Jet Set Records
Encyclopedia
Jet Set Records is a French
record label
specialized in Jamaican music
reissues.
Apart from artists' compilations they also focused on record producer
works with albums on Leslie Kong
, Phil Pratt
and Derrick Harriott
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
specialized in Jamaican music
Music of Jamaica
The music of Jamaica includes Jamaican folk music and many popular genres, such as mento, ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub music, dancehall, reggae fusion and related styles. Jamaica's music culture is a fusion of elements from the United States , Africa, and neighboring Caribbean islands such as...
reissues.
Apart from artists' compilations they also focused on record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
works with albums on Leslie Kong
Leslie Kong
Leslie Kong was a Chinese Jamaican record producer.-Career:Leslie and his two older brothers Cecil and Lloyd ran a restaurant, ice cream parlour and record shop called Beverley's in Orange Street, Kingston...
, Phil Pratt
Phil Pratt
Phil Pratt, born George Phillips is a Jamaican reggae singer and record producer.Phil Pratt worked at Studio One for Coxsone Dodd as a box-loader during the rocksteady period when Lee Perry was operating there, before moving to the United Kingdom in the early 1960s...
and Derrick Harriott
Derrick Harriott
Derrick Harriott is a singer and record producer. He has produced recordings by Big Youth, Chariot Riders, The Chosen Few, Dennis Brown, The Ethiopians, Keith & Tex, The Kingstonians, Rudy Mills, Scotty, Sly & Revolutionaries, and Winston McAnuff.-Biography:As a student at Excelsior High School,...
Discography
- Desmond DekkerDesmond DekkerDesmond Dekker was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer-songwriter and musician. Together with his backing group, The Aces , he had one of the first international Jamaican hits with "Israelites". Other hits include "007 " and "It Miek"...
- Action (1967-1968) - Various Artists - Best Of Sun Shot Volume 1 (1971-1975)
- Various Artists - Come Rock With Me In Jamaica: Rock Steady Soul (1968)
- Various Artists - Easy Rocksteady Of 1969: Jamaican Hits Go Stereo
- The GayladsThe GayladsThe Gaylads were one of the top Rocksteady vocal groups active in Jamaica between 1963 and 1973. The group, formed in Kingston, originally consisted of singers Harris "B.B." Seaton, Winston Delano Stewart and Maurice Roberts; Seaton and Stewart had previously been successful as the duo Winston &...
- Fire & Rain (1970-1971) - 1999 - Ken BootheKen BootheKen Boothe OD is a Jamaican recording artist.-Biography:Ken Boothe was born in the Denham Town area of Kingston in 1948, the youngest of seven children, and began singing in school...
- Freedom Street (1970) - Various Artists - Gay Jamaica Independence Time (1970)
- Various Artists - Greater Jamaica: Moon Walk Reggay (1966-1970)
- Don DrummondDon DrummondDon Drummond was a Jamaican ska trombonist and composer. He was one of the original members of The Skatalites, and composed many of their tunes....
- Greatest Hits: Greatest Trombone Player - Various Artists - Greatest Jamaican Beat: Rock Steady Baba Boom Time
- Various Artists - Heavy Reggae 1971-1972: Best Of Sioux Label
- Desmond Dekker - Intensified (1967-1968)
- Don Drummond - Jazz Ska Attack (1964)
- Various Artists - Latin Goes Ska (1963-1964)
- Various Artists - Leslie Kong's Connection Volume 1 (1969-1971)
- Various Artists - Leslie Kong's Connection Volume 2 (1969-1971)
- King Sighta - Master Of All (1976) - 1999
- The ParagonsThe ParagonsThe Paragons were a rocksteady band from Kingston, Jamaica, active in the 1960s. Their most famous track was "The Tide Is High", written by band member, John Holt.-Career:...
- On The Beach - Various Artists - Raw Roots Volume 1 (1970-1975) - 1998
- Various Artists - Raw Roots Volume 2 (1971-1978)
- RicoRico RodriguezRico Rodriguez MBE , also known as Reco or El Reco, is a ska and reggae trombonist. He has recorded with many producers, including Karl Pitterson, Prince Buster, and Lloyd 'Matador' Daley...
- Rico's Message: Jamaican Jazz - Various Artists - Rock Steady Beat: Treasure Isle's Greatest Hits (1966-1968)
- Various Artists - Soul For Sale: Regay Rock Steady Music (1968-1969)
- Toots & the MaytalsToots & the MaytalsToots and the Maytals, originally called simply The Maytals, are a Jamaican musical group and one of the best known ska and reggae vocal groups. According to Sandra Brennan at Allmusic, "The Maytals were key figures in reggae music...
- Sweet & Dandy - The SkatalitesThe SkatalitesThe Skatalites are a ska band from Jamaica. They played initially between 1963 and 1965, and recorded many of their best known songs in the period, including "Guns of Navarone". They also played on records by Prince Buster and backed many other Jamaican artists who recorded during that period...
- The Skatalite (1964-1966) - U Roy - Version Galore (1970)