OZO double post [link updated 09/11/2016]

On the post I did for OZO - Listen to the Buddha 7" I received a comment from Kosmikino:

"It would be great if you could repost the Listen To The Buddha backed with the cover of Kites by Simon Dupree And The Big Sound as too few Ozo recordings are available on the net. Sadly it seems the driving force behind Ozo, Keni St. George, went AWOL a number of years back and attempts to contact him have been unsuccessful. I know I would love to see their recordings reissued as they are without a doubt one of the most criminally under-rated bands ever. Many thanks if you can help with my request. PS> Thanks to Enterprises for the source and date of the video, it has had me baffled for a long time where the recording came from."

So, instead of reposting the single, here are two full lengths from OZO:

Listen to the Buddha (1976)

1 Listen to the Buddha
2 You Better Run
3 Kites
4 Anambra
5 Love Me Tomorrow
6 Who Shot Him Down
7 Times a Changing
8 Love is Gone
9 Realms

Museum of Mankind (1979)
1 Museum of Mankind
2 Tales from the Bardo
3 Don't Cry Johannesburg
4 Night of the Black Mamba
5 Think Twice
6 Spirits of the Living Dead

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American ska mix tape

Somebody on Reddit pretty much stated that American ska sucks and was almost asking somebody to prove them wrong. Now, I must admit that I - being from California - will say that there are better English, European, Australian, and Dutch bands (European is an altruistic term) and, although the majority of American "ska" bands really do suck, there really are some good ska tunes to come out of the good ol' U.S. of A. I spent about four minutes making this compilation. There are better songs (and I know there are a hell of a lot worse) but this was my quick response.

I actually had about 50 songs to begin with but I whittled them down to exclude the more popular ones.

1 The Good Guys - Fun Lover
2 Los Rudiments - Too Late
3 The Chinkees - Big World
4 Tiny Hat Orchestra - Jawbone
5 Plate O' Shrimp - Mariskando
6 Highball Holiday - Poetry in Motion
7 Stretch Armstrong - Rodent Deoderant
8 Heavy Manners - Flamin' First
9 The Bruce Lee - Running Out of Time
10 Stinkfish - Victim
11 Uptown Rulers - Somebody Else's Fun
12 Rebel Rockers - You Get to Me
13 Hepcat - Home
14 Dave's Big Deluxe - To Build a Fire
15 Skoidats - Free Consultation
16 Skiptooth - El Detectivo
17 Dance Hall Crashers - Street Sweeper
18 The Chinkees - She's My Friend
19 Let's Go Bowling - The Cup Rub
20 The Allstonians - Walking in the Sand
21 The Suspects - The Bad One
22 Mephiskapheles - Force of Nature

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Lettuce Boy - Inspector Gat 7" (1997)

Lettuce Boy is from Poughkeepsie, NY. They released a cd or two and they may still be active. Their early incarnation broke up in 1997 and nobody talks about those days for some reason. Their most modern version started up in 2004 and, if you look hard enough, you may find some information about them online. 
This could very well be their only release from their early line up and it's not easy to find. As far as I can tell the band doesn't even acknowledge that this record exists.

A - Inspector Gat
B - Around

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The Igniters - The Igniters 12" (1981)

The Igniters were an Australian studio-only band made up of members of Allniters, vSpy v Spy, and even INXS. This is their only release and, at one point, it was virtually impossible to find. I spent over $50.00 (US) on my copy. A quick Google search shows there are a few copies available for less. Oh well. I'm not kicking myself for this though. My copy is in great condition (static-y as hell but that's cheap radio-station stock for you).

