Subject: FAQ: Ska (alt.music.ska) Frequently Asked Questions (Part 2 of 3) Supersedes: Date: Fri, 12 Jan 96 02:02:10 CST Expires: Sunday, 28 Jan 96 01:01:01 CST Summary: Answers to frequently-asked questions about ska music. Archive-name: music/ska-faq/part2 Version: $Revision: 3.36 $ Part: 2 of 3 URL:ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/music/ska-faq/part2 URL:http://www.smartpages.com/faqs/music/ska-faq/part2/faq.html URL:http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/music/ska-faq/top.html FAQ for (news:alt.music.ska) Questions and answers about ska music Tomas Willis tomas@cae.wisc.edu Administrivia: Go forth and skank. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: 2.1: Introduction In response to all of those ``Isn't ska some dance form of reggae?'' questions, I present the following historical background to the music we call ska, gleaned from liner notes I have lying about the place, various postings to (news:alt.music.ska), and sundry emailings with helpful ska fans. This is part 2, $Revision: 3.36 $, posted to (news:alt.music.ska), (news:rec.music.info), (news:alt.skinheads), (news:alt.answers), (news:rec.answers), and (news:news.answers). This FAQ is posted twice a month, whether it needs to be or not. This FAQ file is also available for anonymous ftp on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu as the file `pub/usenet/news.answers/music/ska-faq/part2'. This FAQ file is on the Web as URL: http://www.smartpages.com/faqs/music/ska-faq/part2/faq.html Disclaimer: I am not a musician, nor do I play one on TV. Neither am I a musical historian. I do love ska music, so I offer this material unto the public domain. Acks: Michael Cancilla (mailto:mcancill@polyslo.calpoly.edu) posted a long list of ska bands that I have incorporated into this FAQ. That list has grown to list over 500 bands! Mike Fragassi (mailto:mfragass@ucs.indiana.edu) emailed me about 10k in response to my request for more info and is still at it. Thanks Mikes! Thanks also to everyone else in a.m.s and other reaches of netspace who sent me info. Dance harder! Tomas Willis (mailto:tomas@psycco.msae.wisc.edu) ================= now in digest format, for easier digestion ================= ================ but, maybe not for long! tell me if you care ================ Also, you can get at this document on the World Wide Web (WWW) at URL:http://www.smartpages.com/faqs/music/ska-faq/top.html -or- URL:http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/music/ska-faq/top.html ------------------------------ Subject: 2.2: Table of Contents The ska FAQ is now distributed in three sections. Part one addresses background questions, part two contains information about ska via various media, and part three contains infomation about bands. Table of Contents: Part 1 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Table of Contents 1.3 What is ska music? 1.4 Where did ska come from? 1.5 What is first-wave ska? Second-wave ska? Third-wave ska? 1.6 What is ska-core? 1.7 What is a rude boy? 1.8 What is with the narrow-brim hats, dark suits and narrow ties? How come some of these ska bands look like the Blues Brothers? 1.9 What is skanking? 1.10 What about reggae? 1.11 Oi! What about skinheads? 1.12 Recommended reading and Bibliography Part 2 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Table of Contents 2.3 Where can I hear ska on the radio? 2.4 Where can I hear ska live? 2.5 Is anyone doing ska video? 2.6 Are there any ska movies? 2.7 Are there any books about ska? 2.8 What are some ska-related 'zines (fan-created magazines)? 2.9 How do I get a ska email-based mailing list? 2.10 What are some more Internet ska resources? 2.11 Can anyone reccommend some good ska albums for someone who has absolutely no clue about ska? 2.12 What are addresses of some record labels producing ska discs? 2.13 Are there some mail order stores that carry ska? Part 3 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Table of Contents 3.3 What are the names of some ska bands? 3.4 Can I write to any of these bands? ------------------------------ Subject: 2.3: Where can I hear ska on the radio? Not enough radio shows play ska. Here are some (sorted by call letters): AUSTRALIA: Train to Skaville _/-_|\ Hosted by Prince Andrew | | 2SER-FM, 107.3 \_-__* <-- Sydney Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA 12--1am, Friday Specializes in old-style Jamaican ska, funk, reggae and rock steady CANADA: Top Rankin' Hosted by Arunima Khanna CFRC-FM, 101.9 Kingston, Ontario, CANADA 4:30--6pm, Saturday Reggae/Ska/African/Worldbeat One Step Beyond/Radio Free Ska Hosted by Blondi (Karm Parker) CHUO-FM, 89.1 University of Ottawa Ottawa, CANADA 1--2pm, Wednesday Moonstompin' CJSW-FM, 90.9 University of of Calgary Calgary, Alberta, CANADA 3--4 pm, Sunday USA: It's a Ska, Ska, Ska, Ska World Hosted by Paul Sachelari KAMP channel 57 cablevision Tuscon, AZ USA 2--3 pm, Friday Skaboom! Hosted by Michael Cancilla and ``Uncle'' Larry Rodenborn California Polytechnic KCPR-FM, 91.3 Graphic Arts, Room 201 San Luis Obispo, CA, 93407 USA (805) 756-KCPR(5277) 5--7pm, Wednesday Hosted by Nicole Lapusan KDHX St. Louis, MO 63118 USA (314) 664-3955 Ska Hour (Melrose Sucks) Host: John LaStoskie KDVS-FM, 90.3 14 Lower Freeborn Hall Davis, CA USA 95616 you can email c/o dsreichmuth@ucdavis.edu The Ska Review Hosted by Dan and The Oldest Living Ska DeJay KKUP-FM 91.5 Cupertino, CA USA 6--9 pm, every 4th Saturday of each month Hosted by Jeff P. Carroll(mailto:skacore@seanews.akita.com) KMIH-FM, 104.5 8816 SE 73rd Street Mercer Island, WA 98040 USA Ska and punk show. Bands, please send stuff c/o Jeff for airplay. p.s. --- no white power shit Jamaica Gold Paul Kaupilla Hosted by KOOP-FM, 91.7 Austin, TX USA 5--6, Sunday Rude Boy's Revenge and Coffee Hour Hosted by DJ Simmerdown KPSU-FM Portland State University P.O. Box 344 Portland, OR 97207-0344 Amber Waves of Ska Hosted by Amber O'Neill KRUA-FM, 88.1 Anchorage, AK 7:30 -- 10pm, Wednesday Skaboom! Hosted by Huy Tran (mailto:huytran@aludra.usc.edu) KSCR-FM, 104.7 3131 McClintock Avenue E542 Los Angeles, CA 90007 12 pm -- 2 am Sunday Third World Airwaves KSJS-FM, 90.7 San Jose, CA USA KSJS-FM, 90.7 4--6pm, Wednesday Reggae/Ska/World Beat Hosted by Dan Melendez (mailto:dmelende@ucsd.edu) KSDT UCSD La Jolla, California 92093 USA The Rude Review KSPC-FM, 88.7 340 N. College Ave. Claremont, CA 91711 4--7pm Saturday Ital Hours Hosted by Rishon KSPC-FM, 88.7 340 N. College Ave. Claremont, CA 91711 2--4pm, Friday Primarily roots - some ska, dancehall & hip-hop Arm the Insane Hosted by Father Tom (mailto:SOUT/HWOR@sonoma.edu) {punk, industrial and ska} KSUN Sonoma State University CA USA 12--2am Wednesday Hosted by Jeremy U (Mostly punk, but some ska.) KTSB Austin, TX USA The Attempted Ska Show KTRU-FM, 91.7 Rice University Houston, TX USA 10--1am Wednesday The Ska Show KTRU-FM, 91.7 Rice University Houston, TX USA 10--11pm Thursday The Ska Parade Radio Show Hosted by Tazy Phyllipz (mailto:SKAPARADE@aol.com) (was hosted by Bradford J. Stein (mailto:SKAPARADE@aol.com)) KUCI-FM, 88.9 Irvine, CA USA 12am--3pm, Saturday featuring live on-air shows (714) 824-KUCI for requests and ticket giveaways Check out the KUCI benefit CD ``Step On It.'' For Southern California and sometimes beyond concert listings go to THE SKA PARADE - UpCOMING CONCERTS found under the news:alt.music.ska newsgroup. Skankin' Round The World KUSF-FM, 90.3 Los Altos, CA USA 3--5pm