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    Roland Alphonso Roll On Charles Street / Raining Outside

    Rock A Shacka
    • Roland Alphonso – Roll On Charles Street
    • Raymond Harper – Raining Outside
    • 1. Roland Alphonso – Roll On Charles Street
    • 2. Raymond Harper – Raining Outside

    Roll On Charles Street: This is a spirited minor key track, with solos by Alphonso and Brooks.
    Trumpeter Harper takes the honours on this one, his trademark vibrato well in evidence. His big hit for Buster was “Mighty Like A Rose”. He also cut the fearsome “African Blood” and a version of the swing classic ‘Tipping In” under the name of Prince Buster & the Torchlighters.

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    Roland AlphonsoMiddle EastPyramid
    Two superb middle tempo ska tunes from Roland Alphonso from 1967, clean pressings on both new Pyramid 7" reissues.
    • – Middle East
    • – Jungle Bit
    Roland AlphonsoSong For My FatherPyramid
    Wicked 1967 version of Horace Silver's jazz classic with the moody "nothing for nothing on the flip.
    • – Song For My Father
    • – Nothing For Nothing
    Roland AlphonsoWoman Of The WorldPyramid
    two jazzy ska instrumentals from the mid 60s with a killer version of jimmy smith's the cat on the flip.
    • – Woman Of The World
    • – The Cat
    Roland AlphonsoGuantanamera SkaPyramid
    Two killer cuts from 1967 one instrumental and one vocal on clean and loud pressing
    • Roland Alphonso – Guantanamera Ska
    • The Spanishtonians – Suffer Me Not
    Roland AlphonsoSausagePyramid
    a.k.a. "middle east"  - two soul/r&b to reggae cuts from the late 60s from roland alphonso and the beverly's all stars. great pressings get 'em...
    • – Sausage
    • – Soul Finger

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    Caribou Ska SelectionIn The Mood For SkaRock A Shacka
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    • Rico Rodriguez – Omara Special *
    • Lord Tanamo – In The Mood For Ska
    • Pat & Roxie – Way Of Fortune
    • Don Drummond – Bellevue Special
    • Don Drummond – No More
    • Lord Tanamo – You'll Never Know
    • Roy Panton – Please Take Me Home
    • Pat & Roxie – The Things That I Do
    • Orville Alphonso – Bellylick
    • The Mighty Vikings – Up & Down
    • Lord Tanamo – I Love You Truly
    • Lord Brynner – Lock And Key *
    • Orville Alphonso – Inspiration
    • The Mighty Vikings – Ska 65
    • Roy Panton – Smoke Without Fire
    • Lord Tanamo – If You Where Only Mine
    • Lord Brynner – Yvonne *

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