If you know anything more about this band please let me know.
Here's what I know
They were from Thetford
The guitarist/vocalist was Toby Mayes
Bass - Lewis Wilkins
Drums/back-up vocals - Daniel Adcock
Keyboard - Josh O'Farrell
Saxophone - Lois Braysher
That's all I got.
1 Liquid Jelley Moon
2 Ghost Train
3 Pay Hommage to Hummus
4 Money
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Skaville U.K.'s third and final studio album.
1 Devil Beat
2 Same Old, Same Old
3 Tribute Band
4 We Want Your Money
5 I Threw it All Away
6 Sally Sly
7 Goodbye Piccadilly
8 Dreader than Dread
9 She's Got Vertigo
10 Money Shot
11 Last Train
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The song "Don't Let Me Down" is a Beatles cover and it's awesome.
1 Welcome
2 Midnight Train
3 Lost in Paradise
4 Rhythm of Your Body
5 Moonlight
6 Blue By You
7 Little Token
8 Cali Breeze
9 Good Times
10 Revolution
11 Don't Let Me Down
12 All the Girls
13 Dance with Me
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It's rare that I can listen to a ska compilation all the way through without having to skip a track but this is one of those rarities. There are only nine songs here. There could have been 20 but then we might have had to skip a few. This way there is only the best songs from great bands with no filler.
In my opinion the song by Zwit is the top track.
Zwit has been playing since 1984 but it's really hard to find their music anywhere. I have a small collection of songs by them, most of which are live. If this band ever did any studio recordings please let me know. I would love to hear more of them.
1 Stenchtown - Sail On
2 Ska-D-Lite - Skaramanga
3 Skapiche?! - Ska D-H-D
4 De Groeten van Henk en Bep - Lone Ranger
5 Ollie Q. & The Deep Six - Waking Up Dead
6 Splendid - Straight Up
7 2nd Hand Sneakers - One Night Stand
8 Zwit - Lock You Up
9 Mensergerjen!et - Laat Maar
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1 Evigheten
2 Devil in Me
3 Weigh Your Money
4 Simplify
5 Devil's Beat
6 Boomchikatchi
7 Sha-by
8 Sokarna
9 Fiiin
10 Stiffelyn on Booze
11 Lillebror
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Very third-wave sounding with tight musicianship and male vocals with some female backing vocals.
You can hear their full self-titled album HERE.
1 Not Today!
2 250 Plus!
3 This is It!
4 One Missed Call
5 We're Sorry Yoshi!
6 Henry the VIII!
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I recently received more information about the band Son of Blob from the band's guitarist Maurice Bierhuizen who commented:
"Hi there, I recently read this nice post. I played guitar in the Son of Blob and 2nd hand sneakers back in the days. I've recently remastered the album The Hippest Cats in Skaville (the sound was pretty muddy before), I thought you might be interested.
To give a bit of more
info; Skippy was our second male singer in the Son of Blob, and was
replaced by female singer Lilian who can be heard on The Hippest Cats in
Skaville album.
When the Son of Blob broke up, most of us moved on
in the new band 2nd Hand Sneakers, with a new female singer Nina. Great
potential, but people went abroad and the band broke up in around 2
years time."
He shared the link to his YouTube channel and his post for the full "Hippest Cats in Skaville" album.
Thank you Maurice for the corrections.
As time went on they got better. The vocals went from fun amateur to professional pop vocals. The songwriting started out strong and got even better over time and the band played tighter. Unfortunately as they got better as a band they drifted away from ska. That last album has horns in a few songs but there is only one ska/reggae song and the rest is pop-punk.
I like pop-punk and I think it's a great album but I am disappointed that they moved away from ska when they were at their finest.
The Barrymores - Kill All the Ska Kids (demo CD) (2001)
2 The Great Date Skatastrophe
3 S.S.
4 Up the Bum
The Barrymores - The Barrymores (2001)
