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((Short description|Jamaican ska band))
((Use Jamaican English|date=August 2012))
((Use dmy dates|date=September 2020))
((More citations needed|article|date=August 2008))
((Infobox musical artist
|name = The Skatalites
|image = Skatalites-njoki.jpg
|caption = The Skatalites at Njoki Summer Festival<br/>[[Ajdovščina]], [[Slovenia]], 2007
|landscape = yes
|background = group_or_band
|origin = [[Jamaica]]
|genre = ((Hlist|[[Ska]]|[[rocksteady]]|[[reggae]]|[[ska jazz]]))
|years_active = 1964–1965<br>1983–present
|label = [[Studio One (record label)|Studio One]]<br>[[Treasure Isle]]<br>King Edwards<br>Randy's<br>Top Deck Records<br>[[Shanachie Records]]<br>[[Island Records]]
|associated_acts = Supersonics, Soul Brothers, Soul Vendors, Sound Dimension, Brentford Road All Stars
|website = http://www.skatalites.com/
|current_members = 
))
'''The Skatalites''' are a [[ska]] band from [[Jamaica]]. They played initially between 1963 and 1965, and recorded many of their best known songs in the period, including "[[Guns of Navarone (song)|Guns of Navarone]]." They also played on records by [[Prince Buster]] and backed many other Jamaican artists who recorded during that period, including [[Bob Marley & The Wailers]], on their first single "[[Simmer Down]]."<ref name="Music">((cite book
| first= Paul
| last= Du Noyer
| year= 2003
| title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music
| edition= 1st
| publisher= Flame Tree Publishing 
| location= Fulham, London
| isbn= 1-904041-96-5
| page=350))</ref> They reformed in 1983 and have played together ever since.

==History==
===Before the Skatalites: 1954–1964===
The founders of the Skatalites were musicians [[Doreen Shaffer]], [[Tommy McCook]] (died 1998), [[Rolando Alphonso]] (died 1998), [[Lester Sterling]] (died 2023), [[Lloyd Brevett]] (died 2012), [[Lloyd Knibb]] (died 2011), [[Don Drummond (musician)|Don Drummond]] (died 1969), [[Jah Jerry Haynes]] (died 2007), [[Jackie Mittoo]] (died 1990), and [[Johnny Moore (trumpeter)|Johnny Moore]] (died 2008).<ref name="Larkin60">((cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0149-X|page=409))</ref> These musicians started to play together from 1955, when Kingston's recording studios started to develop. Tommy McCook was the first member of the band to record, though not for commercial release: he played with Don Hitchman's Group in 1953. [[Archie Lindo]] asked Hitchman to play a few tunes for his pioneer radio station, "ZQI", on their new equipment. Soon after that, sound system pioneer [[Stanley Motta]] began to operate his studio, where he recorded [[calypso (music)|calypso]] and [[mento]] that were released on 78s. [[Rolando Alphonso]] was one of the first to record with him, probably in 1954.

Though McCook was the first in the band to record, he did not participate in the recording sessions with the other nine musicians. He left Jamaica in 1954 for a jazz gig at the Zanzibar Club in [[Nassau, Bahamas]]. He returned to Jamaica in June 1962, and began playing regular jazz sessions around Kingston.

Record producer [[Coxsone Dodd]] searched for jazz players around Kingston and was impressed by McCook's playing. Tommy McCook heard some ska, but initially resisted Dodd's offers to record and to lead a studio group, because he was a committed jazzman. In 1962, Dodd released ''I Cover The Waterfront'' (Port-O-Jam) with Roland Alphonso and Don Drummond, who did the solo and brass sections. In 1963, he released ''Jazz Jamaica From the Workshop'' (Port-O-Jam/Studio One), on which McCook played for the first time since returning to Jamaica. Don Drummond has two tunes on ''Jazz Jamaica'' and McCook has one, "The Answer".
[[File:Skatalites-njoki-horn section.jpg|The Skatalites|thumb]]

===Early years: 1964–1965===
In early 1964, a meeting was held with all the would-be Skatalites at The Odeon Theatre. It was owned by The Tawari family who owned many theatres and were offering shows to the band if they formed a band. Lord Tanamo was liked by the Tawaris and they had encouraged him to help unite the musicians that had been playing on all these hits. By this time the various members had played on so many hit songs in so many different studios by so many singers, but few people knew who was playing the instruments because no producers were putting credits on the records. At that time most of the DJs who were spinning records in public, scratched off the titles or the entire label so nobody could spy on them, and know which recording they were even playing. The musicians were tired of working so hard for so little money and so little recognition. This story, and the story of many other groups and bands in Jamaica, is the theme of the film, ''[[The Harder They Come]]''.

