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Trojan Ska Box Set Vol.2 [VINYL]

Search: Girl Next Door - Blues Blenders
by: Various Artists

Release Date January 20, 2003

CD-Charts Position 2

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Monkey Ska: 20 Classic Ska Tracks from the Sixties

Search: Girl Next Door - Blues Blenders
by: Various Artists

Release Date July 04, 1996

CD-Charts Position 3
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And This Is A SKA Explosion

Search: Girl Next Door - Blues Blenders
by: Various Artists

Release Date March 19, 2007
I couldn't give this five stars, because there are a few dud tracks on there. But at the price it is well worth the money, because there are loads of great tunes. In fact it is worth the cash just to get a copy of 'Rukumbine'. There is a groovy ska version of the James Bond theme, and a couple of minor key instrumental grooves that really get you dancing. Also 'A little oil in my lamp' is a great singalong ska version of a traditional song, with a gospel feel to it.

I don't know why they chose to start the CD with the Prince Buster tune which is more of a reggae style and not like the rest at all (although it's not a bad tune).

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Trojan Ska Vol.2

Search: Girl Next Door - Blues Blenders
by: Various Artists

Release Date February 26, 2008
Before reggae there was ska and rocksteady, indigenous musical forms that had evolved from the imported rhythm and blues and jazz styles prevalent in Jamaica from the fifties onwards. The Trojan Ska Box Set had gathered 50 representative tracks from the period up to 1966, including some very well known big sellers.

A number of the leading artists appear again on Vol. 2: Don Drummond, Lee Perry, Lord Tanamo, Baba Brooks, the Skatalites, Owen Gray, Roland Alphonso, Tommy McCook, Desmond Dekker, Justin Hinds and the Dominoes, the Maytals, Lyn Taitt and others, with well known and less well known examples of their art, including some appearing on CD for the first time.

Occasionally they appear to have been mastered from ... Read More: