Laurel Aitken - Skinhead Train: The Complete Singles Collection 1969-1970 (2020)
BAND/ARTIST: Laurel Aitken
- Title: Skinhead Train: The Complete Singles Collection 1969-1970
- Year Of Release: 2020
- Label: Pressure Drop
- Genre: Reggae, Roots
- Quality: MP3 320 kbps; FLAC (tracks+.cue+.log)
- Total Time: 6:20:31
- Total Size: 893 MB; 1.34 GB
- WebSite: Album Preview
138 reggae Anthems. 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’. This 5CD set collects the entirety of the singer-songwriter-producer’s output that saw issue on 7” singles between 1969 and 1970, with the set including big sellers alongside long lost rarities and unissued tracks that make their CD debut.
While Laurel’s own considerable singing skills take centre stage, the collection also features recordings he produced for other UK-based artists, their number including such celebrated acts as Rico, Winston Groovy, Pama Dice, the Pyramids, the Cimarons and the Rudies. Among the 138 tracks collected here, two are previously unreleased and a further 68 unavailable on any format for decades, ensuring this celebration of fast and furious boss sounds is an essential acquisition for any self-respecting fan of vintage reggae.
Tracklist:
1.01 | Laurel Aitken - Fire (In Your Wire)
1.02 | Laurel Aitken - Quando Quando Quando
1.03 | Laurel Aitken - Rice & Peas
1.04 | The Classics - Worried Over Me // The Classics
1.05 | Laurel Aitken - Reggae Prayer
1.06 | Laurel Aitken - Deliverance Will Come
1.07 | Laurel Aitken - The Rise and Fall (of Laurel)
1.08 | Laurel Aitken - If You're Not Black
1.09 | Laurel Aitken - Heile Heile (The Lion)
1.10 | Seven Letters - Call Collect // Seven Letters
1.11 | Laurel Aitken - Carolina
1.12 | Laurel Aitken - Kingston Town
1.13 | Laurel Aitken - Donkey Man
1.14 | Laurel Aitken - Woppi King
1.15 | Laurel Aitken - Mr. Soul
1.16 | Laurel Aitken; Girlie - Suffering Still // Laurel Aitken; Girlie
1.17 | Laurel Aitken - Reggae 69
1.18 | Laurel Aitken - Hailes Selaise
1.19 | Laurel Aitken; Girlie - Blues Dance // Laurel Aitken; Girlie
1.20 | Laurel Aitken; Girlie - Lawd Doctor // Laurel Aitken; Girlie
1.21 | Laurel Aitken; Girlie - Big Fight in Hell Stadium // Laurel Aitken; Girlie
1.22 | Laurel Aitken - Run Powell Run
1.23 | Laurel Aitken; Rico - A Message to You // Laurel Aitken; Rico
1.24 | Laurel Aitken - Save the Last Dance
1.25 | Laurel Aitken - Walk Right Back
1.26 | Laurel Aitken - Don't Be Cruel
1.27 | Laurel Aitken - (Sloop) John B
2.01 | Winston Groovy - Island In The Sun // Winston Groovy
2.02 | Winston Groovy - Work It Up // Winston Groovy
2.03 | Winston Groovy - (My Girl) Josephine // Winston Groovy
2.04 | Winston Groovy - Champagne And Wine // Winston Groovy
2.05 | Laurel Aitken; Rico - Babylon Gone // Laurel Aitken; Rico
2.06 | Laurel Aitken - Shoo Bee Shoo Bee
2.07 | Laurel Aitken - Landlords and Tenants
2.08 | Laurel Aitken - Everybody Sufferin'
2.09 | Laurel Aitken - Jesse James
2.10 | Laurel Aitken - Freedom
