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The Sounds of Bob Marley and The Wailers 1

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The Early Years 1961- 1967 | Ska Era The Wailers Early Years features several of the Ska compilation of the Wailers group between 1961 and 1967. The Judge Not compilation features the first single ever produced by Bob Marley, “Judge Not”. It also includes early songs produced by Leslie Kong. The original album The Wailing […]

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The Ska Genre 5

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Ska music was originated in Jamaica in the late 1950’s. It is a fusion of the Jamaican Mento music with American Jazz and Rhythm and Blues. It is Jamaica’s first indigenous commercial music and was made popular in the early 1960’s. The first recorded Ska music was Easy Snappin by Thephillus Beckford in 1959. The first international  Ska hit […]