Ska Madness 2

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Annotation

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Another 20 Reggae Classics Which Inspired a Generation

Comes with a download link for two bonus tracks:

  • Millie Small - Enoch Power
  • The Pioneers - Let Your Yeah Be Yeah
Annotation last modified on 2015-10-11 03:06 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Israelites
recording of:
Israelites
writer:
Desmond Dacres and Leslie Kong
publisher:
Ackee Music Inc. and Sparta Music (publisher) (in 1978)
Desmond Dekker & the Aces42:50
2Monkey Spanner
recording of:
Monkey Spanner
writer:
Dave Barker (reggae artist), Ansel Collins (JM reggae keyboardist & producer) and Winston Riley
Dave & Ansell Collins2:30
3Pressure Drop
recording of:
Pressure Drop
lyricist and composer:
Frederick Nathaniel Hibbert
Toots & The Maytals2:59
4Elizabethan Reggae
Boris Gardiner2:38
5Cherry Oh Baby
producer:
Bunny Lee
recording of:
Cherry Oh Baby
lyricist and composer:
Eric Donaldson
Eric Donaldson43:03
6The Tide Is High
producer:
Duke Reid
background vocals:
Howard Barrett and Tyrone Evans
vocals:
John Holt
performer:
Tommy McCook & The Supersonics and The Paragons (Jamaican rocksteady band)
recording of:
The Tide Is High
additional writer:
Howard Barrett and Tyrone Evans
writer:
John Holt
publisher:
B & C Music Corp., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Embassy Music Corporation, Gemrod Music Inc., Sparta Florida Music Group and Sparta Florida Music Group Ltd.
The Paragons52:41
7Sweet Sensation
The Melodians3:53
8Ba Ba Boom
producer:
Duke Reid
vocals:
Tommy Cowan and Norris Weir
performer:
Tommy McCook & The Supersonics
arranger:
Tommy McCook
recording of:
Ba Ba Boom
writer:
Norris Weir and Duke Reid
The Jamaicans3:20
9Wear You to the Ball
The Paragons2:31
10Ali Baba
recording of:
Ali Baba
writer:
Joseph Cotton and John Holt
John Holt2:39
11Return of Django
recording of:
Return to Django
lyricist and composer:
Lee “Scratch” Perry
publisher:
B & C Music Publishing
The Upsetters2:31
12Skinhead Girl
recording of:
Skinhead Girl
composer:
Monty Neysmith
Symarip32:26
13Red Red Wine
cover recording of:
Red Red Wine
lyricist and composer:
Neil Diamond (in 1967)
publisher:
Bang Records (US disco) (in 1968)
Tony Tribe52:56
14Tighten Up
The Untouchables2:39
15(If It Don't Work Out) Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
recording of:
Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
lyricist and composer:
John D. Loudermilk
publisher:
Acuff Rose (BMI), Loudermilk Music, Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部
Pat Kelly2:49
16Wonderful World, Beautiful People
recording of:
Wonderful World, Beautiful People
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff53:15
17Young Gifted and Black
producer:
Harry Johnson
cover recording of:
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
lyricist:
Weldon Irvine
composer:
Nina Simone (US singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist)
Bob & Marcia3:10
18Love of the Common People
cover recording of:
Love of the Common People
lyricist and composer:
John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Tideland Music Publishing Corporation, Tree Pub. Co. Inc., TRO Essex Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) (in 1983) and Westminster Music Ltd. (in 1983)
Nicky Thomas2:18
19Black Pearl
cover recording of:
Black Pearl
composer:
Irwin Levine, Phil Spector and Toni Wine
publisher:
ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”), EMI Sosaha Music, Inc., Irving Music (BMI), Mother Bertha Music Inc., R2M Music (BMI) and Songs of Lastrada (BMI-affiliated)
Horace Faith2:37
20Wear You to the Ball
recording of:
Wear You to the Ball
lyricist and composer:
John Holt
U‐Roy & John Holt2:33

Credits

Release

manufactured in:Germany
liner notes:Rhoda Dakar (British singer and musician, of The Bodysnatchers) (in 2011-11)
producer:Johnny Chandler
compiler:Rhoda Dakar (British singer and musician, of The Bodysnatchers)
manufactured by:EDC (Entertainment Distribution Company, cd/dvd manufacturer and distributor with operations in US/UK/DE)
distributed by and marketed by:Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) (from 2012 to present)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/4715267 [info]
ASIN:UK: B006J9I6WA [info]

Release group

part of:Ska Madness (number: 2) (order: 2)