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

2.11: p7 Can anyone recommend some good ska albums for someone who has absolutely no clue about ska?

Land Of The Bigfoot Ska: Ska From Bigfoot Country
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`Land Of The Bigfoot Ska: Ska From Bigfoot Country' features various
artists from the North American Pacific Northwest, by Simmerdown
Productions, 1996.

`Diego'
Franceska (Portland, Oregon)

`Would You Be Mine?'
Franceska (Portland, Oregon)

`What Have We Done?'
The Feds (Vancouver, Washington)

`Evil Twin'
The Investigators (Tacoma, Washington)

`I Don't Wanna'
The Investigators (Tacoma, Washington)

`Beer Commercial World'
Funny Bone (Seattle, Washington)

`Cosa Nostra'
Cherry Poppin' Daddies (Eugene, Oregon)

`Rude Boy's Gun'
Code 26 (Renton, Washington)

`Perdido'
The Gobbletones (Seattle, Washington)

`Well You Needn't'
The Gobbletones (Seattle, Washington)

`Rumpshaker'
Easy Big Fella (Seattle, Washington)

`Barretta'
Easy Big Fella (Seattle, Washington)

`Peanuts & Corn'
The Soilers (Seattle, Washington)

`Casual Dave'
The Soilers (Seattle, Washington)

`Livin' A Lie'
Engine 54 (Olympia, Washington)

`Skinhead Train'
The Scandals (Eugene, Oregon)

`Berry Chokin' Robin'
The Scandals (Eugene, Oregon)

`Mr. Roustabout'
Something Ska (Vancouver, British Columbia)

`Lion Tamer'
Two Tonne Bowlers (Penticton, British Columbia)

`Fresh Cut'
The Readymen (Eugene, Oregon)

`Show Hall Bound'
The Readymen (Eugene, Oregon)

Let's Ska Again
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`Let's Ska Again', either Charly Records or New Cross Records,
(1989). The contents:
`Let's Dance Again (1)'
The Ska Boys

`Struggling Man (2)'
The Maroons

`The Scorcher (3)'
The Prophets (featuring Rico)

`Kung Fu Fighting'
The Cimarons

`It's Too Late'
Laurel Aitken

`Skaing South'
Des All Stars (featuring Rico)

`Hat Trick'
U-Roy

`Hoot to Skaville(4)'
The Ska Boys

`I'm a Natural Man'
The Ska Boys

`You Got To Move'
The Ska Boys

`I'll Take You There (5)'
The Deltones

`Reggae Woman (6)'
Pat Rohden

`Night Food'
Freddy Notes

`Do It (7)'
Dizzy Ranks

---------- Footnotes ----------

(1) A cover of `Let's Twist Again'.

(2) The Jimmy Cliff song.

(3) The bassline sounds similar to the Prince Buster song of the
same name, but the melody is different.

(4) The Ethiopians song with some new lyrics.

(5) The Staple Singers song that used the bassline from
`Liquidator'.

(6) the Stevie Wonder song, `Boogie On, Reggae Woman'.

(7) Yep, the disco hit from the seventies. -EC

 

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