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1-1.Laurel Aitken With The Boogie Cats– Boogie Rock

1-2.Denzil Laing & The Wrigglers*–Bloodshot Eyes

1-3.Higgs & Wilson–Manny Oh

1-4.Theophilus Beckford With Clue J And His Blues Blasters*–Easy Snapping

1-5.Theophilus Beckford With Clue J And His Blues Blasters*–Georgie And The Old Shoe

1-6.Rico Rodriguez–Let George Do It

1-7.Laurel Aitken With Ken Richards And His Harmonisers*–Low Down Dirty Girl

1-8.Laurel Aitken With The Boogie Cats– Baba Kill Me Goat

1-9.Drumbago All Stars– Duck Soup

1-10.Theophilus Beckford With Clue J And His Blues Blasters*–.Jack And Jill Shuffle

1-11.Derrick Morgan With Trenton Spence And His Band*–Fat Man

1-12.Duke Reid's All Stars–Pink Lane Shuffle

1-13.Derrick Morgan With Duke Reid And His Group*–Love Boy

1-14.Lloyd Clarke–Parapinto Boogie

1-15.Laurel Aitken With Ken Richards And His Harmonisers*–Judgement Day

1-16.Bell's Group–Kingston 13

1-17.Laurel Aitken–More Whisky

1-18.The Folks Brothers* With Prince Buster All Stars* & Count Ossie Afro-Combo–Oh Carolina

1-19.Owen Gray With Kenneth Richards And His Band*–Cutest Little Woman

1-20.Owen Gray With Kenneth Richards And His Band*–Running Around

1-21.Laurel Aitken With Duke Reid And His Group*–Mighty Redeemer

1-22.Buddy Davidson With Byron Lee & The Dragonaires*–Kissin' Gal

2-1.Owen Gray With Herson And His City Slickers*–Sinner Weep

2-2.The Jiving Juniors With Hersang And His City Slickers–Hip Rub

2-3.Theophilus Beckford–She's Gone (My Baby Is Gone)

2-4.Laurel Aitken & The Caribs– Drinkin' Whisky

2-5.Owen Gray With Hersang And His City Slickers–Get Drunk

2-6.Drumbago All Stars– Corn Bread And Butter

2-7.Eric "Monty" Morris With Drumbago All Stars–Humpty Dumpty

2-8.Derrick Morgan–Humpty Dumpty

2-9.Duke Reid's All Stars–What Makes Honey

2-10.Lascelles Perkins With Clue J. And His Blues Blasters*–Lonely Robin

2-11.Roy Panton With Drumbago All Stars–Forty Four

2-12.Theophilus Beckford–Don't Want Me No More

2-13.Bunny & Skitter*–Rock With My Baby

2-14.Derrick Morgan–Wigger Wee Shuffle

2-15.Neville Esson With Clue J. And His Blues Blasters*–Lover's Jive

2-16.Laurel Aitken & The Blue Beats-Hey Bartender

2-17.The Folks Brothers* With Prince Buster All Stars* & Count Ossie Afro-Combo–I Met A Man

2-18.Keith & Enid With Trenton Spence And His Group*–Everything Will Be All Right

2-19.Derrick Morgan–Leave Earth

2-20.Shenley & Annette*–Million Dollar Baby

2-21.The Blues Blasters*–Down Beat Special

2-22.The Mellow Cats*–Another Moses

DWLD 

Original Cool Jamaican Ska Review by Richie Unterberger

Something to clarify right off the bat: although Laurel Aitken was responsible for the majority of the 15 tracks issued on the 1964 LP titled Original Cool Jamaican Ska (also known as After Sunset), this 2009 CD does not have the same contents. In this case, that's a good thing, as this 29-track disc has -- in addition to all nine Aitken songs that appeared on the original Original Cool Jamaican Ska -- no less than 20 bonus cuts from the same era, most taken from the 1963-1964 singles listed in the booklet's discography. 