One of  their first albums released was [[LP album|LP]] ''[[Ska Authentic]]'' at [[Studio One (record label)|Studio One]] in [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]. Among their many producers were [[Coxsone Dodd]], [[Duke Reid]], [[Prince Buster]], Vincent "King" Edwards, Justin "Phillip" Yap, [[Leslie Kong]], Lindon Pottinger, [[Sonia Pottinger]] and [[Vincent "Randy" Chin]]. The Skatalites led sessions with top artists and worked with young talents such as [[Delroy Wilson]], [[Desmond Dekker]], [[The Wailers (1963-1974 band)|The Wailers]], and [[Lee "Scratch" Perry|Lee Perry]].

They played their first show in May 1964 at the Hi-Hat club, on Water Lane in Rae Town, which was owned and operated by Orville "Billy" Farnum. It was supposed to be a rehearsal but so many people gathered around the place they decided to just charge admission and let people enjoy themselves. After that word spread like wildfire that the musicians who had been playing all the hit records for so many years had formed a band named The Skatalites. Coxsone Dodd helped initially: "At the formation of the band, I supplied the PA system, microphones and what ever it is. Also the guitar amplifier and other amplifier. I helped with transportation and I supplied storage for equipment and instruments. I was a part of promoting the first gigs and other gigs to get it off the ground, because I figured more or less, if I am recording the Skatalites, its good to get them popular out in the streets, yunno?"<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.skatalites.com/history/|title=History - SKATALITES &#124; The Foundation of Ska, Rock Steady & Reggae SKATALITES &#124; The Foundation of Ska, Rock Steady & Reggae|date=1 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001041459/http://www.skatalites.com/history/|access-date=15 June 2021|archive-date=1 October 2013))</ref>

Trombonist [[Don Drummond]] had at least 200 tunes to his name by 1965. On 1 January 1965, Drummond was arrested for the murder of his girlfriend, [[Anita "Marguerita" Mahfood]]. He was later convicted and remanded to the Bellevue Asylum.

In August 1965, The Skatalites played their last show.<ref name="Larkin60"/> They broke up into two [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]]s, Rolando Alphonso and the Soul Vendors and Tommy McCook and the Supersonics. In April 1967, The Skatalites' ska adaptation of the theme to the film ''[[The Guns of Navarone (film)|The Guns of Navarone]]'' entered the Top 40 of the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">((cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited 
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 505))</ref> Don Drummond died on 6 May 1969, in the Bellevue Asylum.<ref name="Larkin60"/>

===Early reunions: 1974–1988===
The Skatalites' first reunion happened in the studio, during 1974 sessions for bass player Lloyd Brevett's solo album. After laying down hand percussion tracks at Lee Perry's studio, Brevett was joined by McCook, Alphonso, Sterling, Knibb and Mittoo. [[Ernest Ranglin]] played guitar, with [[Baba Brooks|Oswald Brooks]] on trumpet.<ref name="ReferenceA">African Roots 1997 Moon Ska records edition liner notes</ref> The album was eventually released as ''African Roots'', a collection of mostly Brevett compositions, and has been variously released both as a Lloyd Brevett and as a Skatalites album, with most editions crediting "Lloyd Brevett and The Skatalites".

In 1979, The Skatalites again joined in the studio, this time to record an album for [[Chris Blackwell]]. The album, tentatively entitled ''The Big Guns'', was not released at the time, due to a disagreement between McCook and Blackwell, and remains unreleased.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

