Ian Mitchell Band - Goin' Crazy (1980)

1 Everybody's on the Fiddle
2 Ska Music
3 Hold on to Love
4 Get Down and Boogie
5 ABCD I Love Me
6 Goin' Crazy
7 Take Me Back
8 Hit With a Hook
9 Peekaboo Love
10 Girls
11 Midnight in Tokyo
12 Thunder and Lightning
13 Danny's on the Dance Floor

"Everybody's on the Fiddle"
 "Goin' Crazy"


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Herman Brood and the Wild Romance - The Tattoo Song 7" (1984)

A - The Tattoo Song
B - Answer as a Man



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Belly Button and the Knockwells - Look Around 7" (1988)

Belly Button and the Knockwells were a rock band from Germany that played a hard rock sound with horns. This is their first release and I'm posting it for the b-side "I Left the Army" which isn't their only ska song, they did have another one called "When She's Around" that was on their only album "Blow Baby Blow" which was released in 1991 but was comprised of mostly older material including both songs from this single. With that in mind this download is for the album - not the single.

A - Look Around
B - I Left the Army



"When She's Around"



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*(I tried to get a good rip of the song "Look Around" but the version I have skips. There's nothing I can do about it.) 

Australian Crawl - Boys Light Up 12" (1983)

A1 - Boys Light Up
B1 - Looking for Cool
B2 - The Night


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The Ska-Ville - Ska Fantastic (1980) [REPOST]

 ...submitted by Ronan (originally posted September 20, 2010)

Some of you may remember Vin Gordon as Don Drummond Jr.

...if not maybe the song The Clash and the Specials Gone to Jail might ring a bell -?

1 Last Call
2 Gun the Man Down
3 Dyema One
4 Military Ska
5 Skin Tone
6 The Clash and The Specials Gone to Jail
7 Skin Head Shuffle
8 River Bank Ska
9 Pink Stripe Shuffle
10 Tribute to the Mods, Skinheads, Punks


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Urban Blight [Repost]

 (originally posted April 20, 2010)

My Side of the Fence EP (1983)
A1 - My Side of the Fence
A2 - Shades of Blue
B1 - Bits About
B2 - A Nite Out

A Night Out 12" (1983)
A - A Night Out
B - Urban Night Dub

Peace Train 12" (1984)
A - Peace Train
B - Peace Dub

From the Westside to the Eastside EP (1987)
1 House of Gold
2 Get Closer
3 The World Keeps Spinning
4 U Must Be
5 Go Bouncin'
6 The World Keeps Spinning (instrumental)

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Much thanks to James!!

SLK (Street Light Knights) [NEW LINK December 11, 2016]

This Ann Arbor, Michigan band was one of the pioneering ska bands of the American Midwest scene.

I mentioned them before in my picks for 2013 when they released their 'greatest hits' compilation. All of the songs on the Dance Disk 12" were on that compilation with the exception of the song Television, but neither of the songs from the 7" were on it.

SLK 7" (1984)
A - Betrayed

B - Why Don't You Call

SLK - Dance Disk (1982)
1 Trigger Talk
2 Loralle
3 So Hard
4 Rudeboy Soon Come
5 Walk of the Mummy
6 Bored and Tired
7 Fight
8 Television


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Buy the 2013 compilation HERE.

Pedi & the Lions - A.E.I.O.U. 7" (1980)

A - A.E.I.O.U.

B - Let the Honesty Out


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Recorded at the legendary Gooseberry Sound Studios.

The Fools - It's a Night for Beautiful Girls 7" (1980)

This was a hit for this power-pop band from Boston. They did a lot of serious rock-n-roll music but these days they are probably best remembered for their parody of the Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer" called "Psycho Chicken".

A - It's a Night for Beautiful Girls

B - Sold Out

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Charlie da Vinci - Got to Get You Into My Life 7" (1980)

Beatles cover by this UK act (I don't know if this is a person or a band). I can't find anything else about this artist so I'm assuming this is their only release.