2.11 | Laurel Aitken - Pussy Price Gone Up
2.12 | Laurel Aitken - Gimme Back Me Dollar
2.13 | Laurel Aitken - Skinhead Train
2.14 | Gruvy Beats - Kent People // Gruvy Beats
2.15 | Laurel Aitken - Bendwood Dick
2.16 | Laurel Aitken - Apollo 12 (Skinhead Invasion)
2.17 | Laurel Aitken; Girlie - Scandal in a Brixton Market // Laurel Aitken; Girlie
2.18 | King Horror - Frankenstein // King Horror
2.19 | Winston Groovy - I Can't Stand It // Winston Groovy
2.20 | Laurel Aitken - Stupid Married Man
2.21 | Girlie - Madame Streagge (Soul Jerker) // Girlie
2.22 | Laurel Aitken - Think Me No Know
2.23 | Rico - Trombone Man // Rico
2.24 | Laurel Aitken - Pussy Got Thirteen Life
2.25 | Laurel Aitken - Single Man (Why)
2.26 | Laurel Aitken - Skinhead Wreck The Town
2.27 | Laurel Aitken - Moon Rock
2.28 | Winston Groovy - Merry Xmas // Winston Groovy
3.01 | Laurel Aitken - Sin Pon You
3.02 | Laurel Aitken - Every Night
3.03 | Winston Groovy - Cut Up Munno // Winston Groovy
3.04 | King Horror - The Vampire // King Horror
3.05 | King Horror - Cutting Blade // King Horror
3.06 | Winston Groovy - Leaving Me Standing // Winston Groovy
3.07 | Winston Groovy - Little Girl // Winston Groovy
3.08 | King Horror - The Hole // King Horror
3.09 | Laurel Aitken - Loch Ness Monster
3.10 | Rico & The Visions - Zion I // Rico & The Visions
3.11 | Winston Groovy - Funky Chicken, Pt. 1 // Winston Groovy
3.12 | The Cimarons - Funky Chicken, Pt. 2 // The Cimarons
3.13 | Winston Groovy - Funny, Version 1 // Winston Groovy
3.14 | The Cimarons - Funny, Version 2 // The Cimarons
3.15 | Pama Dice - Sin, Sun And Sex // Pama Dice
3.16 | Pama Dice - Honky Tonk Popcorn // Pama Dice
3.17 | Pama Dice - Bongo Man // Pama Dice
3.18 | Pama Dice - Reggae Popcorn // Pama Dice
3.19 | Pama Dice - The Worm, Pt. 1 // Pama Dice
3.20 | Pama Dice - The Worm, Pt. 2 // Pama Dice
3.21 | Laurel Aitken - Only You
3.22 | Winston Groovy - I Can't Go On // Winston Groovy
3.23 | Dice The Boss - Funky Monkey, Version 1 // Dice The Boss
3.24 | Dice The Boss - Funky Monkey, Version 2 // Dice The Boss
3.25 | Trevor Lloyd - Give Me Back Your Love // Trevor Lloyd
3.26 | Trevor Lloyd - Hold Me // Trevor Lloyd
3.27 | Trevor Lloyd - Chinee Brush // Trevor Lloyd
3.28 | Dice & Cummie - Real Collie // Dice & Cummie
3.29 | King Horror - Loch Ness Monster (Alternative Take) // King Horror
4.01 | Pama Dice - The Worm // Pama Dice
4.02 | Winston Groovy - You Can't Turn Your Back On Me // Winston Groovy
4.03 | Dice The Boss - Funky Duck // Dice The Boss
4.04 | Dice The Boss - Funkier Than Duck // Dice The Boss
4.05 | King Horror - The Naked City // King Horror
4.06 | King Horror - Wood In The Fire // King Horror
4.07 | Laurel Aitken - Mr. Popcorn
4.08 | Laurel Aitken - Share Your Popcorn
4.09 | Laurel Aitken - I Got to Have Your Love
4.10 | Laurel Aitken - Blue Mink
4.11 | Laurel Aitken - Souls of Africa
4.12 | Laurel Aitken - Dallas Texas
4.13 | Winston Groovy - Standing On The Corner // Winston Groovy
