Blue Riddim Band

Here are both releases from Blue Riddim Band. America's first all-white reggae band.
Some of you may be familiar with their song "Nancy Reagan" and the video of them performing at sunrise in August 1982 at Reggae Sunsplash in Jamaica.

If you don't already know about them HERE's a great article.



Restless Spirit (1981)
1 Come See About Me
2 Sho Be Do
3 Restless Spirit
4 One Love, One Heart
5 Rock It Sister
6 Cuss Cuss
7 Twistin' the Night Away
8 Oh Babe
9 Joke's On You
* Nancy Reagan (12 in. mix)

Alive in Jamaica (1982)
1 Chariots of Fire
2 Smile
3 Feeling Soul
4 Cuss Cuss
5 Tribute to Coxsone
6 Nancy Reagan
7 There's a Law

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Labi Siffre - It Must be Love

Get the song HERE.

Labi is in the video that Madness made for their cover of this song:



Labi Siffre also did the song "I got the (Blues)" that was sampled by Eminem in his song "My Name is" or whatever the hell it was called.

Bette Bright and the Illuminations [LINK UPDATED OCT. 21st, 2012]

Bette Bright was married to Suggs from Madness. She was formerly in a band called Deaf School before she teamed up with Glen Matlock of Sex Pistols and members of Clive Langer and the Boxes to form The Illuminations. Clive Langer produced Madness' early albums, and the Illuminations keyboardist Ben Barson is brother of Madness' keyboardist Mike Barson.

Bette was also sang for the Dutch post-punk/pop band Gruppo Sportivo and she appeared in The Great Rock and Roll Swindle as well as Madness' video for "One Better Day"



Here are all 5 of her singles:

My Boyfriend's Back (1978)
A - My Boyfriend's Back
B - Hold on, I'm Coming

The Captain of Your Ship (1979)
A - The Captain of Your Ship
B - Those Greedy Eyes

Hello, I am Your Heart (1980)
A - Hello, I am Your Heart
B - All Girls Lie

Some Girls Have All the Luck (1981)
A - Some Girls Have All the Luck
B - Tender Touch

When You Were Mine (1981)
A - When You Were Mine
B - Soulful Dress


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"Rhythm Breaks the Ice" (1981) - her only album.

1 When You Were Mine
2 On a Night Like This
3 Hello, I Am Your Heart
4 All Girls Lie
5 Take What You Find
6 Talking Whispers
7 Thunder and Lightning
8 Shoorah Shoorah
9 Some Girls Have All the Luck
10 Tender Touch
11 Hold On

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Yeah, the 2 singles "Hello, I am Your Heart" and "Some Girls Have All the Luck"
are on the full-length - both A and B sides...same versions, but damnit, I'm a collector so I have the singles and therefore I feel more 'complete'. I trust you understand.
There is a bit of a ska influence in the later recordings, but she was not exactly a ska artist. Even still, her version of "Hold on, I'm Coming" is sexy and worth the listen.

The Same - Movements 7"

The Same was a mod/ska band in Brighton. They recorded this single in 1980.
Side A is a good slow punk-reggae song. Side B is a mod song.

A - Movements

B - Wild About You

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(Yes, I uploaded it to zShare, but they finally got their shit together and it is working.)

live shows by The Toasters, The Slackers, The Pietasters, and more

For those of you who aren't aware there is a site called INTERNET ARCHIVE that is hosting live shows by some ska bands: The Toasters, The Slackers, The Pietasters, Fishbone, The Allstonians, Ruder Than You, Conehead Buddha, Fighting Gravity, Slightly Stoopid, and a band called Moniska Lewinsky and the Clintones.

The site is full of hippie type jam bands so it takes a while to browse everything but there are lots of treasures to be found for those with varied interests. 29 Shows by Southern Culture on the Skids, 50 by The Decemberists as well as the Mekons, The Minutemen, The Supersuckers, Gin Blossoms, Camper Van Beethoven, and all kinds of others.
Everything is free and posted with the bands' permission and you don't need to sign up to anything.

HERE'S the complete archive

The Allsorts

Here's some random Allsorts stuff. Loose songs, articles, etc...