They only did instrumentals and my understanding was that they were intended to only be a studio band - this EP was recorded in-the-studio at Triple J - 105.7 F.M. (I may be wrong about this and, if I am, I'll respect your corrections) but in 1984 they (whichever members 'they' were at the time) regrouped and played a few live shows. Maybe only two or three.
I don't know the whole story and I'm not really a fan of dub (I'm a drinker - not a smoker) but this is really an amazing record...just listen to the horns on "Ignition" - simple, but fucking awsome!
"Ignition"

A1 - Ignition
A2 - Rubby Dubby
B1 - More Flaming Dub
B2 - Kent St. Skank





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Apartheid Not (1981-1982) [LINK UPDATED 09/11/2016]

Bob Marley performed in Harare, Zimbabwe in 1980 (Their Independence Day!) sparking a number of reggae performers in Africa. 
Apartheid Not were one of those bands. They were a new wave/reggae/ska band from Nigeria. They released 2 albums and 2 singles (that I know of...there may be more)

Apartheid Not - African Rockers (1981)

1 Never Let You Down!
2 Mefiance
3 No More War
4 Jalousie
5 Small Axe
6 Ega Nanoa Messi



Apartheid Not - Single Rescue (1982)

1 Love Africa
2 He Sends to Me
3 Life's Road
4 Leaving Us
5 All We Need is Peace
6 Amama
7 Should'n Should be Tired
8 Know Them



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The two singles that I know of are the "Love Africa" 7" with Amama as the b-side. Both of those songs are on the Single Rescue album. Then there's the Listen 7" (b/w Listen instrumental) - I don't have that one.

Joan Armatrading - Reggae and Ska (A Tone and Wave Compilation)

Unless you're a fan of mellow adult contemporary music you probably have no idea who Joan Armatrading is. She has been a prolific recording artist for decades and she has attempted many genres over the years.

I was going to just post one of her ska/reggae songs called Eating the Bear but I think some of  her other stuff deserves some attention too so here are 9 tracks spanning four decades. Not all of her ska/reggae songs made it on this comp...there are a few others. These are the best of them in my opinion.

"Eating the Bear"
"Simon"

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The Shakers - Yankee Reggae (1976)

This is the first reggae album recorded and released in California.

I have posted before about California's first ska record but this is California's first reggae full length. The Shakers were the first American reggae band to be signed to a major record label - Warner-Elektra. This is the only thing the Shakers released - with the exception of the "Funny Girl" single with the b-side "Baby Come Back" which, as you know, is a cover of the Eddy Grant...I mean Equals hit.

Both of the songs on the single are on the album so this is all that they've recorded.

Members of the band later went on to form The Fabulous Titan's who released one single and an EP.
The single has been posted on Tone and Wave several years back (HERE) but I've never posted the EP yet. I have it and, if anybody gives a damn, I'll post it. Leave a comment.

1 Wonder Girl
2 Some Guys Have All the Luck
3 Easy Come, Easy Go
4 Missing You
5 Baby Come Back
6 Second Chance
7 Girl You Rock My Soul
8 Emergency Call
9 Funny Girl
10 There's Something About You
11 Feel Good All Over

"Girl You Rock My Soul" (a Rad Bryan cover - HERE's the original. It was later covered by Eddie Money on his 1980 album Playing for Keeps but it was titled Running Back. The guitar at the beginning shows that Eddie Money's cover was of the Shaker's version - not the original)


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I put this record up for sale on eBay several times for $1.00 Buy It Now and nobody ever bought it. Your loss.

Also, I was wrong about California's first ska record. There was at least one other one that was recorded a few years before the Skyliters' record. Anyone know what it is? I'll give you some clues
* It was a b-side
*It had the word 'ska' in the title
*It was an instrumental
*The band is a well-known surf band

Jon commented:

"As far as I know the first band in California to release a "ska" record was the Marketts, "Come See, Come Ska". If I recall my research correctly that one came out at the tail end of the summer '64 ska craze, August I think."


Jon is correct - over a decade before the Skyliters released "Bumpin Onn Down" the Marketts released their "Look for a Star" single with the b-side "Come See, Come Ska"

A - Look for a Star
B - Come See, Come Ska


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NRC - Sally's All Alone 7" (1980)

The NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) from Tennessee released a full length in 1980 called Reactor as well as this, and another single. This is their only ska influenced release.

A - Sally's All Alone (After the End)
B1 - Disposable Sponges
B2 - Lazy Boys

"Sally's All Alone"

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...oh, what the hell...HERE's The LP (I don't have the other single...)

