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The Baba Brooks Band - Girls Town Ska
As featured on the brand new album 'The Essential Artist Collection - The Skatalites - ORDER NOW - https://Trojan.lnk.to/EACSkatalitesID
Trojan Records is proud to announce The Essential Artist Collection, a brand new series of artist-focused compilation albums showcasing some of the very best talent from the label’s esteemed roster. Championing their stellar catalogues, the series will highlight the most important ska and reggae tracks from the most influential artists and vocal/instrumental groups with each title available on double colour vinyl, double CD and digital formats
First in the series are The Skatalites and The Maytals, both of which are OUT NOW!
As the sound of ska exploded upon Jamaica’s musical landscape in the early 60s, the driving dynamic sound was championed by a gro...
published: 07 Mar 2023
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Baba Brooks - Watermelon Man
published: 28 Jan 2011
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Baba Brooks Shank I Sheck
Oswald "Baba" Brooks - Shank I Sheck (1965)
género:Ska / origen:Jamaica
http://www.jablespanol.com/
published: 10 Dec 2013
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Baba Brooks - Portrait Of My Love (1960's) Ska, Reggae.
Baba Brooks- Portrait Of My Love
Oswald Baba Brooks started his musical career as a trumpet player with the Eric Dean Orchestra in Jamaica in the 1950's. The Jamaican bands played mostly Folk, Afro, Jazz, they played at clubs, big hotels and sometimes on local radio. This was an exciting scene at the time but began to die out towards the end of the fifties. Band members began to move into the recording studios in Kingston that were emerging at the time with the advent of the Sound System. The records that were produced kept the musicians well employed. Most big bands began to die out and only a few managed to survive into the sixties and beyond. One such band was Byron Lee, they became the Islands premire band and established many talented musicians including Baba Brooks. He soon became...
published: 15 May 2009
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The Baba Brooks Band - Teenage Ska
As featured on the brand new album 'The Essential Artist Collection - The Skatalites - ORDER NOW - https://Trojan.lnk.to/EACSkatalitesID
Trojan Records is proud to announce The Essential Artist Collection, a brand new series of artist-focused compilation albums showcasing some of the very best talent from the label’s esteemed roster. Championing their stellar catalogues, the series will highlight the most important ska and reggae tracks from the most influential artists and vocal/instrumental groups with each title available on double colour vinyl, double CD and digital formats
First in the series are The Skatalites and The Maytals, both of which are OUT NOW!
As the sound of ska exploded upon Jamaica’s musical landscape in the early 60s, the driving dynamic sound was championed by a gro...
published: 07 Mar 2023
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Baba Brooks - Teenage Ska
Oswald "Baba" Brooks - Teenage Ska (1965)
género:Ska / origen:Jamaica
http://www.jablespanol.com/
published: 10 Dec 2013
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Vitamin A - Baba Brooks
The flip of Dance Crasher (Alton Ellis). A killer double sider on Treasure Isle.
BIO: Oswald Baba Brooks started his musical career as a trumpet player with the Eric Dean Orchestra in Jamaica in the 1950s. The Jamaican bands played mostly Folk, Afro, Jazz, they played at clubs, big hotels and sometimes on local radio. This was an exciting scene at the time but began to die out towards the end of the fifties. Band members began to move into the recording studios in Kingston that were emerging at the time with the advent of the Sound System. The records that were produced kept the musicians well employed. Most big bands began to die out and only a few managed to survive into the sixties and beyond. One such band was Byron Lee, they became the Islands premire band and established many talent...
published: 22 Jan 2010
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Count Lasher with Lyne Taitt & The Baba Brooks Band - Hooligans
Trojan Rude Boy Box Set
published: 28 Oct 2009
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BABA BROOKS- Guns Fever
Classic Ska,1965.
published: 23 Jul 2009
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The Baba Brooks Band - Girls Town Ska
As featured on the brand new album 'The Essential Artist Collection - The Skatalites - ORDER NOW - https://Trojan.lnk.to/EACSkatalitesID
Trojan Records is prou...
As featured on the brand new album 'The Essential Artist Collection - The Skatalites - ORDER NOW - https://Trojan.lnk.to/EACSkatalitesID
Trojan Records is proud to announce The Essential Artist Collection, a brand new series of artist-focused compilation albums showcasing some of the very best talent from the label’s esteemed roster. Championing their stellar catalogues, the series will highlight the most important ska and reggae tracks from the most influential artists and vocal/instrumental groups with each title available on double colour vinyl, double CD and digital formats
First in the series are The Skatalites and The Maytals, both of which are OUT NOW!
