• The Birth of Ska - Various Artists

You must have wondered how it all began with the Jamaican beat music called Ska. Let's set the records straight, it was “Duke” Reid from Western Kingston who developed this beat based on the indigenous music of Jamaica. It was way back in 1952 and then “Duke” called it 'Rhythm 'n Blues'. Exciting, hypnotic, a mixture of Jamaican folk music and rock 'n roll. Duke Reid, lover of music and the deep rolling rhythms of his Jamaican people heard the beat develop from watching his people dance. He got himself an amplified “Sound system” and while hiring it out for dances, he listened and he watched, on so many Saturday nights when the back streets and dance halls of Kingston come alive — and his dream was born — music sprung from the basic beat of Jamaica with all the U.S.A. influences and the power and beauty and joy of the earth. This respective ska album focuses on much of the work from The Skatalites and Babba Brooks.

The Birth of Ska is available as a limited edition of 750 individually numbered copies on orange coloured vinyl.

Side A

1. Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Carry Go Bring Come
2. Babba Brooks - River Bank
3. Babba Brooks - Musical Communion
4. Roland Alphonso - Feeling Fine
5. Babba Brooks - Strongman Sampson
6. Justin Hinds & The Dominoes with The Skatalite Band - Over The River
Side B
1. Owen & Leon Silvera with The Skatalite Band - Next Door Neighbour
2. Babba Brooks - When I Call Your Name
3. Stranger & Patsy With Babba Brooks & His Band - Yeah, Yeah, Baby
4. The Skatalite Band - Hog In A Cocoa
5. Frank Anderson with The Skatalite Band - Musical Storeroom
6. Justin Hinds & The Dominoes with The Skatalite Band - Corner Stone

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The Birth of Ska - Various Artists

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