Employees - Pick It Up 7'' (1980) [LINK UPDATED 09/11/2016]

A - Pick it Up
B - Toothpaste

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Blue Haze - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 7" (1972)

A - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
B - Anna Rosanna

You know this song but I think this version deserves some attention. The song was written in 1933 for a musical called Roberta. It was performed on Broadway featuring a young Bob Hope as Huckleberry Haines. In 1934 four different artists had top 20 hits with the song - Paul Whiteman (#1), Leo Reisman (#3), Emil Coleman (#4), and Ruth Etting (#15).

In 1935 the play was made into a film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. This film inspired recording of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Benny Goodman (1940) Artie Shaw,  Glenn Miller,  Nat King Cole (1946), Harry Belafonte (1949), and Eartha Kitt (1954) amongst many, many others.

The most familiar version is the 1958 version by the Platters:

 In 1973 Byron Lee and the Dragonaires released the first reggae version of the song on their Reggay Roun' The World album.

...except for the fact that the UK band Blue Haze already recorded it a year earlier. 

A - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
B - Anna Rosanna

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Mad Miki - Streets at Midnight 7'' (1985)

If you're a fan of garage music you may be familiar with The Fuzztones or Link Protrudi and the Jaymen. The drummer for those bands -  Miki Cezkaj -  was involved with quite a few other projects before, and during those bands.

Here's one of those projects that you won't find much information about on the world wide internet.

This is a two-man band with Mike Czekaj providing vocals, drums, and guitars, and a bass player named Tom Alexander (who may, or may not, have provided bass for a disco artist).

The A-side is an okay rock/power pop song that could grow on you over time. It's the b-side that makes this Tone and Wave fodder.
Not exactly a ska song but it does have a noticeable ska influence.

 
A - Streets at Midnight
B - Leaving Again

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The Bong - Four Smash Hits 12" (1982)

Rare German ska - all lyrics are in English.

A1 - Ejah Man
A2 - Clean Girl
B1 - Skafighter
B2 - Rudy (On the Run)

"Skafighter"

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Vital Disorders - Zombie 7" (1982)

Female fronted British punk-reggae song. They released 3 singles and, later, a cd compilation, but I think this is their only ska/reggae influenced song.

A - Zombie
B - War Games

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In Search of the Ska

I recently had a friend visit from Germany. We hung out for a few days, drank a lot of beer, and listened to a lot of music. This guys musical collection is as extensive and impressive as my own.

I mentioned that he should start a blog of his own but he said he didn't have the time.
Apparently he found the time because this is his blog here:

In Search of the Ska

It follows in the Tone and Wave tradition of exposing those little known one-off ska songs by bands that don't usually play ska. A lot of it is in German, but I have been given a peek behind the curtain and I know a lot will be in English and other languages.

He just started it but it has potential to be a great blog.

The Great Train Robbery - This is Intensified (1987)

I once read that this is a New York band that only people from New York would know about.
This album was later re-released on cd with two extra tracks. I only have the vinyl version:

A1 Intensified / Protection
A2 Selling Guns to the Indians
A3 Hold Me Down
B1 How About a Kiss
B2 Little Persuasion
B3 Like a Building
B4 Police Feel So Tall


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Sam The Butcher - No Time 7" (1994)

Punk record with ska influences.

A1 - Tension
A2 - No Time
B1 - Circles
B2 - Sis Boy


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Skiptooth [REPOST]

Reposted by request...



Cool Ska Cool

1 Pachuco

2 Cuban Cigar

3 My Turn

4 Otra Vez

5 Preacher Joseyah

6 Rum and Coke

7 El Detectivo



Skiptown vol.1

1 My Turn

2 Reggae Man

3 Taxi Driver

4 El Detectivo



"Reggae Man"





"El Detectivo"



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Let's Go Bowling (1988 demo cassette) [REPOST]

Thanks Rikard!



