Little Axe / Skip McDonald discography

1. Album: Little Axe - 'Never Turn Back'
2. Singles: Little Axe - 'Ride On (Fight On)'
3. Promo EP: Little Axe - 'The Wolf That House Built'
4. Album: Little Axe - 'The Wolf That House Built'
5. Singles: Little Axe - 'Another Sinful Day'
6. Singles: Little Axe - 'Storm Is Rising'
7. Promo album: Little Axe - 'Short Fuse'
8. Album: Little Axe - 'Slow Fuse'
9. Album: Little Axe - 'Hard Grind'
10. Album: Little Axe - 'Champagne & Grits'



11. Album: Little Axe - 'Stone Cold Ohio'
12. Album: Little Axe - 'Bought For A Dollar, Sold For A Dime'
13. Mini-album: Daby Touré and Skip McDonald - 'Call My Name'
14. Download album: Daby Touré and Skip McDonald - 'In Session'
15. Download mini-album: Bogdan Loebl and Little Axe - 'Incarnations'
16. Album: Little Axe - 'If You Want Loyalty Buy A Dog'
17. Live compilation: Little Axe - 'Wanted Live 1996'
18. Download single: Suns Of Arqa feat. Little Axe - 'The Truth Will Set You Free'
19. Compilation: Little Axe - 'Return (Essentials & Remixes)'

As well as his solo releases Skip was a vocalist, keyboardsman and guitarist on the Tackhead's / Fats Comet's releases. He has also featured on numerous other On-U Sound releases particularly with Doug Wimbish and Keith LeBlanc. Together with Doug and Keith he featured in many early Sugarhill Records releases as a member of the backing house band and has been a guest musician with many well known artists such as James Brown, Afrika Bambaataa and Duke Bootee. All releases listed here are Little Axe / AMS co-productions except where noted.

	Album: Little Axe - 'Never Turn Back' On-U Sound Records / February 1993 (WL UKLP) Spin - Alfa Records / April 1993 (JpCD) WL UKLP: ON-U LP 62 / JpCD: ALCA-477
*  Ride On (Fight On) *~ Never Turn Back (Parts 1 and 2) +  Hammerhead *  Wolf's Story || =  15 To 4 *^ Hear My Cry *  Wake The Town *  Falling Down *< Dayton  < Hammerhead (Remix) * Subsequently reissued on LP62(2). + Subsequently reissued on LP63 compilation. = Subsequently reissued on '15 Years In An Open Boat' compilation. ~ [Rhythm 234] ^ [Rhythm 146] < JpCD only tracks.
Originally titled 'Blues Continually!!!' by Skip McDonald / Blind Willie Drug Pig. The album was only fully released in this form to Japan due to difficulty finding distributors for elsewhere. The WL UKLP may have been limited to as few as 25 copies. The album was re-compiled and released as 'The Wolf That House Built' in 1994. ^ To Top

	Singles: Little Axe - 'Ride On (Fight On)' Wired Recordings / 1994 (UK released editions) Wired Recordings / 1995 (Promo UK12"s) Festival / 1995 (AuCDS) Sony - Okeh / 1995 (US10") (Cat. no details - see below)
UK10" (WIRED 108): *  Ride On (Fight On) (Original version) || +  Ride On (Fight On) (Fluke Lo-Fi mix) UK12" (WIRED 128): +  Ride On (Fight On) (Fluke Mid-Fi surprise) +  Ride On (Fight On) (Skip-Mask mix) ||    No More War (Space mix) +  Ride On (Fight On) (Fluke Mid-Fi surprise instrumental) UKCDS (WIRED 28): AuCDS (D11940): +  Ride On (Fight On) (7" edit) +  Ride On (Fight On) (Control Tower mix) +  Ride On (Fight On) (Fluke Mid-Fi surprise) +@ Hear My Cry (Version) Promo US10" (3ES 6785 / XSS 6785): *  Ride On (Fight On) (Original version) || *  Another Sinful Day (Original version) +  Ride On (Fight On) (Fluke Mid-Fi surprise) Promo UK12"#1 (AXE1): +  Ride On (Fight On) (Fluke Mid-Fi surprise) || +  Ride On (Fight On) (Fluke Lo-Fi instrumental) +  Ride On (Fight On) (Fluke Mid-Fi surprise instrumental) Promo UK12"#2 (AXE2): +  Ride On (Fight On) (Control Tower mix) +  Ride On (Fight On) (Off My Head Butt mix) || =  No More War (Axe mix) #  No More War (Dub / Space - Max's mix) * Also on LP62(2). + Remixed from LP62(2). = Track later released on the 'Another Sinful Day' UKCDS and UKCS. # The same as the 'Space mix'. @ [Rhythm 146]
Fine print on the US promo 10" record labels (both sides) states "DEMONSTRATION - NOT FOR SALE". It also features different artwork to the UK editions. ^ To Top

