Space Ate Mafia was a ska punk band from New York / New Jersey area. I'm not entirely sure. I think they had more than this one release but, again, I'm not entirely sure. At one point they changed their name to Space 8. They could have released some more music under that name but I'm not entirely sure.
This is a CDR with a computer printed sticker label and an early computer printer style inlay card. The CD and packaging are beautiful. It's nice to find one this age that hasn't degraded or rotted yet.
There are four up-tempo ska tunes with a reminder that they were recorded in the ska-punk era but I wouldn't call anything on here 'punk' despite that punk/metal intro on the first song. The last track is a mellow one with beautiful horn and jazz-guitar harmonies.
2 Tonic was a British ska band that was active for the better part of a decade. You probably never heard of them because they were not out for world domination. They played locally and they released three studio albums and two live albums that were released on CDRs with photocopy covers that were basically only sold at their shows.
Being from California I would have, most likely, never heard of them in my lifetime if it were not for the awesome power of Myspace.
Over the years I have been looking for their releases and I was fortunate enough to find three out of the five. As it turns out, I found the three studio releases and neither of the two live CDs. C'est la vie.
Believe it or not there was a large community of Jamaican citizens in Toronto, Canada in the 70s and 80s. They brought their music aptitude with them.
One guy that you probably never heard of named Jay Douglas put a band together called The Cougars and recorded a single in 1969 that became legendary. They recorded an experimental reggae (ska) version of the Temptations "I Wish It Would Rain". I'm not certain but I think there were less than 100 copies of this record pressed (one website I found said it was less than 10 but I have my doubts).
Luckily for us (me) a record label called Light in the Attic put out a compilation that included the A and B side of The Cougar's record. I don't know how they tracked down the recordings but they have a Bandcamp page that has a lot of their releases and there is at least one other artist on that page that was included in their Jamaica/Toronto series.
Jay Douglas played around Toronto in other bands over the years but there are very few recordings. I have this one little record by him and, as it seems, the few people in the world who have this record don't have the sleeve. I have a copy of the record in a tatty sleeve but, with my amazing talents in Windows Paint, I was able to restore the cover to it's proper standards. There is no other rendition to be found online.
This is a ska band from the 90s that focused on covering old tunes in a 2 Tone style. They were from Finland and all four tracks on this record are cover songs. I don't know that they ever recorded anything else.
A1 - Can't Take My Eyes Off You (Frankie Valli - 1966)
Three Epics - Part Five: Zile Under Zed
-
*Zenzile* is a Dub band from Angers, France formed in 1996. They took their
name from the famous South African poet & anti-apartheid activist, Zenzile ...
Beasts Of Bourbon - The Axeman's Jazz
-
Banda: *Beasts Of Bourbon*
Disco: *The Axeman's Jazz*
Ano: 1984(*)
Gênero: Blues-Rock, Punk-Blues, Garage Rock, Pub Rock, Roots Rock
Faixas:
1. Evil Ruby (J...
BUZZCOCKS - DEMOS w LIVE w STUDIO w PEEL w VIDEOS
-
REPOST Request and ADD ON: Going to squeak in this MEGAPOST for the
weekend as it took me all week at work to organize this discography. The
videos are...
Modcast #559: And Away We Go
-
And away we go with a new modcast packed with new music, and a few choice
cuts from the past just to keep it interesting.
*Listen Now Download*
Lunchbox...
The Burpas - Fat Man (1981)
-
b/w - Dummies
A nice mix of Ska & New Wave on the only release from this Cardiff 5 piece
(1980-81)
*Caroline Limmer* (Voc)
*Matthew Mars-Jones* (Guitar)...
ORANGE DELUXE Necking 1995
-
*Discogs*
Orange Deluxe were formed in October 1992 by singer/guitar hero Paul
Bassett from the ashes of his former band, renowned Camden power tr...
ANGELIC UPSTARTS - @ London/Polytechnic 25.06.1981
-
After a long time, I'm back in this theater for a short time and first: all
re-upp requests are fixed. I hope I can devote more passion to blogging
again...
Espiando en los 80's Vol 10
-
1-Urban Blight - U Must Be
2-Dan Hartman - Pick It Up
3-Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons - Tighten Up
4-Roberto Jacketti & The Scooters - Why Don't You C...
Jimmy Cliff - The Power And The Glory 1983 FLAC
-
*O Primeiro e Ultimo*
Depois de 14 anos chega ao fim a jornada deste blog. E eu escolhi o
primeiro album de Reggae que meu pai me presenteou quando eu ti...
# 569 Ricky & the Spitfires - Rock'n'roll singer
-
Side a: Rock'n'roll singer
Side b: It's against the rules
DK 1978
Very fine powerpop record by this South African R'n'R group. It was
released on a danish...
The Vacants
-
Как мы уже рассказывали, гитарист Downliners Sect Terry Gibson, собрал или
проще говоря придумал себе группу F.U.2. для того чтобы записать
собственный па...
Yo Sí Le Brinco - Desgracias, Gracias (2022)
-
“Somos una banda de punk rock originarios de leon gto. Decidimos hacer la
banda en tiempos pandemicos con el pretexto de poder salir del encierro y
distra...
Bandcamp Friday
-
Hey everyone
It's Bandcamp Friday so I just wanted to mention a couple of links. There
are some great deals today with all profits going direct to the ...
NARROW VIEWS
-
ESTADOS UNIDOS
Banda Hardcore Punk Oi! de Pensilvania, Estados Unidos.
2017- Out of Control EP
01- Brainwashed Liberals
02- Red, White, & Blue
03- ...