Here it is… the playlist for my first Ska’s The Limit in it’s new prime time slot!  Sorry to all the kids who called in requests which I wasn’t able to fill, I’ll be able to keep up with you in a couple of weeks.  Last night was your chance to get to know me and the kind of music I play.  Regular listeners from the old time slot will recognize a lot of this material, but I thought I’d give the early evening kids their first listen.

As always, KDHX.org will host streaming archives of this episode for the next two weeks.

The Slackers – Minah Mininah – Boss Harmony Sessions – Rockers Revolt – [Here's The Slacks doing this Os Mutantes classic in the city of it's origins, Sao Paulo]

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The Caroloregians – Another Saturday Night – Pum Pum Hotel – Grover – [You may never get to see this band live, but this link will show you what you're missing]

The Skalars – Hold Me Tight – Change Up – Moon Ska

Dirty Revolution – I Love Reggae – It’s Gonna Get Dirty – Do The Dog

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The Specials – Poor Little Rich Girl – Glastonbury 2009 – Live Recording – [Here's a very shaky video, recorded at the same time as this very track]

Operation Ivy – Healthy Body – Operation Ivy – Lookout!

Louisville Sluggers – Gangsters – Spare Shells – Modern Interpretations of Songs Performed by The Specials – Pork Pie

Kid British – Our House Is Dadless – It Was This Or Football – Mercury UK*

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Da Whole Thing – Intello Punk – Tooth – Self

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World/Inferno Friendship Society – All The World Is A Stage (Dive) – Just The Best Party – Gern Blandsten / Redeye

Ska Cubano – Istanbul (Not Constantinople) – Ay Caramba! – Cumbancha

The Dualers – Money – Melting Pot – Galley Music- [Another lo-fi vid, this time it's The Dualers!]

Hepcat – Goodbye Street – Right On Time – Hellcat

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The Bodysnatchers – Let’s Do Rock Steady – The 2 Tone Collection – Chrysalis

Dave Hillyard and The Rocksteady Seven – Angry Lady – Playtime – Hellcat

Toots & The Maytals – Pressure Drop – Time Tough (The Anthology) – Island

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The Expos – Dying Too Long – Blackwater – Stomp*

The Dead 60′s – A Different Age – The Dead 60′s – Sony

Streetlight Manifesto – Here’s To Life – Everything Goes Numb – RISC

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The Forthrights – Other People – Other People 7″ – Stubborn*

King Django and The Forthrights – Anywhere I Roam – Other People 7″ – Stubborn* – [Get you a copy of this hot wax!]

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Dr. Ring-Ding feat. Vic Ruggiero – What It Takes – Back and Forth – Jump Up!

Deal’s Gone Bad – Messin’ Around – The Ramblers – Jump Up!

Ed Rome – Mind – A Life In Minutes – Rockers Revolt

Green Room Rockers – Stay With Him – Midwest Soundclash – Dashiki Clout*

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Lord Kaya & The Kinky Coo Coos – Housewife’s Choice – Co Tonga Tonga – Liquidator-Redstar73

The Pietasters – Keep On Lyin’ – All Day – Indication Records

Westbound Train – Check Your Time – Come And Get It – Hellcat* – [Missed Westbound on Ska's The Limit?  You can still take a listen]

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The Debonaires – Out Of My Life – Longshout – Jump Up!

The Drastics feat. John The Baptist – Nice – Chicago Massive – Jump Up!

Sideburns – Telstar – Pusher Man – unknown

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Ska is back in Prime Time!  No longer in the middle of the night, St. Louis’ only ska radio show is moving to Saturday nights from 7-9PM.

I’m grateful to everyone who’s believed in me as the new host, and to all those that believe that ska music deserves to be heard in the waking hours.  I’m going to miss seeing my friends, Ital K and Empress Erica from Midnight Rockers and Mike from The Old Soul Harmony Show, but I’m also excited about my new neighbors.

On each side of the show, we got the best in Brazilian musica with Radio Rio and crucial roots reggae from Positive Vibrations.  I hope you can tune in.

As for last night’s episode, I used my final late night to play some of my least radio-friendly tunes- lots of instrumentals of the skinhead reggae and ska-jazz variety.  I’m not offering up any of my usual links, since there aren’t that many to show you, and since I’ve got to get the word out about the new time slot.  Thanks everybody!

If you missed the show, last night, you can still catch the archive at KDHX.org

Matt Wixson – Ska’s The Limit Theme

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Lord Creator – Don’t Stay Out Late – The Real Jamaican Ska – Sony

No. 1 Station – Air Strip One – Boss Beat – DLP Digital

New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble – Makin’ Love – Skaleidascope – Megalith / Jump Up

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The Slackers w/Doreen Schaffer – The Party – The Slackers and Friends – Jdc Records

86 Crew – You Come – Bad Bad Reggae – Mad Butcher’s

The Dualers – Last Call Freetown – Melting Pot – Galley

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Monkey Shop – John Major – Monkey Business – Grover

The Coral – Dreaming of You – Dreaming of You – Deltasonic

Tommy and Roy – Rocking Soul – Treasure Isle Showtime – Heartbeat

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Peter Tosh – The Toughest – The Toughest: The Best of Peter Tosh – Heartbeat

The Upsetters – The Good, The Bad and The Upsetters – The Good, The Bad and The Upsetters – Lagoon Reggae

Roy Richards – Death Rides A Horse – Trojan Mod Reggae Vol 2 – Trojan

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Lone Raspberry – Skins – Girls Go Ska – Simmer Down

Father Goose – Bam Bam – It’s A Bam Bam Diddly – Festival Five

Western Special – Rearing Back – Moonlightin’ – Patate Records

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Byron Lee – Rock Steady – 300% Dynamite – Soul Jazz

Lionrock – Rude Boy Rock – Reggae Classics on Capital Gold – U.M.T.V.