	Promo EP: Little Axe - 'The Wolf That House Built' Wired Recordings / 1994 CDEP: AXE CD 1
Crossfire   Another Sinful Day   The Time Has Come * Hear My Cry * [Rhythm 146]
A promo only sampler of tracks from LP62(2). ^ To Top

	Album: Little Axe - 'The Wolf That House Built' Wired Recordings / 1994 (UK editions) Sony - Okeh / 1994 (US editions) On-U Sound Records / March 2009 (DL) UKDLP: WIRED 17 / UKCD: WIRED 27 Promo USCLP: (?) / USCD: EK 64254 USCLP: (?) / DL: (-)
UK/DL editions:   Ride On (Fight On)   The Time Has Come   Out In The Rain And Cold || * Back To The Crossroads + Never Turn Back (Parts 1 and 2)   Another Sinful Day ||   Crossfire   Wolf's Story = Hear My Cry ||   Dayton   Falling Down   Wake The Town US editions: # Ride On (Fight On)   The Time Has Come * Back To The Crossroads + Never Turn Back (Parts 1 and 2)   Another Sinful Day   Out In The Rain And Cold ||   Crossfire   Wolf's Story = Hear My Cry   Dayton   Falling Down   Wake The Town * [Rhythm 212] Actually titled 'Crossroads' on the US editions. + [Rhythm 234] = [Rhythm 146] # Actually titled 'Ride On' on the US editions.
The original version of this album was released fully only to Japan as 'Never Turn Back' and as a white label only LP in the UK in 1993. The promo USCLP came in a plain red printed sleeve. The full release USCD features completely different artwork to the UK releases. Some UKDLP copies came with a limited edition 'art print', signed by Skip McDonald, of which there are thought to be 251 copies. The DL edition mistakenly lists 'One Drop Blues' (actually on CD1001(1)) as the first track. ^ To Top

	Singles: Little Axe - 'Another Sinful Day' Wired Recordings / 1995 (UK editions) Sony - Okeh / 1995 (Promo USCDS) M&G Records / 1995 (Fr editions) (Cat. no details - see below)
Promo UK12" (AXE3): UK12" single (WIRED 1212): * Another Sinful Day (Raw Stylus and Skip McDonald Collaboration mix) * Another Sinful Day (Raw Stylus and Skip McDonald instrumental) || * Another Sinful Day (Skip and Harvey's Mix Part 7) + Another Sinful Day (Original mix) Promo UKCDS (?): * Another Sinful Day (7" edit) UKCDS (WIRED 212): UKCS (WIRED 412): * Another Sinful Day (7" edit) * Another Sinful Day (Adrian's Dub mix 12") = No More War (Axe mix) * Another Sinful Day (Acoustic version) Promo USCDS (6998): * Another Sinful Day (7" edit) * Ride On (Fight On) (7" edit?) Promo FrCDS#1 (C4280395): * Another Sinful Day (7" edit) + Another Sinful Day (Album version) * Another Sinful Day (Acoustic version) * Another Sinful Day (Adrian's Dub mix 12") Promo FrCDS#2 (C1190695): * Another Sinful Day (Raw Stylus and Skip McDonald Collaboration mix) * Remixed from LP62(2). + The same track from LP62(2) but given different mix names. = This and another mix first appeared on various of the 'Ride On (Fight On)' singles.
The UKCS single plays the same on both sides. The promo FrCDSs came in card sleeves. ^ To Top