As the sound of ska exploded upon Jamaica’s musical landscape in the early 60s, the driving dynamic sound was championed by a group frequently credited as the originators of ska and the greatest ensemble of musicians ever to have performed and recorded on the island - The Skatalites. Formed in 1964, the group comprised of legendary saxophonist Tommy McCook, trombonist Don Drummond, tenor saxman Roland Alphonso, drumming supremo Lloyd Knibb and keyboard prodigy Jackie Mittoo. The powerhouse instrumental combo dominated the island’s music industry for 18 glorious months, and this new collection includes the very best of their work including ska anthems such as One Eyed Giant, Alley Cat and Music is my Occupation - produced by famed Treasure Isle Records boss, Arthur ‘Duke’ Reid.
The Essential Artist Collection series will continue throughout 2023 with more legendary artists announced in due course.
LP TRACKLIST
LP1 SIDE 1
1. (Music Is) My Occupation (Ring of Fire)
2. Alley Cat Ska
3. Cool Smoke
4. Garden of Love
5. Twelve Minutes to Go
6. Girls Town Ska
7. Vitamin A
LP1 SIDE 2
1. Latin Goes Ska
2. Alipang
3. Lucky Seven
4. Musical Store Room
5. Musical Communion
6. Sandy Gully
7. Doctor Dekker
LP2 SIDE 1
1. Nuclear Weapon
2. Corner Stone
3. Knockout Punch (aka Cotton Tree)
4. Don De Lion
5. Rocket Ship
6. Feeling Fine
7. Mesopotamia
LP2 SIDE 2
1. Eastern Standard Time
2. Thoroughfare (Treasure Isle)
3. Silver Dollar
4. Street Corner
5. University Goes Ska
6. Good News
7. J.F.K’S Memory
CD TRACKLIST
CD 1
1. Music Is) My Occupation (Ring of Fire) Don Drummond, Tommy McCook & The Skatalites
2. Alley Cat Ska – Tommy McCook & The Baba Brooks Band
3. Cool Smoke – Don Drummond & The Skatalites
4. Garden of Love - Don Drummond & The Skatalites
5. Twelve Minutes to Go – Tommy McCook
6. Girls Town Ska – The Baba Brooks Band
7. Stampede – Don Drummond, Baba Brooks & The Skatalites
8. Vitamin A – The Baba Brooks Band
9. Teenage Ska – The Baba Brooks Band
10. Melody Jamboree – Don Drummond & Baba Brooks
11. Boat Ride – Baba Brooks & The Skatalites
12. Around the World – Don Drummond & The Skatalites
13. Watermelon Man – The Baba Brooks Orchestra
14. River Bank, Pt.1 (Bank to Bank) – Baba Brooks & His Band
15. Guns Fever – Baba Brooks & His Band
16. Ska Virginia (Virginia Ska) – The Baba Brooks Band
17. Duck Soup – Cuttings with Baba Brooks & His Band
18. Donkey City, Pt.1 – The Baba Brooks Band
19. Latin Goes Ska – Lester Sterling & The Skatalites
20. Alipang – Roland Alphonso, Don Drummond & The Skatalites
21. Lucky Seven – Don Drummond & The Tommy McCook Band
22. Musical Store Room – Frank Anderson & Roland Alphonso
23. Musical Communion – The Baba Brooks Orchestra
24. Sandy Gully – Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites
25. Doctor Dekker – Don Drummond & The Baba Brooks Band
CD 2
1. Nuclear Weapon – Roland Alphonso & The Baba Brooks Band
2. Corner Stone (A Trip to Mars) – Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites
3. Knockout Punch (Cotton Tree) – Baba Brooks & Don Drummond
4. Don De Lion – Don Drummond & The Skatalites
5. Rocket Ship – Tommy McCook & The Skatalites
6. Feeling Fine – Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites
7. Mesopotamia – Don Drummond & The Skatalites
8. Donkey City, Pt.2 – The Baba Brooks Band
9. Independence Ska (El Pussycat) – Lynn Taitt & The Baba Brooks Band
10. The Rude Boy – Roland Alphonso & Duke Reid’s Group
11. Jelly Bean – The Baba Brooks Band
12. Skalarama (The Magnificent Seven Theme) – Lynn Taitt & The Comets
13. River Bank, Pt.2 – Baba Brooks & His Band
14. Country Town – Baba Brooks
15. One Eyed Giant – Baba Brooks & His Band
16. Twilight Zone (Instrumental) – The Baba Brooks Band
17. Catch a Fire – Baba Brooks & His Band
18. Spider – Don Drummond
19. Eastern Standard Time – Don Drummond & The Skatalites
20. Thoroughfare (Treasure Isle) – Don Drummond & The Skatalites
21. Silver Dollar – Don Drummond, Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites
22. Street Corner – The Skatalites
23. University Goes Ska – Don Drummond
24. J.F.K.’s Memory – Don Drummond & Tommy McCook
25. Good News – The Skatalites
https://wn.com/The_Baba_Brooks_Band_Girls_Town_Ska
As featured on the brand new album 'The Essential Artist Collection - The Skatalites - ORDER NOW - https://Trojan.lnk.to/EACSkatalitesID
Trojan Records is proud to announce The Essential Artist Collection, a brand new series of artist-focused compilation albums showcasing some of the very best talent from the label’s esteemed roster. Championing their stellar catalogues, the series will highlight the most important ska and reggae tracks from the most influential artists and vocal/instrumental groups with each title available on double colour vinyl, double CD and digital formats
First in the series are The Skatalites and The Maytals, both of which are OUT NOW!
