The Strikers - No Reason 7" (1981)

It's pretty hard to find a good copy of this record. It's a 7" but the cover is longer than it should be. My copy doesn't have a cover and the seller was honest enough to tell me that the record is warped and in terrible condition before I bought it. He was right - the record is trashed but I got it cheap so I at least know what it sounds like. This image is from Discogs. It's the only image I've ever seen of the cover.

The first song "No Reason" is so good that I am still looking for a decent copy just so I can hear it in better quality. I'm not into high quality sounds as you can tell from so many past offerings, but this rip really is pretty bad. The song "Knock it Down" is the worst. It's very crackly and skips in a couple of places but the song was released on a compilation from 1981 called Test Patterns that featured bands from St. Louis, Missouri (so we can guess that's where this band is from...) and I have included a CD version of the full album that includes another song by The Strikers called "Kick Around". It's not a ska song but there is a nice ska tune called  "Love 'N' Skank" by a band called The Felons.

The Strikers - No Reason 7" (1981)
A1 - No Reason
A2 - Original Crowd
B1 - Knock it Down
B2 - Running on Air

va Test Patterns (1981)

1 The Felons - Love 'N' Skank
2 Zanti Misfits - Holier Than Thou
3 Trained Animal - U.R.A. Girl
4 The Mopeds - Woe is Me
5 Oozkicks - Unknown
6 Swift Kick - Crushin' Russian Girl
7 The Strikers - Kick Around
8 Oozkicks - I'm so Young
9 Swift Kick - Unpredictable
10 The Mopeds - She's a Mongrel
11 The Strikers - Knock it Down
12 The Felons - Dancing School
13 Zanti Misfits - Bachelor's Friend
14 Trained Animal - When You Dance With Me


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The Internationalists - Let the Pressure Start (1986)

This is a British punk-reggae band who released this album in 1983. It was re-released in the UK in 1986 and again in France in 1988. The original 1983 release had a different cover...

...and the track listing was a different order.
This is the French version:

1 Kicking on the Wrong Door
2 Every Fifth Man is Guilty
3 Breaking Your Heart
4 Tighten Up
5 Solidarity
6 Gun Runner
7 Let the Pressure Start
8 Tooth and Nail
9 Lay the Foundation

"Kicking on the Wrong Door"


"Solidarity"


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Detonators - Dance! EP (1982) [REPOST]

Re-posted by request...

British new wave/punk band that had a ska song on this EP.
A1 - Don't Talk
A2 - Opening a Modern Art
B1 - Restless Kid
B2 - Passé

I was lead astray from the facts by the eBay seller who reported that this band was from the UK. I have since been informed that they were not British, but were actually from Spartanburg, South Carolina.


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The Eclectics - We Can Make it Happen (1996)

This is the Eclectics' demo tape. I am posting it by request. To be honest I thought I already posted it but I have searched the blog and found no evidence of any former post so - here you go. Obnoxious ska-punk done right.  The first three tracks are on the vinyl version of their first single but the song "Cutting" is not available on any of their other releases. The same recording of the song does appear on "Misfits of Ska II" but it plays faster on the cassette than on the cd version.

A1 - We Can Make it Happen
A2 - Boba Fett
B1 - Harry
B2 - Cutting

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Šarlo Akrobata

 Šarlo Akrobata was a punk-ska band from Belgrade (formerly Yugoslavia, now Serbia). This download includes their only album Bistriji ili tuplji čovek biva kad... plus all of their songs that appeared only on the 3-band split LP Paket Aranžman . HEREs a comprehensive profile and discography.

1  Ona Se Budi
2  Oko Moje Glave
3 Mali Čovek  
4 Niko Kao Ja
5 Šarlo Je Nežan
6 Pazite Na Decu I
7 Fenomen
8 Sad Se Jasno Vidi
9 Rano Izjutra
10 Ljubavna Priča
11 Samo Ponekad 
12 Čovek
13 Bes
14 O, o, o... 
15 Problem
16 Ja Želim Jako  
17 Pazite Na Decu II

"Niko Kao Ja" (Nobody Likes Me)


"O, o, o..."



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No Sports - No Rules (1994)

1 No Rules
2 Turn It On
3 Never Satisfied
4 So What
5 Penne all'Arrabiata
6 Coconut Girl
7 Pinball Cha Cha
8 Information
9 Walking in the Sunshine
10 Murder
11 Girlie, Girlie
12 Walk on the Wildside


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We Don't Skare (1994)

1 Skeletones - Jill Victoria
2 Hoodlum Empire - C. Johnson's Clothes
3 Steady Ernest - Singular 1
4 Engine 54 - Nomeansno
5 6 Feet Deep - Smoking Barrel
6 Ska Face - No Idea
7 Bim Skala Bim - Paraguyan Sun (live)
8 Ngobo Ngobo - Hello Everybody
9 Square Roots - Foreskin Heads
10 Skarface - Ça Recommence
11 Too Hot - Grandad
12 Mealticket - Looking Glass
13 Blechreiz - Loving Couple
14 The In-Vaders - Ska Guitar
15 Los Pies Negros - Prisonero del Vietcong
16 Skamp Boys - Le Pouvoir
17 Skunks - Glass Pants
18 Mustard Plug - Ballpark Skank

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Knucklehead - Go Go Rockers 7" (1990)

A1 - Go Go Rockers
A2 - No Attitude
B1 - Sharp Shock
B2 - Ninja

"Ninja"


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Sax-O-Tromba - Supafantastic (1997)

...by request. Quintessential 3rd wave sounds from Cleveland, Ohio.

