Various
That Ska Beat ('62-'66)
"Ska is still the backbone of Jamaica music, Right?"--Bunny Lee; The music of Jamaica has had a profound and lasting
influence all around the world and reggae is the name by which it has become universally known. Although the term "ska"
is often used to describe all Jamaican music before dub, DJs and dread in the mid-'70s the real Jamaican ska was made in
Kingston between 1961/1962 to 1966. Artists include: The Skatalites, Don Drummond & The Skatalites, Lyn Taitt & The
Boys, Tommy McCook & His Ska-Talites, Theophilus Beckford, Johnny "Dizzy" Moore, Roland Alphonso & His Ska-Talites, Lyn
Taitt & The Baba Brooks Band, Daniel Johnson, The Tenor Twins, Lloyd Clarke, Baba Brooks & The Trenton Spence Orchestra.
Price
Genre
Format
LP · 1 disc
Release
29-04-2014
Label
Item-nr
929169
EAN
5060135761370
Availability
Not in stock
Tracks
Title
Artist
1
SKA BOO DA BA
THE SKATALITES
2
CONFUCIOUS
DON DRUMMOND & THE SKATALITES
3
STORM WARNING
LYN TAITT & THE BOYS
4
ALLEY CAT SKA
TOMMY MC COOK & HIS SKATALITES
5
TRENCH TOWN PEOPLE
THEOPHILUS BECKFORD
6
WALKING DOWN KING STREET
THEOPHILUS BECKFORD
7
SOUTH CHINA SEA
JOHN "DIZZY" MOORE
8
RINGO
THE SKATALITES
9
NUCLEAR WEAPON
ROLAND ALPHONSO & HIS SKA TALITES
10
MAGNIFICENT SKA
LYN TAITT & THE BABA BROOKS BAND
11
COME ON MY PEOPLE
DANIEL JOHNSON
12
HIT YOU LET YOU FEEL IT
THE TENOR TWINS
13
THE RE-BURIAL
DON DRUMMOND & THE SKATLITES
14
LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
LLOYD CLARKE
