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Thread: Top 10(ish) Ska (Original 60's & 2 Tone eras)

  1. 19-11-2006, 08:57 AM #1
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    Default Top 10(ish) Ska (Original 60's & 2 Tone eras)

    Following from this thread What are your top tracks of the genre? (please only list tracks that are proven to actually work in a mobile disco situation & not just because they are of a certain genre. Also must be suitable for all ages)

    It doesn't matter if you post a track that somebody else has, the idea is to find good useable tracks of the genre that are proven to work for mobile DJs

    Please Stick to the specific genre in the thread title

    Make the lists as long as you like as long as they are useable
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    Rudy A Message To You - Specials
    dam busters - jj all stars
    Too Much Too Young - Specials
    on my radio - selector
    One Step Beyond - Madness
    Three Minute Hero - Selecter
    Israelites - Dekker, Desmond
    Ghost Town - Specials
    Gangsters - Special AKA
    Skinhead Moonstomp - Symarip
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    Harry J Allstars - Liquidator
    Specials - Gangsters
    Dave and Ansil Collins - Double barrel
    Madness - The prince
    Bodysnatchers - Let's do rocksteady
    Beat - Hand's off she's mine
    Bad Manners - Special brew
    Lord Tanamo - I'm in the mood for ska
    Prince Buster - Whine and grine
    Specials - Too much too young
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    Specials - Gangsters
    Prince Buster - Madness
    Madness - Night Boat to Cairo
    Bad Manners - Lip Up Fatty
    Selector - On My Radio
    Maytals - Monkey Man
    Skatelites - Guns of Navarone
    Specials - Too Much Too Young
    Pirahnas - Tom Hark
    Desmond Dekker The Aces - Israelites
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    madness - baggy trousers
    madness - One Step Beyond -
    madness - my girl
    Specials - Too much too young
    the beat - mirror in the bathroom
    bad manners - lip up fatty
    bad manners - can can
    Pirahnas - Tom Hark
    special aka - too much too young
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    The Upsetters - Return of the Django
    Symarip - Skinhead Girl

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    A few original era selections

    Prince Buster - Al Capone . / One step beyond . / Enjoy yourself
    Carlos Malcolm - Bonanza ska
    Sammy Ismay - Cocktails for two
    The Skatalites - Don de Lion . / Ska-Ra-Van . / Eastern Standard Time
    Jackie Mittoo - James Bond . / Ska-culation
    Rolando Alphonso - Phoenix City . / Shot In The Dark . / Guantanamera Ska
    Ethiopians - Train to Skaville
    Baba Brooks Band - Independence Ska
    Desmond Dekker & The Aces - 0.0.7. (Shanty Town)
    the Maytals / Toots & the Maytals -Monkey Man . /
    the Pioneers - Long Shot Kick de Bucket
    Derrick Morgan - Moon Hop
    Millie - My Boy Lollipop
    Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Rub Up, Push Up . / Carry Go Bring Home
    Peter Tosh - Shame And Scandal
    the Wailers - One love . / Simmer Down
    Granville Williams Orchestra - Popeye
    Judge Dread - Skin Lake
    Laurel Aitken - Rudi Got Married
    Don Drummond - Man in the Street


    Revival / 2Tone era

    Ska-Dows - Apache
    Bad Manners / Buster's Allstars - The sound of ska
    the Selecter* - Missing Words . / Too Much Pressure . / Three Minute Hero
    the Beat - Ranking Full Stop . / Tears Of A Clown
    the Specials - Rat race . / Monkey man . / You're Wondering Now . / Enjoy Yourself
    Bad Manners - Just a feeling . / Ne Ne, Na Na, Na Na, Nu Nu . / Woolly Bully . / Black Night
    Hotknives - Dick Barton
    the Loafers - Follow my leader
    the Bodysnatchers - Easy life
    the Riffs - Monday morning
    King Hammond - King Hammond shuffle
    Ska Boom - Rukumbine
    Madness - Tarzan's nuts


    & some Rocksteady for good measure

    Dandy Livingstone - Rudy, a Message to You
    Alton Ellis - Rocksteady
    the Cats - Swan Lake
    the Paragons - The Tide Is High
    Dave Barker & The Upsetters - Shocks Of MIghty
    Dave & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel . / Monkey Spanner

    *does anyone else know how it's spelled?
    I'd like to include more Judge Dread, but unfortunately most of them are obscene
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    Quote Originally Posted by Corabar Steve View Post
    A few original era selections

    Prince Buster - Al Capone . / One step beyond . / Enjoy yourself
    Carlos Malcolm - Bonanza ska
    Sammy Ismay - Cocktails for two
    The Skatalites - Don de Lion . / Ska-Ra-Van . / Eastern Standard Time
    Jackie Mittoo - James Bond . / Ska-culation
    Rolando Alphonso - Phoenix City . / Shot In The Dark . / Guantanamera Ska
    Ethiopians - Train to Skaville
    Baba Brooks Band - Independence Ska
    Desmond Dekker & The Aces - 0.0.7. (Shanty Town)
    the Maytals / Toots & the Maytals -Monkey Man . /
    the Pioneers - Long Shot Kick de Bucket
    Derrick Morgan - Moon Hop
    Millie - My Boy Lollipop
    Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Rub Up, Push Up . / Carry Go Bring Home
    Peter Tosh - Shame And Scandal
    the Wailers - One love . / Simmer Down
    Granville Williams Orchestra - Popeye
    Judge Dread - Skin Lake
    Laurel Aitken - Rudi Got Married
    Don Drummond - Man in the Street


    Revival / 2Tone era

    Ska-Dows - Apache
    Bad Manners / Buster's Allstars - The sound of ska
    the Selecter* - Missing Words . / Too Much Pressure . / Three Minute Hero
    the Beat - Ranking Full Stop . / Tears Of A Clown
    the Specials - Rat race . / Monkey man . / You're Wondering Now . / Enjoy Yourself
    Bad Manners - Just a feeling . / Ne Ne, Na Na, Na Na, Nu Nu . / Woolly Bully . / Black Night
    Hotknives - Dick Barton
    the Loafers - Follow my leader
    the Bodysnatchers - Easy life
    the Riffs - Monday morning
    King Hammond - King Hammond shuffle
    Ska Boom - Rukumbine
    Madness - Tarzan's nuts


    & some Rocksteady for good measure

    Dandy Livingstone - Rudy, a Message to You
    Alton Ellis - Rocksteady
    the Cats - Swan Lake
    the Paragons - The Tide Is High
    Dave Barker & The Upsetters - Shocks Of MIghty
    Dave & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel . / Monkey Spanner

    *does anyone else know how it's spelled?
    I'd like to include more Judge Dread, but unfortunately most of them are obscene
    It is spelled The Selecter, Steve. You're spot on!

    Some really cracking tunes here. But I'd like to add my top 10:

    The Specials - Message To You Rudi
    Bad Manners - My Girl Lollipop (fantastic tune!)
    The Beat - Tears Of A Clown
    Special AKA - Gangsters
    Bad Manners - Lip Up Fatty
    Madness - One Step Beyond (has to be on any SKA playlist!)
    The Selector - On My Radio
    The Pioneers - Long Shot Kick De Bucket
    Prince Buster / The Specials - Enjoy Yourself
    Madness - Baggy Trousers (for those who don't really know SKA but like a bounce around!)
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