Thursday, October 29, 2020

Flash Harry - Take What You Can (1982)


Their second and last album. 

The first album Going Straight is HERE


1 Going Straight

2 Shame on You

3 She's so Crazy

4 Toe the Line

5 New Girl

6 Down at Marlene's

7 Evelyn

8 Television

9 Take What You Can

10 Another Way Out

11 Living with the Bright Boys


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Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Managers - Managers cassette (1994)


Managers are a well-known ska band from New Zealand. This cassette is their first release.

1 Think Twice

2 Funny Boy

3 Ska Ha Ha

4 Reggae in Your Jeggae


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Monday, October 26, 2020

Monster Island - Monster Island (1998) / Pressure Drop - Jezebel (1996)


Full-on ska band from Ohio. Male vocals with female backing vocals doing ska and nothing else. One of the few ska bands that had a doghouse bass. 

 

The band was made of a few members of another Ohio band called Pressure Drop who put out a 5-song EP in 1996 called Jezebel. Both the Pressure Drop and Monster Island releases have Tokyo Ska Paradise Covers. 


Monster Island - Monster Island (1998)

1 Monster Rock

2 Matter of Opinion

3 Can't You Hear Me

4 Fidel Castro

5 Could it be You

6 Brother Dave

7 Don't Turn Around

8 I Love You

 

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Pressure Drop - Jezebel (1996)

1 Jezebel

2 Many a Night

3 Lonely Road

4 Nighttime in Tokyo

5 Now that She's Gone 


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Sunday, October 25, 2020

New Matics - New Matics tape (1992)


This is a band that I know absolutely nothing about besides Everett Morton from The Beat being involved. I don't know who else was in the band, whatever happened to them, or if they recorded anything else. They are in no way related to the New Zealand band The Newmatics or The NewMatics from Texas. 

 

This treasure was provided to us by out friend Stephen who has contributed a few other gems as well that I will be posting. This has been my favorite thing in the world for the last few days. An incredible find.

1 Safe & Sound

2  Can't Hear it Tonight

3 Doing Time

4 Easy Target

5 Money in Hell

 

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The Zero Heroes - No Illusion 7" (1980)


 Zero Heroes had two albums that have been posted and re-posted several times on Tone and Wave over the years. I have re-posted them yet again in the Re-Ups / Re-Post section

The A-side on this single is on one of the albums but the B-side is not. It's only available on this single.


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Friday, October 23, 2020

Mr. Amir


If you like 80s UK reggae laid back with uplifting lyrics you will like this. I like things a bit more aggressive but I have those days where Mr. Amir is just what I want to hear.

Aside from these two EPs he did one actual album called "Dawning" which I have a copy of but my copy is a bit scuffed up and it skips all over the place. If you want to eventually buy yourself a copy of the album and you want to hear what it sounds like first I might be able to help you, but if you want a download where you can enjoy the songs all the way through, I can't help you with that. I may replace my copy someday but I'm in no hurry to do so. Listen to these two records. The album is just more of the same. 

 

Mr. Amir - Reasons to Live 7" (1983)

A - Reasons to Live

B - Oh No Oppression 

 


Mr. Amir - No Place to Go 12" EP (1985)

1 No Place to Go

2 The Sun

3 The Children

4 All My Love

5 One More Day

6 Still No Place to Go


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Wednesday, October 21, 2020

The Instigators - The Instigators (demo tape 1995)


You guys know the Instigators already because I posted their album and 7" HERE

 I had this tape in my wantlist for years and never actually obtained a copy but the gods of ska shined down brightly one day on me - on all of us - when I received an email from somebody offering submissions for the blog. This is one of the things submitted and I will be posting the others at some point.

Huge thanks to our new friend Carmine234 who does an incredible YouTube page chock full of other ska and punk rarities. (And it's also where I respectfully stole the Aquabats demo from.)

1 Fravo Fravo

2 Staph B Infection

3 She's Out the Door

4 Rudy at a Show

5 Matt's Song


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Tuesday, October 20, 2020

The Israelites - Friend (cassette, 1993)


This is the Israelites first release and the first thing released on their Kingston Beat label.

1 Salvation

2 Friend

3 When I'm with You

4 Rejoice 


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Sunday, October 18, 2020

The Frits - Ebbie's Bluff (1993)


Who wants to hear The Frits do a ska cover of Guns 'N' Roses' "November Rain"?

