1964
BALL A FIRE * THE SKATALITES * ISLAND 207 * UK
Fast, pounding, rhythmic Ska, always driving forward, this is Ska at it's best, the rhythm is set, and like a precision machine it maintains it constantly, while creative musical sounds weave in and out, over and under, and up and down, and there's a gillie who voices the occasional "Ball of fire". This copy looks like it has brought plenty joy and pleasure in its time, I'd like a record for every time folk have danced to it.