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Stretsch Armstrong - Lollygag

1 Gladly Pay You Tuesday
2 Drool
3 Cinderblock Shack
4 Dirty Slag
5 Home
6 Sue Happy
7 Scratch the Ear
8 Classic Hoagie
9 Downfall
10 Jailbreak
11 Cruising for a Bruising
12 Crackhouse


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Rettore - Donatella

I'm only doing this post for three really good reasons:

#1 I'm a little bit drunk.

#2 ZShare seems to be working again and I need some way of testing it.

#3 Reason #1 is a lie and I am in fact REALLY drunk right now.

Donatella Rettore was a slightly interesting pop performer in Italy in the early 80s, and, just like everybody else in those days, she did a 'ska' song.

Here's the video for it, but the actual recording is a slight bit better.


DOWNLOAD THIS ONE SONG

This song was released as a single in 1980 with the b-side "Clamoroso" which I did not include because...well, - though the kazoo work is amazing - you don't actually want it.

...see:

The Boxboys

Here are both singles recorded by one of California's earliest ska bands.

"Uptown Yankee Ska"


A - American Masquerade (1979)
B - Come See About Me (1980)





"Skaletons From the Closet" (1980)


A - Seperate Rooms
B1 - Busy Boy
B2 - Go Go

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Trenchtown article

(thanks again to Rikard!)

Cryin' Out Loud - Live It Up EP

This is the only release by Cryin' Out Loud.
Don Brody later formed an acoustic folk type duo called The Marys. They made only one recording before he died in his sleep 2 days after Christmas in 1997.

You can read more about Don Brody HERE.

They had a video on MTV for "Live It Up" in 1986. Youtube won't allow it to be embedded, but it's HERE


1 The Distance
2 Live It Up
3 Fire
4 Pounding Heart

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There is word that the band has other material that they may put out on cd at some point.

The Uptones - K.U.S.A.

I've been putting this one off for a while because Tone and Wave is supposed to stick to an all-ska format. After time The Uptones became a great ska band, but they weren't always. This is their first release from '85 that shows them as trying to be more of a 'soul' band. There are a couple of songs that show their 2Tone leanings, but, for the most part, they focused on other avenues. This isn't to say this is a bad thing. I personally really like this record.
I hope you do too.
You can see how they went into a more ska mode in their later years on their official site HERE.

1 K.U.S.A.
2 Sounds from the Sidelines
3 Outside the Inn
4 The End
5 Remember
6 Out to Sea

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(I apologize for the quality of this download. The vinyl I have seems to be in good condition but the overall recordings don't seem to be coming out very well.)

Trenchtown - A Visit to Trenchtown

"Trenchtown were a 5 piece combo of huge potential from Drogheda in Ireland. They formed in 1988 and during their time together, built up quite a big following nationwide, gaining a lot of media interest along the way. They came 2nd in a prestigious Battle of the Bands competition in 1989 but unfortunately never seemed to build on this. There was constant talk of an album release but it never materialised, many of these recordings were earmarked for the proposed LP. Their final gig was in Dublin in 1991 at the International Irish Music Seminar which showcased 8 of Ireland’s top young bands. But word had got out beforehand that this would be their last hurrah, they’d already decided that they’d be splitting up which seemed like a strange decision as they were just about to play this important showcase gig to various record labels and a wide audience. Over the years, they’ve reformed for low key one-off gigs."

According to their Myspace they have recently recorded a new demo.


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Skapa article

Here's an interesting interview with Skapa from an old magazine.

Much thanks to Rikard for this contribution.

The Burial - A Day on the Town

The Burial was formed in Yorkshire in 1981. They broke up in 1988 after recording this one and only album. They did release 4 other songs on comps which I just might have.

I can't be bothered to look for them right now but you can expect that I will post them when I can.

Read more about them HERE



1 Never Too Late
2 Gift
3 Wrong Impression
4 Sheila
5 Holding On
6 A Day on the Town
7 40 Years
8 P.S. Slightly Confused
9 Changes
10 Just Above My Head

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The Suspects - 99 Paid

This post is by request.

