8/9/2012 Rocket Ship Ska Trip

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Where were YOU in '62? Jamaica just turned Big 5-0 this month, and we here at the RSST are celebrating in the "Ooh" with a set of mostly circa-1962 ska/boogie faves, including some songs about newly-gained independence, as well as some Jamaican Boogie era non-"My Boy" Lollipops (both belated answer records to the influential 1956 Barbie Gaye 45 "My Boy Lollypop"?  Jus' askin...  ) culminating in the 1st hour's only 1964 track, Millie's world-famous cover of Barbie...  In the "Voov" meanwhile, Sherwood put your ears onto the brand-new (to us),  first-ever posthumous Tokyo Jihen release, and in Hour 3, the Cap'n & Cozy Ringrolled you after Prince Buster's "Phoenix City" got "GotchaSKAvered", hot-on-the-heels of a modern-era, non-Yard-themed 4@4...  take us to space, Tommy!

Tommy McCook with Baba Brooks Band   Rocket Ship (2:39) / 45 [Treasure Isle] >> (here's 2 from... ) Jimmy Cliff  Miss Jamaica (2:20) > Miss Universe (2:34) / (both) 45s [Beverley's] >> Millie (Small) & Jimmy Cliff  Hey Boy! Hey Girl! (2:10) / my boy lollipop - the best of millie [Spectrum/Universal] >> Jiving Juniors with Duke Reid & his Group  Lollipop Girl (2:20) v.a. Jamaican R&B 3cd box set [Trojan] >> Sir Dee's Group  The Grandfather's Clock (2:21)  v.a. Jamaican R&B 3cd box set [Trojan] >> Cosmo & Dennis   Lollipop, I'm in Love (2:59) / v.a. Mark Lamarr presents Duke Reid the Trojan - Nuclear Weapon [Trojan] >> My Boy Lollipop (1:59) / Millie (Small) my boy lollipop - the best of millie [Spectrum/Universal] >> The Prodigals  Choo Choo (2:42) / v.a. Mark Lamarr presents Duke Reid the Trojan - Nuclear Weapon [Trojan] >> Lloyd Clarke  Parapinto Boogie (2:38) / v.a. Ska Boogie - Jamaican R&B, the Dawn of Ska [Sequel] >> Lord Creator a.k.a. Kentrick Patrick  Independent Jamaica (2:49) / v.a. Independent Jamaica [Trojan] >> Owen Gray & Buster's Group  On the Beach (2:29) / 45 [Blue Beat] >> Derrick Morgan  Forward March (2:53) (tt) / [Island] >> Prince Buster  Open Up Bartender (2:47) 45 [Blue Beat] >> (bumper) Mutant Frogs  Flying Frog-Foo (4:45) / unrl. [Skankworks/IMT] >> Roland Alphonso  You Can Depend On Me (2:41) / v.a. Mark Lamarr presents Duke Reid the Trojan - Nuclear Weapon [Trojan] >> The Skatalites  You're So Delightful (3:25) / v.a. Strictly for You vol. 1 [Studio 1] >> Jiving Juniors with Duke Reid & his Group  I Wanna Love (2:49) / v.a. Jamaican R&B 3cd box set [Trojan] >> Prince Buster  Wash Wash (3:20) / 45 [Blue Beat]

(bumper) Mutant Frogs  Sherwood's Planet (3:01) / Warts 'n' all [Skankworks/IMT] >> *Tokyo Jihen  Tadanarafu Kankei (3:02) / pv (and forthcoming b-sides comp Shinya Waku) [Toshiba/EMI] >> Senor Coconut  Smoke on the Water (4:45) / Fiesta Songs [Emperor Norton] >> Fred Katz  Chili'lo (3:52) / Folk Songs for Far-Out Folk [WB/Reboot] >> Lord Kitchener  Kitchener's Bebop Calypso (2:40) / v.a. London is the Place for Me [Honest Jon's] >> Arthur Lyman  Te Manu Pakarua (2:01) / Pearly Shells [GNP/Crescendo] >> The Specials  International Jet Set (5:37) / More Specials [Chrysalis/2Tone] >> Masaru Sato  Main Title ("Son of Godzilla")  (2:06) > Ending ("Son of Godzilla") (2:46)  > Godzilla vs. Kumonga ("Son of Godzilla") (2:15) / (all) v.a. Best of Godzilla 1954-75 [GNP/Crescendo] >> Earl "Fatha" Hines & his New Sounds  The Web (3:09)  / s-t 10"ep [Nocturne] >> Modern Jazz Quartet  Trav'lin' (4:41) / Plastic Dreams [Atlantic] >> Milton Banana Trio  Cidade Vazia  (2:49) / Balancando [Odeon/EMI] >> George Russell Orchestra  Waltz from Outer Space (6:59) / Jazz in the Space Age [Decca/Chessmates] >> Russ Garcia & his Orchestra  Red Sands of Mars (2:25) / Fantastica [Liberty/Basta] >> Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts  The Scenic Route (5:51) (tt) / [Palmetto]

(bumper) Mutant Frogs  One for Freetime (3:08) / Warts 'n' all [Skankworks/IMT] >> King 7 & the Soulsonics  Rude Boy Invasion (3:45) / v.a. Skarmageddon 3 [Moon Ska] >> Prince Fatty meets the Mutant Hifi  Blondes Have More Guns (3:32) / Return of Gringo [Mr. Bongo] >> Miyuki Hatakeyama with Asa-Chang & Blue Hats  Kimi Koichi (live @ Fuji Rock Festival 6/15/07) (3:55) / pv [Avex] >> Moon Hop  End of Sinai (5:03) / "Welcome Back to the Moon" [Patate] >> Prince Buster  Phoenix City (3:22) >> (4:16) (video mix) / pv [Toshiba/EMI] >> Shiina Ringo  Mayonaka wa Junketsu (ft. Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra) (4:16) (video mix) / pv [Toshiba/EMI] >> Coyabalites  Drum Song (5:11) / "Unhinged" [Shanachie] >> Prince Buster's All Stars  A Trip to Mars (3:12) / 45 [Prince Buster/Voice of the People] >> Soul Bros.  East Man Ska (a.k.a. "War Lord") (3:01) / 45 [Studio 1] >> Don Drummond  Don Cosmic (2:30) / 100 Years [Studio 1] >> The Clarendonians  Sho Be Do Be (2:59) / Best of... [Studio 1] >> Karl Walker & the King Pioneer All Stars  Fight the Battle (2:17) + Charlie Organaire  Merry Twist (Boogie) (2:35) / (both) v.a. Trojan Battlefield [Trojan] >> (bumper) Mutant Frogs  60Hz. Ska (2:43) / "It's One Of Ours" [Skankworks/IMT] >> (non-Froggie bumper) SKAndalous All Stars  The End (3:03) / Age of Insects [Shanachie]