Vinyl records

The Skatalites vinyl records

6 albums with 100 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.

Tommy McCook, Rolando Alphonso, Johnny Moore, Lester Sterling, Don Drummond, Lloyd Knibb, Lloyd Brevett, Jerry Haynes, and Jackie Mittoo began working together in 1963 and formed The Ska-talites in May 1964. McCook, Drummond, Moore and Sterling were all students at the famed in Kingston. In August 1965 The Skatalites played their last show after Don Drummond's confinement to Bellvue Hospital for the murder of his girlfriend, . The break-up resulted in the formation of two studio bands, The Soul Brothers and Tommy McCook & The Supersonics. The band reformed in 1983 remains active as of 2026.