1 Thanks Johnny
2 Caffeine
3 Freedom
4 The Dance
5 A Minor Hell
6 Another Day Another Dollar
7 The Nod
8 Sizzle
9 Lies are Free
10 Right on Time
11 The Dub
12 The Bad One
13 Charlie's Creepy Song
14 Big Truth

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Off the Shelf - Made in Australia

This is Off the Shelf's only full-length. It was released on the UK label Skank Records in 1989. Prior to this they had one other release, an EP from 1985 called the Thief 7" with 3 tracks: Thief / Dr. Raju / Off the Shelf.

Some members later went on to form the band Dr. Raju

Here's their video for the instrumental "Buscrash"


1 Off the Shelf Tonite
2 Thief
3 Dr. Raju
4 Ms. Jamaica
5 Rough and Tough
6 Jimmy Jazz
7 Buscrash
8 Johnny Too Bad
9 Never Again
10 Rough and Tough (dance Mix)

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rare 80s ska mix tape

There are lots of good things that I have on tapes and whatnot that I don't have cover art for (or even pictures of the band or anything else in some cases) so I wanted to come up with something for these posts. I drew this guy a while back. He was based on a photo in an old magazine of one of the members of Madness. Which magazine and which member I don't remember. You'll be seeing more of this guy in the future. Whenever you see him you'll know you're in for a special treat of something quite rare.

That being said I have for you a great selection of rarities that was contributed by a regular anonymous Tone and Wave contributor just yesterday. With just a couple of exceptions I myself have never heard of any of these songs until now.



The track titles are not listed in this download so you'll have to copy and save this tracklist here.
DIY ideals in the internet age.


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Baby Snakes - Broken Toy 7"

This was sent to us by our new friend Rikard. I know quite a few of you have been after this for a while - as I have. We are in debt to him for this great contribution. When I asked him if their was anything he was looking for he asked about "Potato 5 - Live at Gaz's". I have personally never known about this cassette until now, but if any of you have it could you please spread the wealth...

A - Broken Toy
B - Two of a Kind

...also included in this download is the song "Ormen" which was on their original 4-song demo. The other 3 songs were sung in English but this is the only one sung in Swedish ('Ormen' is Swedish for 'snakes'...the Baby Snakes were a Swedish band you know). It was considered by many to be the best song off of that demo as evident in this article:


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...again, much thanks to Rikard!!

Marco On The Bass - Tone and Wave podcast

I've been considering doing a podcast for a while now but never got around to it. Marco On The Bass has been presenting some great rarities in podcast form for a few sessions now. His next one was going to be on American ska bands from 1979 to 1989. He invited me to select some bands to add to his already perfect list. Here's what I came up with, or, rather, what we came up with:

MARCO'S SELECTIONS
1 Heavy Manners - Taking the Queen to Tea (Chicago, 1982)
2 The X-Streams - Rhythm of Life (Arizona, 1980)
3 The Boilers - Coeur A Voil (New York,1988)
4 Bim Skala Bim - Jah Laundromat (Boston,1985)
5 The Nails - Transcontinental Ska (New York/1980)
6 The Terrorists - Love Is Better Now 12" (New York,1981)
7 The Untouchables - Tropical Bird (Los Angeles,1983)
8 The Hoovers - I Got You Babe (San Francisco,1980)
9 The Uptones - Outback Master (San Francisco,1983)
10 Blue Riddim Band - Nancy Reagan (Kansas City,1982)

TONE AND WAVE'S SELECTIONS
11 The Plugz - Touch for Cash (Los Angeles, 1981)
12 The Donkey Show - Insomnia (San Diego, 1989)
13 Camper Van Beethoven - Skinhead Stomp (Redlands, California, 1985)
14 Talk Back - Rudy (Southern California, 1984)
15 Kill Me - Mr. Potato Head (New York 1985)
16 The Young Executives - Original Sin (Washington, 1982)
17 Cryin' Out Loud - Live It Up (Hoboken, NJ, 1985)
18 Crazy 8s - Find Myself a Sunny Spot (live) (Oregon, 1988)
19 Eddie Vedder - Reggae Woman (California, 1988)

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Check out Marco On The Bass for more information on his selections.

