90s Ska

Various Artists - Deep Ska - 80 Original Ska Classics (1999) {4CD Set Proper Records PROPER BOX4}
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© 1999 Proper Records | PROPER BOX4
Ska / Reggae / Rocksteady / Roots Reggae

This compilation should have been subtitled "Duke Reid: The Early Years," as the four-CD box set is drawn exclusively from the great producer's archives. Half the set, interestingly enough, comprises instrumentals, the great majority courtesy of the Skatalites, although Baba Brooks and Drumbago are also well represented. Even a few U.K. groups get to strut their stuff; the Pyramids, Rico Rodiguez' All Stars, and Blue Rivers & the Maroons all put in an appearance. And so boogies, big band swing, and R&B surge out from the grooves, as hit after instrumental classic stream by, interspersed by the vocal tracks.

The Big Ska Box (1998 UK 54-track 3-CD set, features 3 discs entitled Ska Hits, Covered In Skas and Legends Of Ska, picture sleeves in outer slipcase, over 2½ hours of classic ska tracks!

Bad Manners - Viva La Ska Revolution (1998) {2CD Set, Recall–Snapper Music SMDCD140 rec 1980's}
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© 1980's, 1998 Recall Records / Snapper Music | SMD CD 140
Ska / Ska Revival / New Wave

Ska madmen Bad Manners make incredibly catchy, fun, and dance-friendly songs that epitomize the ska-pop movement in Britain. Recorded throughout the '80s, this collection is traditional in its approach, leaving out the punk influence that crept in through the decade. A few of the tracks are live, but for the most part this is taken from albums and singles with a bias toward their poppier material.

Madness - Wonderful (1999) [2CD] {2010 Deluxe Edition}
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Rock / New Wave / Ska Revival / Punk

MADNESS WONDERFUL (2010 UK 2-CD Reissue - Originally released in 1999, Wonderful was the first new material from the Madness camp since 1988’s The Madness and the first album that featured all seven original members since 1984’s Keep Moving, after which Mike Barson took leave of the band for a while.

Over the course of four CDs, this is the essential musical history of the loudest island in the world, with the emphasis on essential. It starts in the time before ska, and brings it all up to the dominance of dancehall in the '90s. Along the way there's ska, rocksteady, reggae, and dub; 95 great tracks, every single one a classic. About the only major artist not represented is Lee Perry, and his productions sneak in there. Steve Barrow's notes will carry you through the story. This is about as perfect as they come, in both form and content.