6/24/2010 Rocket Ship Ska Trip
Playlist Tracks:
Tommy McCook - Rocket Ship
Album: v.a. Intensified! Original Ska 1962-66; Label: Island
Album: v.a. Intensified! Original Ska 1962-66; Label: Island
The Skatalites - Dr. Kildare
Album: v.a. More Intensified! Original Ska 1962-67; Label: Mango
Album: v.a. More Intensified! Original Ska 1962-67; Label: Mango
Ken Boothe Stranger Cole - Arte Bella
Album: v.a. Ska Bonanza; Label: Heartbeat/Studio 1
Album: v.a. Ska Bonanza; Label: Heartbeat/Studio 1
Roland Alphonso - From Russia with Love
Album: something special:ska hot shots; Label: Heartbeat/Studio 1
Album: something special:ska hot shots; Label: Heartbeat/Studio 1
Prince Buster - Big Fight (one of 3 entirely different, identically-titled 45s by the same artist_ two ska and one rocksteady!)
Album: 45; Label: Blue Beat
Album: 45; Label: Blue Beat
Spanishtown Ska Beats - Stop That Train
Album: 45; Label: Blue Beat
Album: 45; Label: Blue Beat
Tommy McCook - Good Gravy
Album: 45; Label: Studio 1
Album: 45; Label: Studio 1
(bumper) Mutant Frogs - 60Hz. Ska
Album: It's One Of Ours; Label: Skankworks/IMT
Album: It's One Of Ours; Label: Skankworks/IMT
The Charmers - Dip Them Prince
Album: 45; Label: Blue Beat
Album: 45; Label: Blue Beat
Baba Brooks Drumbago's Orch. - Night Food Ska
Album: 45; Label: Ska Beat
Album: 45; Label: Ska Beat
Carlos Malcolm - Papa Luigi
Album: 45; Label: Up Beat
Album: 45; Label: Up Beat
Roland Alphonso - James Bond
Album: something special:ska hot shots; Label: Heartbeat/Studio 1
Album: something special:ska hot shots; Label: Heartbeat/Studio 1
The Silver Sonics meets Firebal (Criss Truthful - Falcon Shirogane
Album: Re-mixes 45; Label: Gem-Tone
Album: Re-mixes 45; Label: Gem-Tone
Bad Manners - Falling Out of Love
Album: Forging Ahead; Label: Magnet, original vinyl; Epic/Portrait, cd reissue
Album: Forging Ahead; Label: Magnet, original vinyl; Epic/Portrait, cd reissue
Smokin' Fuzz - Ya Des Claques II
Album: Walla Porquoi; Label: Big 8
Album: Walla Porquoi; Label: Big 8
(bumper) Mutant Frogs - 5 Fingers of Ska
Album: It's One Of Ours; Label: Skankworks/IMT
Album: It's One Of Ours; Label: Skankworks/IMT
Coldspot 8 - It Makes No Difference
Album: it's the feelgood; Label: Beatville
Album: it's the feelgood; Label: Beatville
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orch. - Dream Express
Album: Fantasia; Label: Epic/Sony
Album: Fantasia; Label: Epic/Sony
The Locomotive - Rudi's In Love
Album: 45; Label: Parlophone
Album: 45; Label: Parlophone
(bumper) Mutant Frogs - Sherwood's Planet
Album: Warts 'n' all; Label: Skankworks/IMT
Album: Warts 'n' all; Label: Skankworks/IMT
Russ Garcia his orch. - Moon Rise
Album: Fantastica - Music from Outer Space; Label: Liberty, orig. vinyl; Basta, cd reissue
Album: Fantastica - Music from Outer Space; Label: Liberty, orig. vinyl; Basta, cd reissue
Louis Armstrong - High Society Calypso
Album: sdtk. High Society; Label: Capitol
Album: sdtk. High Society; Label: Capitol
Arthur Lyman - Pele
Album: Legend of Pele; Label: hifirecord
Album: Legend of Pele; Label: hifirecord
Kyu Sakamoto - Tankobushi
Album: 45; Label: Capitol
Album: 45; Label: Capitol
Harry Belafonte - Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)
Album: 45; Label: RCA
Album: 45; Label: RCA
Tokyo Happy Coats - Tea-A-Wanna Whistle
Album: 45; Label: King (US)
Album: 45; Label: King (US)
(bumper) Mutant Frogs - A 5th of Funn
Album: It's One Of Ours; Label: Skankworks/IMT
Album: It's One Of Ours; Label: Skankworks/IMT
