Aitken, Laurel: Original Albums Collection
Aitken, Laurel: Original Albums Collection
Format: CD
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Artist: Aitken, Laurel
Label: Pressure Drop
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5013929682504
Genre: Ska
Excellent five CD set from the Ska/Reggae legend containing four classic 1960s studio albums plus a 24 track singles and rarities collection. Features the albums SKA WITH LAUREL. LAUREL AITKEN SAYS FIRE, SCANDAL IN a BRIXTON MARKET and THE HIGH PRIEST OF REGGAE. From Cuba to Brixton, via Kingston, Laurel Aitken carried his share of the precious seeds of what was to become Reggae music. From it's Blue beat, Calypso tinged origins in the '50s to the battle tracks, musical diary entries and social comment of the mid-late 1960s that set the tone for Punk Rock and Hip Hop a decade later, this master craftsman cut side after high quality side for Pama Records, Dr. Bird, Rio, Island and others, creating a vibrant catalogue that stands tall among the canon of music of West Indian origin today.
Tracks:
1.1 Street of Glory
1.2 Lonesome Traveller
1.3 Madame Soroise
1.4 We Shall Overcome
1.5 Call the Doctor
1.6 Freedom
1.7 Hallelujah Train
1.8 Looking for My Baby
1.9 Woman Is Sweeter Than Man
1.10 It's Coming Down
1.11 Take Off My Pyjamas
1.12 Leave My Woman Alone
1.13 Fire (In Your Wire)
1.14 Worried Over Me (The Classics)
1.15 Halfway to Paradise
1.16 Coconut
1.17 Quando Quando
1.18 If You Need Me
1.19 La la la (Means I Love You)
1.20 Rice and Peas
1.21 Stand By Me
1.22 Sunnyside (Swimming Pool) (The Detours)
1.23 Mr Lee
1.24 Gonna Get Married
1.25 Scandal in a Brixton Market
1.26 Madam Straggae
1.27 Stupid Married Man
1.28 Tammering
1.29 Have Mercy
1.30 Night Cricket
1.31 Run Powell Run
1.32 Teddy Bear
1.33 Mr Soul
1.34 Woke Up This Morning
1.35 Babylon
1.36 Stop the War in Vietnam
1.37 Jesse James
1.38 Mr Popcorn
1.39 I Got to Have Your Love
1.40 John B
1.41 Shoo Bee Shoo Bee
1.42 Hailes Selaise
1.43 Landlords and Tenants
1.44 Save the Last Dance
1.45 Walk Right Back
1.46 Don't Be Cruel
1.47 Woppi King
1.48 Suffering Still (With Girlie)
1.49 Boogie in My Bones
1.50 Drinkin' Whisky (With the Caribs)
1.51 Mary Lee / Bartender (With the Blue Beats)
1.52 Brother David (With the Blue Beats)
1.53 Lucille (With the Blue Beats)
1.54 Adam and Eve
1.55 I Shall Remove
1.56 Lion of Judah
1.57 Don't Stay Out Late
1.58 Clementine
1.59 .Propaganda
1.60 Green Banana
1.61 Rock Steady
1.62 Blowin' in the Wind
1.63 I'm Still in Love with You Girl
1.64 Reggae Prayer
1.65 The Rise and Fall (Of Laurel)
1.66 Heile Heile (The Lion)
1.67 Donkey Man
1.68 Reggae '69
1.69 Big Fight in Hell Stadium (With Girlie)
1.70 Pussy Price Gone Up
1.71 Skinhead Train
1.72 Apollo 12 (Skinhead Invasion)