every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month Lucky 7 Hosted by Chi-Yu (Chewy) Li (mailto:chewy@cats.ucsc.edu) KZSC-FM, 88.1 Santa Cruz, CA USA 7:30--10pm, Sundays Hosted by Jimmy KZSU-FM, 09.1 Stanford, CA USA 12am--3pm, Monday Red Stripe Countdown Hosted by Jorge Polo Auburn, AL WEGL-FM, 91.1 10pm--12am, Sunday Ska-Tastrophe Hosted by Jamie Bogner (mailto:bogjb@rhodes.edu) WEVL-FM 89.9 P.O. Box 40952 Memphis, TN 38174 USA 12am--2am, Tuesdays Train to Skaville WHAR 89.7 Cable FM PO Box 16452 Indianapolis, IN 46216 USA (317) 635-4407 Saturday mornings Also, were we play ska and chart bands as well (i.e. we don't keep them trapped in ska shows only.) --Sid (mailto:punkrock@indy.net) Shuffling on Bond Street Hosted by Salim Chicago, IL USA WHPK-FM, 88.5 4--5 pm, Tuesdays On My Radio Hosted by Lil' Davey Formerly hosted by Ben (mailto:bas0092@ritvax.isc.rit.edu) WITR-FM, 89.7 Henrietta, NY USA (716) 428-0321 10pm--12midnight, Tuesday They hope to have a newsletter out soon. Hosted by Eric Loyack WKDU-FM, 91.7 Drexel University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA 6--9:30pm, Tuesday Capital Radio Hosted by Bill Stockton (mailto:ska@wmbr.mit.edu) WMBR-FM, 88.1 Boston, MA USA 2--4 pm, Friday Hosted by Peter "Tigger" Lunney WMCN-FM, 91.7 Macalester College 1600 Grand Ave. St. Paul, MN 55105 USA Formerly, The Dougly Show Hosted by Nate March (mailto:nmarch31@maine.maine.edu) WMEB-FM, 91.9 P.O. Box 336 Orono, ME 04473 USA 9pm--12am, Wednesday, or new, Fall 1995 time slot This is Ska Hosted by Michael Toole (mailto:slade23@titan.oit.umass.edu) WMUA-FM, 91.1 102 Campus Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003 USA 11:30pm-2:00am, Fridays The Steve and Buster Ska Show WMUC-FM, 88.1 University of Maryland College Park, Maryland USA Fridaym 9am--noon Chuck Wren's ska show WNUR-FM, 89.3 Chicago, IL USA 9--10pm, Sundays (Get the WNUR ska newsletter!) Tropical Rhythms, Part 1 (Mostly reggae, some ska and rocksteady) WORT-FM, 89.9 Madison, WI USA Saturday, 1--3 pm Hosted by Matt Ferguson WOWL-AM, 1610 Boca Raton, FL USA 6-8pm, Tuesdays Hosted by Chris Terry WRST-FM, 90.0 Oshkosh, Wisconsin USA Tues. 2-5 am, Sat. 7-10 pm Hosted by Pat O'Connor (mailto:poconnor@moose.uvw.edu) and others WRUV-FM, 90.1 University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05405 USA Saturday Mornings 9:30-12, Sundays 6-8PM (Half ska/half punk) Hosted by Riot Grrg (gdl@po.CWRU.Edu (Gregory D. Lyle)) WRUW-FM, 91.1 Cleveland, OH USA 3--5 Friday Hosted by Bradley Simon (ultra-punk title to be determined) WPTS 92.1-FM University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA USA 9pm--1am, Sunday 9pm to 1am (Ska, 60's through current, with some punk mixed in) Hosted by Bob Stone WSKB Westfield, MA USA The Ska Hour Hosted by Todd Strauss and Steve Ensdorf WSPN-FM, 91.1 Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY USA 12--1 am Wednesdays Rhymes with Orange Hosted by Wendy Hamilton and Colin Hamilton WTPC-FM, 105.3 Principia College Elsah, IL 62028 USA 7--10 pm Monday (618) 374-4365. One Step Beyond Hosted by Randy Now WTSR Trenton State College Trenton, New Jersey USA Tuesday, 8pm Rock Steady Columbia Hosted by Brian Proust WUSC-FM, 90.5 PO Box 5447 Columbia, SC 29250 USA 5--6pm Sundays Rude Vibrations Hosted by Scott Beacher (mailto:issachar@music.cc.uga.edu) WUOG-FM, 90.5 University of Georgia Box 2065 Tate Student Center Athens, GA 30602-3401 USA (706) 542-7100 8pm--10pm Fridays Alas Babylon Hosted by Gravy Train WVFS-FM, 89.7 Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida (904) 644-1837 12midnight--2am Sunday/Monday Saturday Sunsplash Special Hosted by John A. Sullivan (mailto:jsullivan@eddie.yorkcol.edu) WVYC-FM, 88.1 York, PA 7--10pm, Saturday Mostly reggae, but some ska. The Haile Selassi Happy Hour Hosted by Cat (mailto:scat@panix.com) WWEB-FM, 89.9 Wallingford, CT Thursday, 9--10pm Ska on Boston College Radio 90.3-FM Boston, MA USA 5--6pm, Thursday (during the school year) Kickin' Skalistics Hosted by Jesse Miner Macalester College (?) St. Paul, MN USA Hosted by Lindsey Close Mount Holyoke College P.O. Box 1579 South Hadley, MA 01075 USA Train to Skaville Hosted by Brian Thomsic 88.3 FM University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI USA 7--8pm, Tuesday Rudy's Revenge Hosted by Padgett Arango (mailto:plarango@colby.edu) WMHB-FM, 90.5 Colby College Waterville, ME 04901 USA 4--6pm, Thursday URL:http://www.colby.edu/wmhb/revenge/index.html --------------------------- Subject: 2.4: Where can I hear ska live? Some clubs and other venues have quite a few ska shows. Some of these are (sorted by country, state and city) JAMAICA: Kingston: Constant Springs Road ``there is a new club in uptown Kingston on Consant Springs Road that features oldies acts - so far they have presented Ken Boothe, John Holt, The Heptones, and many other artists... something to check out if you are visiting Kingston.'' Allen Kaatz (highnote@eskimo.com) GERMANY: Berlin: SO 36 Club Bonn: Carpe Noctem Wesselstrasse 5 53113 Bonn (0)228-657971 Bazooka Roemerstrasse 26 53111 Bonn (0)228-631094 Bochum: Cafe Arche Noah Scharhorststrasse 6 44787 Bochum 0234-12394 live reggae, bluebeat and ska every monday 20.00 CET until... Cologne: Buergerhaus Kalk Heidelberg: Schwimmbad - Music Club Tiergartenstrasse 13 69121 Heidelberg Germany Mon and Thu 20:00 - 02:00 Fri and Sat 20:00 - 03:00 A club wich has at least one ska-concert in a month. Even Desmond Dekker played there! Wuppertal: Boerse Viehhofstrasse 125 42117 Wuppertal (0)202-243220 SPAIN: Madrid: Rastatoo La Gasca 120 USA: (DC) Washington: 15 Minutes 15th Street, N.W. (between K & L) Washington, DC 9:30 Club 930 'F' St. Washington DC, 20003 (202)393-0930 The Black Cat 14th Street, N.W. (between S & T) Washington, DC (IL) Chicago: Metro 3830 North Clark Chicago, IL (312) 549-0203 (MA) Allston: Local 186 186 Harvard Avenue Allston, MA Cambridge: The Middle East Cambridge, MA (MD) Baltimore: The 8 x 10 Club Baltimore, MD (MI) Ann Arbor: The Halfway Inn East Quad Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (313) 764-8558 ask for Pete or Janine Booking contact: Bobafett@umich.edu Detroit: The Falcon Club (NY) Metropolis: The Cooler Downtown Lounge The Garage Ludlow St. Cafe SOB's Tramps The Wetlands (NC) Chapel Hill: Cats Cradle Local 506 506 W. Franklin St. Capel Hill NC 27514 (919) 942-5506 Greensboro: Somewhere Else Greensboro, NC (910) 292-5464 The Turtle 807 S. Aycock St Greensboro, NC (910) 272-0801 Raleigh: The Rock 'n Reggae Jamaican Cafe Mission Valley Sopping Center Avent Ferry Rd. Raleigh, NC (919) 832-3577 Willmington: The Mad Monk (PA) The Middle East Between 1st and 2nd streets on Chestnut Philadelphia 922-1003 (WI) Madison: The Chamber 114 King St. Madison, WI (608) 255-5402 Club DeWash 636 W. Washington Ave. Madison, WI (608) 256-3302 The Memorial Union UW-Madison Madison, WI (608) 265-3000 O'Kayz Corral 504 E. Wilson Dr. Madison, WI (608) 256-1348 The Paramount 103 N. Park St. Madison, WI (608) 256-1171 UK: Camden: The Dublin Castle Camden, London, England. (Tube station: Camden Town) Eastleigh: The Home Tavern Southampton Road Eastleigh, Hampshire, England ------------------------------ Subject: 2.5: Is anyone doing ska video? Yes. Bradford Stein has finished a West Coast ska-umentary called ``The Ska Parade.'' The 30 minute video includes interviews and performances of Let's Go Bowling, Donkey Show, Skeletones and Jump With Joey. [RPM] Contact him at A to Y Productions 25 Via