As the sound of ska exploded upon Jamaica’s musical landscape in the early 60s, the driving dynamic sound was championed by a group frequently credited as the originators of ska and the greatest ensemble of musicians ever to have performed and recorded on the island - The Skatalites. Formed in 1964, the group comprised of legendary saxophonist Tommy McCook, trombonist Don Drummond, tenor saxman Roland Alphonso, drumming supremo Lloyd Knibb and keyboard prodigy Jackie Mittoo. The powerhouse instrumental combo dominated the island’s music industry for 18 glorious months, and this new collection includes the very best of their work including ska anthems such as One Eyed Giant, Alley Cat and Music is my Occupation - produced by famed Treasure Isle Records boss, Arthur ‘Duke’ Reid.
The Essential Artist Collection series will continue throughout 2023 with more legendary artists announced in due course.
LP TRACKLIST
LP1 SIDE 1
1. (Music Is) My Occupation (Ring of Fire)
2. Alley Cat Ska
3. Cool Smoke
4. Garden of Love
5. Twelve Minutes to Go
6. Girls Town Ska
7. Vitamin A
LP1 SIDE 2
1. Latin Goes Ska
2. Alipang
3. Lucky Seven
4. Musical Store Room
5. Musical Communion
6. Sandy Gully
7. Doctor Dekker
LP2 SIDE 1
1. Nuclear Weapon
2. Corner Stone
3. Knockout Punch (aka Cotton Tree)
4. Don De Lion
5. Rocket Ship
6. Feeling Fine
7. Mesopotamia
LP2 SIDE 2
1. Eastern Standard Time
2. Thoroughfare (Treasure Isle)
3. Silver Dollar
4. Street Corner
5. University Goes Ska
6. Good News
7. J.F.K’S Memory
CD TRACKLIST
CD 1
1. Music Is) My Occupation (Ring of Fire) Don Drummond, Tommy McCook & The Skatalites
2. Alley Cat Ska – Tommy McCook & The Baba Brooks Band
3. Cool Smoke – Don Drummond & The Skatalites
4. Garden of Love - Don Drummond & The Skatalites
5. Twelve Minutes to Go – Tommy McCook
6. Girls Town Ska – The Baba Brooks Band
7. Stampede – Don Drummond, Baba Brooks & The Skatalites
8. Vitamin A – The Baba Brooks Band
9. Teenage Ska – The Baba Brooks Band
10. Melody Jamboree – Don Drummond & Baba Brooks
11. Boat Ride – Baba Brooks & The Skatalites
12. Around the World – Don Drummond & The Skatalites
13. Watermelon Man – The Baba Brooks Orchestra
14. River Bank, Pt.1 (Bank to Bank) – Baba Brooks & His Band
15. Guns Fever – Baba Brooks & His Band
16. Ska Virginia (Virginia Ska) – The Baba Brooks Band
17. Duck Soup – Cuttings with Baba Brooks & His Band
18. Donkey City, Pt.1 – The Baba Brooks Band
19. Latin Goes Ska – Lester Sterling & The Skatalites
20. Alipang – Roland Alphonso, Don Drummond & The Skatalites
21. Lucky Seven – Don Drummond & The Tommy McCook Band
22. Musical Store Room – Frank Anderson & Roland Alphonso
23. Musical Communion – The Baba Brooks Orchestra
24. Sandy Gully – Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites
25. Doctor Dekker – Don Drummond & The Baba Brooks Band
CD 2
1. Nuclear Weapon – Roland Alphonso & The Baba Brooks Band
2. Corner Stone (A Trip to Mars) – Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites
3. Knockout Punch (Cotton Tree) – Baba Brooks & Don Drummond
4. Don De Lion – Don Drummond & The Skatalites
5. Rocket Ship – Tommy McCook & The Skatalites
6. Feeling Fine – Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites
7. Mesopotamia – Don Drummond & The Skatalites
8. Donkey City, Pt.2 – The Baba Brooks Band
9. Independence Ska (El Pussycat) – Lynn Taitt & The Baba Brooks Band
10. The Rude Boy – Roland Alphonso & Duke Reid’s Group
11. Jelly Bean – The Baba Brooks Band
12. Skalarama (The Magnificent Seven Theme) – Lynn Taitt & The Comets
13. River Bank, Pt.2 – Baba Brooks & His Band
14. Country Town – Baba Brooks
15. One Eyed Giant – Baba Brooks & His Band
16. Twilight Zone (Instrumental) – The Baba Brooks Band
17. Catch a Fire – Baba Brooks & His Band
18. Spider – Don Drummond
