Tuesday, January 15, 2013

ENJOY YOURSELF

Boy oh boy, back in the day, Prince Buster was one busy sombitch. He started out working security for Coxsone Dodd's sound system, and then left and began his own system. He started dabbling in producing, finally making records of his own. Lots of them. Many of them were released in the UK on the Blue Beat label, making him quite the hot shit over there. He's at least part of the reason why ska, rocksteady and reggae have always been big there.


This is Ska 1964

Groove Addict has among their stash some of Prince Buster's less heard stuff. Each post has one song as a sample, along with links to downloads of the full LPs. The LP downloads take a few clicks, and quite honestly, I'm not patient enough to have to click and wait, and then try to guess which download link is the correct one. Pop-ups and misleading links abound, but if you're of the LP-at-all-costs sort, you'll figure out where to click after the first one. There's also a handful of songs that have been posted before. We'll be in the other room moving the furniture out of the way.

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Listen: 
Prince Buster - Soul of Africa mp3 at Groove Addict
Prince Buster - Respect mp3 at Groove Addict 
Prince Buster - My Girl mp3 at Groove Addict 
Found elsewhere:
Prince Buster - Enjoy Yourself mp3 at Audio Drums
Prince Buster - Al Capone mp3
at Street Kiss
Prince Buster - Judge Dread mp3
at Cubik Musik
Prince Buster - Danny Dane and Lorraine mp3 at Jaliskoska
Prince Buster - Fowl Theif mp3
at Jaliskoska
Prince Buster - The Fugitive mp3
at Jaliskoska
Prince Buster All Stars - Desafinado mp3
at Jaliskoska
Prince Buster All Stars - Prince of Peace mp3
at Jaliskoska
Prince Buster - Blackhead Chinaman mp3 at
at Jaliskoska

Bonus:
The Maytals - Ska War mp3 at Groove Addict
Full LP's:
Prince Buster - Ska-Lip-Soul at Groove Addict Once there, start your journey by clicking "link"
Prince Buster - I Feel the Spirit at Groove Addict Ditto 
Prince Buster and others - Fly Flying Ska at Groove Addict With the Skatalites, Don Drummond, the Maytals, Roland Alphonso and more.
Visit:
Prince Buster at Wikipedia

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