SKAndalous: I've Gotcha Covered (1996)

About this title: Where are you going to find Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl," Black Sabbath's "Paranoid," and the "Sanford and Son" and "Scooby Doo" themes all on one album? The answer is SKAndalous: I've Gotcha Covered, a collection of irreverent renditions of cartoon, television, and movie themes and rock & roll chestnuts by a group of third wave ska outfits. The odd group out is the pioneering pre-reggae troupe, the Skatalites. Since their initial incarnation as the premier session band working in Jamaica during the mid-'60s, the Skatalites have proven skilled interpreters of everything from soundtrack ... read more

Tracks:

1. Secret Agent Man [Sloan/Barri]
2. The Guns of Navarone [Tiomkin/Webster]
3. Paranoid [Butler/Iommi/Osbour]
4. Sanford and Son
5. Sunshine of Your Love [Bruce/Clapton]
6. Brown Eyed Girl [Morrison]
7. Scooby Doo
8. The Flintstones
9. Lonesome Track
10. The Batman Movie Theme
11. Come Together [Lennon/McCartney]
12. Police Woman
13. For the Turnstiles [Young]
14. Hawa Neglia

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.