Ska Bonanza: Studio One Ska Years (Bonus Tracks) (1991) (Remastered)

Product Summary Label: HEARTBEAT / PGD UPC: 00011661780521 Release Date: 5/16/2006 Buy.com Sku: 202506337 Item#: M2WNXF Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Nimble Foot Ska - (with The Skatalites) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 2. Spred Satin - (with The Skatalites) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 3. Arte Bella - (with Ken Boothe/Stranger Cole) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 4. Streets of Gold - (with Roland Alphonso/Soul Vendors) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 5. de Pon Dem, A - (with Rita Marley Anderson/The Wailers) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 6. Black Sunday - (with The Skatalites) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 7. Don't Want Your Loving - (with Cornel Campbell) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 8. Old Fowl Ska - (with Roland Alphonso) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 9. Enna Bella - (with Eric "Monty" Morris) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 10. Jezebel - (with Owen Grey/Clue J & His Blues Blasters) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 11. Always on a Sunday - (with Frank Anderson/Tommy McCook) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 12. Sugar Bag - (with Lee "Scratch" Perry) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 13. Settle Down - (with Lester Sterling/Johnny "Dizzy" Moore/Tommy McCook) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 14. Turn Me On - (with The Checkmates) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 15. When the Well Runs Dry - (with Bunny & Skitter) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 16. Wheel and Turn - (with Frank Anderson/Tommy McCook) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 17. Oceans 11 - (with Cecil Lloyd/Roland Alphonso) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 18. Over the River - (with The Jiving Juniors) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 19. My Heaven - (with Alton Ellis/Eddie Parkins/Aubrey Adams/The Dewdroppers) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 20. Set Back (Just Cool) - (with Roland Alphonso & Carol McLaughlin) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 21. Du du Wap - (with Chuck Josephs/Dobby Dobson/Aubrey Adams) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 22. Don Cosmic - (with Don Drummond & His Group) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Man in the Street - (with Don Drummond) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 2. Simmer Down - (with Bob Marley & the Wailers) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 3. Shining Light - (with Toots & the Maytals) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 4. Push Wood - (with Jackie Opel) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 5. Wonder No More - (with Andy and Joey) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 6. Bongo Tango - (with Roland Alphonso) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 7. Sucu Sucu - (with Roland Alphonso) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 8. 20.75 - (with Roland Alphonso) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 9. Stop Making Love - (with The Gaylads) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 10. How Many Times (Do You Remember) - (with Bob Marley & the Wailers) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 11. Heaven and Hell - (with Don Drummond/Roland Alphonso) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 12. Sit Down Servant - (with Jackie Opel) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 13. Go Jimmy Go - (with Bob Marley & the Wailers) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 14. Stew Peas and Cornflakes - (with Aubrey Adams/Rico Rodriguez) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 15. Answer Me My Darling - (with Derrick Harriott) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 16. River Jordan - (with Clancy Eccles/Hersang & The City Slickers) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 17. Salt Lane Shuffle - (with Clue J & His Blues Blasters) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 18. Jeannie Girl - (with The Charmers) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 19. Lonely Moments - (with Lascelles Perkins/Clue J & His Blues Blasters) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 20. Beeston Street Riff - (with Clue J's Blues Blasters) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 21. Under the Old Oak Tree - (with Cornel Campbell) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists 22. We'll Meet - (with Roy & Millie) ~ Ska Bonanza/Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Contains 41 rare tracks, some previously unissued, circa 1961. 41-song, double-CD compilation of '60s ska, produced by Clement S. Dodd, largely (if not totally; the documentation is vague) at Studio One. Most of the big names of ska's vintage era are represented: Bob Marley & the Wailers, the Skatalites, Lee Perry, Don Drummond, Toots & the Maytals, Alton Ellis. Considering that ska's sometimes thought of as a homogenous style, the range of actual sounds and variants is impressive. There's New Orleans R&B-derivations, doo-wop-influenced ska, Motownish uptempo struts, soulful slower tunes, and instrumentals. The cuts by the unknowns include pleasurable surprises that match or exceed the ones by the stars; Frank Anderson's tropical instrumental "Wheel and Turn," for instance, or the goofy modern doo-wop jive of Chuck Josephs' "Du Du Wap." It isn't necessarily the best ska compilation that could have been concocted; Scandal Ska, to name just one, is on the whole a more exciting anthology. It is, however, one of the best of the relatively few available, and thus for the time being merits the highest rating. It's since been divided into two separate compilations, Streets of Ska and Go Ska Go. But get the original two-disc version if you can, as it's more convenient to have all the tracks and liner notes in one place. ~ Richie Unterberger   Technical Info Release Date : 05/16/2006 Original Release Date : 1991 Catalog ID : 617 805 Label : Heartbeat Number of Discs : 2 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00011661780521   Professional Reviews Rolling Stone (4/16/92, p.81) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...the Skatalites virtually invented the ska sound, which developed into rock steady, then reggae....the set includes some riveting vocal turns as well..."    Related Videos The Beatles Stereo USB Dr... 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