This is a vast and sheer collection of early recordings of Coxsone Dodd, dating around 1959-63 which incorporates some well-known names, and contains 41 tracks in all. It opens with a Roland Alphonso track, who was the saxophonist in the highly successful group who famously were the backing band to many early ska music and house musicians, The Skatalites. There is some Delroy Wilson (I'm pretty sure that is Delroy on the front cover) and he was born in 1948, so basically getting into music as a child and subsequently becoming a child star. Don Drummond features who was the trombonist of The Skatalites. Bit of Clancy Eccles and some of The Maytals, Coxsone Dodd was a pioneer of ska and what would become reggae. Every reggae artist pays homage to these early Skatalites recordings.
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