This is the Skatalites' version of the theme from 1961 J. Lee Thompson war movie The Guns of Navarone. This was released in 1965.
The importance of this band to music is, to me, impossible to estimate properly. I put them at the same level as the Beatles and the Clash. The original Skatalites lineup is one of the best one could possibly think of: Jerome Hinds, Lloyd Brevett, Jackie Mittoo, Lloyd Knibbs, Dizzie Moore, Tommy McCook, Lester Sterling, Roland Alphonso and Don Drummond, with vocals by Jackie Opel, Tony DaCosta, Doreen Shaffer and Lord Tanamo. Rico Rodriguez and Baba Brooks were often in the studio recording with them, too.
It does not get any better than this.
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