6/21/2012 Rocket Ship Ska Trip

Hour 1 - The "Ooh" (Opening Oldies Hour)

Tommy McCook with Baba Brooks Band  Rocket Ship (2:39) / 45 [Treasure Isle] >> Ernest Ranglin  You Won't See Me (4:16)  / a Mod a Mod [K&K] >> The Skatalites  I Should Have Known Better (4:04) / Foundation Ska [Heartbeat/Studio 1] >> Jackie Mittoo & the Soul Bros.  Wives and Lovers (3:01) / Ska au-Go-Go > Moment of Mood (we all know this one as "Ja-Da") (3:42) / Carib Soul [both Studio 1] >> *(bumper) Mutant Frogs  Greenhenge (2:55) >> Byron Lee & the Dragonaires  Ska-Dee-Wah (2:08) / Dance the Ska [BMN] >> The Blues Busters  Soon You'll Be Gone (2:46) / Behold! The Anthology [Trojan] >> Byron Lee & the Dragonaires  Joy Ride (2:29) / Dance the Ska [BMN] >> Bob Andy  Life Could Be a Symphony (3:32) / The Bob Andy Song Book [Studio 1] >> The Skatalites  Ball of Fire (3:00) / v.a. Strictly for You vol. 1 [Studio 1] >> Cecil Lloyd & Roland Alphonso  Oceans 11 (3:40) / v.a. All Star Top Hits [Studio 1] >> *(bumper) Mutant Frogs  Vibe Steady (4:31) / unrl. [Skankworks/IMT] >> Mango Jones & his Orchestra  Calalue Ska (2:11) / Explosive New Dance Rhythm! The SKA [Vee Jay] >> Don Drummond  Addis Ababa (2:25) / In Memory of... [Studio 1] >> Raymond Harper  Safari (3:06) / 45 [Doctor Bird] >> Prince Buster  Red Dress (2:34) / 45 [Blue Beat] >> Lester Lanin  West Indies Ska (2:20) / Dancing at the Discotheque [Philips] >> *(bumper) Mutant Frogs  Perception (3:09) / unrl. [Skankworks/IMT]

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SHERWOOD'S PLANET playlist - (Welcome to the "Voov"... Sherwood B. Funn's orbital flying party palace known galaxy-wide (at least in Mr. Funn's hyperactive imagination) as the Voovie Doo Lounge!

(bumper) Mutant Frogs  Sherwood's Planet (3:01) / Warts 'n' all [Skankworks/IMT]

Shiina Ringo  Ringo no Uta (3:27) / cd single [Toshiba/EMI] >> Sun Ra & the Arkestra  Paradise (4:26) / sound of joy [delmark]  (It just hit me... Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra some years back released an album called "Arkestra"...  inspired by this early Ra side?) >> Masaru Sato ('h' optional... it's silent, so we're lopping it off!)  (main title) Son of Godzilla (2:07) / sdtk. Son of Godzilla [Futureland/Toho] >> Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band  You Got Something/Betcha the Love Bug Bitcha (5:38) / s-t [RCA] >> Corduroy  Something In My Eye (3:21) / High Havoc [Acid Jazz] >> John Barry  Christella (2:03) > (main title) Beat Girl (1:45) / (both) The EMI Years vol. 1 1957-1960 [Scamp/EMI] >> m-flo loves Chara  Love to Live By (5:35) / (m-flo) CosmiColor [Rhythm Zone] >> (bumper) Mutant Frogs  It's Always Time Somewhere (3mn. CBTE) > The Scene Tomorrow (2mn. CBTE) >> Capsule  Han Juuryoku Ryokou (3:36) / phony phonic [Contemode] >> Cabernet Deneuve  Moscow (3:10) / Best [BRP] >> Tipsy  Sweet Spot (3:12) / Buzzz [ipecac] >> Joe Loco Quintet  There's a Small Hotel (2:38) / Cha Cha Cha [Fantasy] >> Buddy Morrow  The Rat Race (2:17) / Night Train Goes to Hollywood [Mercury] >> Perfume  Counter Attraction (or, as their proper katakanic pronunciation has it, "Ka-Un-Ta Atorakución") (3:27) / Fan Service - bitter (dvd) [Tokuma Japan] >> (bumper) Mutant Frogs  Lymedison (4:30) / "It's One Of Ours [Skankworks/IMT]

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ROCKET SHIP SKA TRIP (return flight)

 

(bumper) Mutant Frogs  One for Freetime (3:08) >> 4@4: Ska on the Jazz Side!  Jump with Joey  Jericho/Arte Bella (7:01) / Generations United [Will] >> Andy Hamilton  Mango Time (3:58) / Jamaica by Night [ ] >> Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra  Perfect Future (tt) (3:48) / [cutting edge] >> Mutant Frogs  5/16/Ska-7 (2:04) / "It's One Of Ours" [Skankworks/IMT] Baba Brooks Band  Cocktails for Two (2:53) / v.a. King Size Ska [Trojan] >> (bumper) Mutant Frogs (appx. 1/2 of) Transkalactic (1:22) / "It's One Of Ours" [Skankworks/IMT] >> Jazz Jamaica All Stars  Confucious (8:10) / Massive [Dune] ( ...and we are talkin' massive here_ a 30-pc. orchestra!) >> Buford O'Sullivan  The Night Sky's Turning Blue (3:13) / the club of hopes and fears [Ska Satellite] >> Rude & VIsser  Shake Shiver (4:13) / Red Rum ep [Grover] >> Perfume  Kareshi Boshuu Chuu (4:41) / a criminally rare cd single _only_ distributed in early Perfume's hometown of Hiroshima, back when they did some ska in a very _kawaii_ "2Tech" style!  [Momoji] >> (bumper) Mutant Frogs  Vibe Steady (demo ver.) (4:30) >> Madness  Cardiac Arrest (2:58) / s-t [Geffen] >> Laurel Aitken and the Unitone  Rudi Got Married  (3:24) / [I-Spy] (also turns up, minus the Unitone artist co-credit, as the title track on a Grover-label Laurel Aitken anthology... truth to tell, that's where I actually got it from!) >> ...and that brings us to the end. Not just any old End, mind you, but the SKAndalous All Stars' The End (3:03) / Age of Insects [Shanachie]. That's how we roll on outa here every week.  See ya!