The Ratchet Boys - Bend Over and Say Ska (1999)

 The Ratchet Boys was a D.C. area ska band that started out as The Skanker Sores. The band was made up of musicians who played in other bands such as The Ready Steady Go!, the psychobilly band The Alphabet Bombers, The Unidentified, and The NoGoodniks.    

There's not much more I can say about the band without plagiarising a post about the band on The Duff Guide to Ska. 

 

1 This Life

2 Montoya

3  Shipwrecked

4 Satan Express - Ten Items or Less

5 Newcastle

6 Brave New World

7 Before I Die

 

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The live album is included in this download

The Brownies - Four Songs For The Mon (1992)

 This is the demo tape from the California band The Brownies.

I have posted this several months ago on my Facebook but this is for those who missed it.  

1 Total Hardcore Ska

2 Listen to the Jammin'

3 Pop Goes the Weasel

4 Why Can't I?

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Sunway Six - Livets Spel 7" (1991)

  Livets spel - The Game of life. This Swedish band put out this 7" and a CD EP before fading away into the void. Livets Spel is probably their only ska song but I don't know for sure because I never heard the EP. 

A - Livets Spel

B1 - Funky Way

B2 - Banal Kanal

 

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Steady Ups Meet The Speakeasies - Reggae Showdown (2002)

 For those of you nursing a hangover or just starting the new year in a more mellow, relaxed mood.

The Steady Ups were from California and the Speakeasies were from New Jersey. Each band offers five tracks of their style of 90s reggae. 

1 Steady Ups - No Need to Worry

2 Steady Ups - You Amaze Me

3 Steady Ups - Bygones

4 Steady Ups - I Never Wanted to Hurt You

5 Steady Ups - Mr. Swindle

6 The Speakeasies - Top Ranking

7 The Speakeasies - Cary, Il.

8 The Speakeasies - Country Boy

9 The Speakeasies - Go With Him

10 The Speakeasies - Time Will Tell

 

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Backdoor Stomp - Steps in the Alley (1999)

 Backdoor Stomp was a ska band from Brisbane Australia that was formed in 1998 by Tom McKenzie who was the sax player for The Funaddicts.

There are ten songs on this CD and eight are covers with only two being original songs by the band but those originals are well worth the price of the CD. "What's Goin' On" is a cover of the Funaddicts song which Tom McKenzie wrote so it is a cover but it isn't. And they do a Puzzles cover which I think they did a great job on. 

1 Steps in the Alley

2 Inspector Martens

3 Trouble

4 Breakin' Up

5 What's Goin' On?

6 Hey Yo!

7 Tequila

8 Lorainne

9  Just a Feeling

10 Nite Klub

 

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