Yo!  Thanks for checking out another episode of Ska’s The Limit!

You’ve got two weeks before access to this episode disappears.  Until then, you can find it over at the KDHX website.

Artist / Song / Disk
The Nods / Red Onions / Before There Were Slackers There Were The Nods
Skatalites, The / —Man in the Street / Ska Groove In Japan
Dan P. and the Bricks / Mess It Up / Watch Where You Walk
Hepcat / Keep On / Scientific
NOFX / Doin it for the Cause / Punk In Drublic
Lord Messam / Linstead Market / Mento Madness
Toots & The Maytals / War’ne More / Never Grow Old
The Snails / Alice / From Kingston To Memphis
Ernest Ranglin / Liquidation / Boss Reggae
Fishbone / Unyielding Conditioning / Give a Monkey a Brain… And He’ll Swear He’s the Center of the Universe
The VOID UNION / Aiming (feat. King Django, Obi Fernandez) / Higher Guns
The Jamaicans / Chain Gang / Ska Va Voom
The Caroloregians / Working In A Coal Mine / Hot Blood In Cold Weather
Jump With Joey / Nuevo Ritmo Ska-Chacha / Swingin’ Ska Goes South Of The’ Border
Yeska / Cantaloupe Island / Skafrocubanjazz
Ska Cubano / Hold Tight Jamaica / Mambo Ska
Katzenjammer / Demon Kitty Rag / Le Pop
Nerd Academy / Slowmotion / Promo 2010
Capital Letters / Bread and Water / Bread and Water
Operation Ivy / Bad Town / Operation Ivy
65 Mines Street / Brand New Spring / 65 Mines Street
Rude City Riot / Victoria / Nothin’ But Time
Ingrid Lucia & The Flying Neutrinos / Violent Love / Hotel Child
Da Whole Thing / Hector Texidor / Tooth
Charlie Ace And Sticky / Penny Reel / Penny Reel
Roy Richards / Port-O-Jam / Blue Beat Galore
Desmond Dekker & The Aces / This Woman / Desmond Dekker: Rudy Got Soul- The Early Beverley Sessions – 1963-1968
The Forthrights / You Can Love ME / Camp Birdman
Stubborn All-Stars / I’ll Never Go Back Home / Nex Music
The Brothers Ignatius / Sandal Ska / Get The Habit!

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Dub hit the scene only a few years after ska did, leaving very little crossover. Only a handful of original ska tunes were ever given the dub treatment. By the time of the 2nd wave, dub reggae was already well established in JA, and 2 Tone flirted with some dub techniques. It wasn’t until the late 90′s that the ska kids embraced dub whole hog. What started as just a few versions, tacked on to the end of various ska-jazz records, soon the 3rd wavers were putting out entire dub releases and adding dub fx to their live sound.

Nowadays, dub isn’t just an afterthought- adding echo, reverb and sfx to stripped down, pre-recorded tracks. Contemporary artists like The Drastics, Dub As a Weapon and Victor Rice have built dub into their approach to the music- composing songs in the dub style and performing it live on stage. Also new to the sound of dub is the genre mixing you’ve come to expect from the ska scene.

In this episode of Ska’s The Limit, you’ll hear Ska, Calypso, Latin-Jazz, Rocksteady, Punk and of course Reggae, all slathered with a thick greasy layer of Dub… Check it out for the next two weeks over at KDHX.org