19. Eastern Standard Time – Don Drummond & The Skatalites
20. Thoroughfare (Treasure Isle) – Don Drummond & The Skatalites
21. Silver Dollar – Don Drummond, Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites
22. Street Corner – The Skatalites
23. University Goes Ska – Don Drummond
24. J.F.K.’s Memory – Don Drummond & Tommy McCook
25. Good News – The Skatalites
- published: 07 Mar 2023
- views: 3394
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Baba Brooks Shank I Sheck
Oswald "Baba" Brooks - Shank I Sheck (1965)
género:Ska / origen:Jamaica
http://www.jablespanol.com/
Oswald "Baba" Brooks - Shank I Sheck (1965)
género:Ska / origen:Jamaica
http://www.jablespanol.com/
https://wn.com/Baba_Brooks_Shank_I_Sheck
Oswald "Baba" Brooks - Shank I Sheck (1965)
género:Ska / origen:Jamaica
http://www.jablespanol.com/
- published: 10 Dec 2013
- views: 22356
2:25
Baba Brooks - Portrait Of My Love (1960's) Ska, Reggae.
Baba Brooks- Portrait Of My Love
Oswald Baba Brooks started his musical career as a trumpet player with the Eric Dean Orchestra in Jamaica in the 1950's. The...
Baba Brooks- Portrait Of My Love
Oswald Baba Brooks started his musical career as a trumpet player with the Eric Dean Orchestra in Jamaica in the 1950's. The Jamaican bands played mostly Folk, Afro, Jazz, they played at clubs, big hotels and sometimes on local radio. This was an exciting scene at the time but began to die out towards the end of the fifties. Band members began to move into the recording studios in Kingston that were emerging at the time with the advent of the Sound System. The records that were produced kept the musicians well employed. Most big bands began to die out and only a few managed to survive into the sixties and beyond. One such band was Byron Lee, they became the Islands premire band and established many talented musicians including Baba Brooks. He soon became a popular session man working for many of the top record producers and featured on many of the great Ska tracks during the golden period from 1963 - 1967. He was riding high in 63' with three hits in the Jamaican charts, Musical Communion, Bank To Bank and his version of Watermelon Man. This was a year before the Skatalies had been formed as a band, with whom he was to play on many occasions.
With Duke Reid he had many records released on his Treasure Isle/Dutchess labels. Teenage Ska was a brilliant driving ska beat track in his instrumental style. He had a habit of using a voice over intro calling out the name of the tune as on Seven Guns Alive, Girls Town Ska, Guns Fever & One Eyed Giant. On Alcatraz Count Machuki spoke the catchphrases/lyrics in the DJ style, to great effect. Other producers he worked for were King Edwards, which produced Shank I Sheck another early Ska track. With Lindon Pottinger he had half a dozen releases on the LOP label (some not issued in the UK). Later he was to arrange sessions for his wife Sonia Pottinger for her Gay Feet and High Note record labels. He found himself working in familiar surroundings as they were held at Duke Reids Treasure Isle studio on Bond Street. One of his best instrumentals was First Session, issued on GayFeet in 1966. He only had one other chart hit with This is Thunder in 1966. Most of his instruments were written by himself or in partnership with fellow musicians such as Don Drummond. During the Ska golden period he played along side all the greats, Roland Alphonso, Don Drummond, Tommy McCook, Lester Sterling, Johnny Moore, Gladstone Anderson and Jackie Mittoo. It does seem strange that he did not record for C.S.Dodd or have any records released on his Studio One labels. He would appear not to have had any more releases after 1969.
https://wn.com/Baba_Brooks_Portrait_Of_My_Love_(1960's)_Ska,_Reggae.
