Monday, 18 March 2019

Monday Long Song / Red Gold & Green #30

Across three slabs of wax, the 2002 Soul Jazz compilation 'Studio One Scorcher Instrumentals' offers up pretty much what it says on the tin - 19 scorching tunes originating from the legendary Brentford Road studio of Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd. From the album, 'Shockers Rock', officially credited to Tommy McCook, Richard Ace, The Skatalites & Disco Height, is a truly bonkers 1978 cut-up/remix of Roland Alphonso's 1965 ska cut 'Cleopatra'.

Tommy McCook, Richard Ace & The Skatalites - Shockers Rock
Posted by at
Labels: , , , , , ,

3 comments:

Swiss Adam said...

Excellent stuff.

18 March 2019 at 19:23
John Medd said...

What Adam said. Studio 1 had it all - the shimmy, the nutmeg...

18 March 2019 at 22:59
Brian said...

Now that's multitasking. Well done, Swede. A fine selection. Love me some Skatalites.

20 March 2019 at 04:55

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Greatest Hits

  • Monday Long Song
    Cosmic Appalachia isn't a descriptor that you come across every day, though in the case of Eight Point Star's 2021 self-titled debut...
  • Monday Long Song
    In January, a notable anniversary slipped quietly by while I was looking the other way - David Bowie's 'Station to Station' turn...
  • Friday Photo #77
    Ah, the old double exposure. When the film didn't wind on completely and you ended up with a photo of a zebra superimposed over that lov...
  • Monday Long Song
    Anita Ward went to No.1 on both sides of the Atlantic in 1979 with 'Ring My Bell' and, before the year was out, UK lovers rock trio ...
  • Friday Photo #75
    Fate had a damn good crack at scuppering my birthday week plans. Firstly, while dressing for work the week before last, my back went into sp...