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Ska'd For Life
| Ska'd For Life | |
| Created by: | johnny_luddite |
| Tracks: | 19 |
| Length: | 01:02:19 |
| Keywords |
1. rude boy 2. Ska 3. skankin' |
| Created on | 10/30/06 03:25am |
| Level | 5 |
| Points | 2491 |
| Total visitors | 61 |
| Unique visitors | 41 |
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Ska was always around when I was growing up. An underground music, played in clubs, hardly ever on the radio. I discovered a lot of it as the music being played when I went on fairground rides. Reggae slowly tookover but people always played Ska. Then in the post punk sea of everything the Ska revival was born. This mix features original and revival stuff. Enjoy.
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| 1 | Prince Buster & The All Stars : Al Capone |
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This was the second song I ever heard that could be said to be Ska, but the first i recognized as such. They u [...]
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Track 6 from Young Gifted And Black (disc 1) (Various Artists)
Length: 00:02:57 Year: 2002 |
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This was the second song I ever heard that could be said to be Ska, but the first i recognized as such. They used to play a scratched 45 of this at the youth club I went to, and amongst the kids I knew, this was considered 'the' Ska track. SHOW LESS
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| 2 | Millie Small : My Boy Lollipop |
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This has to rank as the first Ska song I ever heard, back when I was about seven years old. It was a huge hit [...]
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Track 1 from My Boy Lollipop
Length: 00:02:00 Year: 1964 |
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This has to rank as the first Ska song I ever heard, back when I was about seven years old. It was a huge hit in the UK. That was an exception rather than teh rule for Ska. Riduled over the years, this record had all the elements of Ska, and I remember it with fondness. SHOW LESS
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| 3 | The Pioneers : Let Your Yeah Be Yeah |
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The Pioneers are probably best known for 'Long Shot Kick De Bucket' but this is the one I remember on scratchy [...]
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Track 1 from Give And Take
Length: 00:03:07 Year: 0000 |
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The Pioneers are probably best known for 'Long Shot Kick De Bucket' but this is the one I remember on scratchy 45's, being played at the Essex Park youth club. SHOW LESS
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| 4 | The Wailing Wailers : Rude Boy |
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The early work of the Wailers, featuring Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh was around in England from th [...]
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Track 10 from The Wailing Wailers
Length: 00:02:06 Year: 0000 |
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The early work of the Wailers, featuring Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh was around in England from the late sixties via Trojan records, one of the main sources in the Uk for early reggae and ska. Long before the Ska revival, I recall ska fans being called 'Rude Boys' and I have a vague recollection of hearing this at dances. SHOW LESS
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| 5 | Max Romeo : Wet Dream |
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Now this single used to be passed around school primarily because of the implications of the title. I achieved [...]
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Track 1 from Wet Dream
Length: 00:02:48 Year: 0000 |
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Now this single used to be passed around school primarily because of the implications of the title. I achieved noteriety at school by asking exactly what a wet dream was! SHOW LESS
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| 6 | The Maytals : Monkey Man |
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Another one I remember from early days, along with their 'Pressure Drop'. I saw Toots and The Maytals play muc [...]
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Track 8 from Monkey Man
Length: 00:03:49 Year: 0000 |
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Another one I remember from early days, along with their 'Pressure Drop'. I saw Toots and The Maytals play much later in London. An incredible experience. SHOW LESS
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| 7 | The Upsetters : Return Of Django |
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Lee 'Scratch' Perry, the Upsetter hinself was another artist I was able to see much later. Like many geniuses, [...]
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Track 1 from Return Of Django
Length: 00:02:31 Year: 0000 |
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Lee 'Scratch' Perry, the Upsetter hinself was another artist I was able to see much later. Like many geniuses, he seemed clinically insane the night I saw him. This track was a favourite of mine. SHOW LESS
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| 8 | Desmond Dekker : The Israelites |
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Now this was a huge hit in Britain. I love the guitar lines in this. They drive the song by being that little [...]
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Track 1 from The Israelites
Length: 00:02:36 Year: 1969 |
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Now this was a huge hit in Britain. I love the guitar lines in this. They drive the song by being that little bit different. SHOW LESS
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| 9 | The Skatalites : Guns Of Navarone |
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Another place where you tended to hear the more underground Ska stuff was at fairgrounds, on the rides, for in [...]
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Track 1 from Guns Of Navarone
Length: 00:02:29 Year: 2001 |
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Another place where you tended to hear the more underground Ska stuff was at fairgrounds, on the rides, for instance. This is one of several numbers that I found out about that way. SHOW LESS
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| 10 | Judge Dread : Big Six |
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This is another of the songs we found out about at the fairground. They never played this one on the radio. (E [...]
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Track 3 from Ska Beats (Various Artists)
Length: 00:02:47 Year: 0000 |
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This is another of the songs we found out about at the fairground. They never played this one on the radio. (Except for Radio Jackie, a pirate radio station that surfaced on Sunday afternoons.) Judge Dread was a white guy I believe, a DJ, and he did several 'big' records, all featuring lewd little ditties to a ska beat. SHOW LESS
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| 11 | Dave & Ansel Collins : Monkey Spanner |
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They had a few UK hits, but this was another one I first heard at a fairground. The last time I was at a fairg [...]