Artist / Song / Disk
BAZZOOKAS / Intro / Kaboem
King Fatty / The Thief Dub / Rocksteady Dynamite
The Delirians / Overdub / Move Around 7″
King Django / Precipice / Reason
The Drastics / Fistful Of Dub / Premonition
Vic Rice / gravity / Version City
Crazy Baldhead / Don’t Turn Your Back / Crazy Baldhead Has a Posse
Selika and Django / Midnight Version / Version City
The Dendrites / MMGF dub / Mountain Standard Time
Louis Jordan and Ella Fitzgerald / Stone Cold Dead In The Market (Ticklah Remix) / Stone Cold Dead In The Market (Ticklah Remix)
Da Whole Thing / Backs to the Rooftops / At Version City
After Hours / Dubbed Over You (trim end) / The Trouble With Those Guys Is…
On Your Marx / Don’t Lemme Go Solo / Resound
The Dead 60′s / Police Radio Dub (You’re Not The Law) / Space Invader Dub
Leningrad / My Name Is Cord / For Millions
The Operators 780 / Suicidal Dub / Power Version
Lord Sluggo / Cocain / Version City
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra / Movin’ Dub (On the Whole Red Satellites) / Ska Me Crazy: The Best Of Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
Rocker-T & Version City Rockers / One More / Nicer By The Hour
Dub Pistols / Problem Is. / Six Million Ways to Live
Royal Roost / Matt’s Tune / Royal Family Blues
Victor Rice / Patience / Roots Branch and Stem volume 2 – Ska’s Not Dead
Dr. Ring-Ding & H.P. Setter / Trombone Sound / Big things
Ed Rome / Mind / A Life In Minutes
Deal’s Gone Bad / Dubbin’ On / The Mixes
The Slackers / Pets of the World / Wasted Days
Moon Hop / King Scratch Eddy’s Dub / Rockets to New Highs
Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra / Dub System (Victor Rice dub mix) / The Return of the Pannonians
Vanity Five / Flight of the Phoenicians / Give ‘Em the Boot, Vol. 2

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Thanks for checking out another episode!  This time we’ve got a ton of groovy, classic Jamaican tunes from Skatalites founders like Jackie Mittoo, Tommy McCook and Roland Alphonso and other oldies from the likes of Prince Buster and Lord Tanamo.  Also in the mix, “new classics”, a few ska-punk cuts, and even a brand new Tom Waits track.

Artist / Song / Disk
The Lyrics / Music Like Dirt / Reggae Special
The Upsttemians / Jump Up! / The Upsttemians
The Dualers / I’m In Love / Vintage Versions Vol II
Tom Waits / Chicago / Bad As Me
Vic Ruggiero / A Sunday Malady / Live At The Beat Kitchen
Carlos Dingo / Crazy Legs / Ska Is Dangerous
Dance Hall Crashers / Pictures / Lockjaw
Skankin’ Pickle / Turning Japanese / Sing Along with Skankin’ Pickle
Goldfinger / Pictures / Goldfinger
Bongo Herman and Les & Bunny / Chairman Of The Board / Trojan Suedehead Box Set
Shirley & Lee / Do You Mean to Hurt / Sound Man Shot: The Caribou & Downbeat 78′s Story
The Skalars / Black Raven / Change Up
Cecil Lloyd Roland Alphonso An / Oceans 11 / Ska Bonanza – The Studio One Ska Years
Vic Ruggiero / Henderson Swamp / On The Rag Time
Basie, Basie Band/Patsy / Pata Pata Rock Steady / Put on Your Best Dress: Sonia Pottinger’s Rock Steady 1967-1968
The Lion & Atilla / Dorothy / Calypso Ladies 1926-1941
Stranger & Patsy / Hey Hey Baby / Deep Ska
Nic & Vic / Saoul / The Soul Of Pum Pum Hotel Vol 1
Prince Buster / Girl, Answer Your Name / Talkin Bout My Girl
The Upbeat / Space Case / Backyard Knowledge
Tommy McCook / The Mighty Gates Of Goza / Trojan Dub Box Set Volume 2
Desmond Dekker / Pickney Gal / First Time For A Long Time
Roland Alphonso & Mute Beat / Freedom Sound / R. Alphonso Meets Mute Beat
Johnny Osbourne / We Need Love / 100% Dynamite
Lord Tanamo / Keep On Moving / Keep On Moving/Totally Together
Mudies All-Stars / Loran’s Dance / 500% Dynamite!
Johnny Clarke / Rebel Soldering / Rebel Soldering
David Hillyard & The Rocksteady Seven / Come and Get Me / United Front

As always, this episode will be available from KDHX.org for the next two weeks.

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