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Rudeboy Revival: the Very Best of Mod Ska Skin and Two Tone

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by: Various Artists

Release Date March 16, 2002
This double CD brings together a charming variety of Two Tone Ska, punk rock, mod rock and late seventies soul plus classic reggae from the sixties and seventies. It recreates the dancefloor sounds of the rude boys and showcases the music of a strain of youth culture that co-existed with the new romantics in the early 1980s.

Disc One features hit tracks from Two Tone bands like Special AKA, The Beat, The Bodysnatchers and The Selecter. Symarip�s Skinhead Moonstomp and Desmond Dekker�s Israelites are classic 60s reggae, whilst the early 80s mod revival is represented by The Mo-Dettes, Purple Hearts, Secret Affair and The Jam. Gloria Jones and Dexy�s Midnight Runners provide the soul and The Kinks offer some genuine 60s ... Read More:

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Too Much Two Tone: Ska Classics

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by: Various Artists

Release Date September 17, 2001
`Too Much Two Tone' is a supermarket compilation and yet where other supermarket compilations miss whole swathes of essential tracks this one ticks all the boxes with the all important Special number ones `Too Much Too Young' and `Ghost Town' (the extended 12" dub, no less) as well as a sprinkling of the rarities such as Rico's `Sea Cruise' and the later bands such as The Higsons and The Friday club which are generally air brushed out of the labels history to make for a monochrome Ska label which is readily identified.

That's not to say the Ska is underplayed, as well as the four Specials track, the Madness 45 `The Prince' is here, two Bodysnatchers tracks (neither of which are available on CD elsewhere) and three singles released on ... Read More:

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The No.1 Ska Album [CASSETTE]

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by: Various Artists

Release Date March 01, 1997
`Too Much Two Tone' is a supermarket compilation and yet where other supermarket compilations miss whole swathes of essential tracks this one ticks all the boxes with the all important Special number ones `Too Much Too Young' and `Ghost Town' (the extended 12" dub, no less) as well as a sprinkling of the rarities such as Rico's `Sea Cruise' and the later bands such as The Higsons and The Friday club which are generally air brushed out of the labels history to make for a monochrome Ska label which is readily identified.

That's not to say the Ska is underplayed, as well as the four Specials track, the Madness 45 `The Prince' is here, two Bodysnatchers tracks (neither of which are available on CD elsewhere) and three singles released on ... Read More:

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The No.1 Ska Album

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by: Various Artists

Release Date March 10, 1997
My first experience of this type of music was back in the two tone days of Madness, Specials, Beat, Selecter, Bad Manners and Bodysnatchers. At the time I was simply blown away with the sheer energy and passion the music created. There was also a terrific dress code to accompany this new style. Two-Tone was born. Its now a household name for those years, but meekly began as a low budget record label by Jerry Dammers ( keyboard player with The Specials). Many of the songs were in fact covers of earlier "reggae/ska/rocksteady" tunes from the 60s and early 70s.

What this album does magnificently is blend the power and agression of the two tone years with the original recordings of the aerlier years. Every single track on this album is a gem.
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Best of Ska

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by: Various Artists

Release Date October 22, 2001
This is a top ska collection, it contains plenty of classics including a few from the godfathers of SKA music, The Specials. Defenite stand out tracks are Rat Race, Rudy, a message to you and Ghosttown.
Its cheap and you get over 50 tracks to chose from, there has to be some you like in that lot!

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Totally Two Tone

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by: Various Artists

Release Date February 14, 2000
This is a top ska collection, it contains plenty of classics including a few from the godfathers of SKA music, The Specials. Defenite stand out tracks are Rat Race, Rudy, a message to you and Ghosttown.
Its cheap and you get over 50 tracks to chose from, there has to be some you like in that lot!

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Ska Mania [CASSETTE]

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by: Various Artists

Release Date May 01, 1995
This is a top ska collection, it contains plenty of classics including a few from the godfathers of SKA music, The Specials. Defenite stand out tracks are Rat Race, Rudy, a message to you and Ghosttown.
Its cheap and you get over 50 tracks to chose from, there has to be some you like in that lot!

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This Are Two Tone

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by: Various

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This is a top ska collection, it contains plenty of classics including a few from the godfathers of SKA music, The Specials. Defenite stand out tracks are Rat Race, Rudy, a message to you and Ghosttown.
Its cheap and you get over 50 tracks to chose from, there has to be some you like in that lot!