One Dollar Smoothie - Walking Away (1999)

 Perfect third wave ska sounds from this band from Indiana. 

(Perdue Uni? I think so but I'm not sure.)

1 Rubber

2 Non Sequitor

3 She's Not Happy

4 Black and White

5 Why

6 Smithereen

7 Wake Up!

8 Gimme a Slab

9 Singing in the Night

10 Typical Town

11 It's Over

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The Upstanders

 This was a ska band from Westtown Township Pennsylvania. They started out playing ska but later drifted into other sounds.

  The Upstanders - An Informal Introduction (demo tape) (1996)

1 Damn Me, Delilah

2 Open Arms

3 At the Moment

4 Window Watcher

5 Tobias

6 Numero Uno

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The Upstanders - Two Left Feet 7" (1996)

1 Cheap Thrill

2 Glamorize

3 Fits the Bill

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 The Upstanders - Waiting for the World to Catch Up (1998)

1 Priceless

2 In Our Cars and Stomachs

3 Jack Frost's Dream

4 Radioflier

5 Red Carpet

6 Ventriloquy

7 Fairweather Brother

8 Kane 22

9 Blue Light Dark

10 Two Left Feet

11 Goodbye Blackout

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 The Upstanders - The Mourning Volume (2000)

1 The Morning Volume Prelude

2 Faces

3 Autopilot

4 Consequence's Tear

5 Dear Daphne

6The Other End (Parts 1 & 2)

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Lee Harvey Skaswald - Dance Lessons 7" (1997)

 This is the only release from this band from Ohio. My copy looks absolutely beautiful but it sounds terrible. I've been meaning to get another copy but none are available. This is what I have. Enjoy! (You won't be able to. The music is good but the sound quality sucks.) 

A - Dance Lessons

B - Waiting

 

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Out of Line - Channel Surfing (2003)

 1 Part of Me

2 My Crazy Ways

3 My Possee

4 Self Righteous Wish

5 5,029 Ways

6 Cut of Life

7 Salty Sister

8 Blue Smile

9 Call Me

10 Evil Twin

11 Al's Sailboat

12 Disappointment

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b-Sides - Live EP (1982)

 This was a live demo tape that only had two songs but neither of these songs appear on any of their other recordings. 

You can hear their only album "Red to Black" as well as two live performances on their OFFICIAL SITE. 

1 Getting Around

2 Prisoners of War

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John James & the Soulmakers - Sixtynine People (2004)

 Soulful ska and third wave skinhead reggae (is that even a thing?) from France. All songs are sung in English. 

1 Rude Girl

2 Oh Fannie

3 Ciao Manu

4 Get Up & Get It

5 Soul Sisters

6 John James

7 Don Drummon

8 Steady Rock

9 Hot Tamale

10 Napoleon on the Telephone

11 Sloopy Hang On

12 Three Hands Dub

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va Ni Jah Ni Maitre (1994)

 This is a compilation of ska and anarcho-reggae bands from France. I think the best tracks come from the most familiar names. I guess they're notable for a reason.

 The title of this comp is "No Gods No Masters" replacing "Jah" for "God". The phrase comes from the French author Daniel Guérin back when leftism was about anarchy and opposing government and corporatism. Unlike today when liberalism is all about abiding by what corporate television and corporate businesses like the big pharma companies tell you to do. The exact opposite of what it used to be. 

 

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Beauty School Dropouts / Mailbox Bandits - What's This Nonsense (1997)

1 Beauty School Dropouts - Earl

2 Beauty School Dropouts - Grits 'N Gravy

3 Beauty School Dropouts - VCR's

4 Beauty School Dropouts - Hawaii 

5 Beauty School Dropouts - Tuned Out

6 Beauty School Dropouts - untitled

7 Mailbox Bandits - Ms. Pacman

8 Mailbox Bandits - All American Collector

9 Mailbox Bandits - Not as Punk as You

10 Mailbox Bandits - Buckle Down

11 Mailbox Bandits - Time to Go

12 Mailbox Bandits - Untitled

 

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I will be selling this tape on eBay in the next few weeks as well as many many more tapes, CDs and records. 

 

HERE'S MY EBAY LISTINGS

The Repeaters [Sweden]

 This is a laid back ska/reggae band from Sweden. This is everything I have by them which I believe is everything they ever released as a band with the exception of a self-titled EP that was released on a CD-R in 1999. I don't have that EP but if you have it...let's talk. I'm willing to buy or trade. 

The Repeaters - Chilly & Don Chris split 7" (1999)

 

A - The Repeaters - Stand Tall

B - Chilly & Don Chris - Nah Pull No Brakes

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The Repeaters - The Riddim 7" (2000)

 

A - The Riddim

B - Way Out

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The Repeaters - District 723 35 (2000)

 

1 Set Them Free

2 Everything is Enough

3 No Hurry

4 Shake it Mr. Maitland

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 The Repeaters - Sun is on the Rise (2002)

 1 Intro (Early January - 98)

2 Nothing in Between

3 Oh Baby

4 We Can Make it Allright

5 All I Ever Wanted

6 24-7

7 Rebel Voices

8 The Vampire (With Governor Andy)

9 Another Fool

10 No More Suffer

11 Far Away

12 Clear Your Head

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Die Tornados - Rarities

 

A Tone and Wave exclusive!

This is a compilation of all tracks from all of their 7"s plus some rare compilation tracks. I believe this is all of their songs that were not on any of their albums. 