In June 1983, The Skatalites reformed and played the [[Reggae Sunsplash]] festival in [[Montego Bay]] in July,<ref name="Larkin60"/> after festival director Ronnie Burke persuaded them to appear at the fifth anniversary of the festival, despite Moore and McCook having not spoken since the band split.<ref name="Campbell">Campbell, Charles (2012) "[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/The-Skatalites-musical-journey_11507384 The Skatalites musical journey]", ''[[Jamaica Observer]]'', 20 May 2012, retrieved 1 June 2012,</ref><ref name="Johnson">Johnson, Richard (2012) "[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/When-the-Skatalites-reunited-for-Sunsplash_11453055 When the Skatalites reunited for Sunsplash]", ''[[Jamaica Observer]]'', 15 June 2012, retrieved 17 June 2012.</ref> Their show was very successful,<ref name="Larkin60"/><ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.skatalites.com/the-band/lloyd-knibb/ |title=Lloyd Knibb - SKATALITES &#124; the Foundation of Ska, Rock Steady & Reggae SKATALITES &#124; the Foundation of Ska, Rock Steady & Reggae |access-date=2 October 2013 |archive-date=30 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930233115/http://www.skatalites.com/the-band/lloyd-knibb/ |url-status=dead ))</ref> and the band played more concerts in Jamaica, while taking offers to tour abroad. The line-up at this time reflected the original line-up of the band, with the exception of Drummond, and joined by guests Arnold Breckenridge and Bubbles Cameron.<ref>Liner notes, "Stretching Out", ROIR records.</ref> Recordings from 27 June and 17 July 1983 were released on the live album ''Stretching Out'',<ref name="Larkin60"/> although the band later claimed on their website that they received no payment for this recording and discouraged fans from buying it.

During their 1983 rehearsals for Sunsplash, the band recorded eleven tracks at the newly opened Music Mountain studio, led this time by [[Jackie Mittoo]] and under the guidance of producer/promoter [[Tony Owens]]. After five days of recording, the sessions were abandoned after the members apparently fell out with one another. Nine completed tracks were eventually released in 2007 on [[Motion Records]] as ''Rolling Steady: The 1983 Music Mountain Sessions''.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.motionrecords.co.uk/fast_019/rolling_steady.html|title = Motion Records - Rolling Steady))</ref> The album included their tribute to Don Drummond, "Big Trombone", with [[Lord Tanamo]] on vocals. 

In April 1984, the same lineup, but without Mittoo, recorded ''The Return of The Big Guns'', released on [[Mango Records]] in the UK, with several tracks based on charts written by Drummond and arranged by McCook. On 7 July 1984, The Skatalites played to thousands at [[Selhurst Park]] during the London Sunsplash. The Skatalites played seven tunes and also backed Prince Buster on three before closing with a reprise of their theme song, "Freedom Sounds." This performance was later released as a live album called ''Live at Sunsplash'' but is very rare. 

Between 1985 and 1988, the core members of the Skatalites emigrated and united in the northeast of the United States. They played their first US concert at [[The Village Gate]] and began to play spotted dates in Northeast US.

===1986–present===
The Skatalites began emigrating to the US since the 1970s Eventually enough members had arrived that enabled them to book a few shows beginning with shows in 1986 in New York City. It took a few years before they actually started touring the US in 1989 as support act for their old friend Bunny Wailer's Liberation Tour from coast to coast including Radio City Music Hall, Irvine Meadows, The Music Hall in Boston and many other prestigious venues. In early 1990 the band emerged on the market officially on the first headline tour from NYC to California and back. They were always working on new music but the first official record deal in US was with Shanachie and they released ''Skavoovee'', Grammy nominated ''Hi-Bop Ska'', and Grammy nominated ''Greetings from Skamania''. The next release was ''[[Ball of Fire (album)|Ball of Fire]]'' in 1997 on Island Records. A "Best of The Skatalites" type release was done by Heartbeat Records the same year, entitled ''Foundation Ska''. In 2000 they recorded an album with all newly composed material by each member entitled ''Bashaka''. In 2001 they recorded ''From Paris With Love''. In 2004 The Skatalites were featured on the album [[True Love (Toots & the Maytals album)|''True Love'']] by [[Toots and the Maytals]], which won the [[Grammy Award]] in 2004 for Best Reggae Album, and showcased many notable musicians including [[Willie Nelson]], [[Eric Clapton]], [[Jeff Beck]], [[Trey Anastasio]], [[Gwen Stefani]] / [[No Doubt]], [[Ben Harper]], [[Bonnie Raitt]], [[Manu Chao]], [[The Roots]], [[Ryan Adams]], [[Keith Richards]], [[Toots Hibbert]], [[Paul Douglas (musician)|Paul Douglas]], Jackie Jackson, and [[Ken Boothe]].<ref name=":0">((Cite web|url=https://www.tootsandthemaytals.net/linear-cd-notes/|title=Linear CD Notes – Toots & The Maytals Hip Hop Drum Kits|website=Tootsandthemaytals.net|date=4 October 2014|access-date=15 June 2021))</ref> Later that year, original member Lloyd Brevett left the band. In April that year, the Skatalites started a new world tour with their new bass player Val Douglas, whose A-Team band was the primary backing band for Reggae Sunsplash Tours through the 1980s and 1990s. In October 2005, The Skatalites released ''The Skatalites in Orbit, Vol.1'' recorded live in [[Buenos Aires]], recorded during concerts on 23 and 24 September 2005. In March 2006, The Skatalites played at La Bal De La Rose for [[Caroline, Princess of Hanover]], along with [[Jimmy Cliff]], [[The Wailers (1963-1974 band)|The Wailers]] and [[Alpha Blondy]]. This show started the 2006 Global Orbit Tour reaching [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[Chile]] and [[Argentina]]. In April 2006, Skatalites recorded 11 new tunes and one cover in [[Byron Bay, New South Wales|Byron Bay, Australia]], at the 301 Studios, released the following year as the album ''On The Right Track'' by AIM International, Australia. In September 2007, The Skatalites contributed the track "Be My Guest," with [[Ben Harper]] on vocals, to the [[Fats Domino]] tribute CD ''[[Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino]]'' featuring numerous artists. This CD raised funds for all the musicians affected by [[Hurricane Katrina]].

