TROJAN PRESENTS ‘MOD SKA’

The early sixties bore witness to a mass British youth movement that promptly acquired the universally acknowledged name: Mod. Between 1962 and 1966, Mod culture dominated both the fashion and music landscape, with the look and sound of young Jamaica playing a significant role in its development.

Along with American R&B and Jazz, Ska music remained consistently high on the Mod agenda and it is this much loved genre that provides the focus of this collection.

Annotated and supported by the widely respected Mod Culture site, ‘Trojan Presents Mod Ska’ features 40 favourites of the original sixties scene, originally issued in the UK as such seminal record labels as Blue Beat, Island and Doctor Bird, 17 of which make their CD debut.

Trojan Presents ‘Mod Ska’

DISC #1:

1.                     Blazing Fire - Derrick Morgan

2.                     When I Call Your Name - Stranger & Patsy

3.                     Suzie - Top Grant

4.                     Doctor Kitch - Lord Kitchener

5.                     Wayward African - The Afro Enchanters

6.                     Luck Will Come My Way - Winston Samuels

7.                     Big Bamboo - Lord Creator

8.                     I Shall Wear A Crown - The Richards Brothers

9.                     Miss Dreamer - Stranger Cole

10.                  My Boy Lollipop - Millie

11.                  What A Life! - Sugar & Dandy

12.                  Two For One - The Vagabonds

13.                  Show Me How (To Milk That Cow) - Tony Washington

14.                  Garden Of Love - Don Drummond & The Skatalites

15.                  Number One (aka Drive It Home) - Eric Morris

16.                  Kitch You’re So Sweet - Lord Kitchener

17.                  Cork Foot - Baba Brooks & His Band

18.                  Want Me Cock - Owen & Leon Silveras

19.                  Stagger Lee - Jackie Edwards

20.                  Two Roads - Roy & Yvonne

 DISC #2:

1.                     Sea Cruise - Jackie Edwards

2.                     But I Do (Honky Tonk Ska) -  Tony Washington

3.                     Jo Ann - The Movers

4.                     Mount Zion - Desmond Dekker & The Aces

5.                     I’m In The Mood For Ska  - Lord Tanamo

6.                     King Size Ska - Baba Brooks

7.                     Something You’ve Got - Alton Ellis & The Flames

8.                     Time Will Tell - Winston Samuels

9.                     Contact - Roy Richards

10.                  Ska-ing West - Sir Lord Comic & His Cowboys

11.                  Doreen - Ben Levy

12.                  Storm Warning - Lynn Taitt & The Boys

13.                  The Higher The Monkey Climbs - Justin Hinds & The Dominoes

14.                  Faberge - Baba Brooks

15.                  Copasetic - The Rulers

16.                  Rudies All Around -  Joe White

17.                  Rudy Girl - Sonny Burke

18.                  Cool Down Your Temper -  Junior Smith

19.                  Do The Teasy - Joyce Bond

20.                  Let’s Do Rock Steady - Dandy