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Trojan Ska Vol.2

Search: You Belong To My Heart - Lord Tanamo
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:

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Jamaican Ska-Core: 20 Classic Ska Tracks

Search: You Belong To My Heart - Lord Tanamo
by: Various Artists

Release Date June 16, 2003
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:

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Trojan Box Set: Ska, Vol. 2

Search: You Belong To My Heart - Lord Tanamo
by: Various Artists

Release Date August 20, 2002
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:

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Best of Ska

Search: You Belong To My Heart - Lord Tanamo
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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Trojan Ska Box Set Vol.2 [VINYL]

Search: You Belong To My Heart - Lord Tanamo
by: Various Artists

Release Date January 20, 2003
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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Gaz's Rockin' Blues: Club Classics

Search: You Belong To My Heart - Lord Tanamo
by: Various Artists

Release Date February 26, 2008
This generously-filled 2 CD compilation from the reggae reissue label Trojan was compiled by Gaz Mayall, son of the British blues artist John Mayall and purveyor of the eponymous weekly club night of the title in London's Soho since 1980. The music policy of the club is mostly vintage rhythm & blues and ska, and this CD features a generous stack of tunes popular at the club. It's basically divided into one CD of r&b and one CD of ska but, while I don't want to be too purist about it, the selection is, to my ears, slightly marred by the inclusion of a few records that stand out like the proverbial sore thumb. On CD 1, these include The Kinks' "All Day And All Of The Night" and The 101ers' (Joe Strummer's pre-Clash pub rock band) "Sweetie ... Read More: