Tommy McCook - The Best Of Tommy McCook And The Skatalites
Genre: Reggae
Singer: Tommy McCook
Title: The Best Of Tommy McCook And The Skatalites
Short-info: Label: Heartbeat Records ‎– HB 216, Heartbeat Records ‎– HB216
Type: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Date of released: 1999
Category: Reggae
Style: Ska
MP3 album size .rar: 1811 mb
APE album size .rar: 1500 mb
Digital formats: MP3 FLAC MMF MP4 WMA AHX MIDI WAV MP3

Tracklist

A1 Exodus 2:43
A2 Adam's Apple (A.k.a. Don't Bother Me No More) 2:26
A3 Ska Ba 2:55
A4 Freedom Sounds 3:42
A5 Latin Go Ska (A.k.a. Pachito Eche) 3:01
A6 Cow And Gate 2:51
A7 Don't Slam The Door 2:17
A8 Trotting In 3:03
A9 Road Block 2:15
B1 Ska Legion 3:08
B2 Peanut Vendor 3:12
B3 Sauvitt (A.k.a. Sauvito) 3:08
B4 Goldfinger 2:57
B5 Junior Jive 2:30
B6 A Little Bit Of Heaven 2:31
B7 Wheel And Turn 2:40
B8 Jazz Walking 3:19

Companies, etc.

  • Recorded At – Jamaica Recording Studio
  • Recorded At – Federal Records Studio
  • Recorded At – Treasure Isle Recording Studio

Credits

  • Alto Saxophone – Lester Sterling
  • Baritone Saxophone – Dennis Campbell*
  • Bass – Lloyd Brevett, Lloyd Mason (tracks: B8)
  • Compiled By – Brian Keyo, Chris Wilson , C. S. Dodd*
  • Design – Francisco Gonzales
  • Drums – Carl McLeod (tracks: B8), Lloyd Knibb*
  • Engineer – Byron Smith (tracks: B8), C. S. Dodd*, Graham Goodall* (tracks: A5, B4, B6), Syd Bucknor*
  • Guitar – Ernest Ranglin (tracks: B8), Jerome "Jah Jerry" Haines*
  • Harmonica – Charles "Organaire" Cameron
  • Liner Notes, Photography – Brian Keyo
  • Mastered By – Toby Mountain
  • Percussion – Larry McDonald, Noel Seally*
  • Piano – Cecil Lloyd (tracks: B8), Jackie Mittoo
  • Producer – Duke Reid* (tracks: A5, B4, B6, B8), C. S. Dodd*
  • Supervised By – Chris Wilson
  • Tenor Saxophone – Roland Alphonso, Tommy McCook
  • Trombone – Don Drummond
  • Trumpet – Billy Cooke (tracks: B8), Frank Anderson, Johnny Moore, Oswald "Baba" Brooks*
  • Voice – King Sporty

Notes

A7 “Don’t Slam The Door” is actually “Always On Sunday.”
Violin - Raymond
Recorded at Jamaica Recording and Publishing Co., Kingston, Jamaica, 1962 to 1965 (Tracks: A1, A2, A3, A4, A6, A7, A8, A9, B1, B2, B3, B5, B7)
Recorded at Federal Records (Tracks: A5, B4, B6)
Recorded at Treasure Isle Studio, Kingston Jamaica (Track B8).
Category on spine an backsleeve: HB 216
Category on labels: HB216

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 0 11661-7716-1 1

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
11661-7716-2 Tommy McCook The Best Of Tommy McCook And The Skatalites ‎(CD, Comp, RE) Heartbeat Records 11661-7716-2 US 1999
HBCD 216 Tommy McCook The Best Of Tommy McCook And The Skatalites ‎(CD, Comp) Heartbeat Records HBCD 216 US 1999

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