Baba Brooks- Portrait Of My Love
Oswald Baba Brooks started his musical career as a trumpet player with the Eric Dean Orchestra in Jamaica in the 1950's. The Jamaican bands played mostly Folk, Afro, Jazz, they played at clubs, big hotels and sometimes on local radio. This was an exciting scene at the time but began to die out towards the end of the fifties. Band members began to move into the recording studios in Kingston that were emerging at the time with the advent of the Sound System. The records that were produced kept the musicians well employed. Most big bands began to die out and only a few managed to survive into the sixties and beyond. One such band was Byron Lee, they became the Islands premire band and established many talented musicians including Baba Brooks. He soon became a popular session man working for many of the top record producers and featured on many of the great Ska tracks during the golden period from 1963 - 1967. He was riding high in 63' with three hits in the Jamaican charts, Musical Communion, Bank To Bank and his version of Watermelon Man. This was a year before the Skatalies had been formed as a band, with whom he was to play on many occasions.
With Duke Reid he had many records released on his Treasure Isle/Dutchess labels. Teenage Ska was a brilliant driving ska beat track in his instrumental style. He had a habit of using a voice over intro calling out the name of the tune as on Seven Guns Alive, Girls Town Ska, Guns Fever & One Eyed Giant. On Alcatraz Count Machuki spoke the catchphrases/lyrics in the DJ style, to great effect. Other producers he worked for were King Edwards, which produced Shank I Sheck another early Ska track. With Lindon Pottinger he had half a dozen releases on the LOP label (some not issued in the UK). Later he was to arrange sessions for his wife Sonia Pottinger for her Gay Feet and High Note record labels. He found himself working in familiar surroundings as they were held at Duke Reids Treasure Isle studio on Bond Street. One of his best instrumentals was First Session, issued on GayFeet in 1966. He only had one other chart hit with This is Thunder in 1966. Most of his instruments were written by himself or in partnership with fellow musicians such as Don Drummond. During the Ska golden period he played along side all the greats, Roland Alphonso, Don Drummond, Tommy McCook, Lester Sterling, Johnny Moore, Gladstone Anderson and Jackie Mittoo. It does seem strange that he did not record for C.S.Dodd or have any records released on his Studio One labels. He would appear not to have had any more releases after 1969.
- published: 15 May 2009
- views: 372166
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The Baba Brooks Band - Teenage Ska
As featured on the brand new album 'The Essential Artist Collection - The Skatalites - ORDER NOW - https://Trojan.lnk.to/EACSkatalitesID
Trojan Records is prou...
As featured on the brand new album 'The Essential Artist Collection - The Skatalites - ORDER NOW - https://Trojan.lnk.to/EACSkatalitesID
Trojan Records is proud to announce The Essential Artist Collection, a brand new series of artist-focused compilation albums showcasing some of the very best talent from the label’s esteemed roster. Championing their stellar catalogues, the series will highlight the most important ska and reggae tracks from the most influential artists and vocal/instrumental groups with each title available on double colour vinyl, double CD and digital formats
First in the series are The Skatalites and The Maytals, both of which are OUT NOW!
As the sound of ska exploded upon Jamaica’s musical landscape in the early 60s, the driving dynamic sound was championed by a group frequently credited as the originators of ska and the greatest ensemble of musicians ever to have performed and recorded on the island - The Skatalites. Formed in 1964, the group comprised of legendary saxophonist Tommy McCook, trombonist Don Drummond, tenor saxman Roland Alphonso, drumming supremo Lloyd Knibb and keyboard prodigy Jackie Mittoo. The powerhouse instrumental combo dominated the island’s music industry for 18 glorious months, and this new collection includes the very best of their work including ska anthems such as One Eyed Giant, Alley Cat and Music is my Occupation - produced by famed Treasure Isle Records boss, Arthur ‘Duke’ Reid.
The Essential Artist Collection series will continue throughout 2023 with more legendary artists announced in due course.
