Original Ska, Volume 2 (LP)

 
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Derrick Morgan
Original Ska, Volume 2 (LP)

[ SRD / LP ]

Release Date: Friday 13 July 2012

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Limited edition vinyl issue.

All tracks recorded in JA 1960-66 and are in Mono.
Limited edition initial press on 160g Vinyl

Derrick Morgan's recording career spans over Five decades, starting with Smith's in the late 1950's with mainly R&B style output. In the Ska era of the early 1960's he moved on to work with producers: Duke Reid, Prince Buster, Leslie Kong, C.S. Dodd (Studio One) and later in the 1960's and into the mid 1970's, with Bunny 'Striker' Lee. During the 1969-1973 period, many of Derrick's own productions were also released, mainly on the Pama group labels (Crab, Unity etc;) in the UK.

The 14 track LP features original Mono recordings, all from 1960-1965 period and features many rare and hard to find Jamaican recorded Ska tracks.

Tracks:

A1 Sweeter Than Honey
A2 You'll Never Know
A3 The Soldier Man
A4 The Moon
A5 Miss Lulu
A6 I'm Gonna Leave You
A7 No More

B1 Leave Her Alone
B2 Dorothy
B3 You Should Have Known
B4 Johnny Grave
B5 Shake A Leg
B6 Lover Boy
B7 Take It Easy

View the trailer (via YouTube)