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
1 comment:
my dad was the drummer for ska cha cha, steve sykes. i grew up hearing stories about their escapades. wild times los angeles in the 80s
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