LP TRACKLIST
LP1 SIDE 1
1. (Music Is) My Occupation (Ring of Fire)
2. Alley Cat Ska
3. Cool Smoke
4. Garden of Love
5. Twelve Minutes to Go
6. Girls Town Ska
7. Vitamin A
LP1 SIDE 2
1. Latin Goes Ska
2. Alipang
3. Lucky Seven
4. Musical Store Room
5. Musical Communion
6. Sandy Gully
7. Doctor Dekker
LP2 SIDE 1
1. Nuclear Weapon
2. Corner Stone
3. Knockout Punch (aka Cotton Tree)
4. Don De Lion
5. Rocket Ship
6. Feeling Fine
7. Mesopotamia
LP2 SIDE 2
1. Eastern Standard Time
2. Thoroughfare (Treasure Isle)
3. Silver Dollar
4. Street Corner
5. University Goes Ska
6. Good News
7. J.F.K’S Memory
CD TRACKLIST
CD 1
1. Music Is) My Occupation (Ring of Fire) Don Drummond, Tommy McCook & The Skatalites
2. Alley Cat Ska – Tommy McCook & The Baba Brooks Band
3. Cool Smoke – Don Drummond & The Skatalites
4. Garden of Love - Don Drummond & The Skatalites
5. Twelve Minutes to Go – Tommy McCook
6. Girls Town Ska – The Baba Brooks Band
7. Stampede – Don Drummond, Baba Brooks & The Skatalites
8. Vitamin A – The Baba Brooks Band
9. Teenage Ska – The Baba Brooks Band
10. Melody Jamboree – Don Drummond & Baba Brooks
11. Boat Ride – Baba Brooks & The Skatalites
12. Around the World – Don Drummond & The Skatalites
13. Watermelon Man – The Baba Brooks Orchestra
14. River Bank, Pt.1 (Bank to Bank) – Baba Brooks & His Band
15. Guns Fever – Baba Brooks & His Band
16. Ska Virginia (Virginia Ska) – The Baba Brooks Band
17. Duck Soup – Cuttings with Baba Brooks & His Band
18. Donkey City, Pt.1 – The Baba Brooks Band
19. Latin Goes Ska – Lester Sterling & The Skatalites
20. Alipang – Roland Alphonso, Don Drummond & The Skatalites
21. Lucky Seven – Don Drummond & The Tommy McCook Band
22. Musical Store Room – Frank Anderson & Roland Alphonso
23. Musical Communion – The Baba Brooks Orchestra
24. Sandy Gully – Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites
25. Doctor Dekker – Don Drummond & The Baba Brooks Band
CD 2
1. Nuclear Weapon – Roland Alphonso & The Baba Brooks Band
2. Corner Stone (A Trip to Mars) – Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites
3. Knockout Punch (Cotton Tree) – Baba Brooks & Don Drummond
4. Don De Lion – Don Drummond & The Skatalites
5. Rocket Ship – Tommy McCook & The Skatalites
6. Feeling Fine – Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites
7. Mesopotamia – Don Drummond & The Skatalites
8. Donkey City, Pt.2 – The Baba Brooks Band
9. Independence Ska (El Pussycat) – Lynn Taitt & The Baba Brooks Band
10. The Rude Boy – Roland Alphonso & Duke Reid’s Group
11. Jelly Bean – The Baba Brooks Band
12. Skalarama (The Magnificent Seven Theme) – Lynn Taitt & The Comets
13. River Bank, Pt.2 – Baba Brooks & His Band
14. Country Town – Baba Brooks
15. One Eyed Giant – Baba Brooks & His Band
16. Twilight Zone (Instrumental) – The Baba Brooks Band
17. Catch a Fire – Baba Brooks & His Band
18. Spider – Don Drummond
19. Eastern Standard Time – Don Drummond & The Skatalites
20. Thoroughfare (Treasure Isle) – Don Drummond & The Skatalites
21. Silver Dollar – Don Drummond, Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites
22. Street Corner – The Skatalites
23. University Goes Ska – Don Drummond
24. J.F.K.’s Memory – Don Drummond & Tommy McCook
25. Good News – The Skatalites
https://wn.com/The_Baba_Brooks_Band_Teenage_Ska
As featured on the brand new album 'The Essential Artist Collection - The Skatalites - ORDER NOW - https://Trojan.lnk.to/EACSkatalitesID
Trojan Records is proud to announce The Essential Artist Collection, a brand new series of artist-focused compilation albums showcasing some of the very best talent from the label’s esteemed roster. Championing their stellar catalogues, the series will highlight the most important ska and reggae tracks from the most influential artists and vocal/instrumental groups with each title available on double colour vinyl, double CD and digital formats
First in the series are The Skatalites and The Maytals, both of which are OUT NOW!
As the sound of ska exploded upon Jamaica’s musical landscape in the early 60s, the driving dynamic sound was championed by a group frequently credited as the originators of ska and the greatest ensemble of musicians ever to have performed and recorded on the island - The Skatalites. Formed in 1964, the group comprised of legendary saxophonist Tommy McCook, trombonist Don Drummond, tenor saxman Roland Alphonso, drumming supremo Lloyd Knibb and keyboard prodigy Jackie Mittoo. The powerhouse instrumental combo dominated the island’s music industry for 18 glorious months, and this new collection includes the very best of their work including ska anthems such as One Eyed Giant, Alley Cat and Music is my Occupation - produced by famed Treasure Isle Records boss, Arthur ‘Duke’ Reid.
The Essential Artist Collection series will continue throughout 2023 with more legendary artists announced in due course.
