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2.11: p2 Can anyone recommend some good ska albums for someone who has absolutely no clue about ska?
Intensified Original Ska
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`Intensified! Original Ska 1962-66', *various artists*, Mango
Records, `ZCM 9524'. The contents:
`El Pussy Cat,"'
Roland Alphonso.
`Solomon Gundie'
Eric Morris.
`Teenage Ska'
Baba Brooks.
`Carry Go Bring Come'
The Charms.
`Duck Soup'
Baba Brooks.
`Rukumbine'
Shenley Duffus.
`Stampede'
Don Drummond + Drumbago.
`Independent Anniversary Ska(1)
Beatles's `I Should Have Known Better'' The Skatalites.
`John + James'
The Maytals.
`Rocket Ship'
Tommy McCook.
`We Are Rolling'
Stranger Cole.
`James Bond'
Roland Alphonso.
`Housewife's Choice'
Derrick + Patsy.
`University Goes Ska'
Don Drummond.
`Penny Reel'
Eric Morris.
`The Higher The Monkey Climbs'
Justin Hines.
---------- Footnotes ----------
(1) `Independent Anniversary Ska' is really a cover of the
More Intensified
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`More Intensified', Mango Records, (1980). The contents:
`Six and Seven Books of Moses'
The Maytals (as the Vikings)
`Dr. Kildare'
The Skatalites
`Congo War'
Lord Brynner and The Sheiks
`Woman Come'
Marguerita
`Man in the Street'
Don Drummond
`What a Man Doeth'
Eric Morris
`Lucky Seven'
The Skatalites
`Miss Ska-culation(1)'
Roland Al and the Soul Brothers
`Dr. Ring-a-Ding'
Roland Al and the Soul Brothers
`Run Joe'
Stranger Cole
`Sucu-Sucu'
The Skatalites
`The Great Wuga Wuga'
Sir Lord Comic
`Dick Tracy'
The Skatalites
`Mount Zion'
Desmond Dekker and the Four Aces
`Marcus Junior'
The Soul Brothers
`Train to Skaville'
Ethiopians
---------- Footnotes ----------
(1) Really the surf tune `Pipeline'
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