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Title:
Essential artist collection. The Skatalites [CD].
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Publication Date:
2023
Publication Information:
London : Trojan Records, [2023]
℗2023
Physical Description:
2 audio discs (2 hr., 21 min.) ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
General Note:
Title from disc label.
Program notes by Tony Rounce inserted in container.
Originally released 1963-1965 ; One-eyed giant in 1967.
"Trojan essential artist collection. The Skatalites : 50 classics by Jamaica's greatest ever ska group - from the legendary vaults of Treasure Isle Records."--Sticker on packaging.
Performers:
The Skatalites [1963-1965 core members]: (Lloyd Knibb, Lloyd Brevett, Jerome 'Jah Jerry' Haynes, Donat Roy 'Jackie' Mittoo, Tommy McCook, Roland Alphonso, Lester Sterling, Don Drummond, Johnny 'Dizzy' Moore) ; with various guest musicians.
Contents:
CD 1. (Music is) my occupation (ring of fire) (Don Drummond, Tommy McCook & the Skatalites) -- Alley cat ska (Tommy McCook & the Baba Brooks Band) -- Cool smoke ; Garden of love (Don Drummond & the Skatalites) -- Twelve minutes to go (Tommy McCook) -- Girls town ska (the Baba Brooks Band) -- Stampede (Don Drummond, Baba Brooks & the Skatalites) -- Vitamin A ; Teenage ska (the Baba Brooks Band) -- Melody jamboree (Don Drummond & Baba Brooks) -- Boat ride (Baba Brooks & the Skatalites) -- Around the world (Don Drummond & the Skatalites) -- Watermelon man (the Baba Brooks Orchestra) -- River bank, pt. 1 (Bank to bank) ; Guns fever (Baba Brooks & his Band) -- Ska Virginia (Virginia ska) (the Baba Brooks Band) -- Duck soup (Cuttings with Baba Brooks & his Band) -- Donkey city, pt. 1 (the Baba Brooks Band) -- Latin goes ska (Lester Sterling & the Skatalites) -- Alipang (Roland Alphonso, Don Drummond & the Skatalites) -- Lucky seven (Don Drummond & the Tommy McCook Band) -- Musical store room (Frank Anderson & Roland Alphonso) -- Musical communion (the Baba Brooks Orchestra) -- Sandy Gully (Roland Alphonso & the Skatalites) -- Doctor Dekker (Don Drummond & the Baba Brooks Band).
CD 2. Nuclear weapon (Roland Alphonso & the Baba Brooks Band) -- Corner stone (A trip to Mars) (Roland Alphonso & the Skatalites) -- Knockout punch (Cotton tree) (Baba Brooks & Don Drummond) -- Don de Lion (Don Drummond & the Skatalites) -- Rocket ship (Tommy McCook & the Skatalites) -- Feeling time (Roland Alphonso & the Skatalites) -- Mesopotamia (Don Drummond & the Skatalites) -- Donkey city, pt. 2 (the Baba Brooks Band) -- Independence ska (El pussycat) (Lyn Taitt & the Baba Brooks Band) -- The rude boy (Roland Alphonso & Duke Reid's Group) -- Jelly bean (The Baba Brooks Band) -- Skalarama (The Magnificent Seven theme) (Lyn Taitt & the Comets) -- River bank, pt. 2 (Baba Brooks & his Band) -- Country town (Baba Brooks) -- One eyed giant (Baba Brooks & his Band) -- Twilight zone (instrumental) (the Baba Brooks Band) -- Catch a fire (Baba Brooks & his Band) -- Spider (Don Drummond) -- Eastern standard time (Don Drummond & the Skatalites) -- Thoroughfare (treasure isle) (Don Drummond & the Skatalies) -- Silver dollar (Don Drummond, Roland Alphonso & the Skatalites) -- Street corner (the Skatalites) -- University goes ska (Don Drummond) -- J.F.K.'s memory (Don Drummond & Tommy McCook) -- Good news (the Skatalites).
Language:
English
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