On 12 May 2011, founding member and drummer [[Lloyd Knibb]] died at the age of 80. Bass player and fellow founding member [[Lloyd Brevett]] died after suffering a stroke on 3 May 2012, aged 80.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/46331/skatalites-bassist-lloyd-brevett-dead-at-80 "Skatalites Bassist Lloyd Brevett Dead at 80"], ''Billboard''.</ref>

On 8 February 2012, the band announced a new single and album as well as a US tour starting in Texas and heading to New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Oregon, California, Washington, and then Canada. These dates follow four dates they announced in January for the North East. The album ''All Roads'' featured the last recordings of founding member Lloyd Knibb.

On 26 August 2016, the band released the album ''Platinum Ska'', and toured through the United States, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom.

===Current members===
* [[Doreen Shaffer]] – vocals 
* Val Douglas - bass
* Trevor "Sparrow" Thompson - drums
* Ken Stewart – keyboards
* Aurelien Metsch aka Natty Frenchy – guitar
* Anant Pradhan - saxophone
* [[Vin Gordon|Vin "Don Drummond Junior" Gordon]] – trombone
* James Smith - trumpet
* [[Larry McDonald (percussionist)|Larry McDonald]] - percussion and vocals

===Former members===
* [[Lester Sterling]] – alto saxophone <small>(founding member; 1964-2014; died 2023)</small>
* [[Tommy McCook]] – tenor saxophone, flute <small>(founding member; died 1998)</small>
* [[Roland Alphonso]] – tenor saxophone <small>(founding member; died 1998)</small>
* [[Don Drummond]] – trombone <small>(founding member; died 1969)</small>
* [[Johnny Moore (trumpeter)|Johnny "Dizzy" Moore]] – trumpet <small>(founding member; died 2008)</small>
* [[Lloyd Brevett]] – upright bass <small>(founding member; died 2012)</small>
* [[Lloyd Knibb]] – drums <small>(founding member; died 2011)</small>
* [[Jah Jerry Haynes|Jerome "Jah Jerry" Haynes]] – guitar <small>(founding member; died 2007)</small>
* [[Jackie Mittoo]] – piano <small>(founding member; died 1990)</small>
* Greg Glassman – trumpet
* Mark Berney – trumpet
* [[Nathan Breedlove ]] – trumpet <small>(1990–98)</small>
* [[Cedric Brooks|Cedric "Im" Brooks]] – tenor saxophone <small>(2000–03,2008–10; died 2013)</small>
* Karl "Cannonball" Bryan – saxophone <small>(2003–08)</small>
* Calvin "Bubbles" Cameron – trombone <small>(1983–84,89,04)</small>
* Welford "Will" Clark – trombone <small>(1994–2003)</small>
* Buford O'Sullivan - trombone
* Devon James – guitar <small>(1987–2009)</small>
* Bill Smith – keyboards <small>(1993–98)</small>
* Cary Brown – keyboards <small>(1990–93)</small>
* Ken Stewart – keyboards <small>(1988–90,1998-2009,2013-present; also serves as the band's manager)</small>
* [[Clark Gayton]] – Trombone <small>(1989–94)</small>
* Cary Brown – keyboards <small>(1990–95)</small>
* [[Luis Bonilla]] – trombone
* Arnold "Willie" Brackenridge - Trumpet <small>(1983–84)</small>
* Kevin Batchelor - Trumpet <small>(2002–2012)</small>
* Azemobo "Zem" Audu – tenor saxophone <small>(2010-2020)</small>
* Andre Murchison – trombone <small>(2006-2019)</small>
* Travis Antoine – trumpet <small>(2012-2018)</small>
* James Smith - trumpet <small>(2018-present) </small>

