Israelites - Israelite Train (1997) [LINK FIXED]

Traditional ska cassette-only release from 1997.

1 Israelite Train
2 By Your Side
3 Jah Jah
4 The Resurrection
5 Over the River

I have also included the Roots single from 1993. They have lots of other releases but I'm posting these ones because they are hard to find.

A - Roots
B - Always There

The song Roots from the album Washaway from the year 1995 (the cassette version is different):


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The Blue Beat Stompers - Sit Tight and Listen Keenly... (1998)

Traditional ska band from California.
Their only official release (they did have a demo cassette with 5 songs that are not on this album) on the excellent Steady Beat Recordings.

1	I Need Your Lovin'
2	Put You Down
3	I Will Get Along Without You
4	South City
5	Can't Find The Words
6	I Won't Cry For You
7	Leavin' Town
8	The Series
9	Someday You'll See
10	Got Me Spinnin'
11	I Don't Know
12	Excuses, Excuses

"I Need Your Lovin'"

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This album is available at CD baby with 4 previously unreleased tracks HERE.

Steve Alaimo did not release New York's first ska record

Steve Alaimo was a diverse musician. In 1961 he was doin' the twist. In 1964 he was...well, he was crying...every day.  But in 1965 he was Doing the Ska! He released the album "Starring Steve Alaimo" which included a ska cover of Ben E. King's "Stand by Me", and a few actual ska covers - Monty Morris' "Sammy Dead", the Blues Busters' "Soon You'll be Gone", and Ken and Keith's (backed by Byron Lee and the Dragonaires) "I Won't Let You Go".
This compilation here is a non-official Tone and Wave collection. It includes all of the ska songs off the album, a couple from singles, and a couple unreleased.

1 Everybody Likes to do the Ska
2 I Won't Let You Go
3 Gotta Lotta Love
4 Stand by Me
5 Be Hold
6 Sammy Dead
7 I Don't Wanna Cry
8 Soon You'll be Gone
9 You're Driving Me Crazy

"Everybody Likes to Do the Ska"
"Stand by Me"

1965 - the year Steve Alaimo brought ska to New York.

But wait...

There was a Soul/Doo-Wop group from Long Island called The Pussycats who had a minor hit with the song "You May be Holding My Baby" which was released (first pressing - white label) in 1963 (a second pressing with a pink label was released in 1964). The B-side was a song called "Come on and Ska" which sounds very similar to the Ska Kings' "Oil in My Lamp", but that was released in 1964.

A - You May be Holding My Baby
B - Come on and Ska



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[The next post will be California's first ska record]

va - Blue Beat Special (1968)

A1 - Soul Vendors - Something Special
A2 - The Termites - Do it Right Now
A3 - Jackie Mittoo - Midnight Special
A4 - Alton Ellis - Let Him Try
B1 - Soul Vendors - Get With It
B2 - Ken & Keith - Groove to the Beat
B3 - The Termites - My Last Love
B4 - Soul Vendors - Early Bird
B5 - Dudley Sibley - Run Boy Run

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Ska Kings - Oil in My Lamp 7'' (1968)

Traditional ska featuring Eric "Monty" Morris

A - Oil in My lamp

B - Jamaican Ska


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