LP TRACKLIST
LP1 SIDE 1
1. (Music Is) My Occupation (Ring of Fire)
2. Alley Cat Ska
3. Cool Smoke
4. Garden of Love
5. Twelve Minutes to Go
6. Girls Town Ska
7. Vitamin A
LP1 SIDE 2
1. Latin Goes Ska
2. Alipang
3. Lucky Seven
4. Musical Store Room
5. Musical Communion
6. Sandy Gully
7. Doctor Dekker
LP2 SIDE 1
1. Nuclear Weapon
2. Corner Stone
3. Knockout Punch (aka Cotton Tree)
4. Don De Lion
5. Rocket Ship
6. Feeling Fine
7. Mesopotamia
LP2 SIDE 2
1. Eastern Standard Time
2. Thoroughfare (Treasure Isle)
3. Silver Dollar
4. Street Corner
5. University Goes Ska
6. Good News
7. J.F.K’S Memory
CD TRACKLIST
CD 1
1. Music Is) My Occupation (Ring of Fire) Don Drummond, Tommy McCook & The Skatalites
2. Alley Cat Ska – Tommy McCook & The Baba Brooks Band
3. Cool Smoke – Don Drummond & The Skatalites
4. Garden of Love - Don Drummond & The Skatalites
5. Twelve Minutes to Go – Tommy McCook
6. Girls Town Ska – The Baba Brooks Band
7. Stampede – Don Drummond, Baba Brooks & The Skatalites
8. Vitamin A – The Baba Brooks Band
9. Teenage Ska – The Baba Brooks Band
10. Melody Jamboree – Don Drummond & Baba Brooks
11. Boat Ride – Baba Brooks & The Skatalites
12. Around the World – Don Drummond & The Skatalites
13. Watermelon Man – The Baba Brooks Orchestra
14. River Bank, Pt.1 (Bank to Bank) – Baba Brooks & His Band
15. Guns Fever – Baba Brooks & His Band
16. Ska Virginia (Virginia Ska) – The Baba Brooks Band
17. Duck Soup – Cuttings with Baba Brooks & His Band
18. Donkey City, Pt.1 – The Baba Brooks Band
19. Latin Goes Ska – Lester Sterling & The Skatalites
20. Alipang – Roland Alphonso, Don Drummond & The Skatalites
21. Lucky Seven – Don Drummond & The Tommy McCook Band
22. Musical Store Room – Frank Anderson & Roland Alphonso
23. Musical Communion – The Baba Brooks Orchestra
24. Sandy Gully – Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites
25. Doctor Dekker – Don Drummond & The Baba Brooks Band
CD 2
1. Nuclear Weapon – Roland Alphonso & The Baba Brooks Band
2. Corner Stone (A Trip to Mars) – Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites
3. Knockout Punch (Cotton Tree) – Baba Brooks & Don Drummond
4. Don De Lion – Don Drummond & The Skatalites
5. Rocket Ship – Tommy McCook & The Skatalites
6. Feeling Fine – Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites
7. Mesopotamia – Don Drummond & The Skatalites
8. Donkey City, Pt.2 – The Baba Brooks Band
9. Independence Ska (El Pussycat) – Lynn Taitt & The Baba Brooks Band
10. The Rude Boy – Roland Alphonso & Duke Reid’s Group
11. Jelly Bean – The Baba Brooks Band
12. Skalarama (The Magnificent Seven Theme) – Lynn Taitt & The Comets
13. River Bank, Pt.2 – Baba Brooks & His Band
14. Country Town – Baba Brooks
15. One Eyed Giant – Baba Brooks & His Band
16. Twilight Zone (Instrumental) – The Baba Brooks Band
17. Catch a Fire – Baba Brooks & His Band
18. Spider – Don Drummond
19. Eastern Standard Time – Don Drummond & The Skatalites
20. Thoroughfare (Treasure Isle) – Don Drummond & The Skatalites
21. Silver Dollar – Don Drummond, Roland Alphonso & The Skatalites
22. Street Corner – The Skatalites
23. University Goes Ska – Don Drummond
24. J.F.K.’s Memory – Don Drummond & Tommy McCook
25. Good News – The Skatalites
- published: 07 Mar 2023
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Baba Brooks - Teenage Ska
Oswald "Baba" Brooks - Teenage Ska (1965)
género:Ska / origen:Jamaica
http://www.jablespanol.com/
Oswald "Baba" Brooks - Teenage Ska (1965)
género:Ska / origen:Jamaica
http://www.jablespanol.com/
https://wn.com/Baba_Brooks_Teenage_Ska
Oswald "Baba" Brooks - Teenage Ska (1965)
género:Ska / origen:Jamaica
http://www.jablespanol.com/
- published: 10 Dec 2013
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Vitamin A - Baba Brooks
The flip of Dance Crasher (Alton Ellis). A killer double sider on Treasure Isle.
BIO: Oswald Baba Brooks started his musical career as a trumpet player with th...
