This week: Jim Cascino serves up an all Jamaican, 100% authentic, classic Ska mix.
For one reason or another, I always find myself listening to a lot more ska during the summertime than any other season. Seeing as we’re smack dab in the middle of summer here in the States, that’s a good enough reason to put a spotlight on the genre for the next couple episodes! Next month, we’ll highlight some of the outstanding contemporary ska that’s out there; but for this month, it’s 100% classics. Included within are some of my absolute favorite 1960s ska tunes, that perfectly encapsulate the sound of a young, newly independent Jamaica! ~Jim
TRACKLIST
Alton Ellis - Ska Beat
Frank Cosmo - I Am The Greatest
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Rub Up Push Up
Lord Briscoe - Trojan
Lord Tanamo - Come Down
The Wailers - Jumbie Jamboree
Lee Perry - Hand To Hand
King Edwards Group - Russian Roulette
The Maytals - Domino
Delroy Wilson - Jerk All Night
The Clarendonians - Shoo Be Doo Be
Derrick Morgan - Soldier Man
Stranger Cole & Ken Boothe - I Want To Go Home
B.B. Seaton - Rub It Down
Jackie Opel - Mary’s Lamb
The Baba Brooks Band - Girls Town Ska
Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Mount Zion
Frank Anderson & Roland Alphonso - Musical Storeroom
Jack Sparrow - Ice Water
Clive Bonnie & Naomi Phillips - Open The Door
Prince Buster - Tongue Will Tell
The Skatalites - Beardsman Ska
