Prince Buster – Blue Beat Hits (LP Vinyl)

Cecil Bustamente Campbell built the blueprint. Before ska became reggae, before reggae became a global language, Prince Buster was in Kingston shaping the sound that would eventually reach every corner of the world. Blue Beat was the UK label that first carried these rhythms across the Atlantic, and Buster's releases on it were foundational texts for the rude boys, the mods, and every generation of rhythm obsessive that followed.