1 Hair Tonic

2 Spy Market

3 Happy, Sad, Reggae

4 Cumbia del Sol

5 Bitch

6 Beat of the Dream

7 Y Jamaica Mess

8 LGB

9 Badminton on a Rope

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...and here's the "Rude 69" 7"

Skankin' Pickle 1990 demo cassette [REPOST]

People write to me every now and then and ask me if they can re-post something I've posted. My answer is always YES. Please help me put this stuff out there so that real ska fans have access to it somehow or another.



This tape is something that I know a lot of people will appreciate so if you have a blog by all means re-post this. It's Skankin' Pickles' first recording and is all but impossible to find. There are 4 songs that were never released on any of their later records as well as a studio version of Burnt Head which was only released as a live recording on Skafunkrastapunk.



(Oh yeah, on this version of "I Missed the Bus" he was watching a Panasonic, not a Magnavox. It's a strange world.)



1 I Missed the Bus

2 Pseudo Punk

3 Hand Twister

4 World's Falling Down*

5 Burn't Head

6 Nuclear Dance Bomb*

7 Anxiety Attack

8 My Hair (Look Like Dahn)

9 Peter, Piper & Mary

10 Shark Teaser*

11 Whatever Happened

12 I've Had Enough*



"World's Falling Down"





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*the four songs that are unique to this tape are marked

Crucial DBC - Dread Rock for a Long Time (1989) [re-uploaded May 30th, 2016]

Rare California ska from the 80s...

A1 - In this World
A2 - Mama, Mama
A3 - What's Your Trip
B1 - Right for My Heart
B2 - Universal Melody
B3 - Hold On

"Mama, Mama"


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Willo Selects - Rare Australian ska 1980 - 1986

Things have been extremely busy here at Tone and Wave headquarters so I haven't had much time to post anything. I do have lots of new stuff as well as re-posts but I just don't have the time this week.

             Working hard AND hardly working. You can do both. It's called multi-tasking.

Your friend and mine Willo J Irie has stepped up to the plate to provide an interesting podcast of rare Australian ska which are all unique rips. Never before posted on Tone and Wave or anywhere else on the WWW.

 Doing the Kangaroo Skank
Australian Ska 1980-1986

60 minutes of shit hot Aussie Ska all from vinyl!


Jump Vision - The Jump [1981]
Naughty Rhythms - Look Like Me [1981]
The Eighty Eights - She Fell in Love with James Bond [1980]
The Allniters - She Made a Monkey Out of Me [1981]
Paul Kelly & The Dots - Billy Baxter [1980]
Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons - Rub Up Push Up [1981]
Strange Tenants - Soldier Boy [1982]
No Nonsense - Titan [1982]
Strange Tenants - Hard Times [1983]
The Allniters - Solomon Gundie [1983]
The Girlfriends - Gone With The Wind [1983]
Naughty Rhythms - Without Your Love [1983]
The Allniters - Mr unioshi [1983]
Strange Tenants - Killer Zombies [1983]
Furious Turtles - Hard World Mad World [1984]
The Leftovers - Lemondade Song [1984]
Naughty Rhythms - Have Some Fun [1984]
The Allniters - So Long [1984]
The Leftovers - So Long, Farewell [1985]
Off The Shelf - OTS Tonight [1985]
Itchy Feet - Cliff Young Shuffle [1986]


Selected by Willo J Irie
2014

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I hope to post something in the middle of the upcoming week, but no promises.

(Thanks Willo for the Jump Vision track. I've never found my own copy yet. It's good to finally be able to hear it!)

If you have a podcast you'd like to submit send it to toneandwave@gmail.com.

Zzipp 7'' (1980)

I have been looking for this record for over a decade now. It was on eBay twice in the last several years and I was outbid both times. Three's a charm. It was on eBay a few weeks back and, in the end, I was the only bidder.

I have been trying to find any information about this band that I can but there's not much out there. I do know that they have 5 other songs that have been released on compilations but this is the only release of their own that I know of. I do have one other song of theirs called Masochism from a comp called Popmuziek In Doetinchem that I have included in this download

A - "I Quit"
B - "Footprints"
* - "Masochism"
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Club Ska - Live (1986)

Club Ska is an Australian band that only existed for a few years and in that time only released 3 singles.
This bootleg shows what a talented band they really were.

