Island Records Presents SKA 40 Original Ska Classics CD

Various Artists

Disc 1


1. Roy And Millie - We'll Meet

2. Lloyd Clarke - Love You The Most

3. Clancy Eccles - Judgment

4. Derrick Morgan - No Raise No Praise

5. Jimmy Cliff - One Eyed Jacks

6. Larry Lawrence - Garden Of Eden

7. Laurel Aitken - I Shall Remove

8. Theo Beckford - Boller Man (A Come)

9. Lord Tanamo - Come Down (Pomps And Pride)

10. Baba Brooks & His Band - Robin Hood

11. Stranger Cole - Stranger At The Door

12. Jimmy Cliff - Miss Universe

13. Baba Brooks & His Band - Three Blind Mice

14. Robert Marley - One Cup Of Coffee

15. Stranger Cole - Till My Dying Days

16. Don Drummond & The Skatalites - JFK's Memory

17. Dotty & Bonny - The Sun Rises In The East

18. Lloyd Brevett & His Group - One More Time

19. Baba Brooks & His Band - Catch A Fire

20. The Cherry Pies - Do You Keep On Dreaming


Disc 2


1. Eric Morris - What A Man Doeth

2. Desmond Dekker & The Four Aces - Jeserene

3. Theo Beckford - Take Your Time

4. Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Jump Out Of The Frying Pan

5. The Skatalites - Dragon Weapon

6. Lord Briscoe - Trojan

7. The Skatalites - Stampede

8. The Virtues, The Ambassadors - Your Wife And Mother

9. Desmond Dekker - The Four Aces This Woman

10. The Maytals - My New Name

11. Derrick Morgan - Starvation

12. The Techniques - Little Did You Know

13. Baba Brooks - Duck Soup

14. Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Peace And Love

15. Lyn Taitt & The Baba Brooks Band - Skalarama

16. Derrick Harriott & The Audley Williams Combo - The Jerk

17. Baba Brooks, Don Drummond - Lucky Seven

18. Lloyd Clarke - Parro Saw The Light

19. The Celestials & Llans Thewell - Choo Choo Ska

20. Millie Small & Jimmy Cliff - Hey Boy, Hey Girl

40 tracks from the vaults of Island records from 1962 - 1966. A few tracks have not been issued on CD before. Story of Chris Blackwell, who in 1962 moved Island records from Jamaica to London. Great collection for the new collector of early Ska. Informative booklet by Michael de Koningh with a discography of all tracks with uk label and number. Issued on Spectrum SPECXX2092 2 CD

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