So it serves as a bountiful survey of the period in which Aitken was establishing himself as a major ska artist, though he'd already recorded quite a bit of material before 1963.

 The Skatalites back Aitken on many of these sides, most of which were written by the singer. While much of them are merry rhythmic odes to romance and good times, there are also hints of the declarations of independence and spirituality that would inform much later reggae music, especially in "Freedom Train," "Zion City Wall," "Let My People Go," and "One More River to Cross." Aitken might not have been the greatest of ska singers, and his songwriting not the most diverse that the style's major talents had to offer. But he was among the most consistent of the genre's figureheads, and occasionally he did depart from an approach that could verge on the formulaic, getting into more soul-oriented balladry on "You Left Me Standing" and particularly rousing group vocal interplay on "Jericho.

" The liner notes aren't perfect, but give a great deal more detail about the material than many a reggae reissue, including a discography of his Island/Rio/Columbia/R&B/Decca recordings in 1963 and 1964.

Tracklist:

1.Fire

2.Freedom Train

3.Peace Perfect Peace

4.Bad Minded Woman

5.Devil Or Angel

6.You Are My Sunshine

7.(Going Back To My) Hometown

8.Life (Will Be Sweeter)

9.Adam And Eve

10.Mary

11.I Shall Remove

12.We Got To Move

13.What A Weeping

14.Zion City Wall

15.One More River To Cross

16.Lion Of Judah

17.Remember My Darling

18.The Saint

19.Go Gal Go

20.Rock Of Ages

21.You Left Me Standing

22.Bag A Boo

23.Jericho

24.Yes Indeed

25.Let My People Go

26.Bachelor Life

27.You Was Up

28.Don't Stay Out Late

29.Be Mine

DLWD

Tracklist:

1 01. Lyn Taitt - Skalarama (The Magnificent Seven Theme) (02:51)

1 02. The Zodiacs - Renegade (02:40)

1 03. Lyn Taitt - Independence Ska (El Pussycat) (02:35)

1 04. Derrick Morgan - Around the Corner (02:49)

1 05. Stranger Cole - Koo Koo Doo (02:12)

1 06. Tommy McCook - Rocket Ship (02:36)

1 07. The Movers - Jo Ann (02:13)

1 08. Baba Brooks & His Band - Duck Soup (02:32)

1 09. Derrick Morgan - I Wish I Were an Apple (02:44)

1 10. Roland Alphonso - Nuclear Weapon (02:56)

1 11. Justin Hinds - Never Too Young (02:32)

1 12. Don Drummond - University Goes Ska (02:46)

1 13. Stranger Cole - Run Joe (02:29)

1 14. The Baba Brooks Band - Teenage Ska (02:41)

1 15. Derrick Morgan - Don't Call Me Daddy (02:33)

1 16. Don Drummond - Thoroughfare (Treasure Isle) (02:50)

1 17. Stranger Cole - Toy Cat (My Pussy) (02:44)

1 18. The Baba Brooks Band - Vitamin A (02:53)

1 19. Dotty & Bonnie - Don't Do It (02:36)

1 20. Don Drummond - Stampede (02:54)

1 21. Stranger Cole - Seven Days (02:37)

1 22. The Clarendonians - You Are a Fool (02:27)

1 23. The Baba Brooks Band - Ska Virginia (Virginia Ska) (02:19)

1 24. The Silvertones - My True Confession (02:43)

1 25. Roland Alphonso - Tribute to Don (02:44)

1 26. The Baba Brooks Band - One Eyed Giant (03:07)

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1.  Jamaica Ska
2. Locked up in my room 
3. Beatles got to go 
4. I don't love you Anymore 
5. All my Life
6. In to this beatiful garden 
7. Oil in my lamp
8. Sammy Dead 
9. What are you gonna do 
10. blessed be 
11. hold me 
12. She will never let me down 
13. If you act this way