Dance Hall Masters – Germain Records

DANCE HALL MASTERS – GERMAIN RECORDS 1988

Dance Hall Masters finds Germain Records in full late-’80s dancehall mode, with a fast-moving cut where Frankie Paul, Delroy Wilson, Sugar Minott and the Mighty Diamonds all circle the same rhythm and keep the energy high. The set is tagged 1988, and that lines up with the era when Germain was turning out some of the sharpest studio work in the business. Frankie Paul gets the biggest share here, with three appearances that help anchor the compilation, while names like Pinchers, Little John and Peter Metro push the tracklist into harder, chatty territory. The sequencing feels deliberate too: heavyweight voices up front, then a run of singjay and deejay cuts that keep the rhythm moving without letting the momentum sag.

Dance Hall Masters Tracklist:

1. Admiray Bailey – Set Up Yourself
2. Delroy Wilson – As Long As You Are True
3. Frankie Paul – Come To Me
4. Frankie Paul – Sound System Special
5. Frankie Paul – Tell Me You Love Me
6. Little John – Discuss
7. Mighty Diamonds – Only Just Begun
8. Peter Metro – Cockney And Yardie
9. Pinchers – Rough Neck
10. Sugar Minott – Nah Give Up
11. Dance Hall Reggae (A New Beginning)-Promo-1989
12. Tracklist:
13. Al Campbell – Young Girl Skank
14. Cata Ranking – Money Make The Girl Them Ah Gallop
15. General Trees – Rough Gilbert
16. Johnnie Osbourne – In The Rain
17. Lady G – Fit In A Body
18. Mark Wonder – We Rule
19. Mickey Melody – Do You Want To Hurt Me
20. Sanchez – Let Me Love You Down
21. Sanchez – Out Of My Mind
22. Screwdriver – Bat And No Score
23. Thriller U – Cecelia
24. Yellowman And Chaka Demus – Love Me Mommy And Daddy