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Track Listing 1. Guns of Navarone, The 2. Eastern Standard Time 3. Garden of Love 4. Latin Goes Ska 5. Occupation, (Music Is My) 6. Street Corner 7. Musical Storeroom 8. Green Island 9. Corner Stone 10. Musical Communion 11. Doctor Dekker 12. Feeling Fine 13. Don de Lion 14. Lucky Seven 15. Stampede 16. Silver Dollar 17. University Goes Ska 18. Knockout Punch 19. Cool Smoke 20. Around the World 21. Alley Pang 22. Good News 23. Thoroughfare 24. Mesopotamia 25. Dragon Weapon
| Details | | Distributor: | BMG (distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes The Skatalites: Jerome "Jah Jerry" Hines, Herold McKenzie, Enest Ranglin (guitar); Lester Sterling (alto saxophone); Tommy McCook, Roland Alphonso, Dennis "Ska" Campbell (tenor saxophone); Carl "Cannonball" Bryan (baritone saxophone); Johnny "Dizzy" Moore, Baba Brroks (trumpet); Don Drummond (trombone); Jackie Mittoo, Gladstone "Gladdy" Anderson (piano); Lloyd Brevett (bass); Lloyd Knibb, Arkland "Drumbago" Parks (drums). Recorded between 1963 & 1965. Includes liner notes by Harry Hawke.
Industry Reviews Remarkably, this is the first time that Trojan have devoted a collection to this unparalleled group of musicians....Formed in 1963, The Skatalites created the first truly indigenous music of Jamaica... The Wire (04/01/2003)
4 stars out of 5 - ...Such was their phenomenal work-rate that there's more than enough material to fill a best of collection... Mojo (05/01/2003)
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