Various ‎– Get Ready Rock Steady 1967

1 –Alton Ellis Never Love Again

A2 –The Termites My Last Love

A3 –Norma Frazer Hound Dog

A4 –The Bassies Big Mistake

A5 –Ken & Delroy Won't You Come Home Now

A6 –Ken Boothe Oh Babe

A7 –Soul Vendors Darker Shade Of Black

B1 –Soul Vendors Fat Fish

B2 –Pete Young If You Got Soul

B3 –The Hamlins Soul And Inspiration

B4 –Soul Agents Get Ready To Rock Steady

B5 –Keith & Ken Groove To The Beat

B6 –Sound Dimension Night Doctor

B7 –The Lyrics Money Lover

HERE

Rocksteady is a music genre that originated in Jamaica around 1966. A successor to ska and a precursor to reggae, rocksteady was performed by Jamaican vocal harmony groups such as The Gaylads, The Maytals and The Paragons. The term rocksteady comes from a dance style that was mentioned in the Alton Ellis song "Rock Steady". Dances performed to rocksteady were less energetic than the earlier ska dances. 

This album is a compilation containing 15 tracks by 10 different artists, produced by Clement Coxson Dodd. The first two cuts, "Never Love Again" and "My Last Love", are slow soulful vocal numbers by Alton Ellis and The Termites that highlight Jamaica’s love affair with American RnB and doo wop in their delivery and overall feel. 

Even better is "Won’t You Come Home Now" by Ken and Delroy, who I believe are Ken Boothe and Delroy Wilson, with its interplay between guitar and piano and the strong vocals. 

The second side starts off with an instrumental version of the Beatles’ "Darker Shade Of Black" with plenty of conga work by the Soul Vendors. "Get Ready Rock Steady" by the Soul Agents gets off to a good start with the chorus, but then gets a little long in the tooth. The "Groove To The Beat" is a melodic instrumental called by Keith & Ken.