The Skatalites, Foundation Ska - 47m 56s

Tracks & Durations

1. Scandal Ska	3:04
2. Occupation	3:01
3. Old Rocking Chair	3:10
4. Third Man Ska	2:43
5. Ringo's Theme Ska	3:56
6. Ringo's Theme (Version Two)	3:04
7. Nimrod	2:45
8. Woman A Come	3:10
9. Cleopatra	2:46
10. Beardsman Ska	3:02
11. Addis Ababa	3:17
12. Silver Dollar (Original Version)	2:59
13. The Vow	2:36
14. Dr. Kildare	2:29
15. Killer Diller	2:44
16. Naked City	3:04

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Review

It's not often that nearly four-decade-old music manages to be both seminal and cutting edge, but these 32 hits from Jamaica's--and the world's--greatest ska outfit are just that. Early ska blended R&B shuffle with mento (Jamaican calypso)--Jamaica's antic response to stateside boogie-woogie. Don Drummond, Roland Alphonso, the late Tommy McCook, and the other Skatalites injected the swinging sophistication of jazz-honed chops, and this set captures the band just starting out, during their '64-'65 tenure at Coxsonne Dodd's legendary Studio One. Ska's buoyant appeal has never died, merely gone underground now and then, and it's raging at an all-time high today. Foundation Ska shows why the Skatalites still dominate. Every track's a burnished gem, and fans will get extra kicks from the band's backing turns for Bob Marley and the Wailers ("Simmer Down") and Stranger Cole and Ken Boothe's "World's Fair" duet. --Elena Oumano

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