Ska Is the Limit

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1On My Radio
producer:
Roger Lomas
recording of:
On My Radio
lyricist and composer:
Neol Davies (British musician and founder of The Selecter)
publisher:
Fairwood Music Ltd.
The Selecter3:15
2Too Much Too Young
producer:
Elvis Costello
recording of:
Too Much Too Young
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Dammers
The Specials36:04
3Gangsters
producer:
The Specials AKA (ska band)
recording of:
Gangsters
writer:
John Bradbury (UK drummer for The Specials/General Public), Roderick James Byers, Jerry Dammers, Lynval Golding, Terry Hall, Horace Panter and Neville Staple
arranger:
Jerry Dammers
quotes music from:
Al Capone
The Special A.K.A.4.252:48
4Really Saying Something
vocals and performer:
Bananarama
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
London Records Ltd. (not release label) (in 1982)
cover recording of:
He Was Really Sayin’ Somethin’
writer:
Eddie Holland (Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team), William Stevenson (Motown songwriter) and Norman Whitfield
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.)
Fun Boy Three & Bananarama32:43
5Free Yourself
The Untouchables3:39
6Work Out
engineer:
Sid Bucknor and Vic Keary
producer:
Lol Gellor
bass:
Fred Reynolds (producer)
drums (drum set):
Lol Gellor
guitar:
Trevor Starr and Nik Townend
organ:
Stevie B (Miami freestyle artist best known for Because I Love You (The Postman Song))
percussion:
Desmond Dekker and Lol Gellor
piano:
George Dekker
saxophone:
Roland Gift and Steve Pears
background vocals:
George Dekker, Roz Keary and Jackie Robinson (reggae singer, member of The Pioneers)
lead vocals:
Desmond Dekker
recorded at and mixed at:
Chalk Farm Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Workout
lyricist and composer:
Desmond Dacres
publisher:
Ackee Music Inc.
Desmond Dekker2:45
7A Message to Rudy
producer:
Elvis Costello
guest trombone:
Rico Rodriguez (Jamaican trombonist)
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 132)
cover recording of:
A Message to You, Rudy
lyricist and composer:
Dandy Livingstone
recording of:
A Message to You, Rudy
lyricist and composer:
Dandy Livingstone
The Specials42:53
8Three Minute Hero
producer:
Errol Ross and The Selecter
recording of:
Three Minute Hero
composer:
Neol Davies (British musician and founder of The Selecter)
The Selecter43:03
9Ghost Town
producer:
John Collins (producer)
recording of:
Ghost Town
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Dammers
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited (not for release label use! see annotation)
The Specials45:57
10F.B.I. (I Spy for the)
baritone saxophone:
Will Donato
bass guitar:
Caine Carruthers
drums (drum set):
Glenn Symmonds
guitar:
Clyde Grimes
keyboard:
Josh Harris (Keyboardist, engineer, singer from California)
percussion:
Jerry Miller (vocals & timbales for ska band The Untouchables)
saxophone:
Snake Davis
tenor saxophone:
Will Donato and Mars Williams (US jazz and rock saxophonist)
trombone:
Tim 'Bone" Moynahan
trumpet:
Matt Fronke
vocals:
Chuck 'Poke' Askernee, Clyde Grimes, Josh Harris (Keyboardist, engineer, singer from California), Jerry Miller (vocals & timbales for ska band The Untouchables) and Glenn Symmonds
recording of:
I Spy (I Spy (For The FBI))
writer:
Herman Kelly and Richard ‘Popcorn’ Wylie (Pianist, singer, producer, band director and songwriter)
publisher:
Trio Music Company
cover recording of:
I Spy (I Spy (For The FBI))
writer:
Herman Kelly and Richard ‘Popcorn’ Wylie (Pianist, singer, producer, band director and songwriter)
publisher:
Trio Music Company
The Untouchables33:26
11Please Don’t Bend
Desmond Dekker3:16
12What I Like the Most About You Is Your Girlfriend
recording of:
What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend
writer:
Jerry Dammers
The Special A.K.A.24:03
13It Ain’t What You Do It’s the Way That You Do It
producer:
Fun Boy Three and Dave Jordan (UK producer/remixer)
cover recording of:
It Ain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It)
writer:
Sy Oliver and Trummy Young
Fun Boy Three & Bananarama3.652:48
14Wild Child
The Untouchables4:46