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Track 2 from Double Barrel
Length: 00:02:30 Year: 0000 |
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They had a few UK hits, but this was another one I first heard at a fairground. The last time I was at a fairground in the UK, about four years ago, it was still being played! SHOW LESS
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| 12 | The Selecter : Last Train To Skaville (12" version) |
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And so we jump to the ska revival in the UK in the late 70s and early 80s. The Two-Tone label were at the fore [...]
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Track 15 from Celebrate The Bullet
Length: 00:07:50 Year: 0000 |
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And so we jump to the ska revival in the UK in the late 70s and early 80s. The Two-Tone label were at the forefront of whatever this was, and here is the first of three tracks from bands at first associated with the label, who all moved on to bigger but not neccessarily better things. SHOW LESS
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| 13 | The Specials : A Message to You Rudy |
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The magnificent Specials. Jerry Dammers was the coolest man with very few teeth that I have ever had the privi [...]
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Track 1 from Specials
Length: 00:02:53 Year: 1979 |
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The magnificent Specials. Jerry Dammers was the coolest man with very few teeth that I have ever had the privilige of seeing up on the stage. A wonderful band who took ska and added something of their own, just as The Selecter and Madness did. SHOW LESS
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| 14 | Madness : The Return Of The Las Palmas 7 |
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Madness stamped their own personalities on a music they loved right from the get go, but by the second album, [...]
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Track 14 from Absolutely
Length: 00:02:04 Year: 1980 |
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Madness stamped their own personalities on a music they loved right from the get go, but by the second album, their North London Camden Town roots flowed throughout everything they did, such as this little slab of fun. SHOW LESS
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| 15 | The Beat : Rough Rider |
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The Beat, (none of this 'English Beat' nonsense here) were a great live band. Their Sax player, 'Saxa' had pla [...]
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Track 5 from I Just Can't Stop It
Length: 00:04:52 Year: 1979 |
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The Beat, (none of this 'English Beat' nonsense here) were a great live band. Their Sax player, 'Saxa' had played on many original ska releases, and was fantastic to watch up on the stand. This was originally put out on 'Go-Feet', another crucial label of the time. SHOW LESS
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| 16 | Bad Manners : Lip Up Fatty |
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The aptly named Buster Bloodvessel led this mob. They were not the greatest band, but a lot of fun, a key elem [...]
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Track 14 from This is Ska!
Length: 00:02:59 Year: 0000 |
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The aptly named Buster Bloodvessel led this mob. They were not the greatest band, but a lot of fun, a key element in this music, and deserve to be in this mixtape. SHOW LESS
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| 17 | Laurel Aitken & The Loafers : Sally Brown |
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Laurel Aitken had been around a long time, and I recall seeing this act a few times on bills around 1980. I ha [...]
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Track 4 from Ska Beats
Length: 00:04:04 Year: 0000 |
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Laurel Aitken had been around a long time, and I recall seeing this act a few times on bills around 1980. I had astudio version of this I think, but this is a live track. SHOW LESS
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| 18 | Pauline Black : On My Radio |
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I found this solo recording of her hit with 'Selecter' on a cassette called 'The Sound Of Ska' which I bought [...]
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Track 2 from The Sound Of Ska
Length: 00:03:07 Year: 0000 |
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I found this solo recording of her hit with 'Selecter' on a cassette called 'The Sound Of Ska' which I bought for one pound in a department store. It features knock off versions of some ska revival hits, played by Black, Rankin' Roger and Bad Manners. Despite what it seems, this is really fun, and I played it to death when I got it. SHOW LESS
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| 19 | Special AKA : Girlfriend |
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Jerry Dammers followed up The Specials with studio work as Special AKA, and this single was one of the best th [...]
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Track 3 from In the Studio
Length: 00:04:50 Year: 0000 |
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Jerry Dammers followed up The Specials with studio work as Special AKA, and this single was one of the best things he did at that point. "What I like most about you is your girlfriend." I'm off down the fairground now to go on the Waltzer as Big Six playes. See ya. SHOW LESS
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Just spotted this, coincidentally I'd post a version of the theme last night. Growing up in Dublin we weren't as exposed to the roots of Ska. We were however enjoying the sounds the young lions were making...
4/01/09 06:02am
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how'd i miss this!!??? How??!!
10/02/07 08:17pm
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I have a sneaking suspicion that you own either the vinyl of these great songs or, at least, the actual albums that you've posted. Unlike me, and my sad Trojan Box Set compilation buying hiney. Full marks. I'd like to compare notes on other favorite Ska treasures.
2/16/07 09:12am
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I love ska. Great selection of tracks though I may have to do my own Ska mixtape just to put 007 on.
1/10/07 11:59pm
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ska offends every ounce of my being. +1 for effort, but thats all you are mustering out of this guy.
1/10/07 11:47pm
