Essential Artist Collection

~ Release by The Skatalites (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1▼CD
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1(Music Is My) Occupation (Ring of Fire)
instrumental cover recording of:
Ring of Fire
writer:
June Carter Cash and Merle Kilgore
publisher:
Painted Desert Music Corporation
Don Drummond, Tommy McCook & The Skatalites3:01
2Alley Cat Ska
Tommy McCook & The Baba Brooks Band2:40
3Cool Smoke
Don Drummond & The Skatalites3:05
4Garden of Love
recording of:
Garden of Love
Don Drummond & The Skatalites3:02
5Twelve Minutes to Go
recording of:
Twelve Minutes to Go
Tommy McCook3:07
6Girls Town Ska
The Baba Brooks Band2:51
7Stampede
Don Drummond, Baba Brooks & The Skatalites2:55
8Vitamin A
The Baba Brooks Band2:52
9Teenage Ska
recording of:
Teenage Ska
writer:
Baba Brooks
The Baba Brooks Band2:40
10Melody Jamboree
Don Drummond & Baba Brooks3:09
11Boat Ride
Baba Brooks & The Skatalites3:05
12Around the World
Don Drummond & The Skatalites2:55
13Watermelon Man
cover recording of:
Watermelon Man
composer:
H. Hancock
publisher:
Hancock Music and Warner Chappell Music Ltd
The Baba Brooks Orchestra2:50
14River Bank, Pt. 1 (Bank to Bank)
producer:
Duke Reid
Baba Brooks & His Band2:05
15Guns Fever
Baba Brooks & His Band2:52
16Ska Virgina (Virginia Ska)
The Baba Brooks Band2:18
17Duck Soup
Cuttings with Baba Brooks & His Band2:31
18Donkey City, Pt. 1
The Baba Brooks Band2:48
19Latin Goes Ska
recording of:
Latin Goes Ska
Lester Sterling & The Skatalites3:02
20Alipang
Roland Alphonso, Don Drummond & The Skatalites3:02
21Lucky Seven
recording of:
Lucky Seven
Don Drummond & The Tommy McCook Band2:51
22Musical Store Room
Frank Anderson & Roland Alphonso2:21
23Musical Communion
The Baba Brooks Orchestra3:00
24Sandy Gully
Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites2:47
25Doctor Dekker
Don Drummond & The Baba Brooks Band2:48
2▼CD
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1Nuclear Weapon
Roland Alphonso & The Baba Brooks Band2:56
2Corner Stone (A Trip to Mars)
Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites2:30
3Knock Out Punch (Cotton Tree)
Baba Brooks & Don Drummond3:13
4Don de Lion
recording of:
Don De Lion
lyricist and composer:
Don Drummond
Don Drummond & The Skatalites2:08
5Rocket Ship
Tommy McCook & The Skatalites2:36
6Feeling Fine
recording of:
Feeling Fine
composer:
Roland Alphonso
Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites2:55
7Mesopotamia
Don Drummond & The Skatalites2:54
8Donkey City, Pt. 2
The Baba Brooks Band2:54
9Independence Ska (El Pussycat)
Lynn Taitt & The Baba Brooks Band2:34
10The Rude Boy
Roland Alphonso & Duke Reid's Group2:47
11Jelly Bean
The Baba Brooks Band3:00
12Skalarama (the Magnificent Seven theme)
Lynn Taitt & The Comets2:51
13River Bank, Pt. 2
Baba Brooks & His Band2:54
14Country Town
Baba Brooks3:02
15One Eyed Giant
Baba Brooks & His Band3:10
16Twilight Zone (instrumental)
The Baba Brooks Band2:51
17Catch a Fire
Baba Brooks & His Band2:41
18Spider
Don Drummond2:31
19Eastern Standard Time
recording of:
Eastern Standard Time
Don Drummond & The Skatalites3:14
20Thoroughfare (Treasure Isle)
Don Drummond & The Skatalites2:51
21Silver Dollar
Don Drummond, Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites2:55
22Street Corner
The Skatalites3:01
23University Goes Ska
Don Drummond2:45
24J.F.K.'s Memory
Don Drummond & Tommy McCook3:03
25Good News
The Skatalites2:53

Credits

Release

art direction:Florence de la Fournière
Neel Panchal
liner notes:Tony Rounce (in 2022)
miscellaneous support:Laurence Cane-Honeysett (task: product manager)
Caeshia St Paul (task: product manager)
design:Florence de la Fournière
mastered at:360 Mastering in London, England, United Kingdom
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/25838881 [info]
purchase for mail-order:https://trojanrecords.tmstor.es/product/105693 [info]