Skatalites LP & CD Discography
"The Ska-talites consist of musicians who are the best individually,
and have combined to produce a sound that is the greatest."
-From Ska Authentic.
Ska Authentic
ND Records CN 2886 ('64)/Studio One SOLP CN 9006 ('67)/Studio
One SOL 9006+A/+B ('7?) UK/Studio One SOL 9006 ONE/TWO ('8?)/Studio
One CD 9006 ('94)
Songs:
Lee Oswald-Bridge View-President Kennedy-Further East-Ska In Vienna
Woods-You're So Delightful/Four Corners-Scrap Iron-Feeling Good-Royal
Flush-Ball of Fire-Christine Keiler. CD adds Mother-In-Law by Lee
Perry, Dance the Ska by Delroy and Paulette, Teach The Ska by Lord
Brynner, Heaven's Declare by Maytals, Musical Communication, Ska
Ba and Exodus by Skatalites and subtracts Further East, Feeling
Good, and Scrap Iron.
Cover design by Roy Tomlinson.
Availability:
The CD and LP repressings are regularly well distributed and therefore
available.
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 Best
of The Skatalites
Studio One FCD 61X ('74)
Songs:
Below Zero (aka Drifting)-Road Block Black Sunday-Always On Sunday-Don't
Slam The Door-Spread Satin/Fidel Castro-Air Raid Shelter-Phoenix City-Beard
Man Ska-Scambalena. Studio One TLPOX 1007 FCD 61X ('7?)/Studio One SOLPO-01102
('8?)Below Zero(aka Drifting)-Air Raid Shelter-Black Sunday-Always On
Sunday-Don't Slam The Door-Spread Satin/Fidel Castro-?-Phoenix City-Beardman
Ska-Scambalena. (Re-issued in '9? with "Rascal Boy" by Lord
Creator added as last track on A, and "Junior Jive" by Skatalites
and "The Mill Man" by Jackie Opel added on the on B side.
Cover design by J. "Paco" Dennis.
Availability:
This LP is continually repressed and it seems Mr. Dodd has never been
satisfied with the tracks or the sequencing, as he's altered both four
times, at least!
Celebration Time
Studio One SOLPO 01101 62083 ('83)
Songs:
Celebration Time-Cuban Blockade-Good Gravy-Well Charge-Peanut Vendor/Forest
Flowers-Hot Cargo-Cleopatra Rock-Nanny's Corner-Super Time. (Re-issued
in '9? with unlisted, uncredited vocal track, Precious Baby on side
2!)
Cover design by Guy Don Coombs, graphic by Derrick Lawrence.
Availability:
The LP is repressed often and in colors(yellow, green etc.) since
it was first released in white. The CD has been listed in Studio
One's release catalog for several years as SOCD 01101, but as of
January 2002, has yet to emerge.
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 Live
At Sunsplash
Synergy SYNC 02 ('84)
Songs:
Freedom Sounds-Eastern Standard Time-Bridge View-Ska Ba/Lee Harvey
Oswald-Tear Up-Guns Of Navarone-Four Corners-Confucius.
Cover design by Lee O'Neill.
Availability:
The LP is out of print. In 2001, bootlegged CD's of this title
appeared in France. The poor quality unauthorized release features
a black and white group photo and checkerboard border, avoid it.
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 Return
Of The Big Guns
Island UK ILPS 9775-ILPS 9775 2A-2U-1-1-8r ('84)/LCKDM CD 1 ('99)
Songs:
After The Rain-Passing Through-Reasoning-Jogging-Meet To Come-Pep
Hep Lift-Eastern Rock-Mission.
NEW: Listen to the MP3 of After
The Rain [706 K]
Availability:
The LP is out of print, however Skatalites remastered and re-released
it on CD in 1999. It's
available from the merchandise page.
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 Scattered
Lights
Top Deck CDB-1000 ('84)/Alligator ALC 8309 ('84)
Songs:
China Clipper-Marcus Jr.-Dahil Sayo-Determination-Shot In The Dark
-Confucious/Reburial-Scattered Lights-Ringo-Ska Ta Shot-Non Stop-Lawless
Street.
Cover design by Bagga Case. Concept by John Alexander and C. Davidson.
Availability:
Sonic Sounds represses the Top Deck LP occasionally so it's been
available. The Alligator issue is a better pressing but it's gone
out of print. All tracks have been released on CD in a series of
eight discs on Westside which comprise 98% or so of producer Justin
Yap's career. Here are the details on the first volume in the Top
Sounds From Top Deck series, Ska-ravan.
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Stretching Out
ROIR CS A 141 ('86)/ROIR CD 88561-5032-2 ('90)/ROIR CD RUSCD 8237 ('98)
Songs:
Freedom Sounds-Bridge View-Latin Goes Ska-Tear Up-Guns Of Navarone-Man
In The Street-Come Down-Big Trombone-Ska Ba-Roadblock-Eastern Standard
Time-Confucius-Lee Harvey Oswald-Black Sunday-Mood For Ska-Fidel Castro-El
Pussy Cat. (Double CD reissue added Four Corners of the World-Exodus-Old
Fowl-Fidel Castro(#2) and Welcome You Back Home. Recorded at Blue Monk
Jazz Gallery in Kingston on 6/27/83 acc'ing to notes. Herbie Miller also
sold the same material to NEC of Japan, see Mood For Ska below.
Availability:
The musicians maintain that they were not paid for this release and therefore
discourage their supporters from purchasing Stretching Out. These audience
quality recordings are of a warm up gig where the band was rehearsing
for their Sunsplash appearance. Skatalites are preparing their own collection
of live material that will be available shortly.
