2.11: p3 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: p3 Can anyone recommend some good ska albums for someone who has absolutely no clue about ska?
Monkey Business
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`Monkey Business', Trojan Records (1980). A *skinhead reggae*
compilation that contains:
`Tighten Up'
Lee Perry/The Untouchables (may be upsetters)
`Fatty Fatty'
Clancy Eccles
`54-36'
(You oughta know this already)
`007 Shanty Town'
(likewise)
`Liquidator'
Harry J All Stars
`Fire Corner'
Clancy Eccles and King Stitt
`Double Barrel'
Dave and Ansel Collins
`Birth Control'
Lloydie and the Lowbites
`Herbsman'
King Stitt
`Elizabethan Serenade'
Boris Gardner
`Return of Django'
Upsetters
`Monkey Spanner'
Dave and Ansel Collins
`Young Gifted and Black'
Bob and Marcia
`Long Shot'
The pioneers
`Monkey Man'
The Maytals
`Dollar in the Teeth'
The Upsetters
`Barbwire'
Nora Dean
`Shocks of Mighty'
The Upsetters
`Them Laugh and Kiki'
The Soulmates
`Cherry Oh! Baby'
Eric Donaldson
One Original Step Beyond
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`One Original Step Beyond', *various artists*, Castle Communications
`CTVCD 115' (cd), `CTVMC 115' (cassette), `CTVLP 115' (lp). The
contents include:
`One Step Beyond'
`Judge Dread,'
`Madness'
`Al Capone'
Prince Buster.
`Oh Carolina'
The Folkes Brothers.
`Message to You Rudie'
Dandy.
`Red Red Wine'
Tone Tribe.
`Madness'
Prince Buster.
`One Love'
Bob Marly and Wailers.
`Skinhead Moonstomp'
Symarip.
`Guns of Navarone'
The Skatalites.
`OK Fred'
John Holts.
`Easy Snappin''
Theophilus Beckford.
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