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Title: Beginners Guide to Ska (3CD)

Label: Nascente

Cat No:NSBOX055
Format:CD

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• Beginner’s Guide To Ska charts the progress of ska from it’s 1960s hey-day to the present and includes many worldwide hits and club anthems. Unlike most ska and early reggae compilations which usually stick to material from one label or producer Beginner’s Guide to Ska includes tracks from three of Jamaica’s leading labels: Treasure Isle, Randy’s & King Edwards, as well as the diverse latter day material on CD3. The compilation includes a finely balanced blend of both classic and rare tracks, including several available on cd for the first time.

• CD1 – tells the story of the birth of ska in the dancehalls of newly-independent Jamaica including several tracks that achieved chart success in the UK as well as lesser known tracks that have, over subsequent years, become underground club hits.

• CD2 – charts the musical evolution of ska, via rocksteady, into early reggae, the sound that became synonymous with Jamaica. Again, CD2 mixes tracks that were U.K. top ten hits with lesser known rarerities.

• CD3 – begins with the 2 Tone inspired ska revival of the late 70s and includes material from the 80s and 90s up to the present including major chart hits from the Specials, the Beat and the Selector alongside the likes of cult band Ska Cubana and Sparky.

Track Listing for Beginners Guide to Ska (3CD)
CD1
1. Guns Of Navarone - Skatalites
2. Ska Beat - Alton Ellis
3. Shank I Sheck - Baba Brooks & The Skatalites
4. Penny Reel - Eric 'Monty' Morris
5. Dan De Lion (AKA Don De Lion) - Don Drummond
6. Four Seasons - Sir Lord Comic & The Skatalites
7. Mother Banner - Justin Hinds & The Dominoes
8. Skaramont - Lester Sterling
9. So Bad - Upsetters
10. Contact - Roy Richards
11. Rukumbine - Shenley Duffus
12. Treasure Island - Don Drummond & Drumbago
13. Mouth A Massy - Alton Ellis
14. Vitamin A - Baba Brooks
15. Rub Up, Push Up - Justin Hinds & The Dominoes
16. Malcom X - Skatalites
17. Renegade - Zodiacs
18. Alley Pon (AKA Alley Pang) - Don Drummond
19. John & James - Maytals
20. Tribute To Nehru - Skatalites

CD2
1. African Queen - Ronald Wilson & The Skatalites
2. Dance Crasher - Alton Ellis
3. Royal Charlie - Charlie Organaire
4. Next Door Neighbour - Owen & Leon Silveras
5. Storm Warning - Lynn Taitt & The Boys
6. The Higher The Monkey Climb - Justin Hinds & the Dominoes
7. Jamaicans - Ba Ba Boom
8. Only A Smile - The Paragons
9. Don’t Stay Away - Phyllis Dillon
10. Why Birds Follow Spring - Alton Ellis
11. The Tide Is High - The Paragons
12. You Don't Care - The Techniques
13. Such Is Life - Lord Creator
14. Moonlight Lover - Joya Landis
15. Wha' She Do Now - The Gaylads
16. I've Got To Get Away - The Paragons
17. Warfare - Count Machuckie
18. Weather Report - The Tennors
19. Sweet Soul Music - The Gladiators
20. Ali Baba - John Hold

CD3
1. Mirror In The Bathroom - The Beat
2. Too Much Pressure - Selector
3. Ruder Than You - Bodysnatchers
4. Hands Off She’s Mine - The Beat
5. Ghost Town - Specials
6. Apartheid - Preta Gil
7. Mixed Feelings - Jennie Bellstar
8. Stack-A-Lee - Prince Buster & The Trojans
9. Bluebeat & Ska - Natural Rhythm
10. Chango - Ska Cubano

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