===Additional personnel===
Although not official band members, these musicians worked with the Skatalites extensively during the 1964-65 period in the recording studio, or in the case of the vocalists, at live shows.<ref>((cite AV media notes |title= Foundation Ska |others= Skatalites |year= 1997 |last= Keyo |type= CD liner |publisher= Heartbeat |id= Heartbeat CD HB 185/186 |location= Cambridge, Massachusetts, US))</ref> Lord Tanamo, Doreen Shaffer, Baba Brooks, and Ernest Ranglin have all worked with the reunited Skatalites at different times, both live and in the studio.

* [[Jackie Opel]] – vocals
* [[Doreen Shaffer]] – vocals<ref name="Campbell2018">Campbell, Howard (2018) "[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/doreen-shaffer-queen-of-ska_125114?profile=1116 Doreen Shaffer: Queen of Ska]", ''[[Jamaica Observer]]'', 13 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018</ref>
* Tony DaCosta - vocals
* Tony Gregory – vocals
* [[Lord Tanamo]] – vocals
* Dennis "Ska" Campbell – tenor saxophone
* [[Oswald Brooks|Oswald "Baba" Brooks]] – trumpet
* Frank Anderson – trumpet
* [[Ernest Ranglin]] lead guitar
* [[Lyn Taitt]] – rhythm guitar
* Winston Grennan – Drums

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
* ''[[Ska Authentic]]'' (Studio One, 1964)
* ''[[Ska Boo-Da-Ba]]'' (Top Deck/Doctor Bird, 1966)
* ''[[Ska Authentic Vol. 2]]'' (Studio One, 1967)
* ''[[Celebration Time]]'' (Studio One, 1968)
* ''[[The Skatalite!]]'' (Treasure Isle, 1969)
* ''[[The Legendary Skatalites]]/[[African Roots]]'' Lloyd Brevett with the Skatalites (Jam Sounds, 1975/United Artists, 1976)
* ''[[Rolling Steady: The 1983 Music Mountain Sessions]]'' (Motion, recorded 1983, released 2007)
* ''[[Return of the Big Guns]]'' (Island, 1984)
* ''[[Ska Voovee]]'' (Shanachie, 1993)
* ''[[Hi-Bop Ska]]'' (Shanachie, 1994)
* ''[[Greetings from Skamania]]'' (Shanachie, 1996)
* ''[[Ball of Fire (album)|Ball of Fire]]'' (Island, 1998)
* ''[[Bashaka]]'' with Ken Boothe (Marston Recording Corporation, 2000)
* ''[[From Paris with Love (album)|From Paris with Love]]'' (World Village, 2002/Wrasse, 2009)
* ''[[On the Right Track (The Skatalites)|On the Right Track]]'' ([[AIM Records|AIM]], 2007)
* ''Walk With Me'' (2012)
* ''Platinum Ska'' (Island Empire, 2016)

===Live albums===
* ''Live at Sunsplash'' (Synergy, 1984)
* ''Stretching Out'' ([[ROIR]], 1986) ''Recorded 1983''
* ''Ska Splash'' ([[Moon Ska World|Moon Ska Europe]] / [[Cherry Red Records|Pressure Drop]], 1999) ''Recorded on the "Ska Splash" European tour of 1996''
* ''Roots Party'' (FullFill, 2003)
* ''Live at Lokerse Feesten'' 1997 & 2002 CD/DVD ([[Charly Records|Charly]], 2006)
* ''In Orbit Vol. 1 – Live from Argentina'' (Phantom Sound & Vision, 2006)
* ''Skatalites in Orbit, Vol. 1 & 2'' (Sony, 2010)
* ''Ska-talites – History of Ska, Rocksteady & Reggae'' (United Sound Records, 2015)
* ''Live at the Belly Up'' (Belly Up Live, 2020)

