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The Skatalites @ Studio One between 1963 & 1965

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Bloodpreshah selected the best of The Skatalites @ Studio One between 1963 & 1965

Bloodpreshah has selected for you a compilation from one of the greatest ska bands of all time! The Skatalites! It features twenty stone-cold classics, killer tracks from Studio One.
The Skatalites were the definitive Jamaican group, who first came together in Kingston in the late 1950s. The band gathered the acknowledged finest musicians in the country: Tommy McCook Rolando Alphonso Lester Sterling, Lloyd Brevett Lloyd Knibb, Don Drummond, Jah Jerry Haynes, Jackie Mittoo, Johnny Moore and Jackie Opel.
In 1963 they became the house band at Clement ‘Sir Cosxone‘ Dodd’s newly opened Studio One at 13 Brentford Road. The group played on every song cut at the studio, backing the greatest singers of the day, such as Bob Marley and The Wailers, Ken Boothe, Toots and The Metals.
They also recorded some of the finest instrumental music ever made under their own name. Here is a selection of some of their finest and hardest-to-find cuts made at Studio One between 1963-65.

Track list

1. The Skatalites – Guns Of Navarone (03:12)
2. The Skatalites – Christine Keeler (03:08)
3. The Skatalites – El Pussy Cat Ska (03:14)
4. Dizzy Johnny & The Studio One Orchestra – Sudden Destruction (02:35)
5. Roland Alphonso – Scambalena (03:17)
6. The Wailers – Tell Them Lord (02:09)
7. Don Drummond & The Skatalites – Russian Ska Fever (03:05)
8. Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites – Independent Anniversary Ska (I Should Have Known Better) (04:03)
9. Bongoman Byfield & The Skatalites – Marcus Garvey (02:12)
10. Don Drummond & Roland Alphonso – Heaven And Earth (03:28)
11. Bongoman Byfield & The Skatalites – Jack Rubby Is Bound To Die (02:31)
12. Don Drummond & The Skatalites – Further East (AKA Trolley Song) (03:14)
13. The Skatalites – Beardsman Ska (02:58)
14. Don Drummond & The Skatalites – Surplus (03:20)
15. The Skatalites – Fidel Castro (03:17)
16. Tommy McCook & The Skatalites – Suavito (03:02)
17. Don Drummond & The Skatalites – Coolie Boy (02:41)
18. Tommy McCook – Adam’s Apple (Don’t Bother Me No More) (02:25)
19. Tommy McCook & The Skatalites – Full Dread (02:40)
20. The Skatalites – King Solomon (02:53)

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