Lucca, Apt. G 112 Ervine, CA 92715 USA Recently, Aldis Strazdins started a new ska documentary, focusing on Midwestern (US) ska bands, called ``Last Train: Ska in the Heartland.'' The Pacers, the Elevators, Lot Boy Steele and Weaker Youth Ensemble are expected to appear, at least. You can contact keho@midway.uchicago.edu. More news as it develops. Two Tone released a video called ``Two Tone Presents the SPECIAL AKA On Film'' (Chrysalis), which is now out of print. More titles, less information: ``The Specials/Specials AKA.'' ``English Beat,'' with live clips and videos. ``Madness --- Complete & Utter.'' ``Madness --- Madstock,'' with concert footage. ``Madness --- Take It Or Leave It'' ``Ska Parade,'' with California bands including Let's Go Bowling. ``Ska Explosion,'' with 80's British bands like Potato 5. ------------------------------ @comment video.texinfo @node Video ,,,Finding Ska @section @ifinfo Subject: 2.5: Is anyone doing ska video? @end ifinfo Yes. Bradford Stein has finished a West Coast ska-umentary called ``The Ska Parade.'' The 30 minute video includes interviews and performances of Let's Go Bowling, Donkey Show, Skeletones and Jump With Joey. [RPM] Contact him at A to Y Productions 25 Via Lucca, Apt. G 112 Ervine, CA 92715 USA Recently, Aldis Strazdins started a new ska documentary, focusing on Midwestern (US) ska bands, called ``Last Train: Ska in the Heartland.'' The Pacers, the Elevators, Lot Boy Steele and Weaker Youth Ensemble are expected to appear, at least. You can contact keho@midway.uchicago.edu. More news as it develops. Two Tone released a video called ``Two Tone Presents the SPECIAL AKA On Film'' (Chrysalis), which is now out of print. More titles, less information: ``The Specials/Specials AKA.'' ``English Beat,'' with live clips and videos. ``Madness --- Complete & Utter.'' ``Madness --- Madstock,'' with concert footage. ``Madness --- Take It Or Leave It'' ``Ska Parade,'' with California bands including Let's Go Bowling. ``Ska Explosion,'' with 80's British bands like Potato 5. ------------------------------ Subject: 2.6: Are there any feature-length ska movies? Yes. There is a great concert film by Joe Massot about ska in 1980 Britain called `Dance Craze.' It features live footage of Bad Manners, The (English) Beak, The Bodysnatchers, Madness, The Specials, The Selecter. Rico Rodriques, trombonist from the Skatalites, plays horns with The Specials. You can order the video from Beat Hotel Records, 3022 W. 12 Mile Rd., Berkely, MI, 48072 USA, (313) 544-2485 (and probably other places, too). In the beach-blanket revival film with Annette Funicello, ``Back to the Beach,'' Fishbone backs Annette singing ``Jamaican Ska (Do the Ska)'' and the beach crowd skanks away (sort of). For real rude boy action, check out ``The Harder They Come,'' starring Jimmy Cliff. ------------------------------ @comment Books.texinfo @node Books,,,Finding Ska @section Books @ifinfo Subject: 2.7: Are there any books about ska? @end ifinfo (See also the Recommended Reading and Bibliography sections; there is some overlap. --Tomas) Here are some mentioned on the net. [The info is sketchy, so if you have more complete infomation, please send it to me. Tomas] ``The Two Tone Book For Rude Boys,'' Omnibus. Out of print. About the 1979--1981 British ska scene. ``The Two Tone Story,'' George Marshall, S.T. Publications. (Available from Moon Records.) About the rise and fall of Two Tone. ``Skinheads,'' has some info on ska. An American printing from 1986 was mentioned. ``Complete Madness'' is about the band Madness. (Available from Moon Records.) Also, Campbell recommends the two-part series called ``Blue Beat and Ska,'' Melody Maker, May 12 and May 19, 1979, London. [RAR] Other Books Available: (Thanks brianr@america.com!) ``Spirit of 69 --- A Skinhead Bible,'' by George Marshall, S.T. Publishing. ``The Complete Richard Allen Volume One & Two,'' Richard Allen, S.T. Publishing. (Novels with skinheads/rudies as characters.) ``Watching the Rich Kids,'' Arthur Kay, S.T. Publishing. (Autobiography of his days with the ska band the Originals and the OI! band Last Resort.) and some magazines: ``SKA '80,'' which covered Two-Tone bands and associated bands like Dexy's Midnite Runners. ``The History of Rock'' series dedicated an issue to Two-Tone ska. And, Matt Comeau (mailto:Matt_Comeau@k12wiscasset.maine.com) mentions: ``Bad Manners,'' the unautorized story of Fatty from 2Tone. ``Saturdays Heroes,'' by Joe Mitchell. Fiction about soccer hooliganism. ``You're Wondering Now --- A History Of The Specials,'' by Paul Williams. A history of the Specials and 2Tone. ------------------------------ Subject: 2.8: What are some ska-related 'zines (fan-created magazines)? Here is the info I have: Mike Fragassi, mfragass@ucs.indiana.edu, who supplied much of this info advises: I have personally not yet tried any of these, except for the WNUR newsletter, from which I have gotten the addresses of all of the rest. Some of these seem to be info-sheets for a given band. Others are more comprehensive ("Rude" and "F.B.I.", for instance, are highly recommended). All zines should be assumed to be written in the language of the country they come from. Prices are the most recent info, again obtained from Chuck Wren's newsletter; neither me nor he nor anyone who handed you a copy of this FAQ are responsible for mail screw-ups or unreturned money; if in doubt, send a SASE first. More Internet 'zines are indexed in the CRAM index, at this URL: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu//pub/usenet/news.answers/writing/zines. A Message to You ---------------- A Message to You Box 834 12003 Arsta Sweden *(In the swedish tongue...)* Boots and Braces ---------------- Boots and Braces Northern Rude Boys P.O. Box 886 1780 AW Den Helder Holland Carla Ronci Scooter Zine ------------------------ Carla Ronci Scooter Zine Chris Tharp sent me the following note about this new zine: You see, me and R.S. (resident skinhead) have begun a scooter zine that is chalk full of ska stuff like interviews with the skatterbrains and King Apparatus. Our main focus is on scooters; however, ska is an essential component of the Carla Ronci Scooter Zine (who's Carla Ronci? she may become the patron saint of the scooter). Want more Info? Contact 3135408@qucon.queensu.ca, or Chris Tharp, Tharp@biol.gis.quessnu.ca. Contact Modzine --------------- Contact Modzine Contact Modzine c/o Desiree Kiss 412 S. Home Park Ridge, IL 60068 Crawl Magazine -------------- Crawl Magazine P.O. Box 31282 6503 CG Nijmegen Holland Dub Catcher International ------------------------- Dub Catcher International PO Box 4203 Highland Park, NJ 08904 (908) 545-1830 FBI --- F.B.I. c/o Marc T AP Co 19170 08080 Barcelona, Spain $25 a year. Go Scoot Go ----------- Go Scoot Go! c/o Ryan James White 5379 Butterfield St. Camarillo, CA 93012 Send $1 ppd Hot Shot -------- Hot Shot c/o Dudley 86 Ninian Road Roath, Cardiff CF2 5EP, UK The Incognito Review -------------------- The Incognito Review The Incognito Review, P.O. Box 1091, Palatine, IL 60078 Within the USA: $2/issue, $8/year Outside the USA: $3/issue, $12/year. Mike F. sez: About 24 pages of text & pictures, well laid out. Good reviews section. Radio show, zine, and band addresses; lots of band interviews. INTRRRNRRRD E-Zine ------------------ Home of NRRRDNET, based right now in Michigan. Containsmonthly columns from writers across the world, as well as potential space for visual, audio, and literary *punk rawwwwwk* masterpieces. Check out http://nervecore.com/e-zine/, for mostly punk but some ska, too. It's a Rude World ----------------- It's a Rude World c/o Ryan James White 5379 Butterfield St. Camarillo, CA 93012 Send $1 ppd The Jabsco Journal ------------------ The Jabsco Journal c/o Brian Rosenthal 901 Orange Grove Dr. #2 Ormond Beach,Fl 32174 USA brianr@america.com. Send SASE for hardcopy. Dedicated to following the evolution of Ska Music and Culture. We take no advertisers and post no concert dates ... just history of ska music and culture ... Past articles include: *From Shanty Town: Desmond Dekker (Biography)*, *Rude, Not Racist: Facts, lyrics, quotes to dissolve racism*. CD, Video Reviews, Interviews, Discographies, Band Family Trees/Relationships, etc. Contributions welcomed ... -- Brian, brianr@america.com. James Bond ---------- James Bond c/o Apartado de Correos 1106 08204 Sabadell, Spain Mad Planet ---------- Mad Planet (by Sarah Dyer) New York 543 Van Duzer Street Staten Island, NY 10304 $1, approximately tri-monthly Model Citizen ------------- The Model Citizen c/o Joel Kuester 1509 Summit Ave. Waukesha, WI 53188 USA (414) 224-6193 Lanky70184@aol.com. The Model Citizen is Milwaukee's fine cold-filtered Ska-zine. It is 20+ full pages dedicated to Ska music in 7"x8.5" format. We do news, reviews, interviews and whatever we think will interest you. Our first issue is already out and includes an interview with the Invaders. The next issue is due for mid-March and will contain an interview with Hi Ball Holiday, a whole bunch of stuff on the American Ska-thic 2 party, the incredible true life story of what happened to Mista Mina, and lot's of other cool things. We clearly recommend that you order your copy today ... you will not be dissapointed. The cost is one dollar or 3 stamps. Always looking to print interviews, news, opinions and whatnot! Also, we have come for your advertising! Anyone looking to put an ad in our zine is welcome to. Our policy is as follows; ads directly relating to Ska get it free. Otherwise: full page = $25, half page =$10, and quarter page = $5. Wouldn't you like to expose other people to something you're selling?! Please make checks and money orders to Joel Kuester ... NOT The Model Citizen! Now in its 5th issue, The Model Citizen will be renamed "SKALEIDOSCOPE" as of issue six. See , for more information. Monkey Man ---------- Monkey Man (See the the next section!) Moo Juice --------- Moo Juice A newsletter -- not quite sure it's even ska. Moo Juice 1353 N. Ashland Ave Apt 2D Chicago,IL 60622 Moon Records Newsletter ----------------------- Moon Records Newsletter Moon Records of NYC has a newsletter/catalog. Send a SASE for the newsletter to: Moon Records P.O. Box 1412 Cooper Station New York, NY 10276 USA The Nutcase ----------- The Nutcase Another 'zine that I have only sketchy info about is: The Nutcase c/o Lecureuil Paskal 61 Rue Des Forges 44330 Vallet, France - write for info, include SASE. Oz-Ska-Lia ---------- Oz-Ska-Lia There's an independant Australian fanzine available: OZ-SKA-LIA c/o Ivan Downey PO Box 54 Elsternwick, VIC 3185 AUSTRALIA The guys who run this fanzine have put their whole heart into it they just love ska heaps. There's also heaps of info about how you can get bands CD's and heaps of other stuff. They'd probably get this on the 'net some how (if they knew how !!). If you want to know more just e-mail me. -Graeme Stables, bags@lin.cbl.com.au. Pirate Corp$ ------------ Pirate Corp$ `Pirate Corp$' is the one and only ska comic book, by Evan Dorkin (EvanDorkin@aol.com). Pulp ---- `Pulp' is the new and improved hardcopy version of `RPM,' by Dave "Allroy" Sarno. `Pulp' will remain based on ska, but will expand to cover a wider variety of music. He is also offering a 7" ska record club. You can reach Allroy at: PULP P.O. Box 2771 Amherst, MA 01004 Also, he has started a "Ska Hotline". The number is (413) 253-4831. You can also leave me a message about shows in your area, and he will incorporate them. Rocksteady Columbia Newsletter ------------------------------ Rocksteady Columbia Newsletter 1035 Comanchee Trail, Apt. K-2, W. Columbia, SC 29169 This is the newsletter of the WUSC ska show of Robbie Van Winkle & Roland Bonner. Now known as "Zipgun". See , for more information. RPM --- Currently available, and electronically distributed is a skazine called *RPM*. It has been posted to alt.skinhead, by David "Allroy" Sarno sarno@titan.ucs.umass.edu, and is chock full of reviews from fans from all over. Get it. You can also reach Allroy at: RPM P.O. Box 2771 Amherst, MA 01004 Rude ---- Rude 26a Craven Rd Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 5NE, UK - $10 USA for 5 issues Rude Chronicles --------------- Chris/Rude Chronicles 289 Primrose Circle Chesterton, IN 46304 Hepcat69, hepcat69@aol.com, writes: Hello ska fiends. A friend of mine has done a zine called Rude Chronicles. He hasn't had much luck selling them so I wanted to post this so you all can order his zine that he worked so hard on. He is a thirteen year old Rude Boy. Come on, help out a fellow Rudy. Interviews with Skapone, Parka Kings, and the Pacers. It also has reviews and more. Get four issues for $5 or write to him about sample issues. Rude Review ----------- Rude Review 2340 Craine Kalamazoo, MI 49001 USA Rudies Revenge -------------- *California's premier skazine*. The premier issue features reviews, a calendar section with the latest California dates, culture reviews, more, and more ... anyways. It's ten pages long and will be available at California music and clothing stores and wherever. -- *Rudies Revenge* Rudies Revenge Skazine James Fitzgerald, Editor-in-Chief 5210 East 25th Street Long Beach, CA 90815 (310) 597-5056 or, email Sally Brown, sjbrown@kaiwan.com. The staff of "Rudies Revenge" ask: Also, if you're in a band or in the know about one, send us your press kit/demo and we'll guarantee a review. We'd also greatly appreciate it if you sent us your upcoming tour dates in California. The deadline for the April issue is March 20th. We also welcome your articles/reviews/whatever, though our focus is ska in California (as far as culture/happenings are concerned. Global in music, obviously.) The Ska Flame ------------- The Ska Flame Unit 7 Cable St. Wook Cable St. Notham, Southampton, Hants, SO1 1RJ, UK Ska Goes North -------------- Ska Goes North 10 Burton St. Montreal, Quebec H3Z 1J7, Canada (Send an IRC for your own copy) or, e-mail Ian at bjcc@musicb.mcgill.ca. If you're looking for a cool zine check out the third issue of Ska Goes North. It's very well done. Hats off once again! SkaBeat - The SkaEzine ---------------------- SkaBeat - The SkaEzine Andre Prochaska 742 SW 13th Street Corvallis, OR 97333 (Send some stamps) This is one body's misc. ramblings on Ska and the scene. SkaBeat's primary goal is to spead the word without paper, but a no-frills print version is available to/for bands, labels, and people not on any online system. There is also a tour date Email on a regular basis. So send any dates or correspondence to djdre@aol.com, and any music, bios, to the above address. -- Andre, djdre@aol.com. SKAholic -------- SKAholic c/o Monica P.O. Box 440381 Miami , FL 33144 Monica Brouwer, FZUW04A@prodigy.com. skaholic@satelnet.org. fzuw04b@prodigy.com. Brouwer@Delphi.com. fax: (305) 264-9183 A new 'zine dedicated to SKA. Looking for writers to contribute ANYTHING on ska , oi , punk , hard-core and so on. *ALL* submitted