Laurel Aitken & Friends Skinhead Train - The Complete Singles Collection (5-CD)

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(RPM) 138 tracks 1969-1970 - 70 recordings that are not available in digital form - Almost 50... more

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Laurel Aitken & Friends: Skinhead Train - The Complete Singles Collection (5-CD)

(RPM) 138 tracks 1969-1970

- 70 recordings that are not available in digital form
- Almost 50 pieces available on CD for the first time
- 138 reggae anthems!

Widely known as the "Godfather of Ska", Laurel Aitken dominated Jamaica's record industry in the early days and enjoyed great popularity through his Jamaican R&B hits in the second half of the 1950s. In the early 1960s he moved to London and recorded for every Afro-Caribbean record company worth its salt.

With his ska and rocksteady recordings, Laurel remained an integral part of the lives of Jamaican ex-patriots, but it wasn't until the reggae explosion in 1969 that he became known to a wider audience. With productions for Doctor Bird, Pama and Trojan Records he became a musical hero for many British teenagers. The white working class, who adopted the fashion style, were henceforth called "skinheads".

This 5CD set brings together the complete output of the singer, songwriter and producer, which was released on 7" singles between 1969 and 1970, including great hits as well as lost rarities and unreleased tracks, which make their CD debut here. The collection also features recordings he has produced for British artists such as Rico, Winston Groovy, Pama Dice, The Pyramids, The Cimarons and The Rudies.

Of the 138 tracks, 2 are previously unreleased and another 68 were not available for decades, making the set a must-have for any vintage reggae.

Article properties: Laurel Aitken & Friends: Skinhead Train - The Complete Singles Collection (5-CD)

Interpret: Laurel Aitken & Friends
Album titlle: Skinhead Train - The Complete Singles Collection (5-CD)
Label RPM
Genre Reggae
Artikelart CD
EAN: 5013929682702
weight in Kg 0.17

Aitken, Laurel - Skinhead Train - The Complete Singles Collection (5-CD) CD 1
01	laurel aitken	Fire in mi wire
02	laurel aitken	Quando quando
03	laurel aitken	Rice and peas
04	the classics	Worried over me
05	laurel aitken	Reggae prayer
06	laurel aitken	Deliverance will come
07	laurel aitken	The rise and fall (of laurel)
08	laurel aitken	If you're not black
09	laurel aitken	Haile haile (the lion)
10	seven letters	Call collect
11	laurel aitken	Carolina
12	laurel aitken	Kingston town
13	laurel aitken	Donkey man
14	laurel aitken	Woppi king
15	laurel aitken	Mr soul
16	laurel aitken & girlie	Suffering still
17	laurel aitken	Reggae '69
18	laurel aitken	Haile selassie
19	laurel aitken & girlie	Blues dance
20	laurel aitken & girlie	Lawd doctor
21	laurel aitken & girlie	Big fight in hell stadium
22	laurel aitken	Run powell run
23	rico & laurel aitken	A message to you
24	laurel aitken	Save the last dance
25	laurel aitken	Walk right back
26	laurel aitken	Don't be cruel
27	laurel aitken	(sloop) john b

Aitken, Laurel - Skinhead Train - The Complete Singles Collection (5-CD) CD 2
01	winston groovy	Island in the sun
02	winston groovy	Work it up
03	winston groovy	(my girl) josephine
04	winston groovy	Champagne and wine
05	rico & laurel aitken	Babylon gone
06	laurel aitken	Shoo be doo
07	laurel aitken	Landlords and tenants
08	laurel aitken	Everybody sufferin'
09	laurel aitken	Jesse james
10	laurel aitken	Freedom
11	laurel aitken	Pussy price gone up
12	laurel aitken	Gimme back me dollar
13	laurel aitken	Skinhead train
14	the gruvy beats	Kent people
15	laurel aitken	Benwood dick
16	laurel aitken	Apollo 12
17	laurel aitken & girlie	Scandal in brixton market
18	king horror	Frankenstein
19	winston groovy	I can't stand it
20	laurel aitken & girlie	Stupid married man
21	girlie	Madam streggae
22	laurel aitken	Think me no know
23	rico	Trombone man
24	laurel aitken	Pussy got thirteen life
25	laurel aitken	Single man
26	laurel aitken	Skinhead wreck the town
27	laurel aitken	Moon rock
28	winston groovy	Merry xmas

