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

2.11: p5 Can anyone recommend some good ska albums for someone who has absolutely no clue about ska?

The Story of Jamaican Music
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` The Story of Jamaican Music - Tougher Than Tough'. This is a 4-CD
numbered box set. The first CD is all ska, the second CD is
rocksteady, the third CD is reggae, and the fourth is dance hall.

Dance Craze - The Best of British Ska ... Live!
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This is the soundtrack of the excellent ska film `Dance Craze'.
(see ) `Dance Craze - The Best of British Ska ... Live!', *various
artists*,(1) Chrysalis Records, `F2 21783'. This is one must-have
Two-Tone era album.

`Concrete Jungle'
The Specials

`Mirror in the Bathroom'
The English Beat

`Lip Up Fatty'
Bad Manners

`Too Much Too Young'
The Special A.K.A.

`Three Minute Hero'
The Selecter

`Easy Life'
The Bodysnatchers

`Big Shot'
The English Beat

`Man at C&A'
The Specials

`Missing Words'
The Selecter

`Ranking Full Stop'
The English Beat

`Carry Go Bring Come'
The Selecter

`Inner London Violence'
Bad Manners

`Guns of Navarone'
The Special A.K.A.

`Too Much Pressure'
The Selecter

`Nite Club'
The Specials

`Skinhead Symphony (Longshot Kick the Bucket/Liquidator/Skinhead Moonstomp)'
The Special A.K.A.

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(1) Legal matters forced the deletion of Madness's three tracks
that are in the movie `Dance Craze'. They are replaced by the contents
of the Speacial A.K.A. 1980 live EP plus the Selecter version of `Carry
Go Bring Come'.

 

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