4.14 | Winston Groovy - You Send Me // Winston Groovy
4.15 | Laurel Aitken - Nobody But Me
4.16 | Laurel Aitken - Baby Please Don't Go
4.17 | Winston Groovy - Yellow Bird // Winston Groovy
4.18 | Winston Groovy - For Your Love (The Best I Can) // Winston Groovy
4.19 | Laurel Aitken - I'll Never Love Another
4.20 | Laurel Aitken - Take Me Back
4.21 | Laurel Aitken - Reggae Popcorn
4.22 | Winston Groovy - Here Is My Heart // Winston Groovy
4.23 | Gruvy Beats - Birds And Bees (Young Gifted And Black) // Gruvy Beats
4.24 | The Freedom Singers - Election // The Freedom Singers
4.25 | Fleece & The Live Shocks - Tomorrow's World // Fleece & The Live Shocks
4.26 | The Versatiles - Pick My Pocket // The Versatiles
4.27 | The Freedom Singers - Freedom // The Freedom Singers
4.28 | Laurel Aitken - The Outlaw
5.01 | The Classics - So Much Love // The Classics
5.02 | The Classics - Same Old Feeling // The Classics
5.03 | Joe Lace - Nobody Else But You // Joe Lace
5.04 | The Live Shocks - Version Of Nobody // The Live Shocks
5.05 | Laurel Aitken - Baby I Need Your Lovin'
5.06 | Laurel Aitken - Think It Over (1970 Version)
5.07 | Tiger - Musical Scorcher // Tiger
5.08 | Tiger - Three Dogs Night // Tiger
5.09 | Laurel Aitken - Sex Machine
5.10 | Laurel Aitken - Since You Left
5.11 | Winston Groovy - Groovin' // Winston Groovy
5.12 | Winston Groovy - (Sweet) Sugar Mama // Winston Groovy
5.13 | The Inner Mind - Witchcraft Man // The Inner Mind
5.14 | The Inner Mind - Night In Cairo // The Inner Mind
5.15 | The Inner Mind - Pum Pum Girl // The Inner Mind
5.16 | The Inner Mind - Freedom // The Inner Mind
5.17 | The Classics - History Of Africa // The Classics
5.18 | The Classics - Honey Bee // The Classics
5.19 | Laurel Aitken - Pachanga, Pt. 1
5.20 | Laurel Aitken - Pachanga, Pt. 2
5.21 | Winston Groovy - Tennessee Waltz // Winston Groovy
5.22 | Winston Groovy - Old Man Trouble // Winston Groovy
5.23 | Laurel Aitken - Why Can't I Touch You
5.24 | Laurel Aitken - Can't Turn Your Back On Me
5.25 | Laurel Aitken - Mary's Boy Child
5.26 | Sonny Binns; The Rudies - Mary's Boy Child (Instrumental) // Sonny Binns; The Rudies
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’. This 5CD set collects the entirety of the singer-songwriter-producer’s output that saw issue on 7” singles between 1969 and 1970, with the set including big sellers alongside long lost rarities and unissued tracks that make their CD debut.
While Laurel’s own considerable singing skills take centre stage, the collection also features recordings he produced for other UK-based artists, their number including such celebrated acts as Rico, Winston Groovy, Pama Dice, the Pyramids, the Cimarons and the Rudies. Among the 138 tracks collected here, two are previously unreleased and a further 68 unavailable on any format for decades, ensuring this celebration of fast and furious boss sounds is an essential acquisition for any self-respecting fan of vintage reggae.
