Playlist for Ska’s the Limit on January 30, 2010

Here’s what happened on last night’s Ska’s The Limit…  The first hour was filled with high energy, contemporary ska and ska-punk from the likes of Common Rider, Vic Ruggiero, Big D and The Operators 780.  By contrast, hour two focused more on Rocksteady and neo-trad Ska, with a tiny tribute to Lyn Taitt followed by smooth sounds from Hepcat, Dr. Ring-Ding, Jackie Opel and many more.  I received a ton of positive phone calls, cheering me on- thanks everybody!

 

If you missed the show, you’ve got two weeks to stream the archive from KDHX.org

 

Hopeton Lewis feat Lynn Taitt – Take It Easy – 300% Dynamite – Soul Jazz – [If you're not familiar with Lyn Taitt (or even if you are) you might learn a lot about the man from his recent obit]

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Square Roots – Ground Zero – Pick It Up! – Beach Records – [Square Roots' MySpace page has a comprehensive history of the band with lots of old videos]

Common Rider – Classics of Love – Last Wave Rockers – Panic Button – [Ink 19 has a great interview with Jesse Michaels of Common Rider and Operation Ivy]

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Big D & The Kids Table – Wailing Pool – The Gypsy Hill LP – Fork In Hand – [Here's a vid of someone playing a video game to this very tune- weird]

Skandalous All-Stars – American Psychopath – Age Of Insects – Shanachie

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Skankin’ Pickle – My Hair – Green Album – Dill Records/Asian Man

The Clash – Long Time Jerk – Super Black Market Clash – Epic – [Here go one of dem dere ho'made youtubes of Long Time Jerk]

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Bedouin Soundclash – Immigrant Workforce – Sounding a Mosaic – Side One Dummy

Kid British – Part Time Job Shirt & Tie – It Was This Or Football – Mercury Records

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Vampire Weekend – M79 – Vampire Weekend – XL – [Here's the Vampire kids doing M79 inna live fashion]

The Valkyrians – Reggae Allnighter – The Beat of Our Street – Stupido*

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Secret Cajun Band – Big House – Big House – Razor Boy Records+ – [SCB is still kickin' at least on MySpace, that is]

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The Pinstripes – Come On In – Midwest Soundclash – Dashiki Clout Records – [You can hear a lot of great GRR and Pinstripes songs at this dumb ska site]

The Operators 780 – Indecision – The Operators – Longshot Music – [PunkNews has got the 411 on the 780]

The Expos – Blackwater – Blackwater – Stomp

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Johnny Nash – Hold Me Tight – Greatest Hits – Black Tiger

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Baba Brooks Band – Twilight Zone – Knockout Ska – Heartbeat

Desmond Dekker and The Aces – Intensified ’68 – Best Of – Trojan

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Hepcat – Rudies All Around – Right On Time – Hellcat

Jimmy Cliff – Harder They Come – Harder They Come OST – Island

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Toots and The Maytals – John James – Intensified! Original Ska 1962-66 – Mango

Dr. Ring-Ding and The Senior All-Stars – Save a Bread/Save a Toast – Dandymite – Moon Ska

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Jackie Opel – You’re Too Bad – Single – White

The Upsessions – Cool Ska Time – The New Heavyweight Champion – Moon Ska UK

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The Debonaires – Interrupted – Longshout! – Jump Up!

No 1 Station – You Wanna Get Busy With Me – Boss Beat – Rockers Revolt

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Ska Cubano – Big Bamboo – Ay Caramba! – Cumbancha

Desorden Publico – Monkey Ska – Estrellas De Caos – RADIO PIRATA

The Ratazanas – King Kong – Ouh La La – Grover

Kinky Coo Coo’s – Hooligans – Co Tonga Tonga – Liquidator

 

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Playlist for Ska’s the Limit on September 06, 2009

Last night’s show kicked off with some brand new Vic Ruggiero, as well as brand new Big D and The Kids Table.  Big D got a special apology from this host, right off the bat- I was under the mistaken impression that they were simply a cover band.  It turns out they’re much better than that.   Hepcat’s Earthquake and Fire went out to the people of LA.  I gave you a taste of some spaghetti western-style ska before dropping some seriously skankable Brenda Lee and other country flavored tunes.  Shortly before I fell asleep on the sound board, I put a long set of deep ska-jazz into motion, featuring Royal Roost, Da Whole Thing and The Drastics.  I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

If you missed it, you can stream this episode from KDHX.org for the next two weeks.

Vic Ruggiero – Yes It’s True – On The Ragtime – Thought Squad* – [Learn everything you need to know about the mysterious Victor Ruggiero]

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Big D and The Kids Table – Doped Up Dollies On A One Way Ticket To Blood – Fluent In Stroll – SideOneDummy Records* – [Lot's of great content at their official site]

The Robustos – Lloyd’s Choice – The New Authentic – Beatville

The Specials – Farmyard Connection – Best of the Ska Parade vol 2 – A to Y

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The Scofflaws feat. King Django – Grazzin in the Grass – Joint Ventures In Ska – Asian Man

Skinner Box feat. Dennis B – Why Can’t I Touch It – Mashin Up The Nation vol 3 and 4 – BIB

Ska Men – Frankie and Johnnie -  – White

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Hepcat – Earthquake and Fire – Out of Nowhere – Epitaph

The Top Cats – Caught In The Fire – Mr. Donkey Paradise – Jamdown – [The Top Cats doing Ali Babba Live]

The Aggrolites – Firecracker – The Aggrolites IV – HellCat

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The Skatalites – Ringo Rides Again – Ska-Boo-Da-Ba – West Side

Prague Ska Conspiracy – A Dream – Lies For Everyone – Grover

Let’s Quit – Sergio Ska – The Southern Belles Party Beat – Vodli 04

Ministry of Ska – Head ‘Em Up Move ‘Em Out – Rarin to Go – Future Legend Records

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Brenda Lee – Jambalaya – Jambalaya Single – White

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Chris Murray – The World’s About Me – Slackness – Unstrictly Roots – [You must get to know Chris Murray]

The Slackers – Dave’s Friend – Wasted Days – HellCat

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The Speakeasies – Top Ranking – Version City Session – Stubborn

Pressure Cooker – Bully – Future’s History – [Pressure Cooker is my new favorite band, behold]

The Skalars – Hold Me Tight – Change Up – Moon

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Big D and The Kids Table – Fluent in Stroll – Fluent in Stroll – SideOneDummy Records*

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Mr. T-Bone – E Lo Sai – Mr. T-Bone Sees America – Megalith / Jump Up

The Pilfers – Climbing – Chawalaleng – Umvd Labels

Rude Bones – Another Sun – The Downstairs Sessions – White

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Pama International – Earthquake – Pama International – Rockers Revolt – [Here's Pama Intl. feat. Lynval Golding doing Earthquake live, amazing]

Da Whole Thing – Yeah – At Version City – Stubborn – [There's only one place in the world to get anything by Da Whole Thing - this is it]

The Drastics – Septentrion – Waiting – Jump Up

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Royal Roost – Spanish Grease – Royal Family Blues – Megalith

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