1 What I Call Beer
2 Get Up
3 Letter Jacket
4 Rudy is Here
5 Useless
6 Who's Your Daddy?
7 Down
8 Man of the Moon

"Get Up"

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Lettuce Boy - Inspector Gat 7" (1997)

Lettuce Boy is from Poughkeepsie, NY. They released a cd or two and they may still be active. Their early incarnation broke up in 1997 and nobody talks about those days for some reason. Their most modern version started up in 2004 and, if you look hard enough, you may find some information about them online. 
This could very well be their only release from their early line up and it's not easy to find. As far as I can tell the band doesn't even acknowledge that this record exists.

A - Inspector Gat
B - Around

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City Indians ‎– Nicholas Parsons Is Feathery Galosh 7" (1988)

A -  Nicholas Parsons Is Feathery Galosh
B1 - Stars + Stripes
B2 - Take the Monkey and Run

" Nicholas Parsons Is Feathery Galosh"
" Take the Monkey and Run (edited to cut straight to the ska part)"

BEAST -or- ZIPPY

Grab Bag

A mixed bag here of things I didn't think deserved their own post with some other things I think are common enough that most of you already have them. There's some traditional, Two Tone sounds, and 3rd wave. Lots of good rare stuff and some complete crap. I'm not saying which is which.  

Big D and the Kids Table / Lounge - split 7" (1998)
A1 - Big D and the Kids Table - Hey
A2 - Big D and the Kids Table - #5
B1 - Lounge - Muppets
B2 - Lounge - Countdown

Fist - Movies 7" (1980)
A - Movies
B - Paris

Idi Amin - Amazin' Man 7" (1975)
A - Amazin' Man
B - Findin' de Lady

Mark Foggo's Skasters - The Innocence of Youth 7" (1984)
A - The Innocence of Youth
B - You Never Asked

Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot 7" ( 1998)
A - Zoot Suit Riot
B - No Mercy for Swine (live)

The Papers - How Many More? 7" (1980)
A - How Many More?
B - Hello Oblivion

The Pioneers - A Little Bit of Soap 7'' (1973)
A - A Little Bit of Soap
B - Hit Me with Music

The Cousins - Sneakers 7" (1984)
A - Sneakers
B - Puppeteer

The Thrillers - Shooting 7" (1980)
A - Shooting
B - To the Top

Beast -or- Zippy

Pharmaceutical Bandits - Demonstration (1996 demo tape) [REPOST]

I get more requests to re-upload this than anything else (Deltones is a close second).

 This has already made its rounds of the internet but this is a much cleaner version. This is my personal rip of the cassette that was lent to me by repeated contributor Justin.

1 Teen Idol
2 Too Tone
3 SAM (Secret Agent Man)
4 Band Aid (For My Soul)
5 Milk
6 High-Skool
7 Sleepy Tyme
8 Don't Care

ZIPPY -or- BEAST

Serious Drinking - Country Girl Became Drugs and Sex Punk 7" (1984)

British punk-ska from 1984 (how can you go wrong?)
A - Country Girl Became Drugs and Sex Punk
B - Go for the Burn!




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The Pin Baskets - 30,000 Rabbits 7'' (1984)

The Pin Baskets released one full length in 1986 called Fifteen Minutes with Betty Betz and they contributed two live songs for the compilation album Punk, Live in Brouwershoeck which featured punk and heavy metal bands, mainly from Holland recorded live in1982 in Leeuwarden.

 Here's a video for the song "Never the Same" from their full-length


...and HERE's the song "Does it Matter?" from the live compilation.

They were a great band but this is the only thing they did that had a ska influence. If you can find a copy of this, grab it. It's hard to come by.

I don't have the Betty Betz album yet, but I did include both songs form the comp in this download.

A - 30,000 Rabbits
B - Glad to be Different
* Does it Matter (live)
* Hate and Fear (live)

"30,000 Rabbits"
 

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CFB - La Muñeca (1992) [link updated August 31st, 2014]

If I remember right, CFB was from (Northern?) California. This is most likely their only recording.
You may know the song The Long from Step On It: The Best of the Ska Parade Radio Show

1 The Long
2 Tinman
3 Hormone
4 Beef
5 Happy Face

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Winston & the Churchills - Brewing since 19-83 (1989)

English ska band lead by Winston Forbes who played keyboard for Splodgenessabounds.

1 Why do You
2 Feelings
3 Don't Wake Me Up!!
4 Just Don't Know
5 Girl Friend's Friend
6 Sunny Holiday
7 Annie
8 I Don't Like Her
9 I Feel So Glad
10 Reggie
11 Giant Mushroom

"Don't Wake Me Up!!"
"I Don't Like Her"

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Buck-0-Nine - Buck Naked (their 1992 demo tape)

1 New Generation
2 Happy Stay
3 True or False
4 Still Remains
5 A Few Too Many
6 Junior
7 Fat
8 Picante

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The Malchiks - Skavant Garde (1998)

Rare Canadian 3rd Wave!

1 Sleep Over at Libby's
2 Jerry
3 Smugglers
4 Dr. Skank N. Stein
5 My Feet Told Me
6 Spanish Song
7 Fuck James Bond
8 Mario
9 Lover Boy
10 They Stole My Suit
11 Skankouver, B.C.
12 Drunk at the Carnival
13 The Frog Song
14 I Got so Drunk that I Peed Myself
15 My Friends Call Me Mr. Electric Pan
16 Scott Likes Acid

"Lover Boy"

"Skankouver, B.C."
 

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2404 - Riot Girl 7" (1994)

Hardcore,Oi!,Streetpunk from Philadelphia with one cool ska-punk song.

A1 - Riot girl
A2 - Open your eyes
B1 - You can't get us down
B2 - Jon's party


"Riot Girl"



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