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