* 11 originally from the album "Better Luck", but this is a remastered version that has never been released (a Tone and Wave exclusive)
*12 from the Unicorn Records release "Bali Island" 6-song EP
*13 from the album "Telephone Free Landslide Victory"
*14 from the album "When Drums Talk" (Talk Back performed this song live in the movie 'Pretty in Pink' but were not featured on the soundtrack)
*15 Kill Me was not a ska band, but a comedic funk band made up by members of the Toasters. They released only 1 6-song EP which I do have but I cannot post because it was released on Moon and Megalith will raise a stink if I do (even though they're probably never going to sell it).
*16 as far as I know the Young Executives only released one 12" EP. This was the only ska song on that recording, but they included more of a ska influence in their live set. The other 3 songs were pretty damn good though. I have the full EP and I will post it if anybody's interested. It's worth having if you are into the 80s post-punk sound.
*17 I will be posting Cryin' Out Loud's only recording in the next few weeks. It's a 4 song 12" recorded before Don Brody formed The Marys.
*18 This is a live version of a song that was originally on Crazy 8s 2nd album - 1985's "Nervous in Suburbia"
*19 Eddie Vedder recorded lots of music before he was asked to sing for Mookie Blaylock who, of course, later became a little-known band called Pearl Jam. This song isn't bad, but it's not very good either. I included it mostly for the novelty of it.

The Erector Set 7"

The Erector Set was a band from Brighton, Massachusetts who recorded this 7" in 1980/81.
The song 'Inside out' was on the 1998 Jump Up Records compilation 'Death of an American Skathic'. They also did the live song 'G.I. Jump' on the first American Skathic. Aside from that I know of nothing else they've recorded.



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The Trojans - Live Double Feature

Live at Gaz's Rockin' Blues August 31st, 1989.
1 Lava
2 Anti-Racist
3 Summertime
4 You Were Meant for Me
5 It Don't Happen no More
6 My Last Meal
7 Rude Rude Rudy
8 The Last Rhino
9 Rainbow Warrior
10 Gaelic Ska
11 Meskal
12 Zulu
13 The Train is Coming
14 Berlin Wall

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Live at The Notting Hill Carnival, London August 31st, 1987
1 Zulu
2 Bluesy Ska
3 Ringo
4 Good Friends
5 Music's Got Soul
6 Gaelic Ska
7 Jericho Battle

DOWNLOAD "LIVE AT NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL"

Here's their video for "Gaelic Ska"




If you do not have their album "Celtic Ska" you can get it here:
Idle Minds Inc. Blogspot

The Details - The London Marathon (Keep on Running)

Another rare 7" from the UK 1981.

A - Keep on Running
B - Run'ins Version

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Reluctant Stereotypes - The Label

I have been looking for this album for quite some time and it was just posted on a blog called Mel the Bells Rare Shit. New wave/ska/dub/punk-reggae from 1980.
Do yourself a favor - get it HERE and remember to leave a comment on that site.

Skapa - Ska Party

You may remember Skapa's song 'Ska Polka' from 'Skankin' Round the World vol.5'. They were a band fom New Zealand that formed in 1988. They have only one full length called Easy Street from 1992 that was only released on cassette (no I don't have it...I've been desperately looking for it for years) that features 8 studio and 7 live tracks.

This is their first recording. It's a 4 track EP from 1992 called 'Ska Party' that was only ever released on cassette.

For more info go HERE

1 Easy Street
2 It's Your Round
3 Ska Polka
4 Easy Street (extended version)

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All the thanks in the world to those who've helped me with these recent posts!

Mark Pessin - La Lecon de Ska

French ska fans of the late 70s / early 80s might remember Mark Pessin and the Skaliburs, but, unfortunately, the rest of the world may never know them due to the fact that they have nothing in recorded form to prove that they ever existed except for this one record. Luckily this day and age the 7-inch version of this single is almost constantly offered on ebay which will make Mark Pessin's name a little more familiar to ska fans - if nothing else. If you have ever searched rare ska on ebay then you have most likely seen this before, but I present this great recording to you now in it's rarer 12" extended form.

