Article Details

Article ID

CD-7778

Format

2x CD

Artist

Skatalites

Title

Foundation Ska

Track list

Pos.	Artist	Title
1	The Skatalites	Christine Keeler
2	The Skatalites	Fidel Castro
3	The Skatalites (ft Bob Marley and the Wailers)	Simmer Down
4	Tommy McCook and the Skatalites	Freedom Sounds
5	The Skatalites	Exodus
6	The Skatalites	King Solomon
7	Tommy McCook and the Skatalites	Ska Ba
8	The Skatalites (ft Stranger Cole and Ken Boothe)	World's Fair
9	The Skatalites	Two for One
10	The Skatalites	I Should Have Known Better
11	The Skatalites	Hot Cargo
12	The Skatalites	Black Sunday
13	The Skatalites	Ska La Parisienne
14	Roland Alphonso and the Skatalites	Ball of Fire
15	The Skatalites	Dick Tracy
16	The Skatalites	Hanging Tree
17	The Skatalites	Scandal Ska
18	Tommy McCook and the Skatalites	Magic Star
19	The Skatalites fturing Jackie Opel	Old Rocking Chair
20	The Skatalites	Third Man Ska
21	The Skatalites	Ringo's Theme Ska
22	The Skatalites	Ringo's Theme (Version 2)
23	The Skatalites	Drums of Fueman True aka Nimrod
24	The Skatalites (ft Delroy and Paulette)	When I First Heard the Ska aka Dance the Sk
25	The Skatalites	Cleopatra
26	The Skatalites	Beardsman Ska
27	The Skatalites	Addis Ababa
28	Roland Alphonso and the Skatalites	Nimble Foot Ska
29	The Skatalites (ft Jackie Opel and Doreen Schaffer)	The Vow
30	The Skatalites	Dr Kildare
31	The Skatalites	Killer Diller
32	The Skatalites	Naked City

Style(s)

Ska+Rocksteady

Label

Studio One 006

Producer

Dodd

Country

US - United States

Quality

m/m re

Remarks

Foundation Ska is one of the top compilations to explore the greatness of the legendary Skatalites. This top-tier Jamaican ska band featured the cream of the island's musicians in a true supergroup. Tommy McCook, Roland Alphonso, and Johnny Moore were already recognized as the best players on the island and Don Drummond’s legendary status eclipsed them all. Adding Lloyd Knibbs and Lloyd Brevette as the rhythm section and Jackie Mittoo on piano, the Skatalites’ greatness was unrivaled.

The reissue of this 1997 album, long out of print, is now a strictly Studio One affair with the inclusion of six hard-to-find tracks from the label. A true slice of ska history, these songs sound as fresh today as they did when first released in the early sixties. Including a history of the group and song notes along with its mix of top songs and vocals, this album is a must have for all ska fans.

Price

EUR 30.77

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