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Laurel Aitken with The Skatalites - The Legendary Godfather Of Ska - Volume 2 - The Long Hot Summer
Performer:
Laurel Aitken
Title:

The Legendary Godfather Of Ska - Volume 2 - The Long Hot Summer

Category:
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1624 mb
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1858 mb
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Short-Info
Label: Grover Records ‎– GRO-LP 025
Type: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: Germany
Date of released: 1998
Category: Reggae
Style: Ska
Rating:
4.6 / 5
Votes:
302

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 Bad Minded Woman
A2 Mary
A3 Adam And Eve
A4 Hometown
A5 Devil Or Angel
A6 Sunshine
A7 Freedom Train
A8 Life
B1 Remember My Darling
Vocals – Sinthia Richards*
B2 Fire
B3 The Saint
B4 Peace Perfect Peace
B5 One More River To Cross
B6 In My Soul
B7 Lion Of Judah

Credits

  • Alto Saxophone – Lester Sterling
  • Bass [String] – Lloyd Brevette*
  • Drums – Lloyd Knibbs
  • Keyboards – Gladdy Anderson*
  • Tenor Saxophone – Tommy McCook
  • Trumpet – Baba Brooks
  • Vocals, Written-By – Laurel Aitken

Notes

All tracks were recorded during a month's visit of Laurel Aitken to Jamaica in 1963 at Ken Khouri's Federal Studio in two days. He paid for everything himself and bought the mastertapes.

Matrix number and year of publishing of the original 7"s on Rio , Island Records and Black Swan:

A1: RIO R-13-A / 1964
A2: RIO R-12-A / 1963
A3: RIO R-11-1 / 1963
A4: RIO R-12-B / 1963
A5: R-17-A / 1963
A6: RIO R-15-B / 1963
A7: RIO R-18-A / 1964
A8: RIO R-13-B / 1964

B1: BLACK SWAN WI-401-A / 1963
B2: RIO R-17-B / 1963
B3: BLACK SWAN WI-411-A
B4: RIO R-18-B / 1964
B5: Island WI-099-B / 1963
B6: Island WI-099-A /1963
B7: BLACK SWAN WI-401-B / 1963

"Without any exception, the master tapes of the singles on this album vanished long ago. Selecting and remastering the best vinyl copies available, has still regretfully left the album with some unavoidable background noise."

Tracks B1, B5 and B6 are bonus songs exclusive to the Grover Records LP/CD.

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
PHZA-59 Laurel Aitken With The Skatalites Laurel Aitken With The Skatalites - The Legendary Godfather Of Ska, Vol. 3 ‎(LP, Comp) Unicorn Records PHZA-59 UK 1990
PHZCD-59 The Original Skatalites* And Laurel Aitken The Original Skatalites* And Laurel Aitken - The Long Hot Summer - Jamaican Ska 1963 ‎(CD, Album, Comp) Unicorn Records PHZCD-59 UK 1993
GRO-CD 025 Laurel Aitken With The Skatalites Laurel Aitken With The Skatalites - The Legendary Godfather Of Ska - Volume 2 - The Long Hot Summer ‎(CD, Album, Comp) Grover Records GRO-CD 025 Germany 1998
A-201 The Original Skatalites* And Laurel Aitken The Original Skatalites* And Laurel Aitken - The Long Hot Summer - Jamaican Ska 1963 ‎(Cass, Comp) ROIR (Reachout International Records) A-201 US 1991

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