2 The Way It's Supposed to Be
3 My Girlfriend's Got Bigger Balls than Me
4 Pachabel's Skanon
5 Menace II Society
6 The Great Date Skatastrophe
7 S.S.
8 It's What You Did
9 Missing in Action
10 Up the Bum
11 What You Think About Me
The Barrymores - All Nighters (2004)
2 Why So Much Hatred
3 Hearsay
4 Jesse and Jo
5 Run Run da Chillin'
6 Think Straight Again
7 Our Ocean
8 By the Way I'm Not Your Girl
9 The Sweetest Song
10 Can't Stop the Rock
11 Just Another Stupid Day
12 Tick
The Barrymores - New Invasion (2006)
2 Radio De-Lite
3 There's Something Missing in Paradise
4 Diary of a Neurotic
5 In the Mayfair Streets
6 Another Night with You
7 Old Dogs
8 Back in Eighty One
9 Every Day
10 World of Repetition
11 How to Kill a Goldfish (Still Hooked)
12 Destin for Nothin'
13 Lies, Cheat and Deceit
14 Karma Kids
15 My Problem is You
The Barrymores - non-album tracks
* Happy Hour
* No Sugar Tonight
* Our Ocean
* The S Song
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2 Dr. Ed and the Flu Shots - Bitches and Hoes
3 Dr. Ed and the Flu Shots - Calypso
4 Dr. Ed and the Flu Shots - Recognize
5 Dr. Ed and the Flu Shots - Ate My Hand
6 Kool-Aid Kids - Hamtaro
7 Kool-Aid Kids - Irony
8 Kool-Aid Kids - Kickball
9 Kool-Aid Kids - Uninspired Days
10 Kool-Aid Kids - Reggae Slow Jam
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Esperanza - Permanent Ska (2011)
1 Screwface
2 Be Brave
3 No Zion I
4 Pontiac Skank
5 The Lesson
6 Headliner
7 Talk About It
8 Mr. Rude
9 T3
10 Allergy
11 Troubled Lands
12 Where You Gonna Go?
1 Glimmer
2 2-Tone Ain't Dead
3 One Man Down
4 Between the Sheets
5 Forget It
6 Inevitable
7 Naysayers Delight
8 Sunday Morning
9 Always Gonna Wonder
10 All You Wanted
11 As Day Turns Into Night
12 Weirdo
1 Better Late Than Never
2 Welcome to the Shite Show
3 Waiting for Billie
4 Trouble
5 Jean
6 Nobody's Friend
7 PRW
8 Bored
9 G12
10 Safe
11 At Large
12 Skallabye
1 Summer Ska
2 Live Dabei
3 Nase Im Wind
4 Hardcore
5 Zieh ab
6 On ne Veut pas Arreter
7 Proberaum
8 Sandra
9 Babayaga
10 Rosen fĂŒr Dich
11 Sweet
Babayaga - Funky Drop (2010)
1 I am a Train
2 Mellow Mood
3 Funky Drop
4 Life Hustle
5 Mafia
6 You Better Go
7 Yesterday Night
8 Hippie
9 Sweet
10 Motherless Child
11 Dos Alemanes Muertos
12 Der Traurige Clown
13 Sommawaso
1 Night Owl
2 Being a Bum
3 Mad Man
4 Fool's Gold
5 Do it Again
6 Trouble
7 Two Two Tango
8 Batman
9 Reggae Got Soul
10 Red Headed Woman
11 High and Low
...
Much thanks to the original poster!
1 Offbeat
2 Too Much Hamlet
3 No Exit
4 C'est Toi
5 On the Catwalk
6 Now I Know
7 Maria
8 No Shoes, No Shirt, No Service
9 Superman on Holiday
10 Verano
11 Skaramouche
12 Goodbye
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1 Skank it Up
2 The Snake
3 Tom Hark
Live album released by 2 Tonic. Lots of cover songs and a couple of 2 Tonic originals.
1 Shine a Light
2 Monkey Man
3 Gotta Get Away
4 Fatty Fat
5 Skinhead Girl
6 Replay
7 Dave and Mary
8 Feel Like Jumpin'
9 Bigshot
10 Doesn't Make it Alright
11 Welcome to My World
12 King Ska-Fa
13 Bed & Breakfast Man
14 Special Brew
15 This is Ska
16 Who's Sorry Now?
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Dynamo Ska was a German ska band with male/female vocals. They officially released two CDs but they recorded much more than that. Here is everything I have by them and the majority of these files were found on Soulseek so the tags are often incorrect but they are as I found them. I don't know who I downloaded all of these files from or even if those folks are the original uploaders but I thank them just the same as well as the original uploaders. Vielen danke!
