Music Album: The Legendary Godfather Of Ska - Volume 2 - The Long Hot Summer (1963)
Album Release Date: April 1998
Music Genre: Reggae Ska
Record Label: Grover Records
Album Release Country: Germany
Music Record Type: 15 Tracks Vinyl LP Reissue
Tommy McCook, Rolando Alphonso, Johnny Moore, Lester Sterling, Don Drummond, Lloyd Knibb, Lloyd Brevett, Jerry Haynes, and Jackie Mittoo began working together in 1963 and formed The Ska-talites in May 1964. McCook, Drummond, Moore and Sterling were all students at the famed Alpha Boys School in Kingston.
In August 1965 The Skatalites played their last show after Don Drummond's cofinement to Bellvue for the death of his girlfriend, Margarita. The break-up results in the formation of two studio bands, Rolando Alphonso & The Studio One Orchestra and Tommy McCook & The Supersonics.
The band reformed in 1983 and is still active nowadays, despite the death of many original members.
| A1 | Bad Minded Woman |
| A2 | Mary |
| A3 | Adam And Eve |
| A4 | Hometown |
| A5 | Devil Or Angel |
| A6 | Sunshine |
| A7 | Freedom Train |
| A8 | Life |
| B1 | Remember My Darling |
| B2 | Fire |
| B3 | The Saint |
| B4 | Peace Perfect Peace |
| B5 | One More River To Cross |
| B6 | In My Soul |
| B7 | Lion Of Judah |
All tracks were recorded during a month's visit of Laurel Aitken to Jamaica in 1963 at Ken Khouri's Federal Studio in two days. He paid for everything himself and bought the mastertapes.
Matrix number and year of publishing of the original 7"s on Rio (2), Island Records and Black Swan:
A1: RIO R-13-A / 1964
A2: RIO R-12-A / 1963
A3: RIO R-11-1 / 1963
A4: RIO R-12-B / 1963
A5: R-17-A / 1963
A6: RIO R-15-B / 1963
A7: RIO R-18-A / 1964
A8: RIO R-13-B / 1964
B1: BLACK SWAN WI-401-A / 1963
B2: RIO R-17-B / 1963
B3: BLACK SWAN WI-411-A
B4: RIO R-18-B / 1964
B5: Island WI-099-B / 1963
B6: Island WI-099-A /1963
B7: BLACK SWAN WI-401-B / 1963
"Without any exception, the master tapes of the singles on this album vanished long ago. Selecting and remastering the best vinyl copies available, has still regretfully left the album with some unavoidable background noise."
Tracks B1, B5 and B6 are bonus songs exclusive to the Grover Records LP/CD.
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