Various Artists

Beginner's Guide to Ska

Release date June 22, 2009

Tracklist

1
Guns of Navarone
2:30
2:30
2
Ska Beat
2:21
2:21
3
Shank I Sheck
2:43
2:43
4
Penny Reel
2:29
2:29
5
Don D Lion
2:18
2:18
6
Four Seasons
2:47
2:47
7
Mother Banner
2:39
2:39
8
Skaramont
2:07
2:07
9
So Bad
2:23
2:23
10
Contact
2:29
2:29
11
Rukumbine
2:39
2:39
12
Thoroughfare (A.K.A. Treasure Island)
2:59
2:59
13
Mouth a Massy
2:09
2:09
14
Vitamin A
2:52
2:52
15
Rub Up, Push Up
2:46
2:46
16
Malcom X
2:32
2:32
17
Renegade
2:40
2:40
18
Alley Pon (A.K.A. Alley Pang)
3:03
3:03
19
John & James
2:04
2:04
20
Tribute to Nehru
2:25
2:25
21
African Queen
2:45
2:45
22
Dance Crasher
2:31
2:31
23
Royal Charlie
2:45
2:45
24
Next Door Neighbor
2:27
2:27
25
Storm Warning
2:28
2:28
26
The Higher the Monkey Climbs
2:59
2:59
27
Ba Ba Boom
2:44
2:44
28
Only a Smile
2:43
2:43
29
Don't Stay Away
2:28
2:28
30
Why Birds Follow Spring
2:07
2:07
31
The Tide Is High
2:42
2:42
32
You Don't Care
2:35
2:35
33
Such Is Life
2:32
2:32
34
Moonlight Lover
2:20
2:20
35
Wha She Do Now
2:28
2:28
36
I’ve Got to Get Away
2:00
2:00
37
Warfare
3:02
3:02
38
Weather Report
2:25
2:25
39
Sweet Soul Music
1:58
1:58
40
Ali Baba
2:40
2:40
41
Mirror in the Bathroom
3:08
3:08
42
Too Much Pressure
3:48
3:48
43
Ruder Than You
2:49
2:49
44
Hands Off She's Mine
3:00
3:00
45
Ghost Town
5:56
5:56
46
Tear Up (Apartheid) (feat. Floyd Lloyd Seivright Meet Laurel Aitkin)
3:29
3:29
47
Mixed Feelings
5:21
5:21
48
Stack-A-Lee
6:04
6:04
49
Bluebeat and Ska
3:48
3:48
50
Chango (Dancehall Mix)
4:52
4:52

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