welcome back to the Skaject folks! today we’re taking a look at the 1979 debut record from The Specials, The Specials! A Message To You Rudy, a cover of a Dandy Livingstone track, opens the record in real strong Jamaican[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! today we’re looking our first non-Jamaican Ska record, it’s the 1979 debut record of Madness, One Step Beyond… One Step Beyond, the title track and a cover of a Prince Buster track that i[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! today we’re looking at our last record from the early 70’s, Laurel Aitken’s The Fantastic Laurel Aitken, released in 1972 – Baby Please Don’t Go is the intro track here – got an extremely nice,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! today we’re looking at 1972’s Dance Cleopatra Dance, by Prince Buster – starting this record with Dance Cleopatra – got a nice melody and rhythm to it, but just aight for me, overall. this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! today we’re looking at 1971’s Big Five, by Prince Buster – Big Five‘s title track is up first, and it immediately demonstrates the type of record this is gonna be. im not huge on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! today we’re looking at 1970’s You Can Get It If You Really Want by Desmond Dekker! the title track here, You Can Get It If You Really Want, is a cover- i’m familiar with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! today we’re looking at 1970’s Moon Hop by Derrick Morgan! A Night at the Hop opens the record here, and there’s some real fun energy on this track. some of the vocal deliveries get a little[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! today we’re looking at The Outlaw a 1969 record by the Prince Buster – the opening track of this record is Gun the Man Down, and i gotta say, this is another one of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! today we’re looking at The Skatalite! a 1969 record by the Skatalites – The Skatalite! opens with Yard Broom – an extremely fun lil track with some sublime grooves to it. huge fan of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! today we’re looking at a record by Laurel Aitken and Girlie, Scandal In a Brixton Market, from 1969. Scandal In a Brixton Market opens with a title track – i think this is one[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…