Jul042025

The Ethiopians

The Ethiopians are a reggae, rocksteady, and ska vocalgroup, founded by Leonard Dillon, Stephen Taylor and Aston Morris, that started recording for Clement 'Coxsone' Dodd in 1966. Leonard Dillon had previously released some mento songs under the name Jack Sparrow. Around late 1966 Aston Morris left the Ethiopians. Having left Coxsone the Ethiopians started recording at Dynamic Studios for the W.I.R.L. label releasing one of the all-time ska classics, the exhuberant 'Train to Skaville', which was their first success. Read more on Last.fm

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Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1Train to Skaville
371934
2Engine 54
136232
3Everything Crash
88472
4Come On Now
70496
5Free Man
64999
6The Whip
54544
7Reggae Hit The Town
43894
8Good Ambition
35940
9Give Me Your Love
28635
10No Baptism
25856

Other Album Releases:

Full Steam Ahead
Reggae Originals: The Ethiopians, The Hippy Boys & The Rudies
Woman Capture Man
The Ethiopians - See Me Go Free
Ethiopians Classics, Vol. 3: Everything Ska
Ethiopians Classics, Vol. 2
Ethiopians Classics, Vol. 1
Survival
Children Praise Jah
Ska Kings of the First Wave with the Skatalites, The Ethiopians, And Don Drummond

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