Owen Gray And The Caribs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI'm Going Back\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJenny Lee - Owen Gray Featuring Ernest Ranglin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFarewell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCutest Little Woman - Owen Gray With Kenneth Richards And His Band\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRunning Around - Owen Gray With Kenneth Richards And His Band\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSinners Weep - Owen Gray With Hersan And His City Slickers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGet Drunk - Owen Gray With Hersan And His City Slickers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRocking In My Feet - Owen Gray With The Jets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNobody Else - Owen Gray With The Jets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMillie Girl - Owen Gray With Buster's Group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn The Beach - Owen Gray With The Coxsonairs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYoung Lover - Owen Gray With The Coxsonairs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLonely Days - Owen Gray With The Sonny Bradshaw Quartet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo Good Woman - Owen Gray With The Sonny Bradshaw Quartet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBest Twist (Owen Gray)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrandma-Grandpa - Owen Gray With Hersan And His City Slickers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePretty Girl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwisting My Baby A.K.A. Twist So Fine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThey Got To Move - Owen Gray With Buster's Group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBy The Tree In The Meadow - Owen Gray With Buster's Group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLizabella - Owen Gray With Buster's Group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 604988281125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jasmine Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.15.23\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Rock Band Merch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52205218922727,"sku":"662423","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1158\/5192\/files\/4246000-3039686.jpg?v=1781479726","url":"https:\/\/www.triathletestore.com\/products\/owen-gray-dancing-on-the-beach-the-early-years-1960-1962-music-cd","provider":"Triathlete Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}