My recent one-off podcast for Music Is Our Occupation just dropped days ago, and it’s got me in a live ska kind of mood.  So here’s the playlist from last night, chock fulla ska and reggae, and every track recorded live.  If you missed it, you can still listen online for the next two weeks.

 

The idea was to recreate the tracklist of The Slackers seminal record, Redlight, using only tracks from my extensive live bootleg collection.  The result is called, Redlight Redid.  Please enjoy it.

 

Below, I’ve included links where you can get your hands on many of the live sets that these tracks were selected from- be it from live albums, or fan-recorded tapes.

 

Matt Wixson – Ska’sThe Lmit Theme -  -

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The Slackers – You Must Be Good – Live in Toledo 2001 – Live Recording
[ From my new podcast for MusicalOccupation.com: JJ Loy presents Redlight Redid ]

The Slackers – Married Girl – Live in Montreuil 2004 – Live Recording

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The King Django Quartet – Does He Love You – From an as of yet untitled, unreleased live album – which is sure to be on Stubborn Records

Deal’s Gone Bad – Movin On – Live at the Bottom Lounge 2008 – Live Recording

AKA Rudie – Oliver’s Army – Live Inna Windows – Ready Room MultiMedia – [Get to know AKA Rudie inna live fashion via Stubborn Record Shop]

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Tim Armstron w/The Aggrolites feat. Lars Frederiksen – Time Bomb (Rancid) – Live at KROQ Weenie Roast 2007 – Live Recording – [This is one of the roughest sounding tracks of the episode, but if you love Rancid and/or The Aggrolites, this free download is a must]

Royal Roost – Unlabled – Live – Live Recording

The Void Union – Fatty Fatty Boom Boom (Westbound Train) – Live at KDHX – KDHX – [Remember?  eh?]

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Dance Hall Crashers – Dance Hall Crashers – The Live Record – Fat Wreck Chords – [DHC at the top of their game, worth every penny]

Arthur Kay & The Originals – George Marshall – Live In Berlin – Step-1

The Drastics – Profit Song (Queen Majesty Riddim) – Live in STL 2008 – Live Recording

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Bim Skala Bim – Wise Up – Live At The Paradise – BIB

Madness – Harder The Come – Madstock! – Live Recording – [Madness has the most devoted fans of any ska band I know of.  If you've never attended Madstock, here's your chance to hear what you're missing.]

Jonathan Archer and Justin Hinds – Medley – Let’s Rock Live – Trojan

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Hepcat – Nigel (live) – No Worries Single – Hellcat

The Pietasters – Night Owl – Strpped Live – Moon

Bad Manner – My Girl Lollipop – Greatest Hits Live – Dojo

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Dave Hillyard and The Rocksteady Seven – Baby – Way Out East – Brixton – [The DHR7 are one of those bands that will most likely never play a town like St. Louis, luckily they've recorded Way Out East to give us a listen]

Rude Boy System – Our Mission – Live Injection – Melodie

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MU 330 – The Punisher/Downtown – Live – Live Recording

The Selecter – On My Radio – Live Injection – Blue Moon

The Toasters – Talk Is Cheap – Live In London – Megalith – [I can't find any of the many live downloads that Megalith used to offer, but fear not The Toasters Live In London is amazing enough]

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The Dead 60′s – You’re Not The Law – The Black Sessions – France Inter – [Get yourself a copy of this entire live set by the late Dead 60's]

Westbound Train – Check Your Time – Live at KDHX – KDHX – [What?  You didn't hear Westbound Train live from KDHX?  Try harder.]

The Scofflaws – Spider On My Bed – Live – Vol 1 – Moon Ska

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Skankin Pickle – Fights – Live – Asian Man

Green Room Rockers – Broke – Live at the Bottom Lounge 2008 – Live Recording

 

Playlist for Ska’s the Limit on December 06, 2009
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Tags: aggrolites, aka rudie, dance hall crashers, dave hillyard, dead 60's, madness, redlight, slackers, the toasters, tim armstrong, void union, westbound train