Ska, Rocksteady, Roots, and Bluebeat Vinyl Records
Ska is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Rocksteady is a music genre that originated in Jamaica around 1966. A successor to ska, and a precursor to reggae. Roots reggae is a subgenre of reggae that concerns itself with the spiritual side of Rastafari and with the honoring of their God, Jah. Blue Beat Records was a record label that released Jamaican rhythm and blues and ska music in the United Kingdom in the 1960s. It led to the creation of the term bluebeat to describe early Jamaican music, including music not associated with the record label.
