This Is Ska!

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

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1007 (Shanty Town)
recording of:
007 (Shanty Town)
lyricist and composer:
Desmond Dacres
publisher:
Ackee Music Inc.
Desmond Dekker52:37
2Miss Jamaica
recording of:
Miss Jamaica
composer:
Jimmy Cliff
Jimmy Cliff2:26
3Guns of Navarone
cover recording of:
The Guns of Navarone
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster
composer:
Dimitri Tiomkin
The Skatalites2:32
4Phoenix City
recording of:
Phoenix City
writer:
Roland Alphonso
Roland Alphonso3:02
5Train to Skaville
The Ethiopians2:43
6Pickney Gal
Desmond Dekker2:54
7Return of DjangoThe Upsetters42:25
8I'm in the Mood for Ska
cover recording of:
I’m in the Mood for Love
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (US Tin Pan Alley 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 Tanamo2:32
9Rudy, a Message to YouDandy Livingstone52:35
10Man in the Street
recording of:
Man in the Street
writer:
Don Drummond
Don Drummond3:24
11Housewives Choice
recording of:
Housewife's Choice
composer:
Derrick Morgan
Derrick & Patsy2:38
12Double Barrel
producer:
Winston Riley
bass:
Robert “Robbie” Shakespeare
guitar:
Ranchie McLean
keyboard:
Ansel Collins (JM reggae keyboardist & producer)
membranophone:
Lowell “Sly” Dunbar
lead vocals:
Dave Barker (reggae artist)
performer:
The Techniques All Stars
recording of:
Double Barrel
lyricist and composer:
Dave Barker (reggae artist), Ansel Collins (JM reggae keyboardist & producer) and Winston Riley
Dave & Ansel Collins52:31
13Carry Go Bring Come
recording of:
Carry Go Bring Home
composer:
Justin Hinds (Jamaican ska vocalist with his backing singers the Dominoes)
Justin Hinds & the Dominoes2:54
14Longshot Kick de Bucket
The Pioneers2:44
15The Whip
The Ethiopians2:58
16Watermelon Man
cover recording of:
Watermelon Man
composer:
H. Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
publisher:
Hancock Music and Warner Chappell Music Ltd (1996–2019)
Baba Brooks Band2:49