Two Additional 1964 Film Clips Of Ska Music & Skanking At The Sombrero Club

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part II of a two part pancocojams series that showcases YouTube videos made from 1964 film clips of Ska music and dancing at The Sombrero Club in Jamaica.

Part II showcases the last two videos of that YouTube series. This post also showcases a summary of a YouTube posting of this complete documentary film, including the artists listings and a comment from another YouTube posting of this film.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/03/information-about-jamaicas-sombrero.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. Part I includes information about The Sombrero Club in Jamaica and showcases the first two videos of that YouTube series.

Selected comments from these videos' discussion threads are also included in those posts.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to all those who are featured in these videos. Thanks also to Kingstoned - soundzz for publishing these videos on YouTube.
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/04/information-videos-comments-about.html "Jamaican Skanking (Dance) Information, Videos, & Comments" for additional videos of ska music and dancing.

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SUMMARY & COMMENT FROM TWO OTHER YOUTUBE VIDEOS OF THIS 1964 FILM
This Is Ska - Complete Documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGH5Z3cyoMY

JamaicaLandWeLove876, Nov 17, 2015

"In the late 1950s, Ska emerged from the Mento sound. This style of music came about because musicians now began to play around with the sound adding a little calypso here and there as well as some American Jazz, some Rhythm and Blues (R&B) etc. Little did they know that it would have taken the Jamaican sound from Mento to what we know today as SKA!!...

List of songs in video:

Jamaican Ska - Byron Lee & The Dragonaires
Sammy Dead-O - Eric 'Monty' Morris
One Eyed Jack - Jimmy Cliff
Wash Wash - Prince Buster
Treat Me Bad - The Maytals
She Will Never Let You Down - The Maytals
So Marie - The Charmers
Rough 'N' Tough - Stranger Cole
Two Roads Before Me - Roy & Yvonne
I Don't Know - The Blues Busters
Sammy Dead-O - Byron Lee & The Dragonaires
King Of Kings - Jimmy Cliff"

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Comment From "This is Ska! (3/4) 1964 Jimmy Cliff/Prince Buster/Toots & The Maytals and more... posted by jw31209, Feb 5, 2010 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR_phlSARYM

willieluncheonette, 2016
"Part 3 of the documentary This Is Ska (1964)
Toots and the Maytals are back to lead things off, but somehow Toots has been lost. So just the Maytals, Raleigh Gordon and Jerry McCarthy, are singing. She Will Never Let You Down was released as a single in 1965.

Appearing second are the Charmers, Lloyd Tyrell, better known as Lloyd Charmers and Roy Willis. Charmers is quite famous as a keyboard player in the reggae era as well as a singer and producer. As the Charmers they cut over 50 songs in mostly the ska years. I don't think So Marie was released as a single. .

Third up is a much loved singer, Stranger Cole, who excelled in all three--ska, rock steady and reggae. He cut several hundred songs, both solo and with with other wonderful singers such as Gladdy (Gladstone Anderson), Hortense Ellis, Ken Booth, and Patsy (Patsy Todd) Rough 'N' Tough was a single from 1963.

And last on the bandstand are Roy (Panton) and Yvonne (Adams) Panton sang solo on some ska era songs but he is best known teaming up with other female singers such as Annette, Millie, Patsy and Yvonne. Two Roads Before Me (labeled Two Roads Before Us on the 7") was issued in 1964.

One part to go in this excellent film. Plenty of performances, not much talking---just what I like."
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SHOWCASE VIDEOS
Example #3: Ska Ska Ska Part 3 - A Regular Ska Session at the Sombrero Club in Jamaica - various artists



Kingstoned - soundzz, Dec 24, 2008

Ska Ska Ska Part 3 - Live at the Sombrero Club in Jamaica - various artists....enjoy!!!
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Here are three comments from this video's discussion thread (with numbers added for referencing purpose only).

1. mooker5600, 2009
"5.01 Roy and Yvonne, I can't belive no one has put up any of their stuff on Youtube. A great duo. I used to listen to their music on pirate radio stations, haven't heard their stuff for years. This brings back memories. If I had their stuff I would certainly post these gems. This was a great four part post."

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2. moLeOnPoT, 2010
"when did this take place?"

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3. wellwellsound, 2020
"I think it's more around 1964.
Roy and Yvonne became a duet in 1963. Their first release, "Two Roads," was a hit when it dropped in the spring of 1964. It became a bigger hit when Roy and Yvonne were featured in the film "This Is Ska" singing it."

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Example #4: Ska Ska Ska Part 4 - A Regular Ska Session at the Sombrero Club in Jamaica - various artists



Kingstoned - soundzz, Dec 24, 2008

Ska Ska Ska Part 4 - Live at the Sombrero Club in Jamaica - various artists ...enjoy!!!
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Here are some comments from this video's discussion thread (with numbers added for referencing purpose only).
1. Kingstoned - soundzz, 2009
"the name of the dvd = this is ska ...enjoy!!!"

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bellbottomtear, 2009
"This was fantastic. I watched all four episodes. Thank you so much for sharing this video. Is this available on DVD anywhere?"

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3. Kingstoned - soundzz, 2009
"i have seen it on ebay for 5 dollar so check it out!!!!thx you liked it ...big upp!!!"

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4. GyntherMeyer, 2011
"The film was actually found by people from Swedish TV who went to Jamaica 10 yrs ago to make a program on the music there and "This is Ska" was broadcast on Swedish TV in 2001. I've still got my old TV recording on a video tape and in regards to the year of production the presenter stated the film was made in 1964. Thanks for putting it on YT. :D

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5. GyntherMeyer, 2011
"@GyntherMeyer hmm, after my first post I did a little investigation and it seems that the people from Swedish television "discovered" a film that was already out on VHS and laserdisc, haha. Oh man, it seems they didn't even do a simple Google, LOL. "This is Ska" was released in 1989 on VHS/LD. Oh well.

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6. nebulax, 2011
"@GyntherMeyer - The film was originally shot by a UK TV crew (not sure which network), and then many years later came out on LD and VHS in Japan. I tried for years to find a LD copy, and finally found someone on eBay who was selling DVD-R copies (which appear to have been made from an LD), so I'm pretty satisfied now!"

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7. GyntherMeyer, 2011
"@nebulax Thanks for your reply. I've just this minute checked eBay and guess what, a seller in Japan actually has that laserdisc!! LOL."

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8. staypress, 2014
"To think acroos the pond the Beatles were tops with A Hard Days night and the Mods were rollin in swinging London thats wot im sayin"

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