Thanks for looking into yet another episode of Ska’s The Limit!  Last night featured some new music debuted from Toh Kay & Dan P, Matt Wixson and brand new live tracks from The Slackers.  We also checked out some rare demos from OPIV and Mephiskapheles, and briefly yet fondly remembered the early days of Hellcat Records.

I hope you enjoyed the show, but if you missed it, you’ve got two weeks to catch the archived stream over at KDHX.org…

Matt Wixson “Ska’s The Limit Theme” from “STL Themes” on self
Toh Kay & Dan P “Downtown” from “You By Me: Vol. 1″ on Pentimento
Matt Wixson “Things Is Getting Rougher” from “Forthrights Version!” on self
Big D And The Kids Table “Little Bitch” from “How It Goes” on Springman

Operation Ivy “Unity” from “Unreleased Energy” on Bootleg
Common Rider “Conscious Burning” from “Last Wave Rockers” on Panic Button
Leftover Crack “Gay Rude Boys Unite” from “Mediocre Generica” on Hellcat
The Supervillains “Little Girl” from “Massive” on LAW
65 Mines Street “Stuck In the Middle With You” from “65 Mines Street” on Unsigned
Mephiskapheles “Doomsday” from “The Demo” on Unreleased

Scrapy “Rudie Can’t Fail” from “Unsteady Times” on Disk Union
The Skoidats “Moonstomp ’97″ from “The Times” on Moon Ska
The Adjusters “Armstrong” from “Before the Revolution” on Adjusters
The Specials “Stupid Marriage” from “The Specials” on Two Tone
Buccaneer “Bruk Out” from “Give ‘Em the Boot, Vol. 2″ on Hellcat
The Slackers “Rider (clean)” from “San Francisco 12/31/10″ on Whatevski.org

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The Slackers “Want a Man” from “San Francisco 12/31/10″ on Whatevski.org

Rancid “Hooligans” from “Life Won’t Wait” on Epitaph
Dropkick Murphys “Barroom Heroes” from “Give ‘Em the Boot, Vol. 1″ on Hellcat
Sonic Boom Six “Rum Little Skallywag” from “City of Thieves” on Rebel Alliance
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones “Don’t Worry Desmond Dekker” from “Medium Rare” on Big Rig

Lord Kaya and the Kinky Coo Coo’s “Swing A Ling (Aka Do The Beng Beng)” from “Boss Sound Boosters” on Rudeness Records
ASPO “Nut House Shuffle” from “Romance Without Finance” on Patate
DJ Bliss “Part 1″ from “International Rude Boy Ska Mix” on self

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Merry Merry Christmas, from Ska’s The Limit to you!

Gregory Kraj “Let It Snow” from “Frostbite” on A1 Records
Unleaded Plus “Frosty The Snowman” from “A Punk & Ska Christmas Gone Wrong” on Drive-Thru
MU330 “Angels We Have Heard on High” from “Winter Wonderland” on Asian Man
Augie Rios “Donde Esta Santa Claus? (Where Is Santa Claus?)” from “Mambo Santa Mambo” on Rhino
Strange Manor “Run Rude Rudolph” from “The Christmas Album Vol. 2″ on self
National Lampoon “The Littlest Christmas Tree” from “Best of the National Lampoon Radio Hour – Vol. 3″ on Rhino
Gangsters “Rudi The Red Nosed Reindeer” from “Rudi The Red Nosed Reindeer” on white
Go Jimmy Go “Mele Kalikimaka” from “Holiday Hell Yeah!” on Moon Room
Los Granadians del Espacio Exterior “Adeste Fideles” from “Feliz Navidad con Los Granadians” on Liquidator
Matt Wixson and the Upsetters “The Other Nine Months” from “Christmas Party” on self New
Toots and the Maytals “Christmas Feeling Ska” from “Christmas Greetings” on Heartbeat
Buford O’Sullivan Experience “Did you Buy What I Bought” from “Christma-Ska” on Moon Ska
Sonics “Don’t Believe In Christmas” from “Here Are The Sonics” on Norton
Villains, The “7 In My Merry Batmobile” from “Do the Batman” on white
Toasters “Rudy Christmas A Jail” from “Christma-Ska” on Moon Ska
King Stitt “Christmas Tree” from “Trojan Christmas Box Set” on Trojan
Ramones “Merry Christmas (I don’t wanna fight)” from “Anthology” on Rhino
Mighty Mighty Bosstones “This Time Of Year” from “A Santa Cause (Its A Punk Rock Christmas)” on Immortal
Bob Marley “White Christmas” from “Destiny: Rare Ska Sides from Studio One” on Heartbeat
Frank Cosmo “Merry Christmas” from “Trojan Christmas Box Set” on Trojan
Rude Bones “Tonight It’s Christmas” from “Rude Bones & The Down Stairs Sessions” on Cutting Edge
The Chinkees “Christmas” from “Peace Through Music” on Asian Man
Alton Ellis and the Lipsticks “Merry Merry Christmas” from “Trojan Christmas Box Set” on Trojan
Long Beach Dub Allstars “Jockin Santa.mp3″ from “Kevin & Bean’s Last Christmas: 1999″ on KROQ
Mustard Plug “Real True Santa” from “Real True Santa Single” on self New
MU330 “Three Days Til Christmas” from “Winter Wonderland” on Asian Man
The Pepper Pots “Christmas Time Is Here Again” from “Waiting for the Christmas Light EP” on Jump Up New
North Pole United “Christmas Spirit of ’69″ from “Christmas Spirit of ’69 – Single” on Side One Dummy New
National Lampoon “The Evil Santa” from “Best of the National Lampoon Radio Hour – Vol. 3″ on Rhino
Millie Small “I’ve Fallen In Love With A Snowman” from “My Boy Lollipop” on Fontana
Skinnerbox “Happy New Year” from “Demonstration” on Tripple Crown
The Slackers “The Dreidel Song” from “Holiday Show 2009 Day 1″ on Whatevski
The Slackers “Winter Wonderland” from “Holiday Show 2009 Day 1″ on Whatevski
The Slackers “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” from “Holiday Show 2009 Day 1″ on Whatevski