Dynamo Ska - demo tape (1999)
1 Lebenodernicht
2 Dynamo Ska Theme
3 No Way
Dynamo Ska - demo tape (2000)
1 Baby Undress
2 The Sun is Bright
3 Modern Pirates
4 The Streets of BS!
Dynamo Ska - demo tape (2001)
1 The Streets Belong to Us
2 Baby Undress
3 If the Kids (Sham 69 cover)
1 The Streets Belong to Us
2 Baby Undress
3 If the Kids are United (Sham 69cover)
Dynamo Ska - Proberaum (2005)
1 You're Too Young
2 Sun is Bright
3 Separate Ways
4 Rude Boy
5 Perfect
6 Getaway
7 Dogs of Istanbul
Dynamo Ska - One Way (live - female lead vocals - 2006)
Dynamo Ska - Live in Knust (2007)
1 Outbreak
2 Separate Ways
3 Radderenne! (Rat Race - Specials cover)
Dynamo Ska - Live in Lehre (2007)
1 No Way
2 Perfect
3 Perfidia
4 Rudeboy
5 Together Again
6 Too Young
Dynamo Ska - Studio Recordings (2007)
1 Dogs of Istanbul
2 No Way
3 Separate Ways
4 Sun is Bright
Dynamo Ska - In the Mood for Ska (2014)
1 In the Mood for Ska
2 Rudeboy Cool
3 Get Away
4 Oh My Brothers
5 Outbreak
6 Too Young
7 Perfidia
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The reason I never posted them before is because the CD mislabels the song titles. I see on Discogs what the songs should be but that's not how they appear on the CD. At least not on the copy I had.
I ripped my CD and have since sold or traded it. I no longer have the physical CD and I regret not doing the proper scans.
The demo tape had no titles listed so the titles are assumed.
This is such a great band that, if I didn't post them before I ended the blog, I would regret forever.
Here you go. Figure it out.
Ska Gal & the Hands of Ra - 61 Stone (2004)
1 Let's Go Out Tonight
2 One Armed Man
3 Ferdy
4 Spanish
5 Egyptian
6 Hard to Get
7 Saturday Night
8 One More Time
9 Never Let You Go
10 Going Down
11Right Now
12 Love Was All I Had
13 On My Mind
(I already said the songs aren't as listed)
Ska Gal & the Hands of Ra - Demo Tape (1999)
1 On My Mind
2 Kim (I'm with You)
3 Never Stop Loving You
4 Some Higher Ground
5 untitled
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It was sent to me many years ago by Merrick who was the keyboard player for this band. He had his own blog and he posted a live recording from Bedlam Beggars. I have included the live recordings in this download
Bedlam Beggars - Rude Boy EP (1999)
1 Rude Boy
2 Who Shot Cyrus?
3 Ain't Nowhere to Go (live)
(Bedlam Beggars - live)
4 Sweet Talkin' Girl
5 Young Love
6 Boot Girl
7 Rudeboy
8 Just Can't Get It
9 Soundtrack to...
10 Under Pressure (You're No Good)
11 Ain't Nowhere to Go
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All songs on these comps are ska and all are sung in French.
2 Tongue vol. 1 (1999)
2 Tongue vol. 2 (2000)
2 Tongue vol. 3 (2001)
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2 Do Me Nation
3 747
4 Circle K Girl
5When Corporations Rule the World
6 Joe
7 Call the Goonies
( I think this one's on YouTube. Who cares? Here it is here and now. )
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These two bands are completely unrelated but I had a file called "Australian ska demos" and these are the two bands I have never posted yet.
The Beer 'N' Skatals songs were found on Soundcloud but the SKAM CD-R rips were sent to me by Tom H.
SKAM* were from Sydney and they started in 2000 and ended in 2003. This demo CD is probably the only thing they recorded. Track #2 was just a few seconds of noises - not an actual song - so it was omitted from this post.
I don't think I know Tom H but I appreciate that he took the time to share this gem with us. Thank you Tom!
Beer 'N' Skatals
1 Dr. Dekker
2 Don DeLion
3 Phoenix City
4 Police and Thieves
5 Was My Number
SKAM - CD-R (2002)
1 Hand Me a Beer
2 #
3 VD Blues
4 Rudeboy
5 Dave's Song
6 DT Patient
7 Thursday
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* S.K.A.M. was said to stand for Subversion Kaos And Mayhem.
Tom stated that he thinks "DT Patient" and "Thursday" are the standout tracks. I agree.
