Ska Story

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
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.
Madness4.52:21
2A Message to You Rudy
producer:
Elvis Costello
guest trombone:
Rico Rodriguez (Jamaican trombonist)
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 132)
cover recording of:
A Message to You, Rudy
lyricist and composer:
Dandy Livingstone
recording of:
A Message to You, Rudy
lyricist and composer:
Dandy Livingstone
The Specials42:56
3On My Radio
producer:
Roger Lomas
recording of:
On My Radio
lyricist and composer:
Neol Davies (British musician and founder of The Selecter)
publisher:
Fairwood Music Ltd.
The Selecter3:16
4Ranking Full Stop
The Beat2:49
5Pressure Drop
producer:
The Clash (70s–80s British punk rock band)
recording of:
Pressure Drop
lyricist and composer:
Frederick Nathaniel Hibbert
The Clash2.53:27
6Jamaican Ska
Desmond Dekker & The Specials42:25
7Gangsters
producer:
The Specials AKA (ska band)
recording of:
Gangsters
writer:
John Bradbury (UK drummer for The Specials/General Public), Roderick James Byers, Jerry Dammers, Lynval Golding, Terry Hall, Horace Panter and Neville Staple
arranger:
Jerry Dammers
quotes music from:
Al Capone
The Specials4.252:48
8People Do Rocksteady
cover recording of:
Let's Do Rock Steady
lyricist and composer:
Robert Livingstone Thompson
The Bodysnatchers32:57
9Big Six
Judge Dread2:46
10Lucky Seven
recording of:
Lucky Seven
The Skatalites2:53
11Too Much Pressure
recording of:
Too Much Pressure
lyricist and composer:
Neol Davies (British musician and founder of The Selecter)
The Selecter2:51
12The Boiler
performer:
Rhoda Dakar (British singer and musician, of The Bodysnatchers)
arranger:
Jerry Dammers
The Special A.K.A. feat. Rhoda Dakar45:43
13Elvis Should Play Ska
Graduate3:14
14Rat Race
producer:
Dave Jordan (UK producer/remixer)
recording of:
Rat Race
lyricist and composer:
Roderick James Byers
The Specials3.253:10
15Geno
engineer:
Barry Hammond
producer:
Pete Wingfield (keyboardist, singer, producer, songwriter)
recording of:
Geno
writer:
Al Archer and Kevin Rowland (UK singer and songwriter, in Dexy’s Midnight Runners)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Dexys Midnight Runners33:30
16Baggy Trousers
producer:
Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley (English record producer)
recorded at:
Hammersmith Palais (not to be confused with Hammersmith Apollo aka Hammersmith Odeon) in Hammersmith, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1981-12-19)
recording of:
Baggy Trousers
lyricist:
Mike Barson, Mark Bedford, Graham McPherson, Carl Smyth, Lee “Kix” Thompson (Madness) and Daniel Woodgate
composer:
Mike Barson, Mark Bedford, Chris Foreman (UK musician, aka “Chrissy Boy”), Carl Smyth, Lee “Kix” Thompson (Madness) and Daniel Woodgate
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Madness42:30
17Skinhead Moonstomp (live)
recorded at:
Aston University in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom (on 1979-04-27)
live recording of:
Skinhead Moonstomp (on 1979-04-27)
writer:
Roy Ellis (Mr. Symarip) and Monty Naismith
publisher:
B & C Music Publishing and Sparta Florida Music Group Ltd.
The Specials32:41
18Promised Land (live)
The Jim Murple Memorial3:20
19Christine Keeler
aspo3:19
20It's You
The Specials and Fun Boy Three feat. Neville Staple3:14
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