SKA AUTHENTIC²
The Skatalites (1967)

Studio One SOL 9006
matrix: SOL+9006

Lee Oswald; Bridge View; President Kennedy; Further East; Ska In Vienna Woods; You're So Delightful // Four Corners; Scrap Iron; Feeling Good; Royal Flush; Ball Of Fire; Christine Keeler

UK issue with stamped matrix.

Wholly instrumental set from the Skatalites, originally issued in the UK in 1967 on a red and white Studio One hanging microphone label and re-issued and re-pressed inumerable times since then. The version of Ska In Vienna Woods on this issue features a vocal introduction and scat percussion. (The original UK sleeve can be recognised by the orange background to the 'AUTHENTIC' box.) (Click sleeve to enlarge.)

Lee Oswald; Bridge View; President Kennedy; Further East; Ska In Vienna Woods; You're So Delightful // Four Corners;Scrap Iron; Royal Flush; Feeling Good; Ball Of Fire; Christine Keiler

Jamaican re-issues.

Same track titles as the UK issue, but in a different order - Feeling Good and Royal Flush change places on side B, and there is a different version of Ska In Vienna Wood (without the vocal introduction). The spelling of Christine Keiler on the label matches the spelling on the sleeve. (Re-press sleeves have a red background to the 'AUTHENTIC' box.)

I have seen references to other Jamaican pressings with matrix numbers CN 2886 and CN 9006, but no further details are known.

See also SKA AUTHENTIC¹ and SKA AUTHENTIC³.

SKA AUTHENTIC²
The Skatalites

Studio One SOL 9006
matrix: (i) SOL 9006 B / A; (ii) SOL 9006 ONE / TWO