Tracklist:
1.01 | Laurel Aitken - Fire (In Your Wire)
1.02 | Laurel Aitken - Quando Quando Quando
1.03 | Laurel Aitken - Rice & Peas
1.04 | The Classics - Worried Over Me // The Classics
1.05 | Laurel Aitken - Reggae Prayer
1.06 | Laurel Aitken - Deliverance Will Come
1.07 | Laurel Aitken - The Rise and Fall (of Laurel)
1.08 | Laurel Aitken - If You're Not Black
1.09 | Laurel Aitken - Heile Heile (The Lion)
1.10 | Seven Letters - Call Collect // Seven Letters
1.11 | Laurel Aitken - Carolina
1.12 | Laurel Aitken - Kingston Town
1.13 | Laurel Aitken - Donkey Man
1.14 | Laurel Aitken - Woppi King
1.15 | Laurel Aitken - Mr. Soul
1.16 | Laurel Aitken; Girlie - Suffering Still // Laurel Aitken; Girlie
1.17 | Laurel Aitken - Reggae 69
1.18 | Laurel Aitken - Hailes Selaise
1.19 | Laurel Aitken; Girlie - Blues Dance // Laurel Aitken; Girlie
1.20 | Laurel Aitken; Girlie - Lawd Doctor // Laurel Aitken; Girlie
1.21 | Laurel Aitken; Girlie - Big Fight in Hell Stadium // Laurel Aitken; Girlie
1.22 | Laurel Aitken - Run Powell Run
1.23 | Laurel Aitken; Rico - A Message to You // Laurel Aitken; Rico
1.24 | Laurel Aitken - Save the Last Dance
1.25 | Laurel Aitken - Walk Right Back
1.26 | Laurel Aitken - Don't Be Cruel
1.27 | Laurel Aitken - (Sloop) John B
2.01 | Winston Groovy - Island In The Sun // Winston Groovy
2.02 | Winston Groovy - Work It Up // Winston Groovy
2.03 | Winston Groovy - (My Girl) Josephine // Winston Groovy
2.04 | Winston Groovy - Champagne And Wine // Winston Groovy
2.05 | Laurel Aitken; Rico - Babylon Gone // Laurel Aitken; Rico
2.06 | Laurel Aitken - Shoo Bee Shoo Bee
2.07 | Laurel Aitken - Landlords and Tenants
2.08 | Laurel Aitken - Everybody Sufferin'
2.09 | Laurel Aitken - Jesse James
2.10 | Laurel Aitken - Freedom
2.11 | Laurel Aitken - Pussy Price Gone Up
2.12 | Laurel Aitken - Gimme Back Me Dollar
2.13 | Laurel Aitken - Skinhead Train
2.14 | Gruvy Beats - Kent People // Gruvy Beats
2.15 | Laurel Aitken - Bendwood Dick
2.16 | Laurel Aitken - Apollo 12 (Skinhead Invasion)
2.17 | Laurel Aitken; Girlie - Scandal in a Brixton Market // Laurel Aitken; Girlie
2.18 | King Horror - Frankenstein // King Horror
2.19 | Winston Groovy - I Can't Stand It // Winston Groovy
2.20 | Laurel Aitken - Stupid Married Man
2.21 | Girlie - Madame Streagge (Soul Jerker) // Girlie
2.22 | Laurel Aitken - Think Me No Know
2.23 | Rico - Trombone Man // Rico
2.24 | Laurel Aitken - Pussy Got Thirteen Life
2.25 | Laurel Aitken - Single Man (Why)
2.26 | Laurel Aitken - Skinhead Wreck The Town
2.27 | Laurel Aitken - Moon Rock
2.28 | Winston Groovy - Merry Xmas // Winston Groovy
3.01 | Laurel Aitken - Sin Pon You
3.02 | Laurel Aitken - Every Night
3.03 | Winston Groovy - Cut Up Munno // Winston Groovy
3.04 | King Horror - The Vampire // King Horror
3.05 | King Horror - Cutting Blade // King Horror
3.06 | Winston Groovy - Leaving Me Standing // Winston Groovy
3.07 | Winston Groovy - Little Girl // Winston Groovy
3.08 | King Horror - The Hole // King Horror
3.09 | Laurel Aitken - Loch Ness Monster
3.10 | Rico & The Visions - Zion I // Rico & The Visions
3.11 | Winston Groovy - Funky Chicken, Pt. 1 // Winston Groovy
3.12 | The Cimarons - Funky Chicken, Pt. 2 // The Cimarons
3.13 | Winston Groovy - Funny, Version 1 // Winston Groovy
3.14 | The Cimarons - Funny, Version 2 // The Cimarons
3.15 | Pama Dice - Sin, Sun And Sex // Pama Dice
3.16 | Pama Dice - Honky Tonk Popcorn // Pama Dice
3.17 | Pama Dice - Bongo Man // Pama Dice
