Fly Flying Ska
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Fly Flying Ska was Prince Buster
's second studio album
. The album features many ska legends, including The Skatalites
, Toots and the Maytals, Roland Alphonso
, and Don Drummond
among others.
Prince Buster
Cecil Bustamente Campbell, O.D. , better known as Prince Buster, and also known by his Muslim name Muhammed Yusef Ali, is a musician from Kingston, Jamaica. He is regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of ska and rocksteady music...
's second studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
. The album features many ska legends, including The Skatalites
The Skatalites
The Skatalites are a ska band from Jamaica. They played initially between 1963 and 1965, and recorded many of their best known songs in the period, including "Guns of Navarone". They also played on records by Prince Buster and backed many other Jamaican artists who recorded during that period...
, Toots and the Maytals, Roland Alphonso
Roland Alphonso
Roland Alphonso O.D. or Rolando Alphonso aka The Chief Musician was a Jamaican tenor saxophonist, and one of the founding members of The Skatalites....
, and Don Drummond
Don Drummond
Don Drummond was a Jamaican ska trombonist and composer. He was one of the original members of The Skatalites, and composed many of their tunes....
among others.
Track listing
- "Flying Ska (Wings of a Dove)"
- "Lucky Seven"
- "Perhaps" (feat. The Skatalites)
- "My Queen" (feat. Gaynor & Errol)
- "I Go" (feat. Millie Small & Roy Panton)
- "Roland Plays the Prince" (feat. Roland Alphonso)
- "Call Me"
- "Eye for an Eye"
- "River Jordan" (feat. Owen Gray)
- "The Greatest"
- "Ska War" (feat. The Maytals)
- "The Burial" (feat. Don Drummond)