Ska Heroes

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1-01One Step Beyond
cover recording of:
One Step Beyond…
lyricist and composer:
Cecil Bustamente Campbell
publisher:
Melodisc Music Ltd.
Madness2:21
1-02A Message to You Rudy
producer:
Elvis Costello
guest trombone:
Rico Rodriguez (Jamaican trombonist)
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 132)
cover recording of:
A Message to You, Rudy
writer:
Dandy Livingstone
The Specials42:56
1-03On My Radio
The Selecter3:10
1-04Ranking Full Stop
The Beat2:49
1-05Pressure Drop
recording of:
Pressure Drop
lyricist and composer:
Frederick Nathaniel Hibbert
The Clash3:27
1-06Jamaican Ska
Desmond Dekker & The Specials2:25
1-07Gangsters
recording of:
Gangsters
writer:
John Bradbury (UK drummer for The Specials/General Public), Roderick James Byers, Jerry Dammers, Lynval Golding, Terry Hall, Horace Panter and Neville Staple
arranger:
Jerry Dammers
version of:
Al Capone
The Specials2:46
1-08People Do Rocksteady
The Bodysnatchers2:56
1-09Big Six
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Alted Productions (in 1980)
recording of:
Big Six
composer:
Alex Hughes (UK reggae and ska artist) and Ernest Ranglin
publisher:
Baierle (in 1980) and Roba (publisher) (in 1980)
Judge Dread2:45
1-10Lucky Seven
recording of:
Lucky Seven
The Skatalites2:53
1-11Too Much Pressure
The Selecter2:51
1-12The Boiler
Rhoda Dakar & The Special A.K.A.5:43
1-13Elvis Should Play Ska
Graduate3:14
1-14Rat Race
recording of:
Rat Race
composer:
Roderick James Byers
The Specials3:10
1-15Geno
Dexys Midnight Runners3:39
1-16Baggy Trousers
recording of:
Baggy Trousers
lyricist:
Mike Barson, Mark Bedford, Graham McPherson, Carl Smyth, Lee “Kix” Thompson (Madness) and Daniel Woodgate
composer:
Mike Barson, Mark Bedford, Chris Foreman, Carl Smyth, Lee “Kix” Thompson (Madness) and Daniel Woodgate
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Madness2:29
1-17Skinhead Moonstomp (live)
The Specials2:41
1-18Promised Land (live)
Jim Murple Memorial3:19
1-19Christine Keeler
A.S.P.O3:18
1-20It's You
Fun Boy Three feat. Neville Staple3:16
▼ CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
2-01My Boy Lollipop
cover recording of:
My Boy Lollipop
writer:
Morris Levy, Johnny Roberts (US songwriter, "My Boy Lollipop") and Robert Spencer (English lutenist, guitarist & musicologist)
Millie Small2:02
2-02Al Capone
Prince Buster’s All Stars2:58
2-03Miss Jamaica
recording of:
Miss Jamaica
composer:
Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff2:24
2-04Monkey Man
recording of:
Monkey Man
lyricist and composer:
Toots Hibbert
The Maytals3:45
2-05I'm in the Mood for Ska
recording of:
I’m in the Mood for Love
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Margenia Music, MCI Music Publishing Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) (in 1935, in 1963) and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) (in 2016)
Lord Tanamo2:30
2-06Phoenix City
live recording of:
Phoenix City
writer:
Roland Alphonso
Roland Alphonso3:01
2-07Guns of Navarone
cover recording of:
The Guns of Navarone
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster
composer:
Dimitri Tiomkin
The Skatalites2:30
2-08007 (Shanty Town)
recording of:
007 (Shanty Town)
lyricist and composer:
Desmond Dacres
publisher:
Ackee Music Inc.
Desmond Dekker & the Aces2:29
2-09Teenage Ska
Baba Brooks2:41
2-10Corner Stone
Don Drummond2:24
2-11Latin Goes Ska
recording of:
Latin Goes Ska
The Skatalites3:04
2-12When You Call My Name
Stranger & Patsy with The Skatalites3:28
2-13Rub Up, Push Up
Justin Hinds2:46
2-14Train to Skaville
The Ethiopians2:41
2-15Red Red Wine
Tony Tribe2:55
2-16Too Much, Too Young
recording of:
Too Much Too Young
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Dammers
The Specials5:58
2-17James Bond
The Selecter2:19
2-18Night Boat to Cairo
recording of:
Night Boat to Cairo
writer:
Mike Barson and Graham McPherson
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Madness3:20
2-19Tears of a Clown
The Beat2:41
2-20Too Experienced
The Bodysnatchers2:35