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Floyd Lloyd
Tear It Up: The SKA Album
Album UK 1997 on Tropic label
Reggae (Reggae, Ska)
Recorded in Jamaica, Kariang Studio; in New Orleans, Liuzza Studio; in London, Oasis and Barbican Studio Remixed and Mastered in New York, Newfound Music
Musicians
 | Floyd Lloyd p, voc, key, *1948 JM backing vocals, keyboards, melodica, organ, piano, producer, vocals, album by, written by |
 | Glen DaCosta ts, sax, fl, alto saxophone |
 | Rick Walker ts, as, alto saxophone |
 | Andy Minnion bs, as, baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone |
 | Steve Gregory fl, ts, *1945 GB baritone saxophone, flute, tenor saxophone |
 | David Driscoll bass |
 | Mikey Chung g, b, *1954 JM bass, guitar, keyboards |
 | Palma Taylor b, bass |
 | Derrick Stewart dr, drums, percussion |
 | Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace dr, JM drums |
 | Pete Kaplan dr, perc, US drums |
| Speckle Spencer drums |
 | Specs Bifirimbi dr, perc, drums, percussion |
 | Trevor Roper voc, g, 1953-2013 JM drums |
| Duane Summers engineer, jamaica |
| Mark Liuzza engineer, new orleans, piano |
 | Ernest Ranglin g, *1932 JM featuring, guitar |
 | Potato 5 , 1983-1989 GB featuring, producer, written by |
 | Red Cloud , featuring |
 | The New Orleans Jazz Stars , featuring |
| Carell Hewitt guitar |
 | Renford Bailey , guitar |
 | Gladstone Anderson p, key, 1934-2015 JM keyboards |
| Julie Liggett keyboards |
| Liza Bug keyboards |
 | Henry Holder key, p, org, organ, piano |
 | Ojemba Asante org, key, organ |
 | Sonny Binns org, key, organ |
 | Noel "Scully" Simms perc, cng, *1935 JM percussion |
 | Sonny Akpan perc, cng, GB percussion |
 | Jason Mingledorff ts, bs, tenor saxophone |
 | Malcolm Buck ts, tenor saxophone |
 | Craig Klein tb, voc, US trombone |
 | Simon Driscoll tb, trombone |
 | Vin Gordon tb, *1949 JM trombone |
 | Eddie "Tan Tan" Thornton tr, *1932 JM trumpet |
| Tex Liuzza trumpet |
 | Lennie Hibbert vib, *1928 JM vibraphone, written by |
Producers
| Nobby James backing vocals |
| Trevor Roman backing vocals |
| Sue Lovett cover |
| Phil Ludwig mixed by, remix, remastered by |
| Brenda Ray photography by |
| Gaz Mayall producer |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Big City | Floyd Lloyd | Floyd Lloyd, Sheila O'Shea | 4:37 |
| 2 | | Jesse Jackson | Floyd Lloyd | Floyd Lloyd, Martin Aberdeen | 3:18 |
| 3 | | Tear It Up | Floyd Lloyd | B. Scott, Floyd Lloyd | 3:32 |
| 4 | | Sweet Lady | Floyd Lloyd | Floyd Lloyd | 3:22 |
| 5 | | ANC | Floyd Lloyd | Floyd Lloyd, Martin Aberdeen, Potato 5 | 3:24 |
| 6 | | Western Special | Floyd Lloyd | Martin Aberdeen, Potato 5 | 3:49 |
| 7 | | Spin On Your Head | Floyd Lloyd | Martin Aberdeen, Potato 5 | 2:29 |
| 8 | | Bye Bye | Floyd Lloyd | Eric "Monty" Morris, Floyd Lloyd | 4:13 |
| 9 | | You're For Real | Floyd Lloyd | Floyd Lloyd, Mark Mallery | 4:47 |
| 10 | | I'll Take You Home | Floyd Lloyd | Mann And Weil | 4:41 |
| 11 | | Ska Party | Floyd Lloyd | Floyd Lloyd | 4:01 |
| 12 | | Mr. Yo Yo | Floyd Lloyd | Floyd Lloyd, Len Bryan | 4:07 |
| 13 | | Long Hard Road | Floyd Lloyd | Floyd Lloyd, Sheila O'Shea | 4:04 |
| 14 | | Easy Times | Floyd Lloyd | Floyd Lloyd | 5:14 |
| 15 | Same Way | Floyd Lloyd | Floyd Lloyd, Lennie Hibbert | 4:28 |
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