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Skatalites Original Ska Sounds From The Skatalites 1963-65 - Independence Ska And The Far East Sound

Soul Jazz | Item No: 531981
Vinyl 2LP | 2017 / UK – Original | New
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Item Description
The Skatalites brought the sound of Jamaica to the world. At the start of the 1960s, in the space of just a couple of years Don Drummond, Tommy McCook, Jackie Mittoo, Ernest Ranglin, Johnny ‘Dizzy’ Moore, Lloyd Knibbs, Lloyd Brevett and others defined the exciting beat of ‘Ska’ as the sound of newly independent Jamaica.
As the house band at Clement ‘Sir Coxsone’ Dodd’s newly launched Studio One Records at 13 Brentford Road, the group comprising the finest jazz musicians on the island played on literally 1000s of recordings – Bob Marley and The Wailers, Toots and The Maytals, Delroy Wilson, Ken Boothe, Alton Ellis and many, many more.
During their existence (1963-65) The Skatalites also recorded 100s of their own songs, released either under their own name, or The Studio One Orchestra, or that of band members Drummond, McCook etc. This is the first collection on Soul Jazz Records to bring you some of their finest material – from classics such as ‘Guns of Navarone’, ‘El Pussy Cat Ska’, ‘Christine Keeler’ through to some serious rarities such as Dizzy Johnny and The Studio One Orchestra’s ‘Sudden Destruction’ and Don Drummond’s ‘Coolie Boy’.
The Skatalites’ ska sound brought together aspects of jazz, latin, rhythm and blues, proto-Rastafarianism (tracks such as ‘Full Dread’, ‘Beardsman Ska’) and more. The intensity and energy of their sound was matched by the experimentation of the troubled genius of Don Drummond whose ‘far east’ modal trombone sound added a complex melancholy to the music of the Skatalites (the group split-up after Drummond was charged with murdering his wife, dancer Margarita Mahfood).
This album was originally released as a limited-edition Record Store Day collectors 7-inch box set (now deleted) and is now available for the first time as a double LP edition, CD and digital release complete with 10 extra bonus tracks and new extensive sleeve notes.
Item Details
Item No: 531981
Artist: Skatalites
Title: Original Ska Sounds From The Skatalites 1963-65 - Independence Ska And The Far East Sound
Label: Soul Jazz
Catalog No: SJRLP375
Format: Vinyl 2LP, Vinyl, LP
Pressing: UK – Original
Release Date: 2017
Genre: Reggae & Dancehall
Style: Dub
Available since: 2017-05-22
Condition: New
Price: 26,99 €
Weight: 500g (plus 250g Packaging)
Tracklist
A1 The Skatalites - Guns Of Navarone
A2 The Skatalites - Christine Keeler
A3 The Skatalites - El Pussy Cat Ska
A4 Dizzy Johnny & The Studio One Orchestra - Sudden Destruction
B1 Roland Alphonso - Scambalena
B2 The Wailers - Tell Them Lord
B3 Don Drummond And The Skatalites - Russian Ska Fever
B4 Roland Alphonso And The Skatalites - Independent Anniversary Ska (I Should Have
B5 Bongoman Byfield And The Skatalites - Marcus Garvey
C1 Don Drummond & Roland Alphonso - Heaven And Earth
C2 Bongoman Byfield And The Skatalites - Jack Ruby Is Bound To Die
C3 Don Drummond And The Skatalites - Further East (Aka Trolley Song)
C4 The Skatalites - Beardsman Ska
C5 Don Drummond And The Skatalites - Surplus
D1 The Skatalites - Fidel Castro
D2 Tommy Mccook And The Satalites - Suavito
D3 Don Drummond And The Skatalites - Coolie Boy
D4 Tommy Mccook - Adam's Apple (Don't Bother Me No More)
D5 Tommy Mccook And The Satalites - Full Dread
D6 The Satalites - King Solomon
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