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"Guns of Navarone" — The Skatalites

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"Guns of Navarone," the Skatalites' ska instrumental take on the film theme of the same name, became one of the group's best-known recordings and a staple of ska compilations - an example of how Jamaican studio bands freely reworked film and pop themes into the new ska idiom.

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Discogs release 1499694, The Skatalites, Guns Of Navarone, Island Records (1965); verified against the Discogs API in seed 399.

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