Ska Maddness! Volume 2 Announced

Spectrum Audio has announced volume 2 of their Ska Madness! compilation series two years after the release of the first.  According to the press release, compiler Rhoda Dakar (The Special A.K.A and Bodysnatchers) based his selection of Two Tone, tracks “which influenced the original bands, were favourites on the tour buses during the various Two Tone package tours and were played at gigs before and between bands.”

Full track listing can be found below.  The album will be made available today.

1. Israelites – Desmond Dekker

2. Monkey Spanner – Dave & Ansell Collins

3. Pressure Drop – Toots & The Maytals

4. Elizabethan Reggae – Boris Gardiner

5. Cherry Oh Baby – Eric Donaldson

6. The Tide Is High – The Paragons

7. Sweet Sensation – The Melodians

8. Ba Ba Boom Time – The Jamaicans

9. Wear You To The Ball – The Paragons

10. Ali Baba – John Holt

11. Return Of Django – The Upsetters

12. Skinhead Girl – Symarip

13. Red Red Wine – Tony Tribe

14. Tighten Up – Untouchables

15. If It Don’t Work Out – Pat Kelley

16. Wonderful World, Beautiful People – Jimmy Cliff

17. Young Gifted And Black – Bob & Marcia

18. Love Of The Common People – Nicky Thomas

19. Black Pearl – Horace Faith

20. Wear You To The Ball – John Holt & U Roy