Pete S Posted June 14, 2014 Posted June 14, 2014 Sorry not soul but of interest to some.. I’m working on a project which is doomed to failure but I was intending to compile every UK Island A & B side, not quite sure why, but when I was collecting the label I managed to get about 60% of it done, I think now I can get maybe 95% done…anyway more on that if I ever do it, it’s just that this got me playing through lots of the releases and I thought the Ska tracks from the era’s peak (1964-65) would make a great compilation…and I was right. This is the cream of Island’s Ska output, earliest tracks are from 1964 and they end around the middle of 1966 when the sound is unquestionably turning into Rocksteady. A lot of the early 1966 music, I like to call this “Rudeboy Ska” as it has a disntinctly different flavor to it than what went just a few months previously — listen to The Wailers, Melodians and Bob Andy tracks and you’ll see what I mean. Anyway, nearly two hours worth of belters here, I’ve dubbed off the original records if no CD version was available so apologies for snap crackle and pop in places. BABA BROOKS — DUCK SOUP JUSTIN HINDS & THE DOMINOES — BOTHER RATION THE SKATALITES — BALL OF FIRE OWEN & LEON SILVERA — WANT ME COCK ERIC MORRIS — PENNY REEL THE SKATALITES — LUCKY SEVEN THE SKATALITES — DOCTOR KILDARE STRANGER COLE — RUN JOE SHENLEY DUFFUS — RUKUMBINE JUSTIN HINDS & THE DOMINOES — THE ARK JACKIE OPEL — OLD ROCKING CHAIR THE ZODIACS — RENEGADE DESMOND DEKKER — THIS WOMAN THE WAILERS — HOOLIGAN JUSTIN HINDS & THE DOMINOES — CARRY GO BRING COME DESMOND BAKER & THE CLARENDONIANS — RUDE BOY GONE JAIL BABA BROOKS — VITAMIN A THE MAYTALS — BROADWAY JUNGLE BABA BROOKS — TEENAGE SKA ALTON & THE FLAMES — DANCE CRASHER KING SPARROW — BEGGARS HAVE NO CHOICE TOMMY McCOOK — ROCKET SHIP LORD TANAMO — COME DOWN DON DRUMMOND — STAMPEDE THE WAILERS — WHAT’S NEW PUSSYCAT THE TECHNIQUES — LITTLE DID YOU KNOW DERRICK HARRIOTT — THE JERK DON DRUMMOND — MAN IN THE STREET THE SKATALITES — I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER THE SKATALITES — BEARDSMAN SKA THE GAYLADS — YOU’LL NEVER LEAVE HIM THE SKATALITES — GUNS OF NAVARONE THE MELODIANS — LAY IT ON THE CLARENDONIANS — RULES OF LIFE KEN BOOTHE — I DON’T WANT TO SEE YOU CRY DERRICK MORGAN — IT’S ALRIGHT THE WAILERS — SINNER MAN DELROY WILSON — DANCING MOOD KEN BOOTHE — TRAIN IS COMING BOB ANDY — I’VE GOT TO GO BACK HOME THE WAILERS — THE TOUGHEST https://www.mixcloud.com/mayfairmenthol/scorching-ska-from-the-island-archives/
Guest Rob Alias Posted June 15, 2014 Posted June 15, 2014 Hi Pete. I know that this is not directly related to your thread but I imagine that you are aware of the great stuff released by Soul Jazz Records, which features music from the same period? I'm a great fan of the 'Dynamite series' - and the fact the label insists on making the music available on vinyl too. More information here: https://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/discography/?l=27 Best regards. Rob Alias
Pete S Posted June 16, 2014 Author Posted June 16, 2014 Hi Pete. I know that this is not directly related to your thread but I imagine that you are aware of the great stuff released by Soul Jazz Records, which features music from the same period? I'm a great fan of the 'Dynamite series' - and the fact the label insists on making the music available on vinyl too. More information here: https://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/discography/?l=27 Best regards. Rob Alias Yes I had all those Rob, well I still do in itunes, but the Dynamite series was seriously overrated and the last couple are unlistenable. Their Studio One releases, on the other hand, were brilliant I thought.
Biggordy Posted June 16, 2014 Posted June 16, 2014 The Studio 1 releases are a bit hit and miss too. The Roots and Dub ones are excellent. So are the Ska ones. But the Rocksteady album only has 3 or 4 actual rocksteady tracks on it, rest are early reggae.
Pete S Posted June 16, 2014 Author Posted June 16, 2014 Shouldn't this be in SOJ anyway? No the rules were changed for podcasts because hardly anyone was seeing them when posted in audio / visual, so now they go in all about the soul as more of a news item.
Pete S Posted June 16, 2014 Author Posted June 16, 2014 The Studio 1 releases are a bit hit and miss too. The Roots and Dub ones are excellent. So are the Ska ones. But the Rocksteady album only has 3 or 4 actual rocksteady tracks on it, rest are early reggae. It's quite hard to define Studio One rocksteady though I think, because they were making records in 67 that could have come from 69, the whole sound is kind of their own...whereas with a T Isle or Amalgamated record from the same period, it's pure rocksteady. Say something like "Moving Away" - is it RS or Reggae?
Biggordy Posted June 16, 2014 Posted June 16, 2014 Good point about Moving Away. Apparently "Nanny Goat" was the first reggae record and that was very early 68
The Happy Hooker Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 Some good tracks here ....................remember goin' down Porobello Rd in the sixties and picked up " James Bond " and "Phoenix City" by Roland Alphonso singles for a snip, where they are now
Pete S Posted June 17, 2014 Author Posted June 17, 2014 Some good tracks here ....................remember goin' down Porobello Rd in the sixties and picked up " James Bond " and "Phoenix City" by Roland Alphonso singles for a snip, where they are now Well James Bond is a tough cookie to find and is £100+ these days, but you can pick up a Phoenix City for under £20 still (Doctor Bird label)
Sceneman Posted June 17, 2014 Posted June 17, 2014 a hh Portobello in the 60s was a goldmine of bargains . at silly money .Tobius Goodey on his stall had plenty of demos at peanuts money .
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