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Foundational rocksteady rhythm cut at Treasure Isle for producer Arthur "Duke" Reid, first heard under Alton Ellis's 1966 vocal (often cited among the earliest rocksteady sides) and later the backing track U-Roy toasted over for "Wake the Town" (1970), one of the records that launched deejay culture.

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Story · Well supportedWake the Town: Duke Reid's rocksteady and the birth of the deejay record

How a toast over a Treasure Isle rhythm helped invent the modern deejay.