DANCE HALL MASTERS – GERMAIN RECORDS 1988
Dance Hall Masters Release Details
- Style: Reggae
- Total tracks: 23
- Unique artists on riddim: 21
- Key artists on this riddim: Al Campbell, Chaka Demus, Frankie Paul, General Trees, Lady G, Mark Wonder
- Browse this riddim in year & database lists: 1960s-80s Reggae Riddims
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:
- Admiray Bailey – Set Up Yourself
- Delroy Wilson – As Long As You Are True
- Frankie Paul – Come To Me
- Frankie Paul – Sound System Special
- Frankie Paul – Tell Me You Love Me
- Little John – Discuss
- Mighty Diamonds – Only Just Begun
- Peter Metro – Cockney And Yardie
- Pinchers – Rough Neck
- Sugar Minott – Nah Give Up
- Dance Hall Reggae (A New Beginning)-Promo-1989
- Al Campbell – Young Girl Skank
- Cata Ranking – Money Make The Girl Them Ah Gallop
- General Trees – Rough Gilbert
- Johnnie Osbourne – In The Rain
- Lady G – Fit In A Body
- Mark Wonder – We Rule
- Mickey Melody – Do You Want To Hurt Me
- Sanchez – Let Me Love You Down
- Sanchez – Out Of My Mind
- Screwdriver – Bat And No Score
- Thriller U – Cecelia
- Yellowman And Chaka Demus – Love Me Mommy And Daddy
