Red Stripe Skankers [Sweden] - Lessons in Living (2001)

 1 Intro

2 I'm Sure You'll be Alright

3 Compunction

4 Sometimes

5 Got Something to Say

6 Who's That Girl?

 

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Policy - Dead Kids Can't Skank 7" (1997)

 Teenage punk with interspersed fast ska rhythms. 

A - 2 Weeks

B - John Zorn Looks Good in Jeans

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Froglegs demos

 

Froglegs was a Russian neo-rocksteady ska band that only ever released one album. They released one demo tape before the album and then released a second demo tape after the album. 

Here are both demo tapes.

Froglegs - The Best Original Ska (2000)

1 What a Wonderful World

2 Frogman

3 You & Me

4 My Heart Will Go On

5 The Ice Hockey Star

6 Poter's Love Song

 

 Froglegs - Green Demo (2005)

1 Frogman

2 Rescue Me

3 Nice and Easy

4 Yeah Yeah Yeah

5 Cat in the Boots

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Soft Shoes - No Romance 7" (1984)

  This British band released 2 singles. They were considered a calypso/soca/ska band. There is one ska-ish song on these two releases. Not great but you're a collector. You gotta have 'em. 

 

Soft Shoes - No Romance 7" (1984)

A - No Romance 

B - Reggie Got News

 

Soft Shoes - Kojo 7" (1984)

A - Kojo

B - Fear of Flying

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Grovers - Grovers (1997) [LINKS FIXED 06-22]

 After there was Grover's Headache and before some band members formed Codename: Rocky there was the band Grovers who released this CD. 

1 There You Are

2 B&H

3 Lie Awake

4 Leave Me Alone

5 Anorexic

6 Crushed

7 Pickles

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va Tone and Wave Ska Compilation

 

I have a large collection of rare ska songs from the late 70s throughout the 90s. I made sure that every song in this compilation is something I personally ripped from my own records and tapes. If you have any of these songs that you also ripped and shared online at any point in the last 30 years I can guarantee that these rips are my own and not your rips. 

The only exception is the band The Insteps from Cardiff. I do have a tape from a television studio recording with three tracks but my copy sounds horrible so the two tracks I share here are the versions I found online because they sound way better than my own.

 

The song by The Stars That Wouldn't Shine is not ska but if you have their album you might appreciate this track to complete your collection. 

1 Tiny Hat Orchestra - Java (1991)

2 Spankers [UK] - She's the One (1981)

3 Little Chief - 21st Century (1988)

4 Eastcliff [Switzerland] - Faggiolini Circus (1983)

5 The Riffs - Monday Morning (1989 demo)

6 Slavdik [South Carolina] - La Bamba (NOT a cover of the song you know)

7 The Frits - Sense of Life (original 1989 version)

8 The Frits - Work (original 1989 version)

9 Zzipp - You're Better Off with Me

10 Zzipp - Groupie

11 Zzipp - I'll be a Star (live)

12 Felons - Love 'n' Skank

13 Duo Jag [Sweden] - Tidbomb (1986)

14 The Meeting [Germany] - City Nightmare (1985)

15 The Insteps - Dancing (1982)

16 The Insteps - Don't Really want to be Like You (1982)

17 The Stars That Wouldn't Shine - Scream and Shout (1983)

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