Andre Popp (rel. in US as Elsa Popping and her Pixieland Band) - Java des Bombes Atomiques
Album: Delirium in Hi-Fi; Label: Columbia (orig. lp)/Basta (cd reissue)
Album: Delirium in Hi-Fi; Label: Columbia (orig. lp)/Basta (cd reissue)
Raymond Scott - A Message from Where
Album: Secret 7 - The Unexpected; Label: Top Rank Int'l., orig. vinyl; Basta, cd reissue
Album: Secret 7 - The Unexpected; Label: Top Rank Int'l., orig. vinyl; Basta, cd reissue
Koop. - Summer Sun (ft. Yukimi Nagano)
Album: Waltz for Koop.; Label: Quango
Album: Waltz for Koop.; Label: Quango
Yellow Magic Orch. - Simoon
Album: s-t; Label: Restless
Album: s-t; Label: Restless
(bumper) Mutant Frogs - Baron von Skankin' Frank
Album: It's One Of Ours [; Label: Skankworks/IMT
Album: It's One Of Ours [; Label: Skankworks/IMT
Hotels - Heart That Hears like a Bat
Album: Heart that Hears like a Bat; Label: Hidden Shoal
Album: Heart that Hears like a Bat; Label: Hidden Shoal
Frank Comstock - Journey to Infinity
Album: Project: Comstock - Music from Outer Space; Label: WB
Album: Project: Comstock - Music from Outer Space; Label: WB
Shiina Ringo - Mittei Monogatari
Album: Sanmon Gossip; Label: Toshiba/EMI
Album: Sanmon Gossip; Label: Toshiba/EMI
Shiina Ringo cond. by Saito Neko (live) - Mikan no Kawa
Album: Ringo Expo '08; Label: Toshiba/EMI
Album: Ringo Expo '08; Label: Toshiba/EMI
(bumper) Mutant Frogs - (excerpt) M.F. Bumps
Album: It's One Of Ours; Label: Skankworks/IMT
Album: It's One Of Ours; Label: Skankworks/IMT
(bumper) Mutant Frogs - One for Freetime
Album: Warts 'n' all; Label: Skankworks/IMT
Album: Warts 'n' all; Label: Skankworks/IMT
Kinky Coo Coo's - Alive Brains - Return of the Zombies
Album: 45; Label: Scorcha
Album: 45; Label: Scorcha
The Transilvanians - Sir Tim O'Theo
Album: Vampire Lover; Label: El Ejecutor/Zombie Jamboree
Album: Vampire Lover; Label: El Ejecutor/Zombie Jamboree
Prince Buster - Spider and Fly
Album: 45; Label: Blue Beat
Album: 45; Label: Blue Beat
Delroy Wilson - Voodoo Man
Album: 45; Label: Blue Beat
Album: 45; Label: Blue Beat
(bumper) Mutant Frogs - The Great UFO Crash of '47
Album: It's One Of Ours [; Label: Skankworks/IMT
Album: It's One Of Ours [; Label: Skankworks/IMT
The Dreamlets - My Boy Lollipop (Rocksteady)
Album: 45; Label: GAZ's Rockin'
Album: 45; Label: GAZ's Rockin'
Void Union - Strange Manor
Album: Undecided; Label: Megalith
Album: Undecided; Label: Megalith
Kinky Coo Coo's - Something's Got A Hold On Me
Album: The Mean Machine EP; Label: Liquidator
Album: The Mean Machine EP; Label: Liquidator
The Fenicians - Sweet Honey Bee
Album: demo; Label: s-r/myspace
Album: demo; Label: s-r/myspace
(bumper) Mutant Frogs - (excerpt) The Audiopharmacological Hallounginations of Three 2-Headed Frogs
Album: It's One Of Ours; Label: Skankworks/IMT
Album: It's One Of Ours; Label: Skankworks/IMT
St. Petersburg Ska-Jazz Review (live) - Midnight Sushi
Album: Live at Red Club; Label: P-Vine
Album: Live at Red Club; Label: P-Vine
Unsteady - Tokyo
Album: Double or Nothing; Label: Asian Man
Album: Double or Nothing; Label: Asian Man
Buford O'Sullivan - The Night Ska's Turning Blue
Album: the club of hopes and fears; Label: Ska Satellite
Album: the club of hopes and fears; Label: Ska Satellite
(bumper) Mutant Frogs - Transkalactic
Album: It's One Of Ours; Label: Skankworks/IMT
Album: It's One Of Ours; Label: Skankworks/IMT
Skandalous All Stars - (excerpt) The End
Album: Age of Insects; Label: Shanachie
Album: Age of Insects; Label: Shanachie
Program:
Air Date:
June 24, 2010
DJs:
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