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  1. Monkey Man
  2. I'm in the Mood for Ska
  3. Train to Skaville
  4. Housewives Choice
  5. James Bond
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  1. Monkey Man
  2. I'm in the Mood for Ska
  3. Train to Skaville
  4. Housewives Choice
  5. James Bond
  6. 007 (Shanty Town)
  7. Rudy, a Message to You
  8. Phoenix City
  9. Miss Jamaica
  10. Skinhead Moonstomp
  11. Bonanza Ska
  12. The Whip
  13. The Great Wuga Wuga
  14. Guns of Navarone
  15. Carry Go Bring Come
  16. Doctor Dick
  17. King of Ska
  18. Dance Crasher
  19. Rough and Tough
  20. The Tide Is High
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Bonanza Ska features 20 vintage Jamaican tracks (including a few British ska revival cuts thrown in for good measure), encompassing such classics as the Ethiopians' "Train to Skaville" (which is really more rocksteady by definition than ska), Desmond Dekker's "007 (Shanty Town)" (again, more rocksteady than ska), the Skatalites' "Guns of Navarone," and the Paragons' "The Tide Is High." Nothing here is particularly rare or hard to find, but it's nice to have these sides in a single sequence and it sure is a fun listen. ~ ...

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