The Big Ska Box

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1▼CD: Ska Hits
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	On My Radio ’91 recording of: On My Radio lyricist and composer: Neol Davies (British musician and founder of The Selecter) publisher: Fairwood Music Ltd.	The Selecter		3:27
2	Mirror in the Bathroom (live)	The International Beat		3:59
3	Ne‐Ne Na‐Na Na‐Na Nu‐Nu (live) live recording of: Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu writer: Eddie Deane and Al Dredick	Bad Manners		1:47
4	Limehouse Lady	Arthur Kay & the Originals		3:25
5	Rough Rider (live) live cover recording of: Rough Rider writer: Derv Gordon, Lincoln Gordon, Patrick Gordon (UK reggae musician & vocalist) and Eddy Grant	The Selecter feat. Prince Buster		3:39
6	Big 6	Judge Dread		2:44
7	Yes Yes Yes	The Ska-Dows		3:27
8	Shame	Big 5		2:51
9	Up With the Cock	Judge Dread		2:51
10	Rhapsody in Buh	The Ska-Dows		3:40
11	Missing Words (live)	The Selecter		4:26
12	Monday Morning recording of: Monday Morning composer: Nick Bensberg	The Riffs		3:15
13	Mad About You	Laurel Aitken		2:29
14	Inner London Violence (live) live recording of: Inner London Violence writer: Louis Cook, Douglas Trendle, David Farren, Paul Hyman, Chris Kane (saxophone player), Andrew Marson, Alan Sayag, Martin Stewart (member of Bad Manners, The Selecter) and Brian Tuitt publisher: Magnet Music Ltd. (publisher)	Bad Manners		3:44
15	The Selecter	The Selecter		3:47
16	Pussy Whipped (live‐GLR)	Big 5		2:19
17	Turkey Stomp	The Hotknives		2:50
18	Lip Up Fatty (live) recording of: Lip Up Fatty writer: Louis Cook, Douglas Trendle, David Farren, Paul Hyman, Chris Kane (saxophone player), Andrew Marson, Alan Sayag, Martin Stewart (member of Bad Manners, The Selecter) and Brian Tuitt publisher: Magnet Music Ltd. (publisher)	Bad Manners		3:04

2▼CD: Covered in Skas
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Gonna Get Along Without You Now	Bad Manners		2:42
2	Je t’aime	Judge Dread		2:34
3	I Can See Clearly Now	The Selecter		4:22
4	Apache cover recording of: Apache composer: Jerry Lordan publisher: Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.	The Ska-Dows		3:00
5	Monkey Man (live)	Big 5		2:47
6	Phoenix City (live)	Judge Dread		2:58
7	Best of Both Worlds cover recording of: Best of Both Worlds lyricist and composer: Robert Palmer (English singer‐songwriter)	The Selecter		3:32
8	Baby Elephant Walk recording of: Baby Elephant Walk (Hatari!) composer: Henry Mancini (US composer, conductor & arranger) arrangement of: Variaciones sobre “El paso del elefantito”	Bad Manners	4	2:02
9	Come Outside cover recording of: Come Outside lyricist and composer: Charles Blackwell (UK songwriter, arranger & record producer)	Judge Dread		3:18
10	Dambusters cover recording of: The Dam Busters March composer: Eric Coates (composer) (in 1955) publisher: Chappell & Co.	JJ All Stars		2:11
11	Telstar cover recording of: Telstar composer: Joe Meek publisher: Ivy Music Ltd.	The Ska-Dows		2:38
12	Walking in the Sunshine	Big 5		4:02
13	Orange Street (live)	The Selecter		3:11
14	Wooly Bully (live) live cover recording of: Wooly Bully lyricist and composer: Domingo Samudio publisher: Beckie Publ. Co., Inc., Intersong GmbH (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Melodie der Welt (publisher)	Bad Manners		2:06
15	Jamaica Jerk Off (live) live cover recording of: Jamaica Jerk-Off lyricist: Bernie Taupin composer: Elton John (English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer) publisher: Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.	Judge Dread		4:04
16	Peter Gunn cover recording of: Peter Gunn lyricist and composer: Henry Mancini (US composer, conductor & arranger) part of: Peter Gunn (American TV series 1958–1961)	The Riffs		3:02
17	Liquidator	The Hotknives		3:47
18	Echo 4‐2 (live)	Bad Manners		2:12

3▼CD: Legends of Ska
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Rudy (A Message to You)	Judge Dread		3:35
2	Madness performer: Prince Buster cover recording of: Madness lyricist and composer: Cecil Bustamente Campbell (until 1962)	The Selecter		2:51
3	Rock Steady	The International Beat		2:30
4	Sooty Is a Rudie	Arthur Kay & the Originals		3:06
5	Reburial	Potato 5		4:58
6	Skaville UK	Bad Manners	4	2:34
7	Two Legs	Mark Foggo’s Skasters		3:38
8	Ska’d for Life	The Ska-Dows		3:24
9	Dick Barton	The Hotknives		1:46
10	Gift	The Burial		3:39
11	Is Anybody There?	The Volcanoes		2:41
12	Sally Brown (live)	Laurel Aitken & The Loafers		3:31
13	King Hammond Shuffle	King Hammond		2:37
14	Pound to the Dollar	Maroon Town		4:33
15	Off the Shelf	Johnny Too Bad		2:47
16	Too Late Rudy	The Loafers		2:09
17	Bluebeat and Ska	Natural Rhythm		3:48
18	James Bond (live)	Big 5		2:47

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Release information

Barcode:: 5014797131347
Format:: 3×CD
Length:: 2:49:10

Additional details

Type:: Album + Compilation
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Emporio
EMTBX 312

Release events

United Kingdom
1998

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