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The Skatalites
Foundation Ska

Compil. US 1997 on Heartbeat Records label
Reggae (Ska)

“Fidel Castro” repeats in place of “Addis Ababa.” If you have the corrected edition, issued in 1999, then “Addis” clocks in at 2:28 rather than 3:17 as listed. All tracks recorded at Jamaica Recording and Publishing, 33 Brentford Road, Kingston, Jamaica. Tracks 1-04, 1-07, 1-14, 2-02, 2-08 & 2-12 recorded at Federal Records, Kingston, Jamaica. Compilation mastered at Northeastern Digital Recording, Southborough, Mass.

Musicians

	The Skatalites , 1964-1965 JM album by
	Lester Sterling as, sax, *1936 JM alto saxophone, performer, first solo, written by, performer, second solo
	Lloyd Brevett b, 1931-2012 JM bass
	Clement "Coxsone" Dodd , 1932-2004 JM compilation producer, compiled by, engineer
	Chris Wilson sax, fl, compiled by, supervised by, album
	Larry McDonald perc, *1939 JM congas
	Lloyd Knibbs dr, 1931-2011 JM drums, written by, performer, intro
	Jah Jerry Haynes g, 1921-2007 JM guitar, performer
	Aubrey Adams org, p, JM keyboards
	Cecil Lloyd p, JM keyboards
	Lloyd "Beardy" Richards keyboards, piano
	Ernest Ranglin g, *1932 JM lead guitar, performer, second solo
	Noel "Scully" Simms perc, cng, *1935 JM percussion
	Jackie Mittoo p, org, 1948-1990 JM piano, organ, performer, second solo, written by
	Dro research, resource
	Lynn Taitt g, 1934-2010 CA rhythm guitar
	Bobby Gaynair ts, tenor saxophone
	Dennis "Ska" Campbell ts, JM tenor saxophone, performer
	Roland Alphonso ts, sax, 1931-1998 JM tenor saxophone, performer, first solo, performer, second solo, performer, third solo
	Stanley Ribbs , tenor saxophone
	Tommy McCook ts, sax, 1927-1998 JM tenor saxophone, flute, performer, first solo, arranged by, horns, performer, second solo, performer, third solo
	Don Drummond tb, *1932 JM trombone, performer, second solo, performer, first solo, written by, performer, third solo
	Johnny Moore tr, 1938-2008 JM trumpet, performer, second solo, performer, first solo, trumpet, performer, first solo
	Oswald Brooks tr, JM trumpet
	Raymond Harper tr, JM trumpet
	Bob Marley & The Wailers , 1963-1981 JM vocals
	Frank Anderson tr, JM trumpet, performer, first solo, performer, second solo
	Stranger & Ken , vocals
	Aston Henry , drums
	Jackie Opel voc, 1938-1970 JM vocals
	Lennon-McCartney , written by, based on "this boy" by
	Baba Brooks key, fl, *1935 JM performer
	Margarita voc, dr, vocals
	Doreen Shaffer voc, JM vocals

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