work will be printed. Skanktime --------- Skanktime c/o Seth Michaels 186 View Drive RR#3 Pittsfield, MA 01201 USA Skanktime zine is now available. Interviews, record reviews and more. They are looking for contributors for future issues. Issue #1 is $1.00 or 3 stamps. Skaville Times -------------- The Skaville Times 2500 Flintridge Place Fort Collins, CO 80521 According to Richard Atkinson, bfargo@lamar.ColoState.EDU, you can get the the Skaville Times by sending a 29c stamp or IRC coupon to the address above. The April (94,95?) edition will go to press on Wednesday, March 23rd and be mailed on Monday, March 28th. The newspaper consists of one 11x17" broadsheet with ska and scooter news from around the country, and one 8.5x11" insert with a full-page illustration and show dates. Skinhead Times -------------- Skinhead Times S.T. Publishing P.O. Box 12, Dunoon, Argyll.PA23 7BQ Scotland (Send $10 cash for 5 issues.) By George Marshall. $1.00. Also available from "Moon Records". Skactualities ------------- Skactualities c/o Frederic Dornier Edenhall N.H. 11 Lyndhurst Gardens, London NW3 5NS, UK $6 per issue. Skankersore ----------- Skankersore 96 Woodhill Rd Newtown, PA 19840, USA Model Citizen ------------- Skaleidoscope c/o Joel Kuester 1509 Summit Ave. Waukesha, WI 53188 USA (414) 224-6193 Lanky70184@aol.com. Formerly *The Model Citizen*. Skalicious ---------- Skalicious 5352 Woodford Dr. Birmingham AL 35242, USA The Sunshine State Skanker -------------------------- The Sunshine State Skanker Tampa, Florida (address unknown) Mostly Concert Dates Tighten Up ---------- Tighten Up c/o Udo Vogt Haupstr 144 W-5102 Wurselen GERMANY Subscription costs $4 and 2 International Reply Coupons A ska and oi "skinzine" Watch Your Step --------------- Watch Your Step Get Smart Productions 191 Fifth Ave, apt 2-L Brooklyn, NY 11217 - uncertain schedule WNUR Ska Newsletter ------------------- WNUR-FM 89.3/Jump Up! Ska Newsletter (aka Searching (for Ska!)) c/o DJ Chuck Wren, WNUR 89.3-FM 4409 1/2 Greenview #2W Chicago, IL 60640 USA FAX 1-708-295-1277 jumpup@mcs.com, Chuck Wren. - Price: Free. Outside of the USA, send a few SASEs. This skazine has no set schedule and it comes out about bimonthly. It is at least 2 *dense* pages of new release and reissue information, plus concert news for the Chicago area and beyond. Distributed to over 2000 people worldwide. Work Rest and Play ------------------ Work Rest and Play 1 Clonard Road, Sandyford Road Dublin 16, Ireland - 5 pounds for some (?) issues Zipgun ------ Zipgun c/o Brian Proust PO Box 5447 Columbia, SC 29250 USA Formerly the Rocksteady Columbia newsletter. See , for more information. Zoot ---- One skazine named `Zoot' apparently went out of business a few years ago. ------------------------------ Subject: 2.9: How do I get a ska email-based mailing list? What are other ska resources on the Internet? There are a few options. * ``Monkey Man,'' The EMail Ska Distribution list, is available from Joel Eisner. Joel's hopes for ``Monkey Man'' are: The sole purpose of the newsletter is to unite people interested in SKA and the SKA culture, past and present, since the popular media time and time again over looks this important musical form. Finally, I only ask three things: 1. Send me your e-mail address (if I don't have it) 2. Send some e-mail (I am not going to write this whole thing alone) 3. Spread the word Thank you, Joel Eisner (eisner@primate.wisc.edu) 1223 Capitol Ct Madison, WI 53715 Already hundreds of people are signed up. Contact Joel and get involved today. Tell your Usenet-less friends! * There is also a ska confer group that runs like a listserv (all posts are automagically mailed to all members of the list). To subscribe, just send email to tanner@umich.edu or bobafett@umich.edu. ``Moneky Man'' is also posted to this confer service. * Also, you can send email to Andre Prochaska (djdre@aol.com) to get onto the ``SkaBeat'' mailing list, as described in section 2.8 (Ska-related 'zines). ------------------------------ Subject: 2.10: What ska resources are on the internet? Thanks for much of the WWW information goes to Bill Tanner, tanner@nettap.com. The FAQ ------- This three-part ska FAQ can anonymously ftp'ed from rtfm.mit.edu: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/music/ska-faq/part1. ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/music/ska-faq/part2. ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/music/ska-faq/part3. It is also available on the World Wide Web (WWW) via HotJava, IBrowse, Lynx, Mosiac, Netscape or another WWW browser at: The Smartpages FAQ archives, http://www.smartpages.com/faqs/music/ska-faq/top.html. *or* The Ohio State FAQ archives, http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/music/ska-faq/top.html. *or* *better still* the *new* and *expanded* hypertext Ska FAQ http://www.engr.wisc.edu/~tomas/ska/Answers_to_FAQs_about_Ska.html. You can even get the FAQ files emailed to you. Send email to the RTFM mail server, mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu, with one or more `send' commands in the body of the mail, depending on which part you want. Please do this instead of asking me to email the files to you! For part 1, include the text: `send usenet/news.answers/music/ska-faq/part1' For part 2, include the text: `send usenet/news.answers/music/ska-faq/part2' For part 3, include the text: `send usenet/news.answers/music/ska-faq/part3' For more info on FAQ file retrieval via email, send a message with `HELP' in the body of the email to `mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu'. Lyrics and pictures ------------------- Ska lyrics and pictures of ska performers can be found at the music archives at `ftp.uwp.edu' and at its mirror sites, such as: http://www.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/isar/archive/music/. Also, check out http://www.luth.se/pub/sounds/songs/. Lyrics to some Specials songs can be found at http://www-scf.usc.edu/~keep/other.txt. Also, some lyrics can be found at the "Jammin reggae archives", which has *moved* from the old site at `jammin.nosc.mil': http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/jammin. Some ska and reggae sounds can be found on the very cool Internet Underground Music Archive (IUMA) site: "The IUMA Home page", chock full of hi-fi music, is found at http://www.iuma.com. Look at http://www.iuma.com/IUMA-2.0/olas/genre/RG_001.html, for the Doctors of Dub, "One Drop Clanger". More are available at the Jamming reggae archive: For `.au' files, ftp reggae au files. For `.wav' files, ftp reggae au files. General WWW Music Pages ----------------------- "Musi-Cal", an online live music calendar Home Page. Regional WWW Ska Pages ---------------------- "Connecticut Ska Scene" http://nworks.com/cyberpnk/ska.htm. "DC Ska! Page" http://www.access.digex.net/~chkrdcab/dcska.html. "Derek's Iowa Ska Page" http://www.mac.drake.edu/people/dereks/ska.html. "Boston Ska home page" http://www.profane.com/ska/index.html. "Twin Cities Ska Page" http://www.webconn.com/mplska/. "Oregon Ska Page" http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~cschatz/ska/ska.html. "Deep in the Heart of Texas Ska Page" http://www.nettap.com/~tanner/skatex.html. "Northwest Ska Page" http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/kepart/ska.html. "European Ska Network" http://www.student.lu.se/~SMV95HEm/ESN.html. General WWW Ska Pages --------------------- *New Links* "American Ska