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Thanks for checking out another episode of Ska’s The Limit.  If you’re here to find out who and what you heard last night, then you’ve come to the right place;  see the enhanced playlist below.

If you missed the live show, you can catch the archived stream at KDHX.org for the next two weeks.

Bobby Pins and The Saloon Soldiers – Duel By Dawn – Dancing On The Moon – Redstar 73 – [Bobby Pins is more than a pretty face, it's three pretty faces!]

The Cabrians – Aerostatic Suit – For A Few Pussies More – Redstar 73

Bim Skala Bim – Pete Needs A Friend – Universal – BIB

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The Slackers feat Cornell Campbell – Come Come – The Slackers and Friends – Special Potato – [Give Come Come one more listen]

The Slackers – No Love – Live on KUT Austin ’06 – KUT – [Click here to listen to the entire Slackers set on KUT in 2006]

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King Django – I Gotta Ride – Reason – Hellcat

Jump With Joey – Green Acres – Ska-Ba – Rykodisc

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Fishbone – Party At Ground Zero – Live In Bordeaux – Ter A Terre – [Get you a copy of this fantastic Fishbone Live Album/DVD]

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Johnny Moore – Reflections of Don D – Joe Gibbs: Scorchers From The Early Years (1967-73) – VP Records

Mento Buru – Swank – Club Ska ’99 – BIB

Skankin Pickle – As Close As You Think – Sing Along With… – Dill/Asian Man

The Scofflaws – Pee Wee’s Big Adventure – The Scofflaws – Moon Ska – [Here's a sampler platter of Live Scofflaws material from 1997, including The Pee Wee Herman Song]

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The Beatdown – Justice – Promo – Unreleased

The Equators – Police On My Back – Hot – A to Y Productions / Ace Boon Tune

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The Pioneers – Long Shot/Jackpot – Joe Gibbs: Scorchers From The Early Years (1967-73) – VP Records

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Jim Murple Memorial – Love Song – Let’s Skank 2 – White

Barrington Sadler and Clancy Eccles – Rub It Down – Fatty Fatty 67-70 – Trojan

The Dynamos feat Vic Ruggiero – Artibella – White – White

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Rude Pressures – How Can I Love You – Always – DIW

The Allstonians – Hangin’ ‘Round – Bottoms Up – Fork in Hand

Eli “Paperboy” Reed and The True Lovers – The Satisfier – Roll With You – Q-Division

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The Pietasters – Chain Reaction – Awesome Mixtape #6 – Hellcat

The Pepper Pots – Young Girl – Now! – Black Pepper

The Drastics – Queen Majesty Riddim – Live in STL 2008 – Live Recording

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Hepcat – Beautiful – Push and Shove – Hellcat

Mephiskapheles – Snack Pack – Maximum Perversion – Moon Ska

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