1967

TRAIN TO SKAVILLE * ETHIOPIANS * RIO 130 * UK

Ironically Train To Skavillie is a Rock Steady cut, though it does have some Ska-ish elements to it, but I suppose Train To Rock Steadyville doesn't have the same ring to it. Ska, Rock Steady or whatever, it was the first successful record the group had after leaving Coxsone Dodd, and one of the first big hits for the newly emerged youth movement in the UK, the Skinheads. It is also one of the most celebrated 'train' songs.

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