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2000 studio album by The Specials
Skinhead Girl is a cover album by The Specials Released in 2000 (see 2000 in music ). After a project backing ska legend Desmond Dekker on his 1993 album King of Kings , producer Roger Lomas brought the band back into the studio to record covers of popular Trojan Records songs. Band member Lynval Golding left two weeks before the sessions,[1] and was replaced by former Selecter guitarist Neol Davies on rhythm guitar.
Track listing [ edit ]
"I Can't Hide" (Ken Parker ) - 3:32
"Blam Blam Fever" (Carl Grant, V. Grant) - 3:25
"Jezebel " (Wayne Shanklin ) - 2:43
"El Pussycat Ska" (Roland Alphonso , Clement Dodd ) - 3:40
"Soldering " (Ewart Beckford ) - 4:06
"You Don't Know Like I Know" (Isaac Hayes , David Porter ) - 2:36
"Memphis Underground" (Herbie Mann ) - 3:56
"If I Didn't Love You" (Eric "Monty" Morris ) - 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 ) - 3:47
"Bangerang Crash" (Eccles) - 3:04
"I Want to Go Home" (Derrick Morgan ) - 2:39
"Old Man Say" (Eccles) - 2:46
Personnel [ edit ]
Neville Staple - vocals
Roddy Byers - vocals, guitar
Horace Panter - 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 [ edit ]
^ Original Rude Boy: From Borstal to The Specials by Neville Staple with Tony McMahon; Chapter 10: The Third Wave - America Revives Ska
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