Essential Ska

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

Tracklist

1▼CD: Guns, Girls and Rudeboys
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Dance Crasher
recording of:
Dance Crasher
writer:
Alton Ellis
Alton Ellis2:41
2Rudy, a Message to You
Dandy Livingstone2:33
3Get on the Ball
Roy Shirley3:13
4One‐Eyed Giant
Baba Brooks3:07
5Watermelon Man
Byron Lee & the Dragonaires2:34
6Hey Bartender
Laurel Aitken2:36
7She’s Going to Napoli
Owen Gray2:34
8Yeah Yeah
recording of:
Yeah Yeah
lyricist and composer:
Wilburn Cole
The Riots2:19
9Fat Man
recording of:
Fat Man
writer:
Derrick Morgan
Derrick Morgan2:22
10Carry Go Bring Come
producer:
Duke Reid (Jamaican producer and label owner)
recording of:
Carry Go Bring Home
composer:
Justin Hinds (Jamaican ska vocalist with his backing singers the Dominoes)
Justin Hinds & the Dominoes2:51
11Get Up Edina
producer:
Leslie Kong
recording of:
Get Up Edina
lyricist and composer:
Desmond Dekker
Desmond Dekker2:40
12Drop the Ratchet
Stranger Cole & The Conquerors2:00
13Guns Fever
Baba Brooks2:53
14Bonanza Ska
cover recording of:
Bonanza
orchestrator:
David Rose (songwriter, pianist and orchestra leader)
lyricist:
Ray Evans (American songwriter)
composer:
Jay Livingston
publisher:
Livingston & Evans Inc. (ASCAP) and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
Bonanza (American Western TV series 1959–1973)
Carlos Malcolm & His Afro-Jamaican Rhythms43:08
15Gunmen Coming to Town
The Heptones2:33
16Ska‐ing West
Sir Lord Comic & His Cowboys3:06
17Eastern Standard Time
recording of:
Eastern Standard Time
Don Drummond & The Skatalites3:06
18Musical Communion (Sly Mongoose)
Baba Brooks & Tommy McCook3:00
19Penny Reel
Eric “Monty” Morris2:30
20Housewives Choice
recording of:
Housewife's Choice
composer:
Derrick Morgan
Derrick & Patsy2:41
2▶CD: All Aboard for Skaville Junction
3▶CD: Reggae Hits the Jackpot

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Release

ASIN:UK: B000MR9DMM [info]