''Skinhead Girl'' is a cover album by
The Specials
The Specials, also known as The Special AKA, are an English 2 tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. After some early changes, the first stable lineup of the group consisted of Terry Hall and Neville Staple on vocals, Lynval ...
Released in 2000 (see
2000 in music). After a project backing ska legend
Desmond Dekker
Desmond Dekker (16 July 1941 – 25 May 2006) was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer-songwriter and musician. Together with his backing group The Aces (consisting of Wilson James and Easton Barrington Howard), he had one of the earlie ...
on his 1993 album ''King of Kings'', producer Roger Lomas brought the band back into the studio to record covers of popular
Trojan Records
Trojan Records is a British record label founded in 1968. It specialises in ska, rocksteady, reggae and dub music. The label currently operates under the Sanctuary Records Group. The name ''Trojan'' comes from the Croydon-built Trojan truck ...
songs. Band member
Lynval Golding
Lynval Golding (born 24 July 1951) is a Jamaican-born British musician. His family moved from Jamaica to Gloucester, before moving to Coventry when he was eighteen. He is currently living in Gig Harbor, Washington. He is best known as a rhythm ...
left two weeks before the sessions,
[Original Rude Boy: From Borstal to The Specials by Neville Staple with Tony McMahon; Chapter 10: The Third Wave - America Revives Ska] and was replaced by former
Selecter guitarist
Neol Davies on rhythm guitar.
Track listing
#"I Can't Hide" (
Ken Parker) - 3:32
#"Blam Blam Fever" (Carl Grant, V. Grant) - 3:25
#"
" (
Wayne Shanklin
Wayne Shanklin (June 6, 1917 – June 16, 1970) was an American singer, songwriter and producer. His best known compositions were "Jezebel", " Chanson D'Amour (Song of Love)", and " The Big Hurt".
Personal life
Shanklin was born June 6, 1916, i ...
) - 2:43
#"El Pussycat Ska" (
Roland Alphonso
Roland Alphonso OD or Rolando Alphonso "The Chief Musician" (12 January 1931 – 20 November 1998)Thompson, p. 262 was a Jamaican tenor saxophonist, and one of the founding members of the Skatalites.
Biography
Born in Havana, Cuba, Alphonso ...
,
Clement Dodd
Clement Seymour "Coxsone" Dodd (26 January 1932 – 4 May 2004) was a Jamaican record producer who was influential in the development of ska and reggae in the 1950s, 1960s and beyond.
He was nicknamed "Coxsone" at school due to his talent ...
) - 3:40
#"
Soldering
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" (
Ewart Beckford) - 4:06
#"You Don't Know Like I Know" (
Isaac Hayes,
David Porter) - 2:36
#"Memphis Underground" (
Herbie Mann
Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flute player and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played tenor saxophone and clarinet (inclu ...
) - 3:56
#"If I Didn't Love You" (
Eric "Monty" Morris
Eric "Monty" Morris (born c.1942)Campbell, Howard (2016)Eric 'Monty' Morris to perform at Grace Jerk Festival, ''Jamaica Observer'', 12 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016 is a Jamaican ska singer, known for his work with the Skatalites an ...
) - 3:42
#"Them a Fe Get a Beatin'" (
Peter Tosh) - 3:28
#"Napoleon Solo" (
Hopeton Lewis) - 3:09
#"Skinhead Girl" (Monty Neysmith) - 3:31
#"Fire Corner" (
Clancy Eccles
Clancy Eccles (9 December 1940 in Dean Pen, St. Mary, Jamaica – 30 June 2005 in Spanish Town, Jamaica)Katz was a Jamaican ska and reggae singer, songwriter, arranger, promoter, record producer and talent scout. Known mostly for his early reg ...
) - 3:47
#"Bangerang Crash" (Eccles) - 3:04
#"I Want to Go Home" (
Derrick Morgan) - 2:39
#"Old Man Say" (Eccles) - 2:46
Personnel
*
Neville Staple
Neville Eugenton Staple (born 11 April 1955), sometimes credited as Neville Staples, is a Jamaican-born English singer, known for his work with the 2 Tone ska band the Specials, as well as with his own group, the Neville Staple Band. He also pe ...
- vocals
*
Roddy Byers - vocals, guitar
*
Horace Panter
Horace Panter (born Stephen Graham Panter, 30 August 1953) also known as Sir Horace Gentleman, is the bassist for the British 2 Tone ska band The Specials.
Early life
Panter was born in Croydon, Surrey and spent most of his formative years i ...
- bass guitar
*
Neol Davies - rhythm guitar
*Justin Dodsworth - keyboards
*Steve Holdway - trombone
*Paul Daleman - trumpet
*Leigh Malin - tenor saxophone
*Anthony Harty - percussion, drums
*Roger Lomas - producer, mixing, engineer
References
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2000 albums
The Specials albums
Covers albums