any minute now, i'll be putting up the vid for black nationalism 3: ska and rock steady. unfortunately there isn't any music on it, and precious little mention of specific songs/artists. hereis the rock steady playlist - a compromise between historical significance and awesome listenability. as is the ska list below, which also mixes places and eras: jamaican ska circa 1960-66; british two-tone revival, late seventies; american punk-ska circa early nineties and later.
Ska (2 disc set)
Folkes Brothers, "O Carolina"
Skatalites, "Guns of Navarone"
Prince Buster, "Al Capone"
Voodoo Glow Skulls, "Left for Dead"
Justin Hinds and the Dominos, "Carry Go Bring Come"
Lynn Taitt, "Storm Warning"
Rancid, "Time Bomb"
Prince Buster, "Hard Man Fi Dead"
Derrick and Patsy, "Housewives' Choice"
Operation Ivy, "Unity"
Tommy McCook, "Doctor Zhivago"
The Charmers, "Skinhead Train"
Toots and the Maytals, "Six and Seven Books"
The Untouchables, "Mandingo"
Prince Buster, "One Step Beyond"
Operation Ivy, "Freeze Up"
Sublime, "Same in the End"
The English Beat, "Ranking Full Stop"
Toots and the Maytals, "It's You"
The Specials, "Concrete Jungle"
The Ethiopians, "Train to Skaville"
The Paragons, "The Tide is High"
Bob Marley and Wailers, "Simmer Down"
Bad Manners, "Skaville UK"
Rancid, "Red Hot Moon"
Mighty Might Bosstones, "The Impression That I Get"
The Clash, "This is Radio Clash"
Don Drummond, "Don De lion"
Millie Small, "My Boy Lollipop"
Jimmy Cliff, "Miss Jamaica"
Don Drummond, "Man in the Street"
The Skatalites, "Strolling In"
Lynn Taitt, "Independence Ska"