 

1 Ebbie's Bluff (Take Him Again)

2 November Rain

3 Ebbie's Bluff (Queenshead Remix)

4 Most I Hate is You

 

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Saturday, October 17, 2020

The Restrictors


The Restrictors were a mod/ska band based in and around Darlington, UK from 1984 through late 1986/early 1987. 

They were active in playing live shows and had several line-up changes but, sadly, they didn't record much and God only knows if there are any recordings of any live shows.

The only proof we have of their sound are three songs that were recorded in 1985. Two were featured on the compilation "On a Wing and a Prayer" and one extra song that didn't make it onto the compilation or anywhere else and is only now available for us to hear thanks to the magic of the internet. 

These three songs make up their entire discography.

Three members of the band started  The G-Men so it wouldn't be too crazy to assume that maybe a song or two from the G-Men may have been recycled from The Restrictors. I'm not stating that as a fact, just supposin'.  

The graphics in this download are from a sheet that was included in the compilation. Different copies of the record had inserts for different bands. I was lucky enough to get one from The Restrictors in my copy. I scanned it in greyscale and black & white and I can't tell which one looks better so I included both in the download. 

1 Peanuts

2 Own Little World

3 Town Life

 

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Friday, October 16, 2020

Bud's Balooxe


 German ska band who only ever had one official release which is a 2-song 7" that was posted previously on Tone and Wave. 

This was their demo tape that is primarily cover songs

1 Intro (It's titled "Intro" but it's the song "Freedom Sound")

2 Monkey Man

3 Magic Star

4 Rudy, a Message to You!


...and in case you didn't get the 7" when it was first posted I included it in this download.


A - Skamenco

B - The Ugly Bone


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Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Man In The Street - Johnny Too Bad 7" (1982)


From the back cover: "Man In The Street began when Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones encouraged Bobby Keys (Saxophone - Stones, Eric Clapton, etc.) to travel to Jamaica to record the rhythm tracks for a special project that eventually grew into a sort of "showcase" effort. The Dynamic Studio in Kingston, JA, Devonshire Studio in Los Angeles and A & R Studio in New York City were chosen for their splendid sound and proximity to the artists, Jerry Williams, the vocalist for the project, is a long time friend of Bobby Keys' and is a songwriter for CBS. The finest session men in Jamaica appear on this unique and soulful record... Have a listen and you'll agree."

A - Johnny Too Bad

B - Lover's Rockin'


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Sunday, October 11, 2020

Linoma Mashers - Landlocked (1987)


This band was from Omaha, Nebraska. They released two full-length albums on cassette. This is the first. I'll post the second one at some point. 

 1 Patti O.

2 Talk Too Much

3 Okoboji

4 Good Golly

5 Apartheid Can't Win

6 Can't Stand It

7 Lazy Holiday

8 The Piston

9 Factory Beat

10 Openers

11 Change in the Weather

12 Fish Hut

13 Rock Cum Baby

14 Losing Sleep

15 Victim of Love

16 28th Street Girls

17 Herman

18 Lake McConaughy


 

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Sunday, October 4, 2020

SkaDaddyZ - Pick It Up (1996)


1 Society

2 Lost & Found

3 Where Did You Go?

4 Two Lonely People

5 Last Dance

6 Grey Skies

7 Be This Way

8 Likes to Party 


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Go For Broke


 Ska-punk from Atlanta. They released this one demo tape and then a mini-album on CD.

Strangely, finding a cover online for the demo tape was much easier than finding a cover for the mass-produced CD.

These sounds were shared by your friend and mine Punk Guy who does that YouTube channel with the never-ending punk and ska rarities.

If you have several hours to get lost in it, his channel is HERE.  


Go For Broke - Go For Broke (1997)

1 Intro

2 Go Away

3 Whorlick

4 Who Beat and Robbed Tom Harrison?

5 No Way

6 The Cartoon Song

7 The Dreamer

8 Parking Lot

9 Ska Na Na

10 Friday Night

11 Eric Likes Wool Socks

12 Live at the Masquerade - Saturday December 7th, 1996




Go For Broke - New Music with Old Chords (1998)

1 Whoa! Whoa!

2 Happy, Lookout

3 R U Still Down?

4 May 12th, 1998

5 The Cartoon Song

6 Libido in a Speedo


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Customers - Customers 7" (1980)


 A1 - Hold Me

A2 - Let it Down

B1 - Country Ska

B2 - International Relations

B3 - Smile in the Corridor

This is probably the only thing this Canadian band ever released.

Is it ska? Well, yes. I would say that it is ska.

Is it good? Well, it is rare. 

 

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