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Album review
Something Special : Ska Hot Shots Roland Alphonso Heartbeat/Munich CD 04-08-2000 |
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from 5 (excellent) to 1 (poor) |
| Vocals : - | Backing : 4 | Production : 4 | Sound quality : 4 | Sleeve : 5 |
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This brand new HeartBeat/Studio One compilation collects many of the top hits of the Ska era - songs that made Roland Alphonso and the Skatalites international stars - as well as many of Roland's signature songs like Four Corners.
With material ranging from the inception of Studio One and covering a ten year period, you will find here twenty classic tunes, some released here for the first time on compact disc and
digitally remastered from the original Studio One tapes.
Before Roland Alphonso and Studio One, there was "no" Jamaican music. Roland's saxophone
sounds shaped Jamaican music at its "Boogie Shuffle" inception, and into and through Ska, Rock
Steady and Reggae. He was the top arranger at Studio One, and coached the hit groups of the
day, including Bob Marley and the Wailers, as well as being one of the lead tenors of the
legendary Skatalites. As said before, the album consists of a varied set of tunes. Some of Roland Alphonso's best known song are present on the album : from 1968 comes the great Jah Shakey, the adapted James Bond theme, James Bond and El Pussy Cat Ska from 1965. Besides that Alphonso's fans and also the fans of the first ska wave will be delighted to find some previously unreleased ska gems on this album. Probably a lot of tunes are well known to the ska fan, but with the addition of exclusive photos and detailed notes, this is a fitting and definitive tribute to one of Jamaica's legends, Roland Alphonso O.D., Chief Musician. Players of instruments : Rolando Alphonso, tenor and alto saxophones Tommy McCook, tenor saxophone Lester Sterling , alto saxophone Dennis "Ska" Campbell, tenor and baritone saxophones Karl McLacklin, tenor saxophone "Deadly" Headley Bennett, alto saxophone Karl Bryan, alto saxophone Sam Wells, baritone sax Johnny "Dizzy" Moore, trumpet Bobby Ellis, trumpet Emmanuel "Rico" Rodriquez, trombone Lloyd Knibb, drums Ken Williams, drums Hector "Bunny" Williams, drums Joe Isaacs, drums Lowell Morris, drums Aston "Wackie" Henry, drums Lloyd Robinson, drums Lloyd Brevett, bass Cluett Johnson, bass Bryan Atkinson, bass Fred Crossley, bass "Jah" Jerry Haynes, guitar Dennis Sindrey, guitar Ken Richards, guitar Ernest Ranglin, guitar Nearlin "Lyn" Taitt, guitar Errol Walters, guitar Dwight A. Pinkney, guitar Wallin Cameron, guitar Aubrey Adams, organ and piano Cecil Lloyd, organ and piano Herman Sang, piano Donat Roy "Jackie" Mittoo, piano and organ Clement Dodd, vocals, handclaps and percussion Rita Marley, vocals Lee Perry, vocal percussion Noel G. "King Sporty" Williams, vocal percussion
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