Bandography." Reviews, pictures and sound files to many American ska bands. http://www.users.interport.net/~nyc/asb/index.htm. "Ramone's Ska-Fe" http://huizen.dds.nl/~ramone/. "Sasa's Home Page", featuring `cool and mixtured' music like ska: http://www.gepages.com/Tokyo/1370/. "Skankin' through the web." http://www.cheme.cornell.edu/~abelloso/IthaSKA/Links.html. "Boudicca's Ska and Punk Connexion" http://edbo.com/boudicca/. *Good Old Links* "The Crash Bar" (Online Ska Zine) http://raven.cybercom.com/~nappy. "Derek Brown's Ska page" http://www.cloud9.net/~dab/ska.html. "One Step Beyond - Skankin' in Cyberspace" http://www.america.com/~brianr/onestep.html. "Jester's Court" http://www.agriculture.net/home/Jester.html. "Kurdt's Skanking Skapage" http://www.missouri.edu:80/~c639772. "Rudy's Revenge Radio" http://www.colby.edu/wmhb/revenge/index.html. "Bill Tanner's Attempted Ska Page" http://www.nettap.com/~tanner/ska.html. "Women in Ska Page" http://www.phlab.missouri.edu/~c639772/women.html. Internet Relay Chat ------------------- There is an IRC channel called `#ska' for those interested in real-time chat. ------------------------------ Subject: 2.11: Can anyone recommend some good ska albums for someone who has absolutely no clue about ska? Here are a few choice titles, with an emphasis on compilations, so that you can get a feeling for a lot of artists all at once. Thanks to Evan M Corcoran (emc@m-net.ann-arbor.mi.us) for some of this info. Evan also maintains a more comprehensive list of ska albums that is periodially posted to alt.music.ska --- check it out. ``This Are 2 Tone,'' Various Artists, Chrysalis Records. ``Ska Bonanza: The Studio One Years,'' Various Artists, Heartbeat CD: HB 86/87, (1992). The contents: ``Nimble Foot Ska'', The Skatalites ``Spred Satin'', The Skatalites ``Arte Bella'', Ken Boothe and Stranger Cole ``Streets Of Gold'', Roland Alphonso + The Soul Vendors ``A De Pon Dem'', Rita Marley + The Wailers ``Black Sunday'', The Skatalites ``Don't Want Your Loving'', Cornell Campbell ``Old Fowl Ska'', Roland Alphonso ``Enna Bella'', Eric "Monty" Morris ``Jezebel'', Owen Grey with Clue J + His Blues Blasters ``Always On A Sunday'', Frank Anderson + Tommy McCook ``Sugar Bag'', Lee Perry ``Settle Down'', Lester Sterling, Johnnie Moore, and Tommy McCook ``Turn Me On'', The Checkmates ``When The Well Runs Dry'', Bunny and Skitter ``Wheel And Turn'', Frank Anderson + Tommy McCook ``Oceans 11'', Cecil Lloyd + Roland Alphonso ``Over The River'', The Jiving Juniors ``My Heaven'', Alton Ellis + Eddie Parkins with Aubrey Adams + The Dewdroppers ``Set Back (Just Cool)'', Roland Alphonso + Carroll McLaughlin ``Du Du Wap'', Chuck Josephs + Dobby Dobson with Aubrey Adams ``Don Cosmic'', Don Drummond + His Group ``Man In The Street'', Don Drummond ``Simmer Down'', Bob Marley + The Wailers ``Shining Light'', Toots + The Maytals ``Push Wood'', Jackie Opel ``Wonder No More'', Andy + Joey ``Bongo Tango'', Roland Alphonso ``Sucu Sucu'', Roland Alphonso ``20.75'', Roland Alphonso ``Stop Making Love'', The Gaylads ``How Many Times (Do You Remember)'', Bob Marley + The Wailers ``Roll On Sweet Don (Heaven And Hell)'', Don Drummond + Roland Alphonso ``Sit Down Servant'', Jackie Opel ``Go Jimmy Go'', Bob Marley + The Wailers ``Stew Peas And Cornflakes'', Aubrey Adams + Rico Rodriguez ``Answer Me My Darling'', Derrick Harriot ``River Jordan'', Clancy Eccles with Hersang + The City Slickers ``Salt Lane Shuffle'', Clue J + His Blues Blasters ``Jeannie Girl'', The Charmers ``Lonely Moments'', Lascelles Perkins with Clue J + His Blues ``Celebration: Twenty Five Years Of Trojan Records,'' Various Artists, Trojan Records CDTRD 413, (1991). ``The History of Ska, Blue Beat and Reggae,'' Various Artists, Esoldun S.A.R.L./Blue Beat REG 101, (1992). ``Intensified! Original Ska 1962-66,'' Various Artists, Mango Records ZCM 9524. The contents: ``El Pussy Cat,'' Roland Alphonso. ``Solomon Gundie,'' Eric Morris. ``Teenage Ska,'' Baba Brooks. ``Carry Go Bring Come,'' The Charms. ``Duck Soup,'' Baba Brooks. ``Rukumbine,'' Shenley Duffus. ``Stampede,'' Don Drummond + Drumbago. ``Independent Anniversary Ska,'' The Skatalites. ``John + James,'' The Maytals. ``Rocket Ship,'' Tommy McCook. ``We Are Rolling,'' Stranger Cole. ``James Bond,'' Roland Alphonso. ``Housewife's Choice,'' Derrick + Patsy. ``University Goes Ska,'' Don Drummond. ``Penny Reel,'' Eric Morris. ``The Higher The Monkey Climbs,'' Justin Hines. ``Mashin' Up the Nation, Volumes I & II,'' Various Artists, Square Records. ``One Original Step Beyond,'' Various Artists, Castle Communications CTVCD 115 (cd), CTVMC 115 (cassette), CTVLP 115 (lp). The contents include: ``One Step Beyond,'' ``Judge Dread,'' ``Madness,'' ``Al Capone,'' Prince Buster. ``Oh Carolina,'' The Folkes Brothers. ``Message to You Rudie,'' Dandy. ``Red Red Wine,'' Tone Tribe. ``Madness,'' Prince Buster. ``One Love,'' Bob Marly and Wailers. ``Skinhead Moonstomp,'' Symarip. ``Guns of Navarone,'' The Skatalites. ``OK Fred,'' John Holts. ``Easy Snappin','' Theophilus Beckford. ``The Real Jamaica - SKA,'' Various artists, Epic Records, EK 52724. The contents: ``Ska All Over the World'', Jimmy Cliff ``Little Miss Princess'', Lord Creator ``You Are the One'', Winston Samuel ``No One'', The Techniques ``Golden Love'', Lord Creator ``Angela'', Winston Samuel ``Man to Man'', Lord Creator ``Time After Time'', The Charmers ``Don't Stay Out Late'', Lord Creator ``Remember I Told You'', The Techniques ``Trust No Man'', Jimmy Cliff ``Misery'', The Charmers and more: ``Club Ska '67'' Released 1980(?) on Mango Records The Skatalites: "Guns of Navarone" Rolando and the Soul Brothers: "Phoenix City" Desmond Dekker: "007 (Shanty Town)" The Maytals (as the Flames): "Broadway Jungle" Roy Richards with Baba Brooks: "Contact" Baba Brooks: "Guns Fever" Justin Hines & the Dominoes: "Rub Up, Push Up" Delroy Wilson: "Dancing Mood" Gaylads: "Stop Making Love" Rita Marley: "Pied Piper" The Soul Brothers: "Lawless Street" Sir Lord Comic & his Cowboys: "Skaing West" The Rulers: "Copasetic" *** MORE INTENSIFIED Released 1980 on Mango Records The Maytals (as the Vikings): "Six and Seven Books of Moses" The Skatalites: "Dr. Kildare" Lord Brynner and The Sheiks: "Congo War" Marguerita: "Woman Come" Don Drummond: "Man in the Street" Eric Morris: "What a Man Doeth" The Skatalites: "Lucky Seven" Roland Al and the Soul Brothers: "Miss Ska-culation" (Really the surf tune "Pipeline" ) Roland Al and the Soul Brothers: "Dr. Ring-a-Ding" Stranger Cole: "Run Joe" The Skatalites: "Sucu-Sucu" Sir Lord Comic: "The Great Wuga Wuga" The Skatalites: "Dick Tracy" Desmond Dekker and the Four Aces: "Mount Zion" The Soul Brothers: "Marcus Junior" Ethiopians: "Train to Skaville" BTW you might note that on the first Intensified, the song called "Independent Anniversary Ska" is really the Beatles' "I Should Have Known Better"! *** MASH IT UP ("These are Boston's Crucial Rhythms!!!") Released 1986 on Razorbeat Records Bim Skala Bim: "Veil of Sadness" Mission Impossible: "Picture This" Plate O' Shrimp: "In Your Heart" Shy Five: "Steal Away" (<-best song on album!) Mission Impossible: "Snappy Jump" (<- worst song!) Bim Skala Bim: "I Took a Fall" Plate O' Shrimp: "Immorality Act" Class Action: "Theives Market" Bim Skala Bim: "Tell Me" The Happy Campers: "Rain" (not the Beatles' song) Bosstones: "The Cave" (<- first release by the B'Tones!) Shy Five: "Lost Artifact" Oddly Enough: "Mercy of the D.J." *** LET'S SKA AGAIN Released in 1989 