Skidip!

by Eek-A-Mouse

Overview

Eek-A-Mouse sent the dancehalls raving in 1979 with his very first DJ single, the Joe Gibbs produced "Once a Virgin." The rodent linked up with Henry "Junjo" Lawes soon after, but surprisingly, Lawes was slow to release Eek's recordings, and so the mouse scurried off to work with Linval Thompson. Their first single together, 1980s "Modeling Queen," hit, as did "Bubble Up Your Hip," the latter titling Eek's Thompson-produced debut album which arrived before the year was out. Two years later, the U.S. Shanachie label released the set as Skidip!, a fast follow-up to Wa-Do-Dem which had hit American shelves that same year. Confusingly, Shanachie retitled over half the album's tracks: "Skidip" itself, for instance, was actually "Bubble Up Your Hip"; "Walking Sexy" became "Looking Sexy"; "Need Your Loving" was enigmatically renamed "Always on My Mind" (even though it bore no relation to the Willie Nelson hit of that title); and "Every Girl Is a Virgin" became the presumably more acceptable "Fat and Slim." "Do You Remember Those Days" was shortened but oddly, "Reggae Music" was lengthened to "You Na Love Reggae," and "My Girl" was expanded to "Na Make Mi Girl Go Away." The set itself was increased as well, with the addition of "Sensee Party." But regardless of what the songs were called, they were a devastating group. Only a few -- "Queen," "Remember," and "Bubble" spun at 45, but the rest of the set was filled with tracks that could have done the same. From the good-times vibe of "Sensee Party" and "You Na Love Reggae," across the romantic "Always on My Mind," and onto the heart aching "Where Is My Baby," every one was equal in strength to the hits, all driven by Thompson's mouth-watering productions and the Roots Radics spine-tingling riddims. ~ Jo-Ann Greene

Product Details

Release Date:	09/25/2012
Label:	Greensleeves Records
UPC:	0601811004111
Rank:	31436

Tracks

1. Sensee Party
2. Looking Sexy
3. Modelling Queen
4. You Na Love Reggae Music
5. Always on My Mind
6. Do You Remember
7. Skidip
8. Na Make Mi Girl Go Away
9. Fat and Slim
10. Where Is My Baby

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Eek-A-Mouse   Primary Artist
Donna Cline   Noise

Technical Credits

Bob Marley   Composer
Linval Thompson   Composer,Producer
Soldgie   Mixing
Roots Radics   Assistant
Tony McDermott   Artwork,Art Direction,Cover Composition
R. "Eek-A-Mouse" Hylton   Composer
Steve Angel   Mastering