Please email for the detail.
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Ska-Ta-Shot
NEC Avenue Ltd. NACP-3003 ('88) c. Tachyon Co. Ltd.
Songs:
Yogi Man-South China Sea-Cleo's Back-Shake-A-Lady-Lawless Street-Marcus
Jr.-Dahil Sayo-Red Is Danger-In A Little Spanish Town-Determination-Shot
In The Dark-Scattered Lights-Ringo-Ska-Ta-Shot-Non Stop. [JAPAN
ONLY]
Availability:
All Justin Yap productions. This seems to have gone out of print
since Westside dropped their 8 volume set which includes all 15
tracks plus alternate takes. Please email
if you can find it available.
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Mood For Ska
NEC Avenue Ltd. NACP-3029 ('89) Tachyon Co. Ltd.s
Songs:
Ska Ba-Tear Up(w/ C Brooks)-Man In The Street-Mood For Ska-Big Trombone-Four
Cornors(sic)-Eastern Standard Time-Guns Of Navarone. [JAPAN ONLY]
1983 Blue Monk recordings that also appear on Stretching Out.
Skagroove In Japan
Alpha Recordings ACD-2 ('89)
Songs:
Freedom Sounds-Bridge View-Tear Up-Who Done It-Hot Milk-Occupation-Ringo-Guns
Of Navarone-Trotting In-Man In the Street. Live recording from Pit Siodome
Tokyo. [JAPAN ONLY]
The group that recorded this was assembled by Herbie Miller and although
he called it Skatalites, it did not include Tommy McCook, Lloyd Knibb
or Lloyd Brevett. Mittoo, Alphonso and Sterling were joined by Winston
Grennan, Bryan Atkinson, Lynn Taitt, Gladdy Anderson, David Madden and
Calvin Cameron.
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 Skavoovee
Shanachie 45009 ('93)
Songs:
Police Woman-Skafrica-Skandy-The Don (Part 1)-The Don (Part 2)-Skapan-Ska
Boss(Ska Ba)-Oriental Ska-Skamaica-Skalifornia-Skanhattan-Skavoovee.
Availability:
Intermittent availability due to Shanachie's poor distribution.
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 McCooke's
Book Ska
Quattro QTCY-2022 ('93)
Songs:
Ska Maica-Skan Hatten-Ska Pan-Ska Voovee-Skafrica-Ups And Downs-Ska
Orientiac-Ska Boss-Colleen-The Don Pt. 1-The Don Pt. 2-Police Woman.
[JAPAN ONLY]
This is the Japanese version of Skavoovee. All material is the
same despite the new titles: "Colleen" is actually "Skandy"
and "Ups & Downs" is "Skalifornia". Also
note the misspelling of "McCook".
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 Hi
Bop Ska, The 30th Anniversary Recording
Shanachie 45019 ('9/94)
Songs:
Guns Of Navarone--Flowers For Albert-Ska Reggae Hi Bop-You're Wondering
Now-Everlasting Sound-African Freedom-Man In The Street-Split Personality-Renewal-Nelson's
Song-Burru Style-Ska Ska Ska.
Hi Bop Ska features guest Prince Buster (2 tunes), Frederick "Toots"
Hibberts, Lester Bowie, David Murray, Mony Alexander, Steve Turre
and Larry McDonald.
Availability:
Intermittent availability due to Shanachie's poor distribution.
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Greetings From Skamania
Shanachie 45024 ('3/96)
Songs:
Skalloween-Skamania-El Pussycat-Right Now-Have A Good Time/Phoenix
City-Trip To Mars-Triangle-Wood And Water-I Wish You Love-S'Kool.
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 Ball
of Fire
Island Jamaica Jazz IJCD 4005/524 420-2 (released on 8/11/97 in
UK, 1/98 in US and 6/98 in Japan)
Songs:
James Bond Theme-Latin Goes Ska-Confucius-Occupation-Rockfort Rock-Eastern
Standard Time-Ball Of Fire-Swing Easy-Ringo-Freedom Sound.
Availability:
The staggered release dates were due to the incorrect writing and
publishing credits on the UK edition. 8 of the 10 writing credits
and/or publishing assignments were changed. According to executive
producer Trevor Wyatt, this had to be done before BOF could be released
in the US. Since the sale of Polygram the availability has become
unsteady and perhaps it's going out of print.
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 Foundation
Ska
Heartbeat CD/LP HB 185/186 A, B, C, D (released on 9/9/97)
Songs:
Christine Keeler-Fidel Castro-Simmer Down-Alley Pang-Exodus-King
Solomon-Eastern Standard Time-World's Fair-Two For One-I Should
Have Known Better-Hot Cargo-Black Sunday-Ska La Parisienne-Don D
Lion-Dick Tracy-Hanging Tree/Scandal-Occupation-Old Rocking Chair-Third
Man Theme-Ringo's Theme I-Ringo's Theme II-Nimrod-Woman A Come-Cleopatra-Beardman
Ska-Addis Ababa-Silver Dollar-The Vow-Dr. Kildare-Killer Diller-Naked
City.
Availability:
Initial editions of Foundation do not include Addis Ababa, instead
repeating Fidel Castro. If you have the corrected edition, not issued
til late 1999, then Addis clocks in at 2:28 rather than 3:17 as
listed. Widely available as a double CD and as a double LP. Extensive
liner notes and track information contributed by yours truly.
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--Brian Keyo
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