http://www.offbeatska.com Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:54:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Bad Manners- “Ska ‘N’ B” http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1586 http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1586#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:54:27 +0000 admin http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1586 ska image
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  • Artist: Bad Manners
  • Album: “Ska ‘N’ B”
  • Year: 1980
  • Label: Magnet Records
  • Size & Speed: 12″/ 33 RPM
  • Catalog #: MAGL 5033
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]]> http://www.offbeatska.com/?feed=rss2&p=1586 0 Derrick Morgan- “Forward March” http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1582 http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1582#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:34:04 +0000 admin http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1582 ska image
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  • Artist: Derrick Morgan
  • Album: “Forward March”
  • Year: 1963
  • Label: Beverly’s/ Island
  • Size & Speed: 12″/ 33 RPM
  • Catalog #: ILP 903
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]]> http://www.offbeatska.com/?feed=rss2&p=1582 0 The Box Boys- A Side= “Seperate Rooms”/ B Side= “Busy Boy” & “Go Go” http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1573 http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1573#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:04:39 +0000 admin http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1573 ska image
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  • Artist: The Box Boys
  • Album: A Side= “Seperate Rooms”/ B Side= “Busy Boy” & “Go Go”
  • Year: 1980
  • Label: M.A.O
  • Size & Speed: 7″/ 45 RPM
  • Catalog #: MAOS 3
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This is the 2nd single put out by the American Ska Band The Box Boys. Amazingly this would be classified by most as 3rd wave ska even though this pre-dates many 2-Tone Ska releases!

]]> http://www.offbeatska.com/?feed=rss2&p=1573 0 NY Citizens- “Pounding The Pavement” http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1570 http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1570#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:28:20 +0000 admin http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1570 ska image
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  • Artist: NY Citizens
  • Album: “Pounding The Pavement”
  • Year: 1988
  • Label: Ska Records
  • Size & Speed: 12″/ 33 RPM
  • Catalog #: SKAR 004
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US Release had alternate title – “On The Move”.

]]> http://www.offbeatska.com/?feed=rss2&p=1570 0 Let’s Go Bowling- A Side= “Rude 69″/ B Side= “Dance Some More” http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1566 http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1566#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 02:20:41 +0000 admin http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1566 ska image
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  • Artist: Let’s Go Bowling
  • Album: A Side= “Rude 69″/ B Side= “Dance Some More”
  • Year: 1988
  • Label: Spare Records
  • Size & Speed: 7″/ 45 RPM
  • Catalog #: BOWL-301
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]]> http://www.offbeatska.com/?feed=rss2&p=1566 0 Laurel Aitken- It’s Too Late: The Legendary Godfather of Ska Vol. 2 http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1564 http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1564#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 02:11:41 +0000 admin http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1564 ska image
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  • Artist: Laurel Aitken
  • Album: It’s Too Late: The Legendary Godfather of Ska Vol. 2
  • Year: 1989
  • Label: Unicorn Records
  • Size & Speed: 12″/ 33 RPM
  • Catalog #: PHZA-53
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1989 collection of classic ska and skinhead reggae from 1962-1984 (though primarily 62-69). .

]]> http://www.offbeatska.com/?feed=rss2&p=1564 0 The Burpas- A side= “Fat Man”/ B Side= “Dummies” http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1560 http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1560#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:59:47 +0000 admin http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1560 ska image
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  • Artist: The Burpas
  • Album: A side= “Fat Man”/ B Side= “Dummies”
  • Year: 1981
  • Label: Dureco
  • Size & Speed: 7″/ 45 RPM
  • Catalog #: 4423
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Sound Sample.

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]]> http://www.offbeatska.com/?feed=rss2&p=1560 0 A side= Rico “Blues”/ B Side= Tony Tribe “Red Red Wine” http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1551 http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1551#comments Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:24:06 +0000 admin http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1551 ska image
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  • Artist: Rico/ Tony Tribe
  • Album: A side= Rico “Blues”/ B Side= Tony Tribe “Red Red Wine”
  • Year: 1969
  • Label: Blank
  • Size & Speed: 7″/ 45 RPM
  • Catalog #: ?
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Sound Sample.

“Red Red Wine” is a song written and originally recorded by Neil Diamond, that was then covered by Tony Tribe and more famously by UB40. In the song, the singer finds drinking red wine is the only way to forget a lost love. (WIKIPEDIA).

]]> http://www.offbeatska.com/?feed=rss2&p=1551 0 Roland Alphonso- “Ska Strictly For You (Sir Coxson Selects While Roland Alphonso Plays)” http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1549 http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1549#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:09:32 +0000 admin http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1549 ska image
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  • Artist: Roland Alphonso
  • Album: “Ska Strictly For You (Sir Coxson Selects While Roland Alphonso Plays)”
  • Year: 196?
  • Label: Studio One
  • Size & Speed: 12″/ 33 RPM
  • Catalog #: Matrix #s: CSD 301 A / CSD 301 B
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]]> http://www.offbeatska.com/?feed=rss2&p=1549 0 Bad Manners- A Side= “My Girl Lollipop”/ B Side= “Flashpoint” http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1539 http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1539#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:44:13 +0000 admin http://www.offbeatska.com/?p=1539 ska image
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  • Artist: Bad Manners
  • Album: A Side= “My Girl Lollipop”/ B Side= “Flashpoint”
  • Year: 1982
  • Label: Magnet
  • Size & Speed: 7″/ 45 RPM
  • Catalog #: MAG 232
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This was a cover of Millie Small’s “My Boy Lollipop” done back in 1964 (found HERE).

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