1 Der Große Blonde

2 Dessau 05

3 Heartbeat*

4 Moviestar*

5 Fighters*

6 Yvonne*

7 Flower & Bee

8 Hero of Night

9 Leave Me

10 No Sense

11 Take Another Train

12 Only For...?

13 Poupée De Cire

14 La Farce

15 Die Wilde Horde

16 Scootergirl

17 The Evil is Back

18 Quasimono

19 Ein Bisschen Freundlich Sein

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* I tried to normalize the sound so that all tracks have the same volume but the 4 songs from the first self-titled 7" play at a really low volume. If I adjust them to match the volume of the other tracks they sound horrible so I left them at the volume they were released in.

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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va Shame N' Skandal

 This is a series of compilations put out by an independent record label from the Philippines. The first two focus on Filipino ska bands. The third features ska and punk from the Philippines. And the fourth has ska from all over the world. 

 

Shame N' Skandal - volume 1 (2003)

1 Skabeche - Super Human

2 Skabeche - Sensimilla

3 Spaceflower - Manang

4 Spaceflower - Busilak

5  Marcos Cronies - Ita

6 Marcos Cronies - Skaciety

7 Marcos Cronies - K. Hilaw

8 The Scars - Gross Bodies

9 The Scars - Confused

10 The Scars - Save My Life

11 Jeepney Joyride - Unconditional Love

12 Jeepney Joyride - Indayog Ng Puso

13 Jeepney Joyride - Rain on Me

 

 

Shame N' Skandal - volume 2 (2004) 

Shame N' Skandal - volume 3 (2005)

Shame N' Skandal - volume 4 (2007)

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Monkey Business - Mistakes 7" (1991)

A - Mistakes 

B - Keep on Walking

* - Opportunities

I posted this single in the early days of Tone and Wave but this is a new rip that sounds way better than the old one and I included another song that wasn't in the old post. 

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Steady Earnest - Steady Earnest (1993)

 This is Steady Earnest's demo tape but every song on this tape appeared on their self-titled album. The exact same recordings. So, if you have their first album you don't need to download this tape unless you want it for the artwork.

1 Out of Line

2Way Too Long

3 Utter East

4 Singular I

5 Mercy

6 That's All Right

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The Grown Ups - I Spy Something Blue 7" (1997)

A - I Spy Something Blue

B - Sawdust Caesars

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Odessus - How Can I Trust You? 12" (1979)

 Rare British ska/reggae. 

A - How Can I Trust You?

B - Unity

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The Rapskallions - Send the Light (1999)

1 New Song

2 Channel 4

3 Moove Over

4 War Party

5 Funk Around

6 You Make Me Feel

7 Gotta be God

 8 Funk Junk

9 Send the Light

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Soon Come - A Grain of Sand (1991)

 1 Leaders

2 Fishermen

3 Jah no Male

4 Jimmy

5 Man Made Money

6 Che Che Kule'

7 I've Got to Go

8 Together We're Strong

9 Tell You

10 The Last Time

11 Toilet Outro

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Rare 'N' Tasty

Rare 'N' Tasty - Just My Kind 7" (1993)

(This was previously posted on Tone and Wave but this is a re-ripped higher quality version)

1 Disappointed

2 A Lovely Day

3 Walkin Away

4 What U Gonna Do?

 

 Rare 'N' Tasty - Still Alive and in Stereo (1996)

1 More Than Instrumental

2 Rainin'

3 Brighten Up My Day

4 OrangeJuice

5 Deep Inside

6 Still Alive

7 The More

8 Kick It

9 A Better Time

10 Ignorant Thing

11 Happy to be Free

12 I Don't Feel Sorry

13 Just a Dream

14 Traubensaft

 

 

 Rare 'N' Tasty - Es Kommt Anders (1997)

1 Es Kommt Anders (Radio Edit)

2 Yeah Yeah

3 Ignorant Thing

4 Es Kommt Dub (Anders Edit)

 Rare 'N' Tasty - Jamma Ma (2007)

1 Jamma Ma... (Jammerska)

2 Sags Mir (Bloss Kein SMS)

Rare 'N' Tasty - non-album tracks

1 What's Happening Now? (1993)

2 Sophisticated (1993)

3 From Russia with Ska (1999)

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As you may or may not know members of Rare 'N' Tasty started another band called Skip It who put out an album in 2010 called LisTEN.

1 How I Feel

2 Free of Yourself

3 You

4 It's Too Late

5 Skanroll Intro

6 Skanroll

7 Lonely Island

8 I Wanna Love

9 Your Love

10 Turn Away

11 No!

12 Thrill Me

13 Dreams Come True

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Kalles Kaviar - Marokko 172.90 Ska X 7. (1996)

1 Ghost Train

2 Jimmy & Julie

3 Watermelon Man

4 Was it Me?

5 Last Mission

6 One Fine Day

7 Madness

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Assyne

 British ska/reggae. I think they only ever released these two 7" singles but I'd like to be proven wrong. 

Assyne - Call it a Day 7" (1982)

A - Call it a Day

AA - Ask Me No Question

 

Assyne - Leaving 7" (1983)

A - Leaving

B - Good Living

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Sunbeams - Rude Boy (1998)

 Rare British ska from a local band who self-released their only album/demo on CD-R that they recorded at home. Talk about lost potential.

 

1 Still Around

2 It's Your Fault

3 Left Alone

4 Pacifist

5 Another Day

6 I Know You're Wrong

7 Seeing Red

8 Girl

9 The Unknown

10 Sunshine

11 Ska'd for Life

12 Rude Boy

13 untitled  

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va Bad Town, Big City

 

 Bad Town, Big City - An All Australian Operation Ivy Tribute (Year unknown but probably 2010).

This bootleg has an official listing on Discogs

1 The Porkers - Freeze Up

2 Toe to Toe - Jaded

3 Gilgamesh - Unity

4 Gilgamesh - Here We Go Again (live)

5 Area 7 - Healthy Body, Sick Mind

6 Area 7 - Sound System (live)

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