Monday, March 7, 2022
various artists - Scandal Ska
This lil' cash-in, released to capitalize on the release of Michael Caton-Jones's film "Scandal", ended up having an outsized effect on this here Ape. It's got one of the few Bob Marley songs I still want to listen to on it. The Jimmy Cliff and Desmond Dekker tracks are all time classics. While the whole Profumo Affair is almost completely unknown here in the States, any excuse to revisit the early, pre-Trojan, Island Records catalog is alright in my book.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Read This One
Post #400: Double Dagger - Ragged Rubble
It took from May to August 2000 to go from 100 to 200 posts. Then I hit 300 posts two days before Christmas 2000. And now I'm here, anot...

People Liked These
-
If you know glam, you probably have heard a good number, if not all, of these. If you're more the "Bowie is glam, right?" type...
-
What the hell do I know about the Mods? Not much; something about Vespas and amphetamine and soul music. Youth culture, loving the blues and...
-
I came to a decision recently, and it is this: this Mojo release, cover dated January 2012, is pretty indispensible. A soulful recreation of...
No comments:
Post a Comment