Barrington Levy – Under Mi Sensi – 400% Dynamite – Soul Jazz

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The Slackers – Dub #2 (Pets of The World) – Snowbound In Killington – Live Recording

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David Hillyard & The Rocksteady Seven – Come And Get Me – United Front – Do Tell

Royal Roost – Gatemouth – Royal Family Blues – Megalith

The Skatalites – Guns Of Navarone – Live In England – Live Recording

The Drastics – Septentrion – Waiting – JumpUp!

Victor Rice – Baby – In America – Megalith

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Looking back over last night’s playlist, I’m noticing that the show was surprisingly light on the Ska.   There was an extra emphasis on mento/calypso and 80′s ska, but it looks like reggae covers dominated the set.   I’ve never been silent about my love for Mento Music (Jamaica’s answer to Calypso and the forerunner to Ska and Reggae), but I was impressed by the amount of phone calls I got in support of such an old school sound.   St. Louis, I wish you would have told me about your love of Calypso sooner.

If you missed the show, you can stream the archive from KDHX.org for the next two weeks.

Willie Williams – Armageddon Time – 100% Dynamite – Soul Jazz

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The Slackers – New Years Day – Holiday Show 2009 – Whatevski – [The Slackers have now covered U2, this must be the end of days]

Hepcat – Country Time – Scientific – BYO

Small Island Pride – Federation – Calypso Awakening – Smithsonian Folkways – [Small Island Pride is probably my favorite non-Jamaican Calypsonian, here's a passage from the book, The Caribbean Integration Process, that describes the subtle meaning of this very song.]

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Alton Ellis – Can’t Get Used To Losing You – I’m Still In Love – Heartbeat – [You're probably more familiar with The Beat's version of this song]

Ngobo Ngobo – Blank Expression – Daily Talk – Grover

Dr. Ring-Ding – My Sound – Ram Di Dance – Moon Ska – [Here's one of those YouTubes that's not much to look at]

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Boothill Foot Tappers – There’s Melody To Our Madness – Love and Affection Single – White – [Oops!  I picked out the non-ska song to play - nothing wrong with a little bluegrass on the ska show, right?  Right?]

Max Headroom & The Car “Parks” – Rhythm & Blue Beat – Don’t Panic 7″ – White – [This Max Headroom predates the more popular one by at least 5 years.]

Beat Brigade – Armageddon Beat – NY Beat! Hit and Run – Moon Ska – [Not only should you click here to learn more about The First US Ska Comp, you can also get your hands on it!]

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The Selecter – Missing Words (acoustic) – Unplugged for The Rude Boy Generation – Mapps Cafe Records/Ka

David Hillyard and The Rocksteady Seven – Change of Plans – Get Back Up! – Whatevski – [Brand new DHR7 is available for digi download on Whatevski]

Prince Buster – Beggers Are No Choosers – I Feel The Spirit – Fab

Mary Wells & The Steadies – My Guy – Motown Flies Jamaica Vol 2 – Jamaican Airlines – [New Zealand's version of Ska's The Limit, Go Feet Radio did an episode dedicated to JA and Motown sounds]

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Toots and The Maytals – Louie Louie – This Is England OST – Commercial Marketing

The Meters – Mardi Gras Mambo – Fire On The Bayou – Sundazed Music Inc.

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Prince Buster – Day-O – Ska Lip Soul – Blue Beat – [Learn more about this song's long history]

Lord Lebby – Mama Don’t Want No Peas No Rice – Calypsos From Jamaica – Valmark – [My favorite source for info on Mento Music has an entire page dedicated to Lord Lebby]

Val Bennet – Cut Munno – Ska Lip Soul – Blue Beat – [MentoMusic.com also has a little info on this Prince Buster LP that collected Calypso and Ska on one album]

The Wigglers – Linsted Market/Day-O – Calypsos From Jamaica – Valmark

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Mealticket – Super Positive – 13 Apologies – In the Mix

The Skatalites – Ball Of Fire – Ska Authentic – Musicrama/Koch

Fun Boy Three – Our Lips Are Sealed – 3 Mixes Us 12″ – Chrysalis – [Terry Hall got silly looking in the 80's]

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Desmond Dekker – Music Like Dirt – Best Of Desmond Dekker – Trojan

The Clash – Hateful – London Calling – Sony

Da Whole Thing – Banker – Tooth – Internet Release

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One Groovy Coconut – New Wave Crashing – More Like This Than That – Ska Satellite

Pressure Cooker – Originators – Commited – Pressure Cooker

New York Citizens – Rude Girls – The Truth About The NY Citizens – Moon Ska

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Smiley Culture – Cockney Translation – The Fashion Records Story – Ras

Twizzle  and The Hot Rod All-Stars – The Graduate – 7″ Single – Torpedo Records

Vic Ruggiero – Takin Care Of Business – Something In My Blindspot – Moanin’

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