The flip of Dance Crasher (Alton Ellis). A killer double sider on Treasure Isle.
BIO: Oswald Baba Brooks started his musical career as a trumpet player with the Eric Dean Orchestra in Jamaica in the 1950s. The Jamaican bands played mostly Folk, Afro, Jazz, they played at clubs, big hotels and sometimes on local radio. This was an exciting scene at the time but began to die out towards the end of the fifties. Band members began to move into the recording studios in Kingston that were emerging at the time with the advent of the Sound System. The records that were produced kept the musicians well employed. Most big bands began to die out and only a few managed to survive into the sixties and beyond. One such band was Byron Lee, they became the Islands premire band and established many talented musicians including Baba Brooks. He soon became a popular session man working for many of the top record producers and featured on many of the great Ska tracks during the golden period from 1963 - 1967. He was riding high in 63 with three hits in the Jamaican charts, Musical Communion, Bank To Bank and his version of Watermelon Man. This was a year before the Skatalies had been formed as a band, with whom he was to play on many occasions.
With Duke Reid he had many records released on his Treasure Isle/Dutchess labels. Teenage Ska was a brilliant driving ska beat track in his instrumental style. He had a habit of using a voice over intro calling out the name of the tune as on Seven Guns Alive, Girls Town Ska, Guns Fever & One Eyed Giant. On Alcatraz Count Machuki spoke the catchphrases/lyrics in the DJ style, to great effect. Other producers he worked for were King Edwards, which produced Shank I Sheck another early Ska track. With Lindon Pottinger he had half a dozen releases on the LOP label (some not issued in the UK). Later he was to arrange sessions for his wife Sonia Pottinger for her Gay Feet and High Note record labels. He found himself working in familiar surroundings as they were held at Duke Reids Treasure Isle studio on Bond Street. One of his best instrumentals was First Session, issued on GayFeet in 1966. He only had one other chart hit with This is Thunder in 1966. Most of his instruments were written by himself or in partnership with fellow musicians such as Don Drummond. During the Ska golden period he played along side all the greats, Roland Alphonso, Don Drummond, Tommy McCook, Lester Sterling, Johnny Moore, Gladstone Anderson and Jackie Mittoo. It does seem strange that he did not record for C.S.Dodd or have any records released on his Studio One labels. He would appear not to have had any more releases after 1969.
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The flip of Dance Crasher (Alton Ellis). A killer double sider on Treasure Isle.
BIO: Oswald Baba Brooks started his musical career as a trumpet player with the Eric Dean Orchestra in Jamaica in the 1950s. The Jamaican bands played mostly Folk, Afro, Jazz, they played at clubs, big hotels and sometimes on local radio. This was an exciting scene at the time but began to die out towards the end of the fifties. Band members began to move into the recording studios in Kingston that were emerging at the time with the advent of the Sound System. The records that were produced kept the musicians well employed. Most big bands began to die out and only a few managed to survive into the sixties and beyond. One such band was Byron Lee, they became the Islands premire band and established many talented musicians including Baba Brooks. He soon became a popular session man working for many of the top record producers and featured on many of the great Ska tracks during the golden period from 1963 - 1967. He was riding high in 63 with three hits in the Jamaican charts, Musical Communion, Bank To Bank and his version of Watermelon Man. This was a year before the Skatalies had been formed as a band, with whom he was to play on many occasions.
With Duke Reid he had many records released on his Treasure Isle/Dutchess labels. Teenage Ska was a brilliant driving ska beat track in his instrumental style. He had a habit of using a voice over intro calling out the name of the tune as on Seven Guns Alive, Girls Town Ska, Guns Fever & One Eyed Giant. On Alcatraz Count Machuki spoke the catchphrases/lyrics in the DJ style, to great effect. Other producers he worked for were King Edwards, which produced Shank I Sheck another early Ska track. With Lindon Pottinger he had half a dozen releases on the LOP label (some not issued in the UK). Later he was to arrange sessions for his wife Sonia Pottinger for her Gay Feet and High Note record labels. He found himself working in familiar surroundings as they were held at Duke Reids Treasure Isle studio on Bond Street. One of his best instrumentals was First Session, issued on GayFeet in 1966. He only had one other chart hit with This is Thunder in 1966. Most of his instruments were written by himself or in partnership with fellow musicians such as Don Drummond. During the Ska golden period he played along side all the greats, Roland Alphonso, Don Drummond, Tommy McCook, Lester Sterling, Johnny Moore, Gladstone Anderson and Jackie Mittoo. It does seem strange that he did not record for C.S.Dodd or have any records released on his Studio One labels. He would appear not to have had any more releases after 1969.
- published: 22 Jan 2010
- views: 85431