NEW VINYL LP ON SOULJAZZ 2004. Jamaica earned its independence in 1962, and in many ways ska was the joyous and energetic expression of that event, a music that burst past its lineage of American jazz and R&B into a kinetic area all its own, and until around 1965, when the hangover began to wear off and the slower, moodier rhythms of rocksteady began to take over, ska presented the fingerprint of Jamaica to the world. Tracklist Jackie Mittoo – El Bang Gang 3:28 Ken Boothe & Stranger Cole* – Arte Bella 2:37 Wailers, The – (I'm Gonna) Put It On 3:08 Skatalites, The – Addis Ababa 2:27 Roland Alphonso – President Kennedy 2:52 Joe Higgs – (I'm The) Song My Enemies Sing 2:54 Skatalites, The – Beardsman Ska 3:00 Delroy Wilson – I Want Justice 2:16 Tommy McCook's Orchestra – Sampson 2:45 Ethiopians, The – I'm Gonna Take Over 2:31 Tommy McCook – Freedom Sounds 3:40 Maytals, The – Marching On 2:36 Skatalites, The – Exodus 2:50 Roland Alphonso – Look Away Ska 3:15 Don Drummond – Don Cosmic 2:35 Roland Alphonso – Scambalena 3:20 Andy & Joey – You're Wondering Now 2:11
