Ska Story

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▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1One Step Beyond
producer:
Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley
baritone saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Lee “Kix” Thompson (Madness)
bass guitar:
Mark Bedford
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Daniel Woodgate
guitar:
Chris Foreman
keyboard:
Mike Barson
background vocals:
Chas Smash
vocals:
Suggs and Lee “Kix” Thompson (Madness)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1979)
cover recording of:
One Step Beyond…
lyricist and composer:
Cecil Bustamente Campbell
publisher:
Melodisc Music Ltd.
Madness4.552:21
2A 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
3On My Radio
The Selecter3:16
4Ranking Full Stop
The Beat2:49
5Pressure Drop
producer:
The Clash (70s–80s British punk rock band)
recording of:
Pressure Drop
lyricist and composer:
Frederick Nathaniel Hibbert
The Clash2.53:27
6Jamaican Ska
Desmond Dekker & The Specials2:25
7Gangsters
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 Specials2:48
8People Do Rocksteady
cover recording of:
Let's Do Rock Steady
lyricist and composer:
Robert Livingstone Thompson
The Bodysnatchers2:57
9Big Six
Judge Dread2:46
10Lucky Seven
recording of:
Lucky Seven
The Skatalites2:53
11Too Much Pressure
recording of:
Too Much Pressure
lyricist and composer:
Neol Davies (British musician and founder of The Selecter)
The Selecter2:51
12The Boiler
performer:
Rhoda Dakar (British singer and musician, of The Bodysnatchers)
arranger:
Jerry Dammers
The Special A.K.A. feat. Rhoda Dakar45:43
13Elvis Should Play Ska
Graduate3:14
14Rat Race
recording of:
Rat Race
composer:
Roderick James Byers
The Specials3:10
15Geno
engineer:
Barry Hammond
producer:
Pete Wingfield (keyboardist, singer, producer, songwriter)
recording of:
Geno
writer:
Al Archer and Kevin Rowland (UK singer and songwriter, in Dexy’s Midnight Runners)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Dexys Midnight Runners33:30
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)
Madness2:30
17Skinhead Moonstomp (live)
The Specials2:41
18Promised Land (live)
The Jim Murple Memorial3:20
19Christine Keeler
aspo3:19
20It's You
The Specials and Fun Boy Three feat. Neville Staple3:14
▼ CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1My 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
2Al Capone
Prince Buster's All Stars2:58
3Miss Jamaica
recording of:
Miss Jamaica
composer:
Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff2:24
4Monkey Man
recording of:
Monkey Man
lyricist and composer:
Toots Hibbert
The Maytals3:45
5I'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 Tanamo2:31
6Phoenix City
live recording of:
Phoenix City
writer:
Roland Alphonso
Roland Alphonso3:01
7Guns of Navarone
cover recording of:
The Guns of Navarone
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster
composer:
Dimitri Tiomkin
The Skatalites2:31
8007 (Shanty Town)
recording of:
007 (Shanty Town)
lyricist and composer:
Desmond Dacres
publisher:
Ackee Music Inc.
Desmond Dekker & the Aces2:31
9Teenage Ska
Baba Brooks2:41
10Corner Stone
Don Drummond2:25
11Latin Goes Ska
recording of:
Latin Goes Ska
The Skatalites3:04
12When You Call My Name
performer:
The Skatalites
Stranger & Patsy feat. The Skatalites3:28
13Rub Up, Push Up (live)
Justin Hinds & the Dominoes2:47
14Train to Skaville
The Ethiopians2:42
15Red Red Wine
cover recording of:
Red Red Wine
lyricist and composer:
Neil Diamond (in 1967)
publisher:
Bang Records (Bert Berns label) (in 1968)
Tony Tribe52:56
16Too Much, Too Young
recording of:
Too Much Too Young
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Dammers
The Specials6:09
17James Bond
The Selecter2:19
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
19Tears of a Clown
producer:
Bob Sargeant
cover recording of:
The Tears of a Clown
lyricist:
Smokey Robinson
composer:
Henry Cosby, Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc., Jobete Music Ltd and Jobette Music (UK) Ltd.
The Beat32:41
20Too Experienced
The Bodysnatchers2:34

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ASIN:FR: B000069V9F [info]