Various Artists - That Ska Beat! 1962 to 1966 (CD)

The music of Jamaica has had a profound and lasting influence all around the world and reggae is the name by which it has become universally known. Although the term ska is often used to describe all Jamaican music before dub, deejays and dread in the mid '70s, the real Jamaican ska was made in Kingston between 1961/1962 and 1966.

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Tracklist:

1. Ska-Boo-Da-Ba - The Skatalites
2. Confucious - Don Drummond & the Skatalites
3. Storm Warning - Lyn Taitt & the Boys
4. Alley Cat Ska - Tommy McCook & His Skatalites
5. Trench Town People - Theophilus Beckford
6. Walking Down King Street - Theophilus Beckford
7. South China Sea - Johnny Dizzy Moore
8. Ringo - The Skatalites
9. Nuclear Weapon - Roland Alphonso & the Skatalites
10. Magnificent Ska - Lyn Taitt and the Baba Brooks Band
11. Come on My People - Daniel Johnson
12. Hit You Let You Feel It - The Tenor Twins
13. The Re-Burial - Don Drummond & the Skatalites
14. Love Me or Leave Me - Lloyd Clarke
15. A Shot in the Dark - Roland Alphonso
16. Distant Drums - Baba Brooks & The Trenton Spence Orchestra