BY Jim Collins

The heyday of The Skatalites in the 1960's was brief but pivotal. The rhythm and melodies they forged became seared in the Jamaican musical psyche, turning up over and over again in both ska and reggae.

In late 2001, the members of the group went into a Paris studio and recorded several of their most famous tunes, collected here on 'From Paris with Love." The mosernstudio has afforded the band an opportunity to lay these classics down with precision and clarity. Songs like "Garden of Love," and "Ska fort Rock," retain their original bouncy uptempo energy, but have an added polish. The familiar theme songs "From Russia with Love" and "Guns of Navarone" are also included in this superb collection of ska classics.