Cartman
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Post by Cartman on Aug 10, 2022 20:12:19 GMT
We've had disco and new wave, now for a bit of ska, I've had to move this to 79/80 as it was slightly later than the other two
Madness One step beyond
Bad Manners Special brew
Selecter On my radio
Lambrettas Poison Ivy
Bodysnatchers Let's do rocksteady
Specials Guns of Navarone
Madness Bed and breakfast man
Specials Too much too young
Madness Night boat to Cairo
Pirahnas Tom Hark
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Nightfly
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Post by Nightfly on Aug 10, 2022 21:22:45 GMT
The Specials - Gangsters Madness - The Prince Graduate - Elvis Should Play Ska (Graduate was the first band with Roland and Kurt from Tears For Fears. I only discovered them recently) Selecter - Three Minute Hero Lambrettas - Page Three (Another Day, Another Girl) Bad Manners - Just A Feeling The Beat - Hands Off, She's Mine The Specials - Rat Race The Beat - Stand Down Margaret Bad Manners - Lip Up Fatty (deserve a place just for the name of their harmonica player, Winston Bazoomies) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChGAbIkr9qh |
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Lord Emsworth
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Aug 11, 2022 6:45:13 GMT
(Adopts trainspotter voice) "Technically this is UK Ska Revival"
Great though it all was - Specials ruled the roost but Beat, Selecter and Madness were all fab too
Here's some source tuneage from 1967...
The Ethiopians - Train To Skaville
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Post by D.C. Burtonshaw on Aug 11, 2022 18:33:16 GMT
Oh yes! Here we go then:
The Specials: Do the Dog Bad Manners: Wooly Bully
The Lambrettas: Cortina MK2 The Selecter: On My Radio The Beat: Mirror in the Bathroom Madness: Baggy Trousers The Specials: Dawning of a New Era The Beat: Can't get used to Losing You The Selecter: The Selecter Madness: My Girl
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Del Boy
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Post by Del Boy on Aug 11, 2022 21:50:34 GMT
(Adopts trainspotter voice) "Technically this is UK Ska Revival"
Great though it all was - Specials ruled the roost but Beat, Selecter and Madness were all fab too
Here's some source tuneage from 1967...
The Ethiopians - Train To Skaville
I know that bassline  good track that. It was used on Street Tuff from 1989 |
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Del Boy
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Post by Del Boy on Aug 11, 2022 22:26:48 GMT
Love the Two Tone and Ska stuff. This definitely got me interested in looking back at Ska from the 60s and 70s, a goldmine of music I was never really exposed to growing up. The Specials certainly lead the way for the British stuff and dare i say still do with their recent albums compared to the rest. Madness certainly had the most commercial success but on the whole all the bands mentioned above had some great records. They have all aged very well I think. Unashamedly all hits and a couple of classics  The Specials - Gangsters The Selecter - On My Radio Madness - One Step Beyond Bad Manners - Walking In The Sunshine The Beat - Hands Off She's Mine The Selecter - Three Minute Hero The Harry J All Stars - Liquidator The Specials - A Message To You Rudy The Valentines - Blam blam fever Madness - Embarrassment |
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good track that. 