Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Various Artists - SKA KCC Documentary (The Roots Of Ska)


SKA K.C.C.
(a.k.a. "The Roots of Ska")

hosted by Kim Clarke Champniss

57:46 including commercials.

Vintage commercials left in for your viewing pleasure, but tracked as separate chapters.

broadcast on MuchMusic, early 1991.

Cable broadcast -> VHS (gen?) -> Stand-alone DVD recorder.

Decent documentary on the history of ska music from the 60s to the 90s, with an emphasis on the British bands of the late 70s.

Features lots of interviews, a few full-length music videos and a lot of frustratingly short live clips from

Jolly Boys
Jimmy Cliff
Byron Lee & the Dragonaires
Skatalites
Specials
Selecter
Madness
English Beat
Special Beat
King Apparatus
Me Mom & Morgantaler