1 Darling Patricia
2 Rub Up, Push Up
3 The Tide is High
4 Soul Shakedown Party
5 It Mek
6 Let Your Yeah be Yeah
7 Intensified
8 Good Thing
9 Miss Jamaica
10 Money Worries
11 Montego Bay
12 Cupid
13 Soon You'll be Gone

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All three singles have been posted previously but if you don't have them, they're HERE



...as usual, much thanks to the original submitter!

Tiny Hat Orchestra - Put a Hat On it (1992)

Several of these songs were included on the "Noon at Nine" cd - same recordings. But here's their full first album with a few songs that were not included in later recordings.

1 Shoe
2 Skaface
3 Sing Sing Sing
4 Insomnia Cafe
5 Blank
6 Beyond
7 Yellow Bird
8 Empty Cup
9 Fine Thing
10 Taste of Honey
11 Long Shadows

"Shoe"

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I.H. Ska - Live EP (199?)

Here's their official site. 

1 Skankin' Town
2 Tin Tin
3 Cowboy
4 Flung Zum Mond
5 Sex Spider

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Regatta Sixty-Nine - Regatta Sixty-Nine (1992)

1 Byronic Hero
2 Bring Me Back
3 Somebody's Cadet
4 Micro Bus
5 Sometimes Things are Easier Said than Done
6 Rockin' in My Rocking Chair
7 I Would Rub Her the Wrong Way
8 Journey On
9 The World is Too Much with Us
10 Trouble
11 Breathe Clean Air
12 Time of Day
13 Taking My Chances on You
14 Addicted to Coffee
15 Someone to Cling to
16 Good Luck
17 Home All Alone
18 Slit Her and Sliced Her into Halves

"Sometimes Things are Easier Said than Done"

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Mahjun - Baby-Sitter 7" (1980)

A - Baby-Sitter
B - Emmène-Moi Dans Ta Rolls



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Spy Eye - Hot Pursuits (1990)

Unicorn Records classic. In 1994 it was released on cd as a split with Mr. Review's Walkin' Down Brentford Road but the last song "Everything Crash" was not included. This is the vinyl version with all 10 tracks.

1 VC 10
2 Neither Red/Black Nor Racist
3 Look Smart
4 Shake it Up
5 A Message to You Rudy
6 The Things I Feel
7 Phantoms
8 Morange
9 Reminds Me of Cairo
10 Everything Crash


This is the only album they released but they did record a demo in 1989 called "Have a Good Ska Stomping" that had 6 tracks:

1 Brand New Beat
2 Rude Boys
3 Me and My Shadow
4  These Boots are Made for Walkin'
5 Reminds Me of Cairo
6 I Hate You

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DOWNLOAD THE DEMO TAPE


 

RBs - Uruguay 7" (1982)

A - Uruguay (YouTube video)
B - Time

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Erector Set

A - Inside Out
B - No Room for Comfort

A1 - Imitation of Life
A2 - GI Jump
A3 - Potential Danger
B1 - Chinese Girl
B2 - Missing Peace

"Chinese Girl"

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IN2XS - Love Will Come 7" (1982)

A - Love Will Come
B - Butter Wouldn't Melt

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Naughty Rhythms

Don't Touch Me 7" (1986)
A - Don't Touch Me
B - The Things I Like

Go to the Rodeo 7" (1984)
A - Go to the Rodeo
B - Have Some Fun

A Naughty Compilation (1996)
1 Dance Craze
2 Go to the Rodeo
3 Naughty Rhythms
4 Tequila
5 Look Like Me
6 Still in Love With You
7 Without Your Love
8 I Know You Know I Know

"Naughty Rhythms"

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Foto Model - To Nisi Ti 7" (1981)

A - To Nisi Ti
B - Kiki

"Kiki"

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Skanxters - Knights On the Run (1994) [LINK UPDATED March 28, 2015]

Erin Bardwell's old band. They did release one cd (10 songs) called "Call It a Crime" in 1998. It was limited to 500 copies. I do not have a copy myself but there are some of the tracks posted on Youtube by vocalist Carl Humphreys - Names and Fools is my favorite of them.


