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The Skatalites

The Skatalites has been played on NTS over 70 times, featured on 57 episodes and was first played on 6 May 2013.

The Skatalites are a Jamaican music group that played a major role in popularising ska, the first truly Jamaican music created by fusing boogie-woogie blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, mento, calypso, and African rhythms. They recorded many of their best known songs, including Guns of Navarone, in the period between 1964 and 1965, as well as played on records by Prince Buster and many other Jamaican artists.

The founding members of the group were Tommy McCook, Roland Alphonso, Lloyd Brevett, Lloyd Knibb, Lester Sterling,…

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Fugitive Dub Mix 2
King Tubby, The Skatalites
Archive Recordings2014
Fugitive Dub Mix 2
King Tubby, The SkatalitesArchive Recordings2014
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Killer Diller
Jackie Mittoo, The Skatalites
C And N Records0
Killer Diller
Jackie Mittoo, The SkatalitesC And N Records0
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Dick Tracy
The Skatalites
Island Records1965
Dick Tracy
The SkatalitesIsland Records1965
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Passing Through
Lord Creator feat. The Skatalites
Randy's1963
Passing Through
Lord Creator feat. The SkatalitesRandy's1963
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Silver Dollar
Tommy McCook, His Skatalites
Treasure Isle0
Silver Dollar
Tommy McCook, His SkatalitesTreasure Isle0
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Silver Dollar
Tommy McCook, Don Drummond, The Skatalites
Archive Recordings2016
Silver Dollar
Tommy McCook, Don Drummond, The SkatalitesArchive Recordings2016
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Drums of Fueman True aka Nimrod
The Skatalites
Studio One2017
Drums of Fueman True aka Nimrod
The SkatalitesStudio One2017
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Cleopatra
Don Drummond, The Skatalites
Coxsone Records0
Cleopatra
Don Drummond, The SkatalitesCoxsone Records0
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Freedom Sound
The Skatalites
United Sound Records2015
Freedom Sound
The SkatalitesUnited Sound Records2015
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Addis Ababa
Don Drummond, The Ska-Talites
Coxsone Records0
Addis Ababa
Don Drummond, The Ska-TalitesCoxsone Records0
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