SKATALITES - Essential Artist Collection - DoCD

Led by legendary saxophonist Tommy McCook, the Skatalites included a who's who of Kingston artists, including trombonist Don Drummond, tenor saxophonist Roland Alphonso, drummer Lloyd Knibb and keyboard prodigy Jackie Mittoo. Formed in the summer of 1964, this powerhouse instrumental combo dominated the island's music industry for a glorious 18 months. Most of their work was produced by famed Treasure Isle Records boss Arthur "Duke" Reid.

The highlights of their work for the famous producer are presented here.
The 50-track compilation offers the best introduction yet to the music of the incredible, versatile and hugely influential Skatalites. Comes in triple-foldout digipac.

TRACKS:

CD1
1 Don Drummond, Tommy McCook & The Skatalites– Music Is My Occupation (Ring Of Fire) 2 Tommy McCook & The Baba Brooks Band– Alley Cat Ska 3 Don Drummond & The Skatalites– Cool Smoke 4 Don Drummond & The Skatalites– Garden Of Love 5 Tommy McCook– Twelve Minutes To Go 6 The Baba Brooks Band– Girls Town Ska 7 Don Drummond, Baba Brooks & The Skatalites– Stampede 8 The Baba Brooks Band– Vitamin A 9 The Baba Brooks Band– Teenage Ska 10 Don Drummond ,& Baba Brooks– Melody Jamboree 11 Baba Brooks & The Skatalites– Boat Ride 12 Don Drummond & The Skatalites– Around The World 13 The Baba Brooks Orchestra – Watermelon Man 14 Baba Brooks And His Band – River Bank. Pt. 1 (Bank To Bank) 15 Baba Brooks And His Band*– Guns Fever 16 The Baba Brooks Band– Ska Virginia (Virginia Ska) 17 Cuttings With Baba Brooks And His Band – Duck Soup 18 The Baba Brooks Band– Donkey City 19 Lester Sterling & The Skatalites– Latin Goes Ska 20 Roland Alphonso, Don Drummond & The Skatalites– Alipang 21 Don Drummond & The Tommy McCook Band – Lucky Seven 22 Frank Anderson & Roland Alphonso– Musical Store Room 23 The Baba Brooks Orchestra – Musical Communion 24 Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites– Sandy Gully 25 Don Drummond & The Baba Brooks Band– Doctor Dekker

CD2
1 Roland Alphonso, The Baba Brooks Band– Nuclear Weapon 2 Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites– Corner Stone (A Trip To Mars) 3 Baba Brooks & Don Drummond– Knockout Punch (Cotton Tree) 4 Don Drummond & The Skatalites– Don De Lion 5 Tommy McCook & The Skatalites– Rocket Ship 6 Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites– Feeling Fine 7 Don Drummond & The Skatalites– Mesopotamia 8 The Baba Brooks Band– Donkey City. Pt. 2 9 Lynn Taitt & The Baba Brooks Band– Independence Ska (El Pussycat) 10 Roland Alphonso & Duke Reid's Group – The Rude Boy 11 The Baba Brooks Band– Jelly Bean 12 Lynn Taitt & The Comets– Skalarama (The Magnificent Seven Theme) 13 Baba Brooks And His Band – River Bank. Pt. 2 14 Baba Brooks– Country Town 15 Baba Brooks And His Band*– One Eyed Giant 16 The Baba Brooks Band– Twilight Zone (Instrumental) 17 Baba Brooks And His Band – Catch A Fire 18 Don Drummond– Spider 19 Don Drummond & The Skatalites– Eastern Standard Time 20 Don Drummond & The Skatalites– Throughfare (Treasure Isle) 21 Don Drummond, Roland Alphonso ,& The Skatalites– Silver Dollar 22 The Skatalites– Street Corner 23 Don Drummond– University Goes Ska 24 Don Drummond & Tommy McCook– J.F.K's Memory 25 The Skatalites– Good News