Videos of Operation Ivy are hard to come by, and when you do find them, they are often muddy looking and rough sounding.  That’s the nature of the punk-rock-beast, I guess.  But I was blown away when this turned up while searching for a Common Rider video.  It’s good too- you can hear the music and see the band.

Five videos- the entire OPIV set from St. Louis in 1988.  Here’s just one part:

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Doing a ska show at 2AM makes me sleepy, but you know, I’m always wide awake by the time 4 o’clock rolls around.  What can I say?  I’m not just the DJ, I’m also a pretty big fan of the show.  Last night, I played some new stuff for Resolution 242 and Rebelation from Do The Dog Records.  We heard the birth of King Django’s chatter on the 80′s ska tune, Free South Africa from the very first US Ska Compilation, NY Beat Hit & Run.  I slipped a decidedly non-ska tune from the Void Union side project, The New Collisions, Parchutes on the Dance Floor.  Otherwise, pretty standard fare…  Check out the playlist below for some cool links, videos and downloads.  If you’d like to listen to this episode, click over to KDHX.org where Ska’s The Limit is archived.

Resolution 242 – Britain’s Nasty Politics – Resolution 242 – Do The Dog* – [Band Page]

Streetlight Manifesto – Would You Be Impressed – Somewhere In Between – RISC*

Choking Victim – Crack Rock Steady – No Gods, No Managers – HellCat

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The Mighty-Mighty Bosstones – Wallet – Mashin Up The Nation Vol 1 – SQUARE – [Bosstones doing Wallet Live in '91 Video]

Common Rider – Conscious Burning – Last Wave Rockers – Panic Button – [Whatever happened to Jesse from OPIV?  Common Rider, that's what.]

The Aggrolites – Black Lung – Dirty Reggae – Axe Records

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Bedouin Soundclash – Trinco Dog – Street Gospels – Side One Dummy Records – [HQ Video of Trinco Dog]

The Slackers – The Nurse – Live – NYC Boat Cruise 2009 – Whatevski Records* – [NYC Boat Cruise 2009]

The Selecter – On My Radio – The Best of Ska Live – Mci

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The New Collisions – Parachutes On The Dancefloor – Unreleased – NA* – [New Collisions MySpace]

Special AKA – What I Like Most About You Is – The 2 Tone Collection – Capitol

$400000 – Chercher Le Chameau – Let’s Skank! – Unknown

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Too True – Free South Africa – NY Beat – Hit and Run – Moon – [Listen To and Learn About the first US Ska Compilation]

Dr. Ring-Ding feat. King Django and Rocker T – Sound Unity – Diggin’ Up Dirt – Jump Up/Victory

Stubborn All-Stars – Tired Of Struggling – NYC Ska Mob and Friends – Stubborn

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The Impalers – Holding On To You – Blood, Rum & Reggae – Axe Records

Susan Cadogan w/The Slackers – Since I Found You – The Slackers and Friends Upsettin’ Ernestos – MusicMachine

Royal Roost – Matt’s Tune – Royal Family Blues – Megalith Records

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AKA Rudie – Is It Okay? – Live Inna Windows – Ready Room Records

The Slackers – Have The Time – Live – NYC Boat Cruise 2009 – Whatevski Records* – [The Slackers do Redlight, on a boat mother fucker!]

See Spot – Cancion De Amor – Who Got It? – Jump Up – [Live Video of See Spot]

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Prince Buster – Red Dress – High Blood Pressure / Red Dress – White Label

Los Hooligans – Lady In Red – Keep The Pressure On – Kingpin

The Gaylads – Lady With The Red Dress – Ska Va Voom – White Label

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The Dualers – Money – Melting Pot – Galley – [Great live performance of this very tune]

Westbound Train – Sorry Mama – Transitions – HellCat

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Rebelation – You Will Know – The Berlin Session – Do The Dog*

Samia Farah – Le Temps S’immobilise – Samia Farah – Sony

Dub Is A Weapon – Armed & Dangerous – Armed & Dangerous – Jump Up

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