(9/6/12)
Watta debut! The RSST kisses the 3-hour tour goodbye (with a little help from The Upsetters... na-na-hey-hey) as we inaugurated our new 4-hour tour, now chasing Sherwood's Planet down an extremely-fast subquantum wormhole some 650 million light-years across the universe to a 3-way intergalactic traffic accident vaguely resembling Tinkerbell! Taking this hyper-fast warp lane (not "war plane") oddly enough added only 15min. to our trip, and a bucket of extra tunes to our "Ooh" playlist... including another old Upsetters scorcher called "So Bad"... so badass! It joins longtime ska faves by The Skatalites (both sides of the Kildare/Sucu 45), Sir Lord Comic ("Ska-ing West"), Buster's All Stars (an earlier take of the same tune titled "Driving West") Justin Hinds, Carlos Malcolm and more to pack a jam-packed hour+15min. "hour"!
At the other end of the warp lane (again, not "war plane"), Sherwood's serving up some Martian coffee (imported all the way from our solar system by one Andre Popp ;^)) ...should go good with whatever it is Teddy Mertens is passing aroud! If you've got the munchies afterwards, try some of Herb Alpert's "Tangerine". The psychedelically percussive "Soulful (September)" by Hal Blaine gets Sherwood's party launched, and eventually Emerson, Lake & Palmer show up in a "Tank"! Yeah, drive THAT thing around under our Starview Dome, will ya! Oh, well, at least there's no war planes... (not "warp lanes" ...we've got those!) Tokyo Jihen, Perez Prado and "The Outlaw" Joe Chambers also turn up in this week's Voov... but, back through the warp lane (not "war plane"!)...
GotchaSKAvered now precedes what's become the 5@5 in what's now "The Home Stretch"... and the GotchaSKAvered Ska Cover-of-the-Month selection for September is... (the envelope, please... ) ...r-r-rip... "Guns of Navarone"! This week, a new big band outa Ska-alifornia does the honors. Western Standard Time (previously the name of a Roy Richards 45 on Studio 1) has released their debut "Big Band Tribute to the Skatalites" and we'll be hearing more from these guys in future weeks! The 5:00 5-in-a-row this time goes "2 Tone International" ...late-'70s/early'80s Ska from Italy (Donatella Rettore), Belgium (Lou & the Hollywood Bananas), Japan (Yellow Magic Orchestra), England (The Planets) and, uh, England (Morgan Fisher's Hybrid Kids). Hey, it was another excuse to play MacArthur Park, right? Couldn't pass that up, even if it was pre-2Tone by about half a year...
| Artist | Title | Album | Label | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Tommy McCook with Baba Brooks Band
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Rocket Ship (2:39)
|
45
|
Treasure Isle
|
159
|
|
The Upsetters
|
Na Na Hey Hey (4:03)
|
45
|
Upsetter
|
243
|
|
Baba Brooks & Drumbago's Orchestra
|
Night Food Ska (2:44)
|
45
|
Ska Beat
|
164
|
|
The Skatalites
|
Dr. Kildare (2:25)
|
45
|
Island
|
145
|
|
The Skatalites
|
Sucu Sucu (2:12)
|
45
|
Island
|
132
|
|
Raymond Harper
|
Safari (3:06)
|
45
|
Doctor Bird
|
186
|
|
(bumper) Mutant Frogs
|
The Astro 'Gator (3:35)
|
Warts 'n' all
|
Skankworks/IMT
|
215
|
|
King Stitt & Owen Gray
|
On the Beach (2:50)
|
(Stitt & v.a.) Dance Hall '63
|
Studio 1
|
170
|
|
U-Roy & The Paragons
|
On the Beach (2:37)
|
(U-Roy & v.a.) Version Galore
|
Trojan
|
157
|
|
Tommy McCook
|
Ska Ba (2:55)
|
Tribute to Tommy
|
Heartbeat/Studio 1
|
175
|
|
Sir Lord Comic & his Cowboys
|
Ska-ing West (3:05)
|
v.a. Rough & Tough - The Story of Ska 1962-1966
|
Trojan
|
185
|
|
Myrtle K. Hilo
|
Lover's Prayer (2:35)
|
v.a. Incredibly Strange Music vol. 2
|
Asphodel/REsearch
|
155
|
|
Cavaliers Orchestra
|
I Man (2:42)
|
45
|
Randy's
|
162
|
|
(bumper) Mutant Frogs
|
Ska Bump (3:31)
|
Warts 'n' all
|
Skankworks/IMT
|
211
|
|
Buster's All Stars
|
Driving West (3:00)
|
45
|
Wildbells
|
181
|
|
Edwards All Stars
|
North Coast (2:56)
|
45
|
Rio
|
176
|
|
Justin Hinds & the Dominoes
|
(most of) The Higher the Monkey Climbs (2:48)
|
Ska Uprising
|
Trojan
|
168
|
|
Derrick Harriott
|
(most of) Monkey Ska (2:09)
|
v.a. Monkey Ska
|
Trojan
|
129
|
|
Carlos Malcolm & his Afro-Jamaican Rhythms
|
Monkey Man Ska (2:01)
|
The Royal Ska
|
Jamaican Gold
|
121
|
|