Verska Vis - complete recordings

The band was from Renne. The line-up was:
Giles 'Skant' Rouxel (saxophone & vocals)
Shoog (vocals)
Marc Chamu (guitar)
Denis Boutrais (guitar)
Fred Menuet (bass)
J.C. Benic (drums)
Xavier Debroise (saxophone)

They preferred playing live to recording in a studio so, sadly, there is not much in the way of recordings made before the band broke up in 1992 due to Skant being killed in a car accident.

Their entire discography that was released prior to the band calling it quits:
Experiment In Terror - from the 1989 compilation Sale Temps Pour Un Snarck (Rennes Via Rennes)
Go Out Anymore - Vive le Ska 1989
Ego Te Batisto (Live) - Stay S.H.A.R.P Vol. 1 1993
Cure De Redeem - from a split 7" with  Martin Dupont & His Gitane Mais 1993
Forget It - from a split 7" with Skaville Train 1991

...and one official live recording that served as their demo tape:

So here I bring to you, a Tone and Wave exclusive, what I believe to be every song this band ever recorded.

from the demo tape
1 Ego te Batisto
2 Millie in the Ska
3 No More Will I Row
4 Go Out Any More
5 Hey Nombril
6 There's a Party
7 On the Desert Road
8 Forget It
9 Cure de Redeem
10 Get Crazy

...everythings else
1 Experiment in Terror
2 Go Out Anymore
3 Ego te Batisto (live)
4 Cure de Redeem
5 Forget It
6 In Memory of Skant
7 Get Crazy
8 Do the Dog
9 Qu'es ce qui ne Tourne Pas Rond Chez Moi
10 Time Hard
11 Give Her
12 Message to You Rudy

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Mr. Safety - The New Revolution Think 7" (1975)

This was ahead of its time.

Jason Conrad was a musician/actor in Britain in the early 70s who witnessed a child being killed by a car. He became an advocate for safety and toured Britain warning children about the dangers of automobiles. He did this through a live stage show and through music.

At one point Frankie Laine (He sang the theme to Rawhide and had a hit with Jezebel but, on  an unrelated personal note, one of my favorite songs is his version of "The Cry of the Wild Goose") invited him to America to do his safety lectures leading to him moving to Florida where he founded the Children's Safety Foundation inc.

Read more about Jason Conrad and the Safety campaign HERE.

The reason I think this is a notable post is because the B-Side sounds like it was an effort to pass this safety message through the ska pop-culture sound that was happening at the time except that it was five years ahead of the time. Listen to "The New Revolution Think". Doesn't it sound like it was pandering to kids who liked Madness? But this was from 4 years before 2Tone.

Like I said, ahead of its time.

A - Little Danny Jones
B - The New Revolution Think

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Lord Domino and the Ska Boys - I'm in the Mood for Love 7'' (1989)

A - I'm in the Mood for Love
B - Simply Funky

("Simply Funky" reminds me way too much of Madness' "The Prince".)

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Chapter XII - Chalawa Meets Chapter XII (1979)

Chapter XII released two singles:
Crocodile Ska

and

Buffalo Step

...both songs from the Buffalo Step EP are on this 12" and I included the Crocodile Ska single in this download.

There are two additional songs on the EP that weren't released on any other format
  
A1 - Chapter XII - Buffalo Step
A2 - Chalawa - Hop, Skip, and Jump
A3 - Chapter XII - Topless Reggae
B1 - Chapter XII - Topless Reggae Dub
B2 - Chalawa - Picadilly Hop
B3 - Chapter XII - Buffalo Step Dub


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