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Track Listing
1. Black Joe
2. Rum Bumper's
3. Machine Shop
4. John & James
5. Baby Elephant Walk
6. Home Home Home
7. Malcolm X
8. Mouth a Massy
9. Portrait of My Love
10. Fast Mouth
11. Away From It All
12. Ska Beat
13. Hello Mother
14. Lost Penny
15. Collic Bird
16. Goodbye Pretty Darling
17. Royal Charlie
18. Blow Roland Blow
19. Rico Farewell
20. Going Back to Ja
| Details | | Distributor: | Fontana Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
A typically excellent reissue by Heartbeat, Rounder Records' reggae-and-Caribbean imprint, 1998's SKATALITES AND FRIENDS AT RANDY'S is a fascinating collection of rare tracks recorded at the legendary Randy's Studio in Kingston, Jamaica in the mid '60s. Although the Skatalites only get their names on a quarter of the 20 tracks here--all of them killer ska instrumentals--they were the backing band on all of them, and although the Maytals or Alton Ellis might get top billing on the other 15 tracks, they're indubitably Skatalites tracks. Even more than Booker T and the MGs did for Stax/Volt or the Funk Brothers did for Motown, the Skatalites defined--some say invented--the musical landscape of Kingston from 1963 to 1966. Highlights include "Machine Shop," a solo showcase by Skatalites trombonist Don Drummond, and a skanking version of Henry Mancini's "Baby Elephant Walk" that works much better than anyone might expect.
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