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VA - Trojan - Ska Box Set
 Year: 1998 Country: England Genre: Ska Label: Trojan Records  Format: 3 CD Box set Type: MP3 Bitrate: 128kbps ID Tags: Yes Time duration: 2 hours 13 minutes 14 sec   Tracklist: Disc: 1 1. I'm In The Mood For Ska - Lord Tanamo 2. Next Door Neighbour - Owen & Leon Silveras 3. Watermelon Man - Baba Brooks Band 4. Get Up Edina - Desmond Dekker 5. Silver Dollar - Tommy McCook & The Skatalites 6. Doctor Dick - Lee Perry & The Soulettes 7. When I Call Your Name - Stranger & Patsy 8. Blackberry Brandy - Roland Alphonso 9. Jezebel - Lloyd & Glen 10. Baby I Love You - Carl Dawkins 11. Happy Go Lucky Girl - The Paragons 12. No Raise No Praise - Derrick Morgan 13. Carry Go Bring Come - Justin Hinds & The Dominoes 14. Blessings Of Love - Alton Ellis & The Flames 15. I Don't Need Your Love - Chuck & Dobby 16. Congo War - Lord Brymner 17. Don D Lion - Don Drummond Disc: 2 1. Rough & Tough - Stranger Cole 2. Free Man - The Ethiopians 3. Strongman Sampson - Eric Morris 4. Duck Soup - Drumbago's Orchestra 5. Wrong Embryo - The Rulers 6. Sudden Destruction - Johnny "Dizzy" Moore 7. What Can I Say - The Tartans 8. I'm So In Love With You - The Techniques 9. 007 (Shanty Town) - Desmond Dekker 10. Want Me Cock - Owen & Leon Silveras 11. Iron Bar - Lord Tanamo 12. Miss Jamaica - Jimmy Cliff 13. Jezebel - Owen Gray 14. Phoenix City - Roland Alphonso 15. One Eyed Giant - Baba Brooks & His Band 16. Rub & Squeeze - Lee Perry 17. Let George Do It - Don Drummond Disc: 3 1. Over The River - Justin Hinds & The Dominoes 2. If I Didn't Love You - Eric Morris 3. The Tide Is High - The Paragons 4. Guns Of Navarone - The Skatalites 5. Blazing Fire - Derrick Morgan 6. Doctor Zhivago - Tommy McCook & The Skatalites 7. Rudie Gets Plenty - The Spanishtonians 8. Train To Skaville - The Ethiopians 9. Open The Door - Clive & Naomi 10. Musical Storeroom - Frank Anderson 11. Blam Blam Fever - The Valentines 12. Sammy No Dead - Clancy Eccles 13. Storm Warning - Lyn Taitt & The Comets 14. Girl I've Got A Date - Alton Ellis & The Flames 15. The Third Man Theme - Granville Williams Orchestra 16. Denham Town - Winston & George   Information about album: Guaranteed to drive the purists around the bend, this budget-priced box set skimps on the packaging, but does make up for it with 50 tracks spread across three CDs. As the cynical have learned to expect, although advertised as a ska compilation, it does indeed stray repeatedly into rocksteady. Once upon a time, Trojan knew the difference, but apparently no longer. Admittedly though, it is classic rocksteady -- the Paragons, the Tamlins, the Valentines, with their sensational "Blam Blam Fever," and a clutch of other sublime vocal groups -- but let's get back to the ska. And here's the bit that will really infuriate collectors: Trojan has trawled through their archives and come up with enough gems to make listeners grit their teeth and buy this set regardless of the genre faux pas. Forget the bundle of big hits like "Get Up Edina" and "Carry Go Bring Come," it's tracks like Lord Tanamo's "I'm in the Mood for Ska" and Chuck & Dobby's "I Don't Need Your Love" that will make listeners drool. There's a host of steaming instrumentals from Baba Brooks, sundry Skatalites, and other equally talented players; sizzling duets from the likes of Lloyd & Glen, the battling Stranger & Patsy, Winston & George, and Clive & Naomi; and seminal offerings from Eric Morris, Derrick Morgan, Stranger Cole, a stunner from the Techniques, and a pair of gems from the Ethiopians. So, two-and-a-half hours of phenomenal music -- with that, one can put up with the occasional non-ska track.  
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