	Singles: Little Axe - 'Storm Is Rising' Wired Recordings / 1996 12": WIRED 1236 / CDS: WIRED 236
Storm Is Rising (Radio edit)   Storm Is Rising (The Herbalizer - 'For A Few Dollars More' remix) ||   Storm Is Rising (Crimes For The Minds - 'Deep Southern' remix)   Storm Is Rising (Spacek mix) * Storm Is Rising (The Acid Blues) * Storm Is Rising (Instrumental) * CDS only tracks.
All tracks are remixed from the 'Slow Fuse' album. ^ To Top

	Promo album: Little Axe - 'Short Fuse' Wired Recordings / 1996 CD: FUSE 1
Blue   On The Beat Sound   Storm Is Rising   Black Diamond Train   Short Fuse   Going Down Slow   Must Have Been The Devil   People Do   Amber   Chains * Return   Too Late   Speak Easy + Ride On (Fight On) * [Rhythm 213] + From LP62(2).
The title of this promo only release appears to be mis-printed throughout. Copies were issued in individually numbered card sleeves. Tracks 1-7 and 9-13 were later released as the main part of the 'Slow Fuse' album. Track 8 also appeared on the album, but as a completely new version. ^ To Top

	Album: Little Axe - 'Slow Fuse' Wired Recordings / 1996 (UK editions) Festival / 1996 (AuDCD) On-U Sound Records / March 2009 (DL) UKDLP: WIRED 133 / UKCD: WIRED 233 Bonus UKCD: WIRED 233-2 / UKCLP: WIRED 433 AuDCD: D31639 / DL: (-)
Main album: 'Slow Fuse'   Blue   On The Beat Sound * Storm Is Rising   Black Diamond Train ||   Short Fuse   Going Down Slow   Must Have Been The Devil ||   People Do   Amber   Chains || + Return   Too Late   Speak Easy Bonus CD: 'Fusion'   On The Beat Sound (Remix) * Storm Is Rising (Remix)   Too Late (Remix)   Going Down Slow (Remix)   Lift Off = Falling Down (Remix)   Must Have Been The Devil (Remix)   Judgement   Fallen Grace   On The Beat Sound (Instrumental) * Re-remixed from a single. + [Rhythm 213] = Remixed from LP62(2).
The bonus CD, featuring remixes and additional tracks, was reportedly released only with initial batches of the main CD album. DCD versions also came packaged in an outer card sleeve. These released editions were pre-dated by a single CD promo version called 'Short Fuse' with a slightly different track listing. ^ To Top

	Album: Little Axe - 'Hard Grind' On-U Sound Records / May 2002 (UKCD) Nocturne Records / May 2002 (FrCD) Epitaph - Anti - Fat Possum Records / June 2002 (USCD) Nocturne Records / 2007 (FrDCD) On-U Sound Records / February 2009 (DL) UKCD: ON-U CD 1001 / USCD: 80357-2 FrCD: NTCD122 / FrDCD: NTCD194D DL: (-)
Dark As The Night Cold As The Ground   Blues Story 2   Run Here Boy * One Drop Blues   All Night Party   Midnight Dream   Long Way To Go   Walk Right Shoes   Down To The Valley   Tight Like That   Seek The Truth * [Rhythm 235]
The UKCD matrix gives the catalogue number as ON-U CD 101 and its sleeve reverses tracks 7 and 8 (correct above). The recording of this album took several years of on and off work and represented the first new release from On-U as a label for several years. Many unreleased demo / development versions of the released tracks exist plus several tracks that have not been released at all from these sessions. The FrDCD edition came packed with 3 Head's 'Blackwater' double album. On-U's chosen catalogue number for this release was later duplicated by Lee "Scratch" Perry's 'The Mighty Upsetter' album. ^ To Top

	Album: Little Axe - 'Champagne & Grits' Real World Records - Virgin / September 2004 (UK/USCD) Virgin - EMI Records / September 2004 (EuroCD) Promo UKCD: CDRWDJ119 / UK/USCD: CDRW119 EuroCD: 5767472
People Grinning In Your Face Finger On The Trigger Mean Things The Way I See It Walk On Water Go Away Devil Say My Name Take Me Back To The Country All In The Same Boat Living And Sleeping In A Dangerous Time Will I Ever Get Back Home Again? Cloud Sinners
Promo UKCD copies came in a customised card sleeve. ^ To Top

