Tone and Wave: June 2021

Sunday, June 27, 2021

Monroes - Kabimba! (1992)

This is a German band not to be confused with the Dutch band The Monroes who did "Sunday People".

This band is called Monroes without the "The" and they took a different approach to ska. They mix rock-n-roll and they utilize thumping doghouse bass that some might call rockabilly. No matter what you want to call it, it's a great sound. Too bad they only ever released this one album.

They were involved in a project that intended to keep vinyl alive at the dawn of CDs. It was called "Save the Vinyl" and the idea was to give out rare vinyl to attendees of live shows featuring live recordings of the bands playing. They got as far as two volumes before they called it quits. They were compilation 7"s and both of them featured two rare previously unheard tracks by Monroes. They also included the funk-metal band Cucumber Men, the rap group Scouts of Evolution, and the instrumental surf band The Looney Tunes.

They were given out around Christmas time and the sub-title of the record series was called Single Bells.

I have included both of the Save The Vinyl/Single Bells records in this download.

Monroes - Kabimba! (1992)

1 1,000 Good Reasons

2 War ina Babylon

3 Cleopatra

4 F.B.I.

5 Jamaica ain't no Paradise

6 Warning

7 Happy Monsters

8 Rhythm World

9 Theme from Rio

10 A Cowboy Meets and Indian

11 You Better Go Now

Single Bells Vol.1 (1992)

A1 - Monroes - Cut My Hair

A2 - Scouts of Evolution - Irie River Mix

B1 - Cucumber Men - Last X-Mas

B2 - Monroes - Caroline

Single Bells Vol.2 (1993)

A1 - The Looney Tunes - Stampede

A2 - Monroes - Marilyn

B1 - Monroes - Lula

B2 - The Looney Tunes - Swingin' Creeper

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Max Staples & the Paperclips - Not Working 7" (1981)

This was a band from Australia and this record is probably the only thing they ever put out.

I first heard about them in an old fanzine where they pretty much said that it sucked. I have a copy of that 'zine and I was going to post the review with this post but I can't find it. So, pretty much, I suck too.

I bought this record with the expectation that I will hate it. I don't.

I'm not sure that I like it, but I certainly don't hate it.

Here's one of the worst records ever heard by some guy who reviewed records in 1981.

A - Not Working

B - You Make Me Cry

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Ska Cha Cha - Secret Reagan Man (1985) -and- Galaxy of Prizes - In a Garden of Eden (1986)

Mark Nine, also known as MK9, was a prolific musician from California who released a single in 1981 and an album in 1994 but he did several collaborations and was in a few bands.

He started the ska band Ska Cha Cha who did the song Los(t) Angeles that was on the Planet Ska compilation but aside from that, this was their only release. A three song demo tape that the song Los(t) Angeles came from.

The following year he started another band called Galaxy of Prizes who also did a version of Los(t) Angeles but, even though this band also played ska, the new version of Los(t) Angeles was less ska than the previous recording.

I believe that the only recording Galaxy of Prizes ever released was this one demo tape.

I have posted the Ska Cha Cha tape in the past but both tapes in this download are all new recordings from new tapes that I acquired in the last few months. Although these versions aren't perfect, they are better than any other version ever offered online to this point.

Ska Cha Cha - Secret Reagan Man (1985)

1 Los(t) Angeles

2 Cry of Revolution

3 Secret Reagan Man

Galaxy of Prizes - In a Garden of Eden (1986)

1 In A Gadda Da Vida

2 Ska Lip Soul

3 Lost Angeles

4 All Along the Watchtower

5 Times Up, Pencils Down

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The Royal Kustoms - The Royal Kustoms EP (2005)

3rd wave style band from San Antonio, Texas. It's a little bit punk but mostly ska. They have at least one other release that I do not have.

1 She's Not for Me

2 One Way Town

3 Where I Belong

4 Lost Inside Your Room

5When You're Gone

6 untitled

7 Freak Magnet

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The Aquabats early show from 1994

Sunday, June 20, 2021

Sir Lord Erotic - No No Lola Video!!

I have been doing this blog for thirteen years and I honestly believe that the post I recently did for Sir Lord Erotic is the most popular post in the history of Tone and Wave.

Sir Lord Erotic has taken the time to upload the only music video the band ever made because they are entertainers and, after all these years, they are still providing you some quality entertainment.

Watch it, share it, bask in the glory:

Also, if you have the time, here's a live performance by The Amazonas who were mentioned in that post. Not ska but great music and an impressive performance.

The Anklebiters - demo tape (1996?)

This demo tape is probably the only thing this band released. They were from Madison, Wisconsin and they describe their sound as "raging instrumental ska".

I'm not 100% certain that it was released in 1996.

1 Opus #4

2 Blue Skai

3 Rosebud

4 Egyptian Healer

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Zen Baseballbat - Kneel Down to the Mothers of the Slums (1994)

This is a ska band from Widnes, UK. They released two albums in the early 2000s.

This is an early release by the band before they dedicated themselves to ska. Three tracks on this EP were later re-recorded for the first album but these version were only leaning slightly toward ska and don't sound much like the sound that the band is known for.

The song Fuel-Injected Love Bug is only available on this CD and was not re-recorded as a ska song.

If you have their other CDs or you know the band and their sound then you might appreciate this EP. If you have never heard them before then you probably don't want to download this one. It's really not ska.

1 Brown Cows of Elocution

2 Whiplash

3 Fuel-Injected Love Bug

4 Captain Midnight

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Crawdaddy - The 19th Annual Badger Convention (1994)

Third wave ska, pure ska - no punk, from Bakersfield, California. According to Discogs they have one other release, a demo tape that was released after this album. I have never seen nor heard this tape.

1 Skasquatch

2 Crack

3 Dirty Work Version (The DeWayne Song)

4 Go Joel

5 Go Drew

6 Not Yet

7 Special Extra Secret Hidden Track

8 Boba Fett

9 Skary Josh

10 Badger

11 Crawdads for Breakfast