Last night was one of those mix-bag episodes of Ska’s The Limit.  A long-standing list of requests were finally dealt with, as well as a ton of brand new tunes.   We had new stuff from The Slackers, The Dualers, Pama Intl, On Your Marx Colin Giles and Maddie Ruthless; as well as STL debuts from the likes of The Simmertones, The Expendables, The Dendrites and The Brothers Ignatius.

If you didn’t catch the show, last night,  you still have two weeks to stream the archive from KDHX.org

Gregory Kraj – River City Ska Step – This Is Rocksteady – A1 Records

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The Simmertones – Dr. Who – Presentng The Simmertones – Self

The Dualers – Head In The Clouds – The Cooking Pot – Galley

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Murder City Players – Turn Back – Speak No Evil – Nighthawk

Ava Leigh – Who Told You – Rollin’ – Virgin

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Bigger Thomas – Say It Again – We Wear The Mask – Megalith

The Expendables – Down, Down, Down – The Expendables – Stoopid

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Moon Hop – Mango Tree – Rockets To New Highs – Banana Juice

Vic Ruggiero – Eye Of The Beholder – Songs For Clandestine Lovers – Ska In The World

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Laurel Aitken and The Ska Flames – Lonesome Lover – Damn Good – Toshiba EMI Japan

On Your Marx – Don’t Let Me Go Solo – EP – Self

ASPO – Under The Mango Tree – In The Web Of Love – Patate

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The Starlights – Soldering – Soldering – Heartbeat

Roland Alphonso – Pheonix City – Trojan Ska Box – Trojan

Pama International – Question The Answer – Pama Outernational – Rockers Revolt

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Fatter Than Albert – Panda King – The Last Minute – Community Records

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The Slackers – Mr. Tragedy – The Great Rocksteady Swindle – Hellcat

Colin Giles – Gimme Gimme – 4 Song Demo – Self

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The Operators 780 – Indecision – The Operators 780 – Longshot

Bedouin Soundclash – Back To The Matter – Root Fire – Stomp

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Vampire Weekend – Cousins – Contra – XL Recordings

The Dendrites – Murder Mystery Weekend – Mountain Standard Time – Megalith

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Southern Culture On The Skids – House Of Bamboo – Plastic Seat Sweat – Fontana Geffen

The Strangeways – Mango Man – Moonshot! – Moon Ska

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The Brothers Ignatius – Sandal Ska – Get The Habit! – Bear Foot Records

Maddie Ruthless and The Secret Afair – Heat Fever – Promo Single – Community Records/Unreleased

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The Gramophone All Starts – In A Sentimental Mood – Simbiosi – Liquidator

Viking’s Remedy – I’m In The Moog For Love – Welcome – White

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It wasn’t until after I had already picked out the songs for this episode that I realized, just how darned odd most of them are.  I was recently allowed access to Mr. Paul Stark’s massive ska collection, and I’d guess about 80% of this episode was drawn from there.  Sure, there still a fair share of the standard fare, like brand new tunes from The Green Room Rockers, The Pinstripes, The Drastics, Madness and Courtney John- but many of the songs are coming straight from the fringe’s of the late-80′s/early-90′s ska scene.  All-in-all, a fairly mixed bag of music that you’ve not likely heard before.

I also want to give a big shout out to Miss Maddie Ruthless for providing the introduction for episode.

Be sure to click over to KDHX.org to stream the show, where it will be available for two weeks.

Matt Wixson – The Ska’s The Limit Theme – — – –

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Dr. Ring-Ding – Bombs Over Baghdad – Nice Again – Kingstone Records

The Drastics feat. MC Zulu – Love Is War – Love Is War Digital 7″ – Self*

Dub Trio – Jack Bauer – Cool Out and Coexist – ROIR

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10 ft. Ganja Plant – Soon Come – Bush Rock – ROIR* – [Get yourself a 10' Ganja tee shirt or some free downloads from ROIR]

The Siren Six – Stand Still – Keep The Pressure On – Kingpin – [Check out this old video from The Siren Six]

Victor Rice – The Whip – In America – Megalith/Jump Up – [Witness Rice dubbing- live on the mixer]

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Courtney John – Lucky Man – Made In Jamaica – Jamaica Records / FiWi Music*

Bluebeat Players – Individual – Eastern Leo – Diwphalanx

Green Room Rockers – Stay With Him – Midwest Soundclash – Dashiki Clout Records* – [Musical Occupation got a sneak peek at the new GRR/Pinstripes Split 10" and are offering up a free preview for download]

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Los Calaveras – Time To Change – Chick-a-Took – Liquidator Music

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

Jim Murple Memorial – A Little Problem – The Story of Jim Murple – Patate Records

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Floyd Lloyd – Ska Party Tonight – Tear it Up – The Ska Album – Lightyear

Metro Stylee – Destroy – Girls Go Ska – Simmer Down Productions

Maroon Town – M. T. Slogans – Don Drummond – White

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Bang Matu and Orchesta Kingston – Getting Some Fun Out Of Life – Magia Negra – Liquidator

Ministry of Ska – Norman – Rarin To Go – Future Legend Records

Bim Skala Bim – Rain – The One That Got Away – Beatville Records

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The Equators – More Than A Person – Hot – A to Y Productions / Ace Boon Tune

Madness – Dust Devil – The Liberty of Norton Folgate – 101 DISTRIBUTION*

The Pinstripes – Cool Whip/Hot Sauce – Midwest Soundclash – Dashiki Clout Records*

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Komando Moriles – Daltonicos – Alive – Tralla Records

Jump With Joey feat. Clappers Priest – Move Your Body – Generations United – Rykodisc – [See JWJ play Ska Ba with ska originator, Roland Alphonso]

The Kingpins – Dr. Halidijan Got Married – Let’s Go To Work – Stomp Records

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The Insteaps – Free Advice – Eleven Steps To Power – Another Planet/Profile Records

Bongo Herman & Eric “Big Bunny” Lamont – African Breakfast – Trojan Nyabinghi Box – Trojan

Mento Buru – Ain’t That Right – No Dancing Please – Moon Ska/Caroline

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Lionrock – Rude Boy Rock – Reggae Classics On Capitol Gold – Capitol

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