A - La Lecon de Ska
B - Pate d'Porc

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Baby Snakes - Impudent Reptiles

This mod bands Unicorn Records release recorded in 1987. This EP includes their ska song "Whiskey Bar" from "Skankin' 'Round the World vol.2"

1 Snake's Theme
2 It Wouldn't Have Lasted
3 Eight Days in Khairo
4 Whiskey Bar
5 Jazzica
6 Land of Dreams

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The Braces - Prime Cut

1 In Ska Mood
2 Julie Julie
3 The Girls of Today
4 No Reason
5 Something Special
6 Guilty
7 Her Smile Means Nothing
8 Riding West
9 The Letter
10 It's OK

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Skankin' 'Round the World vol.3

1 The Busters - Summer Time
2 Les Frelons - Les Politiciens
3 The Frits - Teardrops
4 The Deltones - Running Around
5 Mr. Review - Every Day Another Day
6 No Sports - Fukkin' Week
7 Laurel Aitken - Ska Locomotion
8 Casino Royale - Someone Says
9 M.S.Q. - Modern World
10 The Elevators - Rocksteady
11 Shot Black & White - Day In Day Out
12 Potato 5 - Never Take the Place of Your Man

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Mealticket

DOWNLOAD MISCONCEPTIONS

DOWNLOAD "13 APOLOGIES" AND "LISA MARIE"

Strange Fruit - At Last

More 2Tone sounds from this Italian band. This was a Unicorn Records release from 1990.

I intended to post this a while back but I just couldn't get a good version. Even now "Soul Shake Down Party" still skips in a couple of spots. The copy I have looks perfect so I have no idea why it keeps skipping. I apologize for the quality, but really this is the best I can do.

1 Back to Me Again
2 No Money in de Pocket
3 Soul Shake Down Party
4 The Bomb
5 Over the Border
6 In the Mood for Lovin'
7 Crazy World
8 Peer Gynt
9 Tender
10 City Raindrops

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I uploaded this to Mediafire...it seems Sharebee is kind of a pain in the ass.
The reason I went with zShare in the first place is the same reason I've been using Badongo more recently and that's because they tell me how many times the files have been downloaded. That helps me determine what direction I should be going with this blog. Mediafire is a lot easier to use and I will continue with them but I appreciate comments.
I've been getting a lot more feedback lately and it makes me feel like I'm doing this for a reason. There have been a couple of times in the last several months that I was just going to abandon Tone and Wave, but because of the emails I've been getting recently I've actually had more fun with this blog than I have had in a long time - that's why I've been doing more frequent posts.
Thank you to everybody who gave even a little feedback, you guys make it all worth it.

(I'm sure this applies not only to Tone and Wave, but to all blogs)

Heavy Manners - Politics and Pleasure

Great 2 Tone sounds from this female fronted Chicago band. Only 2 of the tracks on this record were included in their 1996 'best of' compilation "Heavier Than Now" which did feature them performing with Peter Tosh.
(...and, incidentaly, included songs from their 12" single "Say It" which is available for sale - original pressings still factory sealed - from Jump Up Records for $10)

Check out their Myspace.

Here's their video for "Flamin' First" from 1983


1 You Got It
2 Time Bomb
3 Blue Beat
4 Flamin' First
5 On the Way Down
6 Down Dub

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Delocated

From the new Adult Swim show "Delocated"

Expired Links and the new Cbox

I just went through some old posts tonight - which I don't do very often - and I see that there have been numerous requests for re-uploading things.
I don't know what the problem with zShare is but it works for some people and for others it keeps re-looping.
At some point I intend to re-post everything that is currently posted to a host other than zShare. If you have likes or dislikes for any file sharing host let me know.
I apologize to those whose requests have gone unanswered. I really have not been ignoring you.
I have installed the Cbox for these reasons. Let your voice be heard!

The Terminals - Circuitry

Here's yet another band I know nothing about. They were from Canada and they recorded this record in 1983. Not quite ska, more punk-reggae. Keys but no horns. Should appeal to fans of The Ruts and The Clash.

1 Do It Today
2 Love or Suicide
3 Mr. Suburbanite
4 Searching
5 See You in the Papers

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Shot Black & White - Understand (UPDATED)

Great vanilla reggae and 2tone sounds from 1988.

