"SKA CLASSICS"

Music historians typically divide the history of ska into three periods: the original Jamaican scene of the 1960s (First Wave), the English 2 Tone ska revival of the late 1970s (Second Wave) and the third wave ska movement, which started in the 1980s (Third Wave) and rose to popularity in the US in the 1990s.

Ska is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950's, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. It is characterized by a walking bass line accented with rhythms on the upbeat. In the early 1960s, ska was the dominant music genre of Jamaica and was popular with British mods. Later it became popular with many skinheads.

trax:
1. strongman sampson - Baba Brooks 2. carry go bring home - Justine Hines & The Dominoes 3. true confession - Unknown 4. when you call my name - Unknown 5. musical storeroom - The Skatalites 6. rough and tough - Stranger Cole 7. it's you i love - The Maytals 8. wings of a dove - The Blues Busters 9. rudy, a message to you - Dandy Livingstone 10. shame and scandal - The Blues Busters 11. never you change (ska version) - Toots & The Maytals 12. lover boy - Derrick Morgan 13. madness - Prince Buster 14. bleepin' bug (original mix) - Mafia Mike 15. sammy dread - Byron Lee & the Dragonaires 16. i don't know - The Blues Busters 17. oil in my lamp - Byron Lee & the Dragonaires 18. broadway jungle - Toots & The Maytals 19. ten commandments (from man to woman) - The Blues Busters
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