Release Date: 07 February 2025
Label: Press Play / Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5013929900431
Description
RE-PRESS: CD ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 2013
Widely hailed as the Godfather of Ska, Laurel Aitken dominated Jamaica’s recording industry throughout its infancy, enjoying a series of hugely popular mento and Jamaican R&B hits during the latter half of the 1950s. Early the following decade he relocated to London, where, over the years that immediately followed, he recorded for every Afro-Caribbean record company of note.
While his ska and rock steady recordings ensured Laurel remained a firm favourite among Jamaican ex-patriots, the reggae explosion of 1969 exposed his work to a wider audience, with productions for Doctor Bird, Pama and Trojan Records establishing him as a musical hero for many of Britain’s young, white working-classes, notably those that had adopted a fashion style dubbed by the national press as ‘skinhead’.
Tracklisting
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Scaffold
Pfm
Beres Hammond
Dandy
The Special AKA
The Owls
The Selecter
Rhoda Dakar
Prince Buster
The Selecter