	Album: Little Axe - 'Stone Cold Ohio' Real World Records - Virgin / October 2006 CD: CDRW140
If I Had My Way   Jive Talk   Same People   Rockin' Shoes   Pray   Prisoner   Victims   Let Me Ride   Trouble In Mind   Blue Neck Dub * Hard Times   Almighty   No Bottom   She   No More Mourning * Re-uses, in part, 'Storm Is Rising' from LP79.
Promo CD copies came in a customised card sleeve. Skip is known to have signed 20 copies of the album, which were available for sale at the time of it's launch. ^ To Top

	Album: Little Axe - 'Bought For A Dollar, Sold For A Dime' Real World - Bowers & Wilkins Music Club / May 2008 (UKDL1) Real World Records / June 2010 (UKCD/UKDL2) Rice / July 2010 (JpCD) (Cat. no details - see below)
UKDL1 (-): * Take A Stroll + Soul Of A Man = Hammerhead   Can't Stop Walking Yet (Can't Stop Walking) # Return                 (Come Back Home)   Temptation   Can't Sleep            (Can't Sleep At Night) @ Too Late               (2 Late)   Another Friend Gone    (Another Friend) UKCD (CDRW178): UKDL2 (-):   Guide My Feet + Soul Of A Man % Grinning * Take A Stroll   Hands Off   Can't Sleep = Hammerhead   Can't Stop Walking Yet   Hear Me Cry @ Too Late   Another Friend Gone   Tell Me Why # Return   When The Sun Goes Down JpCD (PPR236):   Guide My Feet % Grinning * Take A Stroll   Hands Off   Can't Sleep = Hammerhead   Can't Stop Walking Yet   Hear Me Cry @ Too Late   Another Friend Gone   Tell Me Why # Return   When The Sun Goes Down * Re-worked from Tackhead's 'Strange Things' album. + [Rhythm 212] = Previous version released on LP62(1)(JpCD) and LP63. # [Rhythm 213] @ A re-worked version of the LP79 track. % A re-worked version of 'People Grinning In Your Face' from LP79.
Initially a download-only album that was available for one month until 18th June 2008. The download was accompanied by artwork for the listener to print out and instructions on how to burn the album to CD. The track names on the subsequent DL2 and CDs (having completely different artwork) are taken as being definitive; variations to the actual names of the DL1 edition tracks are shown inside (brackets). ^ To Top

	Mini-album: Daby Touré and Skip McDonald - 'Call My Name' Real World - Bowers & Wilkins Music Club / December 2008 (DL) Real World - Virgin / March 2009 (CD) DL: (-) / CD: USCDRW164
Past Time * Sinners   Lost Voices   Will You Call My Name + Time Has Come   Riddem * Re-worked from the 'Champagne & Grits' album. + Re-worked from LP62(2).
Does not feature AMS but includes contributions from Keith LeBlanc. All of the tracks were re-recorded (and two were re-named) on the download-only 'In Session' album. ^ To Top

	Download album: Daby Touré and Skip McDonald - 'In Session' Real World - Bowers & Wilkins Music Club / December 2008 DL: (-)
* Dioguanu + Time Has Come   Light Of My Soul   Peace And Love   Will You Call My Name = Sinners # Almudo @ Outside   Bicono   Riddem * Called 'Past Time' on the 'Call My Name' mini-album. + Re-worked from LP62(2). = Re-worked from the 'Champagne & Grits' album. # Called 'Lost Voices' on the 'Call My Name' mini-album. @ Re-work of the Strange Parcels' 'Outsider' from LP57(CD).
This download-only album was only available for one month until 21st January 2009 and was accompanied by artwork for the listener to print out. Does not feature AMS but includes contributions from Keith LeBlanc. ^ To Top

	Download mini-album: Bogdan Loebl and Little Axe - 'Incarnations' Kamahuk - Jaro Records / 2010 DL: (-)
* Eternal Blues   Takie moje miast jest + Oczekiwanie = Bestia   Jestem tu - Goree * [Rhythm 234] + [Rhythm 235] = [Rhythm 146]
Bogdan Loebl is a legendary Polish old school poet and songwriter. Wlodek Kleszcz, a figurehead of Polish reggae and the Trebunie Tutki band (with its past associations with both On-U Sound and the Twinkle Brothers), with permission, mixed several classic Little Axe songs with Bogdan's lyrics to produce this download-only release. ^ To Top

