What was your first album?
 

The first reggae album I picked up was Bob Marley's Rastaman Vibration. It's a great album, but maybe not his best. It got me hooked immediately and then I went on a Bob Marley album craze where I picked up almost all of his stuff. I think got introduced to some different reggae artists (Buju Banton, Anthony B, Sizzla, etc.) and started buying them too.

What was your first album?

I don't know if Reel Big Fish count as real ska, but that was the first album I ever got that was close to ska. :D

My first 3rd wave ska CD would be Five Iron Frenzy - Upbeats and Beatdowns.

What about first Reggae CDs?

Bob Marley fo sho ;)

Reggae: Bob Marley: One Love
Ska: Stand [or stay? I lost the album a while ago. :(] by your van - Sublime

First Ska album-the Specials self titled
I cant remeber the name of the first reggae album but it was a Bob Marley and Peter Tosh bootleg.

Bob Marley and the Wailers - Legend

ska: I have no idea... probably a Goldfinger album a long ass time ago.

my first reggae cd was damien marley- halfway tree. its tite to me. he got a couple hip hop collabs on there. one with swizz, mr cheeks, and and with eve. you should get that cd.

God knows *attempts to recall through heavy grey curtains of what once was my memory..*

Probably my first ska tune would have been a single by the Beat or the Specials, and first reggae, dunno, I'd say Bob but it could've been some scratchy old vinyl import from a market.

i think maybe I got a Beanie Man cd too back in the day..lol that stuff is classic

first reggae was bob marley legend

Raggae: Bob Marley
Ska: Mighty Mighty Bosstones hahaha

my ska is bosstones too

first for me would be bob marley and the wailers - exodus

First Ska Album , The Specials (The Specials) , First Album Machine Gun Etiquette (The Damned)

The first Reggae album I ever heard right through was Survival
by Bob Marley. That got me into this new type of heavy reggae. (it was heavy at the time, as I'd grew up listening to reggae on the radio. artists such as Johnny Nash, John Holt & Desmond Decker).

I'm finding hard to recall the first reggae album I ever bought. I remember buying The Specials by The Specials, You just can't stop it - The Beat & Signing Off - UB40 amongst others.
It was around this time that I got right into Ska/Reggae. I started listening to less Punk once the ska/reggae vibe hit me.
Still with me now over 25 years later.

i listened to bob marley and i fell asleep. i guess that makes me unfit to post in this forum.

No Mate !!!
Falling Asleep is a perfectly normal human occurence. Yes you are right though, falling asleep would make you unfit to post in this forum as you would be unable to operate your PC :)

reggae for me was bob marely one love. i like some reggae, and i have some reggae tapes which i have no idea who the artist is. i have some linton kwesi johnson stuff aswell. thats alrite i suppose.

I'm a much bigger ska fan so the 1st album for me was
reelbigfish- favourite noise
the 1st video for me was madness-complete madness

The Mighty Mighty Bostones

Mine was a compilation album with a load of roots stuff on it.

it depends - was the sleep big spliff induced?

My first reggae album was Marley "Legend" and since then I have collected a ton of roots reggae. I love all of the old school stuff but I detest the dancehall crap that passes for reggae now. Sean Paul and the like aren't even remotely reggae - just crap.

Yeah I totally agree about Sean Paul and co. They're quite fun to listen to the odd time when you're deprived of real music but certainly not reggae.

First album was "life of the party" by the "Planet Smashers" awsome album if u don't have it u should buy it

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My 1st Ska album: 1st Reggae album: :yeah:

hummmmm?
my first was marley songs of freedom bpx set , got it about 13 yrs ago

This Is Reggae Music, vol 1 & 2 from 1976 with various reggae artists like Mighty Diamonds, The Wailers, Jimmy Cliff, Third World, Augustus Pablo, Toots and the Maytals, Burning Spear, The Heptones, Jimmy Cliff, Augustus Pablo, Joe Higgs, Lorna Bennett, Desi Young and more

I've been collecting records for many years now and I cannot tell for sure which one was my first reggae record. I think it was the Rat in me Kitchen record that was slipped into my really expensive Eagles Live album. I got ****ed with that one. The UB40 record was knackered, so I smashed it to bits in frustration.
The first reggae album I remember buying was Marley's "live".

Last one I bought is Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires, by the way.
I'm very proud of that :)

1st reggae album - Bob Marley Legend
1st ska - i can't remember - either Toots & The Maytals' Reggae Greats or Madness' Complete Madness

My First Ska album was definitely Madness' "Seven" :)

I think my first reggae album was Bob Marley - Survival. It's still my favourite reggae album.

^^yeah, that's a good 'un

..and STILL the best 2nd wave Ska album and overshadows the 3rd too:
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...anL3vpnebZiBeQ
it sounds like it came out yesterday. Musically diverse and lyrically superb.

Amazon.com: Zungguzunagazeng: Yellowman

I remember hearing this at a friends and I immediately went out and bought a copy. Yellowman still holds a place in my heart. First ska album was One Step Beyond. I remember how huge the mod scene and rockabilly was in the early 80's. Circle city was a fantastic venue only blocks away and very friendly to the mod scene. Great times and people and Madness still holds up pretty well to date.

RE: Ska
 

I would hope so. If that is not Ska, I don't what is.

And, I am not a big fan of Ska. It's monotonous. And, I think the 30's was the era of the Big Bands. Glenn Miller Orchestra:)

One album I do like is from Bob and the Sagets. And, two of them and two from Kos Mos formed the Menzingers.

Who are not at all Ska. And, I love em.

peace

...ska is monotonous? i've never heard that one before.

my first ska album was the specials - more specials. first reggae album was bob marley - legend.

it's always that skanking beat with emphasis on the 2nd and 4th beat and the same old horns

same can be said of reggae - i find it pretty monotonous

i don't really find it monotous because of that, that's just the style of the genre to me. but to each his/her own, i guess. i might just be a fan of monotonous, repetitive music in general.

i can't stand most third-wave ska bands, though.