===Collaboration albums===
* ''1963 – The Long Hot Summer'' with Laurel Aitken (1963)
* ''In the Mood for Ska'' with Lord Tanamo (Trojan 1967)
* ''With Sly & Robbie & Taxi Gang'' (Vista, 1984)
* ''Ska Titans: Laurel Aitken & The Skatalites'' (1999)
* ''Ska Splash'' with Laurel Aitken and House of Rhythm (Moonska, 2002)
* ''Long Hot Summer 1963 Volume 2'' with Laurel Aitken (Grover, 2006)

===Anthologies and reissues===
* ''Scattered Lights'' (Alligator, 1984)
* ''Hog in a Cocoa'' Skatalites & Friends (Culture Press/Orange Street, 1993)
* ''Foundation Ska'' (Heartbeat/Pgd, 1997)
* ''Skatalites and Friends at Randy's'' (VP Records, 1998)
* ''Ska Boo-Da-Ba: Top Sounds from Top Deck, Volume 3'' (Westside UK, 1998)
* ''Ska-Ta-Shot: Top Sounds from Top Deck, Volume 4'' (Westside UK, 1998)
* ''Ska-Tola: Top Sounds from Top Deck, Volume 5'' (Westside UK, 1998)
* ''Heroes of Reggae in Dub: The Skatalites Meet King Tubby'' (Guava Jelly, 1999)
* ''Nucleus of Ska'' (Music Club, 2001)
* ''The Legendary Skatalites in Dub'' (Motion, 2001)
* ''Herb Dub, Collie Dub'' (Motion, 2002)
* ''Lucky Seven'' (Proper Pairs, 2002)
* ''Musical Communion'' (Culture Press, 2003)
* ''Guns of Navarone – Best of Skatalites'' (Sanctuary Records, 2003)
* ''Phoenix City: A History of the World's Greatest Ska Band'' (Sanctuary Records, 2004)
* ''In the Mood for Ska – The Moonska Years'' (Recall Records UK, 2004)
* ''Independent Ska'' (Atom Music, 2006)
* ''Anthology'' (Primo, 2007)
* ''The Skatalites Play Ska'' (Kingston Sounds, 2007)
* ''Kingston 11'' (King Edwards, 2008)
* ''Occupation Ska! Very Best of Skatalites'' (101 Distribution, 2009)
* ''The Skatalites'' Box Set (Pinnacle/Attack Records, 2009)
* ''Rollin' On'' (King Edwards, 2010)

===Compilations===
* ''R.O.R.X. – The Tenth Annual Reggae On The Rocks – August 10, 1996'' (1996), performing "Guns Of Navarone" (live).
* ''[[The Rough Guide to Reggae]]'' ([[World Music Network]], 1997); a vintage recording of "Chinatown" credited to Don Drummond & The Skatalites.
* ''Ska Island'' ([[Island Records]], 1997), performing their own "Magic Star", as well as "Can't You See" with [[Doreen Shaffer]], and "King of Kings" with [[Prince Buster]].
* [[Give 'Em the Boot (album)|''Give 'Em the Boot'']] ([[Hellcat Records]], 1997), performing "Latin Goes Ska"
* ''[[True Love (Toots & the Maytals album)|True Love]]'' (V2 Records, 2004), performing "Never Grow Old" with [[Toots and the Maytals]], [[Terry Hall (singer)|Terry Hall]] and [[U-Roy]]<ref name=":0" />
* ''Another World Is Possible'' (Uncivilized World Records, 2005), performing "Freedom Sounds" (live)
* ''[[Music From Glastonbury The Film]]'' (The Glastonbury Phonographic Society, 2006), performing "Phoenix City" (live at the 2003 [[Glastonbury Festival]])
* ''[[Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino]]'' ([[Vanguard Records]], 2007), performing Domino's "[[Be My Guest (Fats Domino song)|Be My Guest]]", with [[Ben Harper]]

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
((Commons category|The Skatalites))
((portal|Jamaica))
* ((official website|http://www.skatalites.com/))
* [http://rockmag.livejournal.com/30627.html The Skatalites(photos) / Live in Moscow (RUS) / 17/06/2011]
* [https://www.discogs.com/artist/105862-The-Skatalites Discography] at Discogs
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