on either Charly Records or New Cross Records (UK -- both names appear on the CD) The Ska Boys: "Let's Dance Again" (a cover of "Let's Twist Again") The Maroons: "Struggling Man" (the Jimmy Cliff song) The Prophets (featuring Rico): "The Scorcher" (the bassline sounds similar to the Prince Buster song of the same name, but the melody is different) The Cimarons: "Kung Fu Fighting" (yep, just what you're thinking) Laurel Aitken: "It's Too Late" Des All Stars (featuring Rico): "Skaing South" U-Roy: "Hat Trick" The Ska Boys: "Hoot to Skaville" (the Ethiopians song with some new lyrics) The Ska Boys: "I'm a Natural Man" The Ska Boys: "You Got To Move" (not the same as the song the Rolling Stones covered) The Deltones: "I'll Take You There" (the Staple Singers song that used the bassline from "Liquidator") Pat Rohden: "Reggae Woman" (The Stevie Wonder song, "Boogie On, Reggae Woman) Freddy Notes: "Night Food" Dizzy Ranks: "Do It" (yep, the disco hit from the seventies) *** MASHIN' UP THE NATION This was the first volume of national ska compiled by Dan Vitale of Bim. It features two songs that weren't included on the later CD. LP released on Harvard Square Records, I believe in 1989 Bim Skala Bim: "Diggin' a Hole" Les Miserables Brass Band: "Phoenix City" Bosstones: "Drums and Chickens" (Still not mighty, mighty) Bop (Harvey): "Bread and Circuses" Public Service: "Bad Thing" Freedom of Expression: "Let Me Go" Bim w/ Roland Alphonso: "Groucho (Dub)" The N.Y. Citizens: "Rude Girls" Gangster Fun: "Mario's Hideout" Let's Go Bowling: "Let's Go Bowling" Not Bob Marley: "No Respect" (proto-Toasters) Plate O' Shrimp: "Out of my Mind" Oddly Enough: "Direction of a Faceless Expression" The Now: "Get Out" *** MASHIN' UP THE NATION VOL I & II Released 1992 on Square Records. This includes all of Volume I except the NY Citizens track and the Plate o' Shrimp track, plus the following: Mighty Mighty Bosstones: "Wallet" The Urge: "Dark Age" Burma Jam: "Outrage" Galaxy of Prizes: "Ska Lip Soul" Bim Skala Bim: "Chief Inspector" Crazy 8's: "Find Myself a Sunny Spot" The Upbeats: "Oh No" Ska'd For Life: "Rebecca" Six Feet Under: "Hormonial Inspiration" Gangster Fun: "I'd Buy a Gun" *** MASH IT UP '93 ("More Ska and Bluebeat -- Boston Style") Released 1993 by DVS Media Steady Earnest: "Time Will Tell" Mr. Cranky: "Ring of Fire" The Incredible Casuals: "Let's Get Better" Thumper: "Do Something" Santa: "Francis Albert" The Hi-Hats: "She's My" Dig This: "Switch #64" Les Miserables Brass Band: "Man from Wareka" Beat Soup: "Time is not Money" Mr. Cranky: "Tequila Moon" Who Be Dat: "Manamana" Seven League Boots: "Anxious Hunger" Steady Earnest: "Take it Easy" The Incredible Casuals: "Step it Up" The Hi-Hats: "No Way Out" The Allstonians: "B-Train to Allston" Of these bands, only Steady E, Mr. C, Thumper, the Hi-Hats, Beat Soup and the Allstonians are "full-fledged" ska bands. The Casuals have since broken up because one of their guitarists has joined NRBQ. *** THE SHACK Compiled by Sean Flowerdew, released in America 1993 on Bib Records This is definitely my favorite "modern" ska comp. Virtually every song is great, and there's a great cross-section of ska, from the more traditional Hepcat through the "freestyle" hip-hop influenced ska of See No Evil, Maroon Town and Messer Banzani (It's interesting that the hip-hop ska thing never caught on in America). Nutty Boys: "People" Hepcat: "Dance Wid Me" See No Evil: "Ghetto Charged" Laurel Aitken: "Rude Boy Dream" The Toasters: "Social Security" Lynval Golding & Neville Staples (featuring Finny): "Wear You To The Ball" The Bakesys: "Animated Violence" Bim Skala Bim: "Wandering Soul" Loonie Tunes: "I Don't Think So" Maroon Town: "Nostalgia" Lynval Golding & Neville Staples: "Why?" Bim Skala Bim: "Golden Arm" The Club: "But Not You" Special Beat: "Hypocrite" The Hotknives: "Dave and Mary" Maroon Town: "Pound To The Dollar" International Beat: "Magical Feeling" Ruder Than You: "Get Some Peace" Nutty Boys: "Magic Carpet" Messer Banzani: "Peace is Wonder" Neville Staples aka Judge Roughneck: "Rude Boy De Ponporbation (007)" *** WE DON'T SKARE Released 1994 by "Le Silence de la Rue", France No record label info *per se* indicated on the album. Distributed by Semaphore Productions (Holland) Skeletones: "Jill Victoria" Hoodlum Empire: "C. Johnson's Clothes" Steady Earnest: "Singluar I" Engine 54: "Nomeansno" (I think this is a typo: the chorus of the song sounds like they're singing "Hide and Seek". Oh well.) Six Feet Deep: "Smoking Barrel" Skaface: "No Idea" Bim Skala Bim: "Paraguyan Sun" (NOT live, although it says so on the album -- this one's Bim's fuckup!) Ngobo Ngobo: "Hello Everybody" Square Roots: "Foreskin Heads" Skarface: "Ca Recommence" Too Hot: "Grandad" Meal Ticket: "Looking Glass" Blechreiz: "Loving Couple" Invaders: "Ska Guitar" Los Pies Negros: "Prisonero Del Vietcong" Skamp Boys: "Le Pouvoir" Skunks: "Glass Pants" Mustard Plug: "Ballpark Skank" *** Finally, two comps that I [Evan] only have on tape, so less info available. SKA BEATS 1 (Freestyle Ska) This is all the so-called "Freestyle Ska", which is very hip-hop influenced. Never caught on in the US (too black?) Longsy D: "Mental Ska" Double Trouble & the Rebel MC: "Just Keep Rockin'" Roughneck: "Force 10 from Navarone" Rockit All-Star: "Musical Scorcha" Maroon Town: "Resolution '99" Jamaica Meantime: "Rock to Dis" Children of the Night with Ranking Roger: "We Play Ska" Longsy D with Buster Bloodvessel: "This is Ska" Ministry of Ska: "Skainking with the Toreadors" The Rude Boys: "The Rude Boy Shuffle" Flowers Ltd. & BMG: "The Swingin' Thing" *** MAX THE DOG SAYS "DO THE SKA" Released in the UK on Dojo Records, don't know the year. The Potato 5: "Hijack" Trenchtown: "Hitman" Laurel Aitken: "Jesse James" Shot Black & White: "Rebuild" The International Beat: "Stand and Be Counted" The Latenotes: "Ska Hop" The Burial: "Sheila" The Loafers: "She's Too Much" Arthur Kay & the Originals: "Limehouse Lady" Mr. Review: "Every Day Another Day" Mark Foggo's Skasters: "My Little Girly" Spy Eye: "These Boots Were Made For Stomping" Bad Manners: "Walking In The Sunshine" Skaboom: "Sister" Les Frelons: "Tous Les Matins" The Banditos: "Just The Other Day (F.B.D.) Maroon Town: "Fire" Natural Rhythm: "Blue Beat and Ska" Judge Dread: "Belle of Snodland Town" The Riffs: "Darling" Let's Go Bowling: "Hair Tonic" The Hotknives: "Double Barrel" The Allsorts: "Temper Temper" Also: ``The Story of Jamaican Music --- Tougher Than Tough'' This is a 4-CD numbered box set. The first CD is all ska, the second CD is rocksteady, the third CD is reggae, and the fourth is dance hall. *** Rudegirl23 (rudegirl23@aol.com) sez: Another very good compilation is UNITED COLORS OF SKA - on Pork Pie Records marketed by Vielklang Musikproduktion, Berlin featuring: Bad Manners (GB) - "Mambo/Ska No. 8" Hepcat (US) - "Hooligans" No Sports (D) - "Five" Mr. Review (NL) - "One Way Ticket" Skarface (F) - "Too Old" Ruder Than You (US) - "I Want Justice" The Busters (D) - "Talk" Dr. Calypso (E) - "Slow Boat To Trinidad" Desorden Publico (YV) -"Ska de Aca" Small Axe (NL) - "Soulful Lover" The Frits (D) - "I Don't Want To Live Alone" Dance Hall Crashers (US) - "He Wants Me Back" Arthur Kay & the Originals (GB) - "New Leader" Judge Dread (GB) - "Oh She Is A Big Girl Now" Let's Go Bowling (US) - "Esta Noche" The Porkers (AUS) - "Des's Humble Pie" King Apparatus (CDN) -"Non Stop Drinking" Mark Foggo's Skasters (NL) - "New Shoes" The Scofflaws (US) - "Rudy's Back" The Toasters (US) - "New York Fever" There are some fine reviews at URL:http://www.ksu.edu/~lashout/skar.hrml ------------------------------ Subject: 2.12: What are addresses of some record labels producing ska discs? The following list is by no means exhaustive, merely based on the things lying about my house and recent postings to alt.music.ska. I have not made any effort to verify these addresses. Beat Hotel Records 3022 W. 12 Mile Road Berkley, MI 40872 USA (313) 544-2485 skamish@aol.com Bondage International 17, Rue de Montreuil, 75011 Paris FRANCE BIB Records c/o Bim Skala Bim P.O. Box 441606 Somerville, MA 02144 USA Burning Heart Records Stockholm, SWEDEN (?) Capitol/EMI Latin (Several of the So.American/Spanish groups can be found in the "Latin" or "World" music sections of larger record stores, released by this label.) Check Records P.O. Box 3042 London NW5 1EQ UK Tel 071-281-5690 Continuum Special Projects Attn. Ska: The Third Wave 380 Ludlow Avenue Cranford, NJ 07016 (908) 709-0011 (800) 709-9991, for orders continuum@sonicnet.com Dill Records PO Box 35585 Monte Sereno, CA USA 95030-5585 (Home of Skankin' Pickle) Dojo Limited (UK) P.O. Box 157 Sittingbourne Kent, ME10 3SD UK (Modern European ska compilations; recent releases of Desmond Dekker; bluebeat compilations; remastering Prince Buster; more) Jump Up! Records c/o Chuck Wren 4409 1/2 Greenview #2W Chicago, IL 60640 USA FAX 1-708-295-1277 chuck.wren@nezuld.com (Chuck Wren) (``American Ska-thic,'' a compilation of Midwest US ska is scheduled for release 1 December 1993). Heartbeat Poli-Rhythm, Ltd. One Camp Street Cambridge, MA 02140 USA HEATWAVE Christian Fritsch/Thorsten Rehahn Heidelbergerstr. 46 69221 Dossenheim, GERMANY (49) 6222-860164 Mango (UK/US - a division of Island) 14 East 4th Street New York, NY 10012 USA (Has many Jamaican ska compilations, and some recent albums from the "old school", like Toots Hibbert. Like Capitol/EMI Latin, this label should be easily found in the reggae section of any large record store.) Mercurochrome Records c/o Pete Levin 1109 Ann St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104 USA bobafett@umich.edu Moon Records P.O. Box 1412 Cooper Station New York, NY 10276 USA (201) 857-7044 (fax) 857-7160 moonska@pipeline.com Next Step (UK - formerly Rhythm Foundation) 15 Trilleck Ave. Hereford, HR2 7HX UK (Modern - including Japan's Ska Flames - and classics compilations.) Pork Pie Records Forster St. 4/5 1000 Berlin 36 GERMANY (No Sports, Fun Republic, The Frits, other German & European bands) Quattro JAPAN (Jump With Joey) Radical Records (Oi/Skampilation) Raw Energy Records 65 Front St. West Suite 0116-42 Toronto, Ontario M5J 1E6 CANADA (Public Service, King Apparatus) Redrum Compact Discs P.O. Box 1084 Beaverton OR 97075 (Crazy 8's) Reptilian Records c/o Chris X 403 S. Broadway Baltimore, MD 21231 USA (410) 327-6853 (daily - Noon till 7 pm) Rhino Records 2225 Colorado Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90404-3555 USA Toll-free number: 1-800-432-0020 Rounder Records Cambridge, MA USA Sandbox Records c/o Alan Quick Box 6175 Wesleyan Station Middletown, CT 06459 USA Signal Sound System Records c/o Greg McWhorter P.O. Box 1861 Victorville, CA 92392 USA (carries Voodoo Glow Skulls) Square Records P.O. Box 1926 Harvard Square Station Cambridge, MA 02238 USA Step-1 P.O. Box 201 Talding, Kent ME18 6HF UK Stockholm Records Stockholm, SWEDEN Stubborn Records 504 Grand St. #F52 New York, NY 10002 USA Trojan (UK) Iwyman House 34 39 Camden Road London NW1 91E UK FAX: 071 267 6746 (A classic blue beat label. Send SASE for catalog.) Tudor Rock Badenerstrasse 531 CH-8048 Zurich Switzerland 01-491 72 50 FAX: 01-493 45 74 Unicorn Records and CDs c/o Plastic Head Dist. Units 15 & 15A, Bushell Trading Est. Hithercroft, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 9DD United Kingdom Tel: 44+(0)491-825 029 / 44+(0)491-826 233 (Unicorn is not defunct.) Weser Label Am Fuchsberg 2 2800 bremen, 21 GERMANY ------------------------------ Subject: 2.13: Are there some record stores that carry ska? Some record stores that specialize in ska or at least have a decent stock: (Many of these stores will do mail order. Call or send a SASE first.) Beat Hotel Records 3022 W. 12 Mile Road Berkley, MI 40872 USA (313) 544-2485 skamish@aol.com Better Days Records 1591 Bardstown Rd. Louisville, KY 40205 USA (502) 456-2394 Brighton Wholesale & Distributing 3002 Gardenia Lane 15-203 Tumwater, Washington 98512 USA 206-705-2228 They deal with the public and wholesale to retailers. They have 7"s and videos not available anywhere, including some bands not available from Moon. Boudisque Amsterdam (The NETHERLANDS) CD Bar Toronto, Ontario CANADA (800) 663-1616 Does lots of mail order business. CD Research 407 G St. Davis, CA USA [Carries quite a bit of ska and will special order anything. You can also listen to a CD before you buy it.] Coxsone's Music City 3135 Fulton St. Brooklyn, NY 11208 USA Phone: (718) 277-4166 [Clement `Coxsone' Dodd is the original ska producer. They seem to keep ska behind the counter, so you will have to ask for it.] Daddy Kool 9 Berwick Street London W1v 3rg UK Tel 071-437-3535 Dr. Strange Records P.O. Box 7000-117 Alta Loma, CA 91701 USA (Lots of hardcore, punk and thrash, some ska) The Face 24 Granton Street London W1V 1LA UK Tel 071 734-5868 Fax 071 2878723 Inbred Records 2704 Hunt Club Lane Orlando, FL 32826 USA (Send SASE or email for free catalog) Craig Mazer (ind00116@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu) iNFINITY nETWORK c/o Backstreet Abortions P.O. Box 51465 Raedene 2124, Johannesburg SOUTH AFRICA (These guys are mail-order only. They carry hardcore bands with [anti-fasist] political content to their lyrics, and some ska-core.) Just In Case Records Po Box 944 Canton, CT 06019-0944 USA send a buck or a copy of your zine for a catalog Moon Records P.O. Box 1412 Cooper Station New York, NY 10276 USA (201) 857-7044 (fax) 857-7160 [Moon also does mail order business. Send a SASE for catalog/newsletter. These guys just started carrying more German stuff and are working on getting exciting old Jamaican wax from Coxsone!] new store location: 150 2nd Street moonska@pipeline.com Planet Music Route 40 Cationsville, MD RAS Records Mailorder P.O. Box 42517 Washington DC 20015 USA (301) 588-5135 [RAS records has a big catalog with ska and rock-steady: Ask for Charlie or Smitty.] Reptilian Records Baltimore, MD USA [good vinyl, great prices; Ask for Chris X] ROIR 611 Broadway, Suite 411 New York, NY 10012 USA (212) 477-0563. Roundup Records P.O. Box 154, Dept. HB N. Cambridge, MA 02140 USA (800) 44-DISCS [Carries Heartbeat titles and maybe more.] Smash Records M Street (at 32nd or 33rd) Georgetown Washington, DC USA (202)337-6274 Streetlink Music Ltd PO Box 157 Sittingbourne, Kent England Me10 3SD (0795) 424843 Stubborn Records 504 Grand St. #F52 New York, NY 10002 Taaang Records Cambridge, MA USA (great selection, but pricey) Taang Records PO Box 51 Auburndale, MA 02166 (617) 876-2411 Vinyl Ink Silver Spring, MD USA Wax Trax (Denver) Denver, Colorado USA WOM Munich, GERMANY Yesterday & Today Rockville, MD [great vinyl, rare ska singles] [reported to be going/have gone out of business] ------------------------------ See section 1.12 (in part 1) for citations. ------------------------------ End of FAQ: Ska (alt.music.ska) Frequently Asked Questions: Part 2 ******************************************************************