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

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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