Aitken, Laurel - Skinhead Train - The Complete Singles Collection (5-CD) CD 3
01	laurel aitken	Sin pon you
02	laurel aitken	Everynight
03	winston groovy	Cut up munno
04	king horror	The vampire
05	king horror	Cutting blade
06	winston groovy	Leaving me standing
07	winston groovy	Little girl
08	king horror	The hole
09	king horror	Loch ness monster
10	rico & the visions	Zion i
11	winston groovy	Funky chicken, part 1
12	the cimarons	Funky chicken, part 2
13	winston groovy	Funny, version 1
14	the cimarons	Funny, version 2
15	pama dice	Sin, sun and sex
16	pama dice	Honky tonk popcorn
17	pama dice	Bongo man
18	pama dice	Reggae popcorn
19	pama dice	The worm, part 1
20	pama dice	The worm, part 2
21	laurel aitken	Only you
22	winston groovy	I can't go on
23	dice the boss	Funky monkey, version 1
24	dice the boss	Funky monkey, version 2
25	trevor lloyd	Give me back your love
26	trevor lloyd	Hold me
27	trevor lloyd	Chinee brush
28	dice & cummie +	Real collie
29	king horror	Loch ness monster (alt tk)

Aitken, Laurel - Skinhead Train - The Complete Singles Collection (5-CD) CD 4
01	pama dice	The worm
02	winston groovy	You can't turn your back on me
03	dice the boss	Funky duck
04	dice the boss	Funkier than duck
05	king horror	The naked city
06	king horror	Wood in the fire
07	laurel aitken	Mr popcorn
08	laurel aitken	Share your popcorn
09	laurel aitken	I've got to have your love
10	laurel aitken & gruvy beats	Blue mink
11	tiger	Souls of africa
12	laurel aitken & gruvy beats	Dallas, texas
13	winston groovy	Standing on the corner
14	winston groovy	You send me
15	laurel aitken	Nobody but me
16	laurel aitken	Baby please don't go
17	winston groovy	Yellow bird
18	winston groovy	For your love
19	laurel aitken	I'll never love any girl
20	laurel aitken	Take me back
21	laurel aitken	Reggae popcorn
22	winston groovy	Here is my heart
23	the gruvy beats	Birds and the bees
24	the freedom singers	Election
25	fleece & the live shocks	Tomorrow's world
26	the versatiles	Pick my pocket
27	the freedom singers	Freedom
28	laurel aitken	The outlaw

Aitken, Laurel - Skinhead Train - The Complete Singles Collection (5-CD) CD 5
01	the classics	So much love
02	the classics	Same old feeling
03	joe lace	Nobody else but you
04	the live shocks	Version of nobody
05	Baby i need your loving (1970 version) -laurel aitken	Laurel Aitken & Friends
06	laurel aitken	Think it over
07	tiger	Musical scorcher
08	tiger	Three dogs night
09	laurel aitken	Sex machine
10	laurel aitken	Since you left
11	winston groovy	Groovin'
12	winston groovy	Sugar mama
13	the inner mind	Witchcraft man
14	the inner mind	Night in cairo
15	the inner mind	Pum pum girl
16	the inner mind	Freedom
17	the classics	History of africa
18	the classics	Honey bee
19	laurel aitken	Pachanga, part 1
20	laurel aitken	Pachanga, part 2
21	winston groovy	Tennessee waltz
22	winston groovy	Old man trouble
23	laurel aitken	Why can't i touch you
24	laurel aitken	(you) can't turn your back on me
25	laurel aitken	Mary's boy child
26	the rudies	Mary's boy child (instr)

Laurel Aitken Laurel Aitken was born on April 22, 1927 in Cuba under the name Lorenzo Aitken.... more

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Laurel Aitken

Laurel Aitken was born on April 22, 1927 in Cuba under the name Lorenzo Aitken. The British label boss Gaz Mayall gave him the title 'Godfather of Ska' in the mid-1980s - and rightly so, as he is commonly considered one of the founders of ska music in Jamaica. The Aitken family moved there, to West Kingston in 1938.

There he came into contact with the then popular rhythm'n' blues from New Orleans via US F.M. radio stations. Favourites included Smiley Lewis, Louis Jordan and Amos Milburn. The combination of the cool sounds from New Orleans with Caribbean Calypso formed the basis for his particularly unique style, which later should conquer the world as Ska music. Initially, however, Aitken worked for the Jamaican Tourist Board and appeared as an entertainer in nightclubs. After first recordings, Chris Blackwell who was born in London in 1937, later founder of Island Records, produced Boogie in My Bones b/w Little Sheila, the first pop record from Jamaica that was also released in England.

In 1960 Aitken moved to Brixton in London and recorded fifteen singles for the 'Blue Beat' label before returning to Jamaica in 1963. With the Skatallites as his backing band, he made further recordings there, before returning to Great Britain, where he was able to further consolidate his position as a leading Ska musician. Besides the Caribbean inhabitants of London he was especially popular amongst mods, skinheads and other Ska fans.
From the late 1950s until the 1970s Aitken was able to achieve a multitude of hits internationally. In 1970 he settled down with his wife in Leicester, England, and performed less frequently. In 1980 Ska experienced a renaissance, and finally he entered the British single charts for the first time with Rudi Got Married.

On 17 July 2005, Laurel Aitken died of a heart attack in his adopted hometown of Leicester. He is remembered as the artist who made Mento/Calypso, R&B, Ska, Rock Steady and Reggae his own thing.

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