Band Name: The Skatalites
Music Album: The Skatalites Play Ska
Album Release Date: April 2024
Music Genre: Reggae Ska Rocksteady
Record Label: Kingston Sounds
Album Release Country: United Kingdom
Music Record Type: 14 Tracks Vinyl LP
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 | Wise Man |
| A2 | Skylarka |
| A3 | Wild Man Street |
| A4 | Cow Town Skank |
| A5 | Northern Sound |
| A6 | Convention |
| A7 | The Joker From La Boka |
| B1 | Legs Man |
| B2 | Greenwich Farm |
| B3 | Girls Town |
| B4 | Tip Toe |
| B5 | Gold Coast |
| B6 | Boys Town |
| B7 | T-Bone |
Songs by the Skatalites (though often credited to individual band members) or contain assorted members of the Skatalites, but with different session leaders, soloists etc. All song titles are bogus too, actual track list below.
A1 - Skaravan - Skatalites
A2 - Reburial - Don Drummond
A3 - China Town - Don Drummond & The Skatalites
A4 - Ringo - Roland Alphonso & The Soul Brothers
A5 - Scattered Lights - Skatalites
A6 - Confucius - Don Drummond
A7 - Smiling - Don Drummond
B1 - Determination - Roland Alphonso
B2 - Non-Stop - Roland Alphonso
B3 - Lawless Street (Instrumental) - Skatalites
B4 - Shot In The Dark - Roland Alphonso
B5 - Cool Smoke - Don Drummond
B6 - Surftide Seven - Roland Alphonso
B7 - Five O'Clock Whistle - Baba Brooks
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