I put off posting this one because track #9 "Man Look Around" is in terrible condition and not worth posting. -Don't get me wrong, it is a good song but the copy I have is damaged. Someday I will buy another copy of this record. I have made up for this by substituting the song "Rebuild" that was not originally on this album.
Please forgive me.

1 I Believe
2 Day In / Day Out
3 Underprivileged Race
4 Far Off
5 Put Down the Arms
6 Understand
7 End of Days
8 Freedom
9 Man Look Around (MISSING)
10 Win Instantly
* Rebuild

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Somebody was kind enough to add the song "Man Look Around" which can be downloaded HERE.
Thank you very much Stephen!

The Ska-Dows - Ska'd For Life

1 Ska'd For Life
2 Twice
3 Grooving Power
4 Mr. Walker
5 I Wish You Were Here
6 We Gotta Get Out of This Place
7 Yes Yes Yes
8 Monster Reggae
9 Bang Bang Lulu
10 Man of Mystery
11 Rhapsody in Buh
12 Apache
13 Shocking
14 The Tune That Time Forgot
15 Apache (live)
16 Telstar
17 Yes Yes Yes (single version)
18 Rhapsody in Buh (single version)
19 Yes Yes Yes (live)
20 Twice (single version)

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Grim Luck

Grim Luck is a very creative band from San Diego, California that plays 3rd wave ska mixed heavily with other influences. Reggae, 2tone, acoustic ska, vanilla reggae, Tin Pan Alley, mariachi, and what would seem like Madness and Ian Dury influences.
Amongst their guitars, drums, bass, horns, and keys you'll also hear accordian, tuba, and xylophone. They are currently looking for a violinist.

They have three recordings (and are currently working on their fourth):
Alexandra vol.1
The Histories Album
Diaries From Roscoe Street

Check out their Myspace where they post all of their music for free.

Skankin' 'Round the World vol.2

1 The Skeletones - You Make Me Wanna Laugh
2 Napoleon Solo - I Don't Believe You
3 Skaos - Straight to Your Heart
4 The Braces - Gypsy in My Soul
5 The New Breed - Wanted
6 The Deltones - Scream Jean
7 Baby Snakes - Whiskey Bar
8 Just Kidding - Watch the Fires
9 Les Frelons - Expresso
10 The Busters - They Rule the World
11 The Rude Boys - Ska Fever (A Live Injection)
12 Casino Royale - Casino Royale

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The G-Men - The G-Files

From their Myspace
" The G-men have been through many changes since their humble beginnings back in the late 1980’s. They had rose from the ashes of ska band the Restrictors who had gained mass popularity in the North East of England with their up-beat shows. The G-men played their first gig in January 1990 at the Coatham Hotel in Redcar, it was during this show that the infamous inflatable Newcastle Brown Ale Bottle was first introduced to an unsuspecting audience to coincide with their signature tune “Bottle Of Dog”. After the usual start for most bands playing gigs locally the G-Men started to look further a field gaining support slots with acts such as Bad Manners, The International Beat, The Nutty Boys and the Trojans to name but a few. It was the success of these shows that gave the band well deserved supporting slots with legends of Ska Laurel Aitken, Judge Dread and Bim Ska La Bim. This then helped them secure a place supporting The Selector on their “Out On The Streets” tour. The band went various through line up changes over the years taken them up to the year 2000 when the band finally released their long awaited debut CD album, 'The G-Files’ on Northern Sky records. Their last performance was in April 2002; although this was not meant to be the last gig, things just sort of went their own way after that gig and the band drifted apart. During summer 2007 Dins decided to put together a new band so along with Andy from Last Rough Cause, Laze from Major Accident and ex G-man Dell rehearsals began. Fate then took a slight twist, during one drunken session and at Dell’s insistence the band performed a few G – men songs and so it began. Mark was asked to join the band for the next rehearsal and the G-men were reborn. "

Here they are performing 'Freedom Train'


1 Freedom Train
2 Shout Out
3 Teenage Nightmare
4 Sunshine Boy
5 Victims
6 Valley of the Kings
7 You Go Up
8 Barton Street
9 Stop the Clock
10 The Chosen Few

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Ska Flames 7-inches

Here are 3 early 7"s from the Japanese band The Ska Flames.