3.18 | Pama Dice - Reggae Popcorn // Pama Dice
3.19 | Pama Dice - The Worm, Pt. 1 // Pama Dice
3.20 | Pama Dice - The Worm, Pt. 2 // Pama Dice
3.21 | Laurel Aitken - Only You
3.22 | Winston Groovy - I Can't Go On // Winston Groovy
3.23 | Dice The Boss - Funky Monkey, Version 1 // Dice The Boss
3.24 | Dice The Boss - Funky Monkey, Version 2 // Dice The Boss
3.25 | Trevor Lloyd - Give Me Back Your Love // Trevor Lloyd
3.26 | Trevor Lloyd - Hold Me // Trevor Lloyd
3.27 | Trevor Lloyd - Chinee Brush // Trevor Lloyd
3.28 | Dice & Cummie - Real Collie // Dice & Cummie
3.29 | King Horror - Loch Ness Monster (Alternative Take) // King Horror
4.01 | Pama Dice - The Worm // Pama Dice
4.02 | Winston Groovy - You Can't Turn Your Back On Me // Winston Groovy
4.03 | Dice The Boss - Funky Duck // Dice The Boss
4.04 | Dice The Boss - Funkier Than Duck // Dice The Boss
4.05 | King Horror - The Naked City // King Horror
4.06 | King Horror - Wood In The Fire // King Horror
4.07 | Laurel Aitken - Mr. Popcorn
4.08 | Laurel Aitken - Share Your Popcorn
4.09 | Laurel Aitken - I Got to Have Your Love
4.10 | Laurel Aitken - Blue Mink
4.11 | Laurel Aitken - Souls of Africa
4.12 | Laurel Aitken - Dallas Texas
4.13 | Winston Groovy - Standing On The Corner // Winston Groovy
4.14 | Winston Groovy - You Send Me // Winston Groovy
4.15 | Laurel Aitken - Nobody But Me
4.16 | Laurel Aitken - Baby Please Don't Go
4.17 | Winston Groovy - Yellow Bird // Winston Groovy
4.18 | Winston Groovy - For Your Love (The Best I Can) // Winston Groovy
4.19 | Laurel Aitken - I'll Never Love Another
4.20 | Laurel Aitken - Take Me Back
4.21 | Laurel Aitken - Reggae Popcorn
4.22 | Winston Groovy - Here Is My Heart // Winston Groovy
4.23 | Gruvy Beats - Birds And Bees (Young Gifted And Black) // Gruvy Beats
4.24 | The Freedom Singers - Election // The Freedom Singers
4.25 | Fleece & The Live Shocks - Tomorrow's World // Fleece & The Live Shocks
4.26 | The Versatiles - Pick My Pocket // The Versatiles
4.27 | The Freedom Singers - Freedom // The Freedom Singers
4.28 | Laurel Aitken - The Outlaw
5.01 | The Classics - So Much Love // The Classics
5.02 | The Classics - Same Old Feeling // The Classics
5.03 | Joe Lace - Nobody Else But You // Joe Lace
5.04 | The Live Shocks - Version Of Nobody // The Live Shocks
5.05 | Laurel Aitken - Baby I Need Your Lovin'
5.06 | Laurel Aitken - Think It Over (1970 Version)
5.07 | Tiger - Musical Scorcher // Tiger
5.08 | Tiger - Three Dogs Night // Tiger
5.09 | Laurel Aitken - Sex Machine
5.10 | Laurel Aitken - Since You Left
5.11 | Winston Groovy - Groovin' // Winston Groovy
5.12 | Winston Groovy - (Sweet) Sugar Mama // Winston Groovy
5.13 | The Inner Mind - Witchcraft Man // The Inner Mind
5.14 | The Inner Mind - Night In Cairo // The Inner Mind
5.15 | The Inner Mind - Pum Pum Girl // The Inner Mind
5.16 | The Inner Mind - Freedom // The Inner Mind
5.17 | The Classics - History Of Africa // The Classics
5.18 | The Classics - Honey Bee // The Classics
5.19 | Laurel Aitken - Pachanga, Pt. 1
5.20 | Laurel Aitken - Pachanga, Pt. 2
5.21 | Winston Groovy - Tennessee Waltz // Winston Groovy
5.22 | Winston Groovy - Old Man Trouble // Winston Groovy
5.23 | Laurel Aitken - Why Can't I Touch You
5.24 | Laurel Aitken - Can't Turn Your Back On Me
5.25 | Laurel Aitken - Mary's Boy Child
5.26 | Sonny Binns; The Rudies - Mary's Boy Child (Instrumental) // Sonny Binns; The Rudies
Year 2020 | Reggae | World | FLAC / APE | Mp3
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