Music Album: Jamaican Authentic Ska
Album Release Date: November 1989
Music Genre: Reggae Ska
Record Label: Alpha Enterprise
Album Release Country: Japan
Music Record Type: 12 Tracks Vinyl LP
Legendary ska vocalist born in 1938 in Bridgetown, Barbados, Jackie was discovered by Byron Lee and moved to Jamaica where he joined The Skatalites and recorded many solo tracks for labels such as Studio One, Coxsone Records and Top Deck Records.
A diverse vocalist, Jackie has recorded in many vocal styles including ska, R&B, soul, gospel, and calypso. He is also credited as inventing the musical style of spouge (a combination of ska, calypso and more traditional rock n roll and religious styles popular in the UK & US).
Opel eventually moved to Trinidad and then back to Barbados where, in 1970, he died in a car crash in his home town of Bridgetown.
| A1 | Confucious | 2:56 |
| A2 | Re-Burial | 2:48 |
| A3 | Valley Of Green | 3:07 |
| A4 | Picture Of Smoke | 3:09 |
| A5 | Take Your Time | 2:52 |
| A6 | Turn To The Almighty | 2:34 |
| B1 | Ain't No Snake In The Grass | 2:13 |
| B2 | Every Word I Say Is True | 3:05 |
| B3 | A Love To Share | 3:46 |
| B4 | Jungle Drums | 3:25 |
| B5 | Tipi-Tin | 3:02 |
| B6 | China Clipper | 3:20 |
SIDE A 3,4,5,6 SIDE B 1,2,3 COMPOSED & SUNG BY JACKIE OPEL
OTHER TUNES COMPOSED BY SKATALITES
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