Knights on the Run (1994)
12" vinyl release limited to 926 copies 
A1 - King Arfur
A2 - Fat & Ugly
B1 - Stupid Place to Be
B2 - Shantyville

"Fat & Ugly"

Spark in the Dark (1993)
cassette only release limited to 250 copies
A1 - Day Like Today
A2 - King Arthur
B1 - Who's Afraid of the Dark
B2 - People May Think

"Who's Afraid of the Dark"


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The cassette was posted on Tone and Wave in 2009 and, although I have acquired a copy of my own, the one available here is the same one from back then that was submitted by Rikard because his copy sounds much better than anything I was able to do. Thanks Rikard!

The Fabulous Bowler Boys - Word ~ Sound ~ Power (1994)

This is a cassette only release that was sold at shows and online for $6.00 before there was such thing as "third wave". These guys were from Texas and I think, not positive, but I think they had other recordings. If so I've never found any evidence. What I do know is that their drummer, Bill Matney, was also in the hardcore band Refuse to Fall but he does not appear on this recording.

On this recording:

Eric Tucker - vocals
Steve Fish - bass, vocals
Bryan Christner - guitar
Alan Turley - sax
Patrick Benfield - keyboard
Ryan McDaniel - guitar
John Chipman - drums


1 Man on the Scene
2 The Upsetter
3 Jimmy Hate
4 Waiting Game
5 From Cairo With Love
6 Sally Brown

When they listened to their 2 Tone records they were paying attention. The Beat is obviously an influence in their overall sound, especially in this one:
"The Upsetter"


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N - E - 1 - So We Go (1984)

...by request

N - E - 1 was a well known ska band from the San Diego area even though they weren't really a ska band. The were more mod/rock-n-roll but they did incorporate the ska sound on occasion. You know how people are...even one ska song (or even one art-punk song with a sax) makes them a ska band, right?

This album does have some high points but I never felt a need to post it previously until it was requested. Extremely rare as it is...

1 So We Go
2 Get Serious
3 Colleen
4 She Don't Like Me
5 Face Without a Mirror
6 Carol Ann
7 That's What You Do
8 Long Lonely Tomorrow
9 1 - 2 - 3
10 Cat's Pajamas
11 So We Go (Reprise)

"That's What You Do"
"1 - 2 - 3"

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I.H. Ska - Industrie & Hammelskammer 7" (1990)

Four 2-Tone inspired songs from this German band. All songs are in English. There's even a bonus track* from a 2010 comp called Ska Attack 2. They have at least one other song called Downwind from a Bad Moon Records comp which I don't have yet but it's readily available and cheap enough (HERE). I should have it someday.

1 Sex Spider
2 Scotland Yard
3 Can't Stop
4 Waterbed
* Skankin' Town

"Scotland Yard"


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Untouchables - Cool Beginnings [REPOST]

I have a long list of re-ups. If you have requested that something be re-uploaded I do intend to get around to it, I just don't know when. This one is frequently requested so I had to find the time for it. Some oil for you squeaky wheels out there.

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...one request down, a million to go...

Skaos - Inside (1987)

This is Skaos' first release. This is the 12" version. There is also a 33 RPM 7" version with an alternative cover (HERE).

A1 South African Struggle
A2 Hey Neighbour
B1 Ska Skank Down Party
B2 It's You

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Skaos' first full length/demo cassette Rankin' & Skankin' is available HERE

(...and thanks to Mr. Frank the Hat for pointing out that the song Sleep was in fact re-written and re-recorded with the title Bonehead on the Catch This Beat album.)

va Ska Takes the Great Lakes

1 Skapone - Tomorrow
2 Skapone - Once Again
3 Etch-A-Sketch - Escape
4 Etch-A-Sketch - Killer Bees
5 Invaders - Such a Jerk
6 Elevators - No More Stress
7 Elevators - Vendetta
8 State of Emergency - Violence
9 State of Emergency - Police Chase
10 Tom Collins and the Cocktail Shakers - Washcloth

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