Various - Ska: From The Vaults Of Federal Records LP
SKU: KSLP081
Description:
UK import!
SKA was the name given to the music that came out of Jamaica
between 1961 – 1966.Based on the American R & B and
Doo-wop records that the Sound Systems in Kingston Town used
to play.
But the American records style started to mellow out, while the
Jamaicans preferred a more upbeat sound. So the Sound System
bosses became record producers to cater for this demand. Sir
‘Coxonne’ Dodd and Duke Reid led the way putting the top
musicians on the Island in the studio to
make music, its subtle twist that had an emphasis placed on the
offbeat, made the music unmistakably Jamaican. A lot of their
early recordings were cut at Federal Records before they built
their own studios.
Federal Records was the first domestic Jamaican studio, based
at 220 Foreshore Road, Hagley Park, Kingston. It opened its
doors in 1961 owned by Ken Khouri who first licensed American
records to the island of Jamaica, before cutting his own
tunes, which were some of the first Jamaican RnB and Ska
singles. Ken Khouri initial studio was Records Limited but
was very basic so with the help of engineer Graeme Goodall
built the new studio complex at 220 Foreshore Road which also
contained a pressing plant and disc cutting room. The studio
was not only the forerunner for Ska music but the the music
that followed and in 1981 Ken Khouri sold the complex now on
the renamed road Marcus Garvey Drive to Bob Marley who renamed
the premises Tuff Gong Studios whose legasy carries on to
today.
Format & package: LP
Record label: Kingston Sounds
Year of release: 2019 (compilation)
Tracks:
A1 Reuben Anderson - Ambition Of Men
A2 Lord Tanamo - Come Down
A3 The Decons - Hungry Man
A4 Roland Alphonso & Don Drummond - Yard Broom
A5 The Skatalites - Good News
A6 Ferdie Nelson - Birds & Beers
A7 Bibby & The Astronauts - Please Beverley
B1 Don Drummond & The Skatalites - Eastern Standard Time
B2 Lord Tanamo - I Am Holding On
B3 Ferdie Nelson - Lonely & Blue Boy (Yours)
B4 Rico Rodriguez - Let George Do It
B5 Ferdie Nelson & Ivan Yap - Ska Down Jamaica Way (South Of
The Border)
B6 Bibby & The Astronauts - Sweet Dreams
B7 Jackie Opel - Valley Of Green
| Specification | Description |
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| Weight | 0,4 Kg |