A - Got to Get You into My Life

B - I Want to Taste Your Oranges


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Knucklehead - Go Go Rockers 7" (1990)

A1 - Go Go Rockers
A2 - No Attitude
B1 - Sharp Shock
B2 - Ninja

"Ninja"


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Dangerous Bananas - Cloud Nine 7" (1981)

I thought this band was from Birmingham but I have heard they were from London. This could just be because this record was put out on Beggars Banquet Records. I don't know anything about them to be honest but this record could have very well been on 2 Tone Records. It had that perfect sound but, like so many other great records from that time, it went unnoticed since then.

A - Cloud Nine
B - Life at the Woodman dub

"Cloud Nine"



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Bertrude Bartok - Léger Contratemps (2006)

I have to admit that I never heard of this band until I received an email from Dylan who contributed this album. Great instrumental ska from this little known, but highly talented, band from Geneva, Switzerland.

1. St James Infirmary (Part. 1)
2. St James Infirmary (Part. 2)
3. Skamasutra
4. Grave Party
5. Kalasmirnoff
6. Pick Up
7. Ginette A La Plage
8. Le Sale Ska De Raymond
9. Voyage Avec Un Ane Dans Les Skarpathes
10. Skadadasurmonbidet
11. Trash Dans Face
12. Manon Des Ours (Part. 1)
13. Manon Des Ours (Part. 2)
14. Melodiska
15. La Tête Dans Le Frigo
16. Elle Est Trop Bonne Ta Trompette

"Melodiska"



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Thank again Dylan!!!

I Shadow - An I for an I (1986)

No ska on this one. This is a new wave album that features members of The Zero Heroes who continued on as I Shadow after Zero Heroes broke up. If you like Zero Heroes' non-ska stuff you'll like this.

1 Riders of the Setting Sun
2 Ghost of a Chance
3 Snake Charmer
4 Blue Men
5 Making Love in Overdrive
6 Stranger in the Night
7 To be or Not to be
8 Night of the Long Knives
9 La Dolce Vita

"Snake Charmer"

"La Dulce Vita"



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Quank - Panzerknacker 7" (1983)

A - Panzerknacker
B - Tee Oder Kaffee



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Norman Nardini and the Tigers - Burnin' Up 7" (1980)

...submitted by Bruce!

Mellow punk-reggae from Pennsylvania.

A - Burnin' Up
B1 - Stay Away From Him
B2 - Ready Freddie

"Burnin' Up"



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Jadanstik - Doe Maar...Zolang Het Nog Kan! 7" (1983)

I'm not very fluent in Dutch but I'm guessing the title here translates to "Go Ahead...Make My Day". Both songs are ska. The A-side is in Dutch, the B-side is in English. Both songs are really good.

There is a very successful Dutch ska band called Doe Maar but this has nothing to do with that band. I have all of Doe Maar's 80s discography. If anybody gives a damn, let me know and I'll post it.

A - Doe Maar...Zolang Het Nog Kan!

B - Aline



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Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra - All Good Ska is One (2015)

Watch on YouTube.

...from the album "Ska Me Forever".

The video was filmed during SkaPara's recent tour of Mexico.

Mod Philo - What Went On 7" (1981) [LINK UPDATED 09/11/2016]

There's a personal story behind this one. Many moons ago somebody sent me a sound clip of this record and I've been looking for it ever since. The thing is that their sound file was labeled as "MAd" Philo" and I have been looking for Mad Philo ever since - with no luck. I asked your friend and mine Bristolboy if he had it. I didn't really expect that he would but I was hoping that he had at least heard about it and could give me some more info, and could you believe it, he sent me the files. All 3 tracks and the scans.    

I had no idea that these guys were from California. I am compiling a 'rare ska from California in the 80s' set and I'm up to about 60 songs so far and I will definitely be including this band in that post.

 Now that I know how to spell their name correctly I should have an easier time getting a copy of my own. As a record collector you have to love that packaging.

A1 - What Went On?
B1 - Working Man
B2 - Could've Been

"What Went On?"


"Working Man"



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Again, thanks to Bristolboy for this one!!