VA - Ska Ba Dip - The Essential King Edwards (1989)

More than a half century has gone by and there is still a steady stream of books, films, articles and even academic studies devoted to Jamaican music of the 60s. Some of these accounts touch briefly on the preceding decade, a crucial period when Jamaican music incubated and the sound systems arose. But it’s hard to find much detail. The reason is simply the passage of time. The original cohort of musical pioneers was small and the best known have passed on; even the youngest participants, were they still alive would now be well into their 80s. 

Vincent Edwards and his brother George operated King Edwards The Giant sound system, which in the late 50s ranked with Sir Coxsone’s Downbeat and Duke Reid The Trojan as the most popular sets in Jamaica. 

"Ska Ba Dip" is a compilation of killer original early ska from the likes of Roland Alphonso, Baba Brooks, Bobby Aitken, The Upsetters, Shenley Duffus and many more.


Tracklist:

1. Upsetters - Scandalizing
2. Baba Brooks - Musical Workshop
3. Bobby Aitken - Together
4. Shenley Duffus - Digging A Ditch
5. Higgs & Wilson - Gone Is Yesterday
6. Roland Alphonos - Shuffle Duck
7. Charmers - You Don't Know
8. Upcoming Willows - Red China
9. Shenley Duffus - Heariso
10. Lloyd Briscoe - Jonah (The Master)
11. Eric Morris - Ungodly People
12. Patrick & Edwards All Stars - Iron Curtain
13. Andy & Clyde - We Have To Part
14. Roy & Cornell - Salvation

VA - Ska Ba Dip - The Essential King Edwards

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