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This article is from the Ska FAQ, by Tomas Willis tomas@twillis.com with numerous contributions by others.

2.11: p11 Can anyone recommend some good ska albums for someone who has absolutely no clue about ska?

Ska Beats 1 - Freestyle Ska
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`Ska Beats 1 (Freestyle Ska)'. The contents:
`Mental Ska'
Longsy D

`Just Keep Rockin''
Double Trouble and the Rebel MC

`Force 10 from Navarone'
Roughneck

`Musical Scorcha'
Rockit All-Star

`Resolution '99'
Maroon Town

`Rock to Dis'
Jamaica Meantime

`We Play Ska'
Children of the Night with Ranking Roger

`This is Ska'
Longsy D with Buster Bloodvessel

`Skainking with the Toreadors'
Ministry of Ska

`The Rude Boy Shuffle'
The Rude Boys

`The Swingin' Thing'
Flowers Ltd. and BMG

This is all the so-called "Freestyle Ska", which is very hip-hop
influenced. Never caught on in the US (too black?)
-EC

The Third Wave, Volume II
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`Ska The Third Wave, Volume II', Beloved Recordings, Shanachie, USA
(1996).

`Rodent Revolt'
Mock Turtle Soup

`Blind Justice'
Thumper

`Coffee'
AWOL

`Rudy, Do You Know?'
Downbeat Rulers

`Maude'
Blind Spot

`Walkin' Shagbootie'
Insatiable

`Super Nice Guys'
Undercover S.K.A.

`Misskaculation'
Ruder Than You

`Mission Aborted'
The Planet Smashers

`Inspector Gadget'
Ska King Crab

`Liquor Store'
Less Than Jake

`Same Old Story'
Downbeat Rulers

`Someone To Cling To'
Regatta Sixty-Nine

`GPC's'
Insatiable

`Rude Girl'
Undercover S.K.A.

`The Bumble Bee Tuna Song'
Mephiskapheles

 

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