Ska for Life

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1One Step Beyond
producer:
Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley
baritone saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Lee “Kix” Thompson (Madness)
bass guitar:
Mark Bedford
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Daniel Woodgate
guitar:
Chris Foreman (UK musician, aka “Chrissy Boy”)
keyboard:
Mike Barson
background vocals:
Chas Smash
vocals:
Suggs and Lee “Kix” Thompson (Madness)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1979)
cover recording of:
One Step Beyond…
lyricist and composer:
Cecil Bustamente Campbell
publisher:
Melodisc Music Ltd.
Madness4.52:19
2Too Much Too Young (live at the Troxy)
bass guitar [bass]:
Horace Panter (on 2016-11-16)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Gary Powell (drummer of The Libertines, Dirty Pretty Things, and others) (on 2016-11-16)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Steve Cradock (on 2016-11-16)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Lynval Golding (on 2016-11-16)
keyboard [keys]:
Nikolaj Torp Larsen (on 2016-11-16)
vocals:
Terry Hall (on 2016-11-16)
recorded at:
The Troxy in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 2016-11-16)
live recording of:
Too Much Too Young (on 2016-11-16)
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Dammers
The Specials2:05
3Monkey Man
Toots & The Maytals3:43
4Israelites
recording of:
Israelites
writer:
Desmond Dacres and Leslie Kong
publisher:
Ackee Music Inc., Gambi Music, Twenty Nine Black Music (BMI) and Sparta Music (publisher) (in 1978)
Desmond Dekker & the Aces2:36
5Liquidator (instrumental)
Harry J. All Stars3:06
6Return of Django
recording of:
Return to Django
composer:
Lee “Scratch” Perry (aka The Upsetter)
publisher:
B & C Music Publishing
The Upsetters2:30
7Long Shot Kick de Bucket
recording of:
Long Shot (Kick the Bucket)
writer:
George Agard (Jamaican reggae artist, aka "George Dekker", "Johhny Melody"), Sidney "Luddy" Crooks and Jackie Robinson (reggae singer, member of The Pioneers)
The Pioneers2:49
8Double Barrel
producer:
Winston Riley
bass:
Robert “Robbie” Shakespeare
guitar:
Ranchie McLean
keyboard:
Ansel Collins (JM reggae keyboardist & producer)
membranophone:
Lowell “Sly” Dunbar
lead vocals:
Dave Barker (reggae artist)
performer:
Techniques All Stars
recording of:
Double Barrel
lyricist and composer:
Dave Barker (reggae artist), Ansel Collins (JM reggae keyboardist & producer) and Winston Riley
Dave & Ansel Collins52:45
9Train to Skaville
recording of:
Train to Skaville
lyricist and composer:
Clement “Coxsone” Dodd
The Ethiopians52:51
10A Shot in the Dark (take 3)
Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites2:42
11Tighten Up
The Untouchables2:39
12Suzanne, Beware of the Devil
recording of:
Suzanne Beware of the Devil
lyricist and composer:
Dandy Livingstone
Dandy Livingstone2:35
13Guns Fever
Baba Brooks2:54
14Elizabethan Reggae
Boris Gardiner & Byron Lee & the Dragonaires2:37
15Moon Hop
recording of:
Moon Hop
writer:
Derrick Morgan and Joe Willis
Derrick Morgan43:09
16Book of Rules
The Heptones3:32
17The Ugly One (a.k.a. Lee Van Cleef)
King Stitt2:56
18Sweet Sensation
The Melodians3:53
19I Am Still in Love
Alton Ellis4:26
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