Two volumes of religious music from the island.

If you tucked into David Katz’s exhaustive exploration of Jamaican dub (and accompanying playlist) last week, here’s a suitably religious chaser for the end of the Easter weekend.

Blogger Steven Nereo has pieced together two volumes – with a third on the way – of Jamaican gospel from the ’60s, sparked by his recent purchase of a compilation titled Noah Found Grace.

“When you spend a lot of time purchasing whole lots of random Jamaican records, there are always bound to be a few gospel 45s mixed in,” he wrote. “Over the years my pile grew slowly and I was always amazed by how fresh they sounded for religious recordings from the 1960s.”

“Recently I bought the amazing compilation Noah Full of Grace and listened to it non-stop for a few weeks. The excitement of this reminded me of my own stack of gospel 45s, so into the piles I went to dig out some gems. On top of that, my good friend at Deadly Dragon went through his own collection and sent me a few records that gave this mix some of its finer sides.”

These are the latest in Nereo’s extensive selection of mixes focusing on Jamaican music – explore the rest on his blog.

Stream both mixes below or download Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 separately.