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Formats and Editions
1. Christine Keeler
2. Fidel Castro
3. Simmer Down (Feat. Bob Marley And The Wailers)
4. Freedom Sounds
5. Exodus
6. King Solomon
7. Ska Ba
8. World's Fair (Feat. Stranger Cole And Ken Boothe)
9. Two For One
10. I Should Have Known Better
11. Hot Cargo
12. Black Sunday
13. Ska La Parisienne
14. Ball Of Fire
15. Dick Tracy
16. Hanging Tree
1. Scandal Ska
2. Magic Star
3. Old Rocking Chair (Feat. Jackie Opel)
4. Third Man Ska
5. Ringo's Theme Ska
6. Ringo's Theme (Version 2)
7. Drums Of Fueman True Aka Nimrod
8. Dance The Ska
9. Cleopatra
10. Beardsman Ska
11. Addis Ababa
12. Nimble Foot Ska (Feat. Don Drummond)
13. The Vow (Feat. Jackie Opel And Doreen Schaffer)
14. Dr. Kildare
15. Killer Diller
16. Naked City
More Info:
The Skatalites ?- Foundation Ska - Without the Skatalites, there would be no ska. And this 2-CD set collects 32 tracks (e.g. Occupation; Christine Keeler) from the legendary Studio One and Treasure Isle labels, everything from full-tilt ska to Latin beats to ballads, with guest vocals by Bob Marley, Jackie Opel and other luminaries. Includes rare photos and the first history of the band ever penned... so good it's ska-rie! - It's not often that nearly four-decade-old music manages to be both seminal and cutting edge, but these 32 hits from Jamaica's-and the world's-greatest ska outfit are just that. Early ska blended R&B shuffle with mento (Jamaican calypso)-Jamaica's antic response to stateside boogie-woogie. Don Drummond, Roland Alphonso, the late Tommy McCook, and the other Skatalites injected the swinging sophistication of jazz-honed chops, and this set captures the band just starting out, during their '64-'65 tenure at Coxsonne Dodd's legendary Studio One. Ska's buoyant appeal has never died, merely gone underground now and then, and it's raging at an all-time high today. Foundation Ska shows why the Skatalites still dominate. Every track's a burnished gem, and fans will get extra kicks from the band's backing turns for Bob Marley and the Wailers ("Simmer Down") and Stranger Cole and Ken Boothe's "World's Fair" duet. Label: Studio One ?- Format: 2 x CD, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered
