Format: LP Label: Sunspot Year: 2013 Media Condition: New Sleeve/Cover Condition: New TRACKS: A1 Laurel Aitken And The Caribs - Boogie In My Bones A2 Laurel Aitken And The Caribs - Honey Girl A3 Laurel Aitken And The Boogie Cats - Boogie Rock A4 Laurel Aitken With Ken Richards & His Harmonisers - Judgement Day A5 Laurel Aitken With Duke Reid Group - More Whiskey A6 Laurel Aitken - Back To New Orleans A7 Laurel Aitken And Hyacinth - Mabel A8 Laurel Aitken And Hyacinth - You Got Me Rockin' B1 Laurel Aitken - Sixty Days And Sixty Nights B2 Laurel Aitken - If It's Money You Need B3 Laurel Aitken With Ken Richards & His Harmonisers - Yea Yea Baby B4 Laurel Aitken And The Blue Beats - Nursery Rhyme Boogie B5 Laurel Aitken And The Blue Beats - Mash Potato Boogie B6 Laurel Aitken With Ruddy And Sketto - Weary Wanderer B7 Laurel Aitken - Going To Kansas City B8 Laurel Aitken - Lucille Originally recorded ca. 1958-1963 Featuring tracks from the late 1950s and the early 1960s - this period was integral for the legendary Blue Beat label as it began increasing its musical output to offer the rabid music fans more of the developing, new Rhythm & Blues sound that was then becoming known as Ska. One such artist whose name is synonymous with this emerging scene is the now renowned Lauren Aitken aka "the Godfather of Ska", who featured/collaborated with artists and groups including Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd, Arthur 'Duke' Reid, The Bluesbeat , The Boogie Cats and Ruddy & Sketto. Lauren Aitken, who during the late 1950s was Jamaica's first real recording star was also amongst the first to release a Ska record. Aitken's collaboration with music producer Chris Blackwell allowed his 1958 single "Boogie in My Bones" b/w "Little Sheila" to be the first Jamaican popular music record to be released in the United Kingdom. Other more Jamaican rhythm and blues orientated singles from this period include "Low Down Dirty Girl" and "More Whisky" both produced by Duke Reid. Additionally, Aitken recorded for several prominent producers, including Reid, Leslie Kong, and Ken Khouri. In 1960, spurred by the popularity of his records in England, Aitken moved to London. There he began recording for Blue Beat, the first British-based label to cater to Jamaican immigrant tastes. "The Blue Beat Explosion vol.2" features the early, essential Lauren Aitken influenced tracks from some of the major names in Ska and Reggae music aimed at those interested in the beginnings of these timeless genres.
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