	Album: Little Axe - 'If You Want Loyalty Buy A Dog' On-U Sound Records / October 2011 (DL/UK editions) On-U Sound - Beat Records / October 2011 (JpCD) JpCD: BRC-297 / Promo UKCD: ON-U CD1019PROMO UKCD: ON-U CD1019 / DL: (-)
Song To Sing   Keep On Drinking   Come Here Dog And Get Your Bone * I Got Da Blues + Call It What You Like   I Ain't Going Down   Grace = Down And Dirty   Seeing Red # Moaning And Groaning   Garfield Elementary   National Style @ Early In The Morning % Where From Here? < Song To Sing (Instrumental) > I Ain't Going Down Dub * [Rhythm 47] + [Rhythm 132] = [Rhythm 238] # [Rhythm 239] @ [Rhythm 176] % [Rhythm 240] < On iTunes DL edition only. > On JpCD only. Available for free download when album purchased through On-U Sound's website.
Provisionally titled 'The Lonesome Death Of Hotshot Willie'. Signed copies were initially available for sale through On-U Sound's website. ^ To Top

	Live compilation: Little Axe - 'Wanted Live 1996' Little Axe Recordings / April 2012 CD: AXE 001
*  On The Beat Sound +  Hammerhead *  Black Diamond Train =  Stealing In The Name #  Rain And Cold *  Storm Is Rising @  Soul Of A Man *  Going Down Slow *< Return *  Chains %  Ride On *  Too Late    Cosmic Stomp * Studio version on LP79. + Studio version on LP62(1) and later LP63. = Studio version titled 'Stealing' on Tackhead's LP41. # Studio version on LP62(2), titled there 'Out In The Rain And Cold'. @ [Rhythm 212] Studio version on LP62(2), titled there 'Back To The Crossroads'. % Studio version on LP62(2), titled there 'Ride On (Fight On)'. < [Rhythm 213]
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	Download single: Suns Of Arqa feat. Little Axe - 'The Truth Will Set You Free' Arka Sound / May 2012 DL: (-)
The Truth Will Set You Free (Gagarin mix)
Download only single. ^ To Top

	Compilation: Little Axe - 'Return (Essentials & Remixes)' Echo Beach / August 2013 CD: EB 094 / DL: (-)
CD/DL tracks: *  Ride On (Fight On) *  Out In The Rain And Cold *  Hear My Cry +  Chains +" Return =  Down To The Valley    Honest I Do    What Have We Got #  On The Beat Sound (Slow Fuse Bonus mix) #  Must Have Been The Devil (Slow Fuse Bonus mix) #  Falling Down (Slow Fuse Bonus mix) #  Too Late (Slow Fuse Bonus mix) @  Storm Is Rising (The Herbalizer - 'For A Few Dollars More' remix) %  Ride On (Fight On) (Control Tower mix) <  Hammerhead (Remix) >  Another Sinful Day (Acoustic version) DL-only tracks: ?  Same Boat (Demo version) $  Long Way To Go (Demo version) %  No More War (Dub / Space - Max's mix) ^  Ain't It A Shame ~  Hammerhead (Early Demo version)    What Have We Got (Flying version)    What Have We Got (Guitar version) #  Lift Off !  Chains (AT version) !  Storm Is Rising (Drum Machine version) /  Judgement (Alan's version) %  No More War (Axe mix) * From LP62(2). + From LP79. = From CD1001(1). # From LP79 (bonus tracks). @ From the 'Storm Is Rising' single. % From the 'Ride On (Fight On)' singles. < From LP62(1). > From the 'Another Sinful Day' singles. ? Versioned on the 'Champagne & Grits' album as 'All In The Same Boat'. $ Versioned on CD1001(1). ^ An edit of the LP79 album track 'People Do'. ~ Versioned on LP62(1) and later LP63. ! Versioned on LP79. / Versioned on LP79 (bonus tracks). " [Rhythm 213]
The CD was limited to 999 copies. ^ To Top