"Tokyo Shot"
A - Tokyo Shot
B - Ray Hyman

"2nd 7""
A - Ghost Rider
B - Reconfirmation

"3rd 7""
A - Old Rocking Chair
B - If You Don't Know Me By Now

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You can find their other releases HERE

The Velvetones

The Velvetones (aka The Velvetones Hull) (aka Mike Montez and The Velvetones) were a swing band from Hull UK.
Members later formed The Housemartins and The Beautiful South.

You can read more about them and other Hull bands HERE.

You may have seen their video on Youtube for 'Skinhead Girl'


1 Ninja
2 How Can I Lose The Velvetones?
3 Bring Back Tweedledum
4 Human Fly
5 Ice Cold Joe
6 Red Roger
7 Skinhead Girl
8 Swing For You
9 Montez is Dying
10 Beautiful Mams and Handsome Dads

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Thanks to Mike Montez for uploading these songs to esnips and much thanks to Eddie for getting him to do it and keeping me informed!

Ocean 11

EVEN IF YOU ALREADY HAVE THIS PLEASE READ

This is a repost of "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" album PLUS all of the extras PLUS the song "Perfidia"
If you got this album and the extras from Tone and Wave you may still need "Perfidia"



1 Housewive's Choice
2 Confucius
3 Solid as a Rock
4 Freedom Sounds
5 Rules of Life
6 From Russia with Love
7 Rock Steady
8 Let's Start Again
9 Song for My Father
10 Can't Forget About You
11 Rockfort Rock
12 Ska-Go-Mambo
13 Take it Cheazy
14 Night of the Dragon
15 Be Thankful
16 Hong Kong Low Rider
17 Stone Boat
18 Cairo East Pt. II

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Non-album tracks:
*Miss Understanding
*Skagasm
*Stop That Train
*The Best of Love
*Perfidia

DOWNLOAD NON-ALBUM TRACKS


...if you only need "Perfidia" you can get that HERE

There is still one Ocean 11 song that I don't have. The title is in Spanish and it is from a comp. Does anybody know what this song is? What about the name of the comp?

Daves Big Deluxe - Johnny Too Bad and live show

Billy K from Daves Big Deluxe writes:

"This is Dave's Big Deluxe's only vinyl 45 release. The A-Side is an edited version of What I Used to Be and the B-Side is a cover of Johnny Too Bad. It's one of the best recordings we ever made, not available anywhere else.

Also included is a soundboard recording of our live set from the University of Arizona's Spring Fling c. 1994 or 95 I think. It was basically the Sounds From the Credenza album live with a couple tunes we never recorded in a studio. Good energy, but pretty rough (we were just figuring a lot of things out).

I have one more live recording from a radio program which I'll up if anyone is interested. It's from around the time of Miss Fortune/Live at University High and is actually pretty good."

DOWNLOAD LIVE AT U of A SPRING FLING

DOWNLOAD WHAT I USED TO BE / JOHNNY TOO BAD single

Piranhas LP and singles

This is a re-post of the Piranhas LP plus all of their singles.

Piranhas LP
1 Getting Beaten Up
2 Pleasure
3 Do You?
4 Saxophone
5 Love Game
6 Tom Hark
7 Tension
8 Fiddling While Babylon Burns
9 Green Don't Suit Me
10 Something
11 Coffee
12 I Don't Want My Body
13 Final Straw

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I Don't Want My Body 7"
-I Don't Want My Body
-I'm Gonna Get (Well Away)

Jilly 7"
-Jilly
-Coloured Music

Play Kwela 7"
-Tom Hark
-Getting Beaten Up
-Boyfriend

Yap Yap Yap 7"
-Yap Yap Yap
-Happy Famalies

Space Invaders 7"
-Space Invaders
-Cheap 'N' Nasty

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The Late Notes - Hallelujah Ska

The Late Note's 1990 full length from Unicorn Records.

1 Ska Hop
2 Yeah Alright
3 Suzie Sue
4 Hallelujah Ska
5 Bouncing Woman
6 Local Member
7 Confucius
8 Hard Man Fe Dead

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