The Skatalites: Ska-Boo-Da-Ba - VINYL LP

The Skatalites: Ska-Boo-Da-Ba - VINYL LP

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Title:

Ska-Boo-Da-Ba

Artist:

The Skatalites

Label:

Pressure Sounds

Product Type:

VINYL LP

UPC:

781005629693

Genre:

Reggae

Release Date:

2024-01-26

Number of Discs:

1

In his all too brief involvement in the Jamaican music business Justin Yap left his mark producing some of the best ska ever made, and SKA-BOO-DA-BA is perhaps the most coherent LP in that genre. Derived from a single 18 hour session at Studio One in November 1964, Justin and brother Ivan laid on food, drink and ganja: as Justin tells it This was a monster session and it turned out the greatest recording for me. The highlights were the five original compositions by Don Drummond - Marcus Junior, The Reburial, Confucious, Chinatown and Smiling along some well-chosen cover versions. Two from the Duke Ellington book: Ska-Ra-Van a take on the classic Caravan and Surftide Seven, Ellington's In A Mellotone. Title track Ska-Boo-Da-Ba is a version of Bill Doggett's 1958 King US 45 Boo-Da-Ba. China Clipper and Ringo (titled Ringo Oiwake) are taken from Arthur Lyman's Taboo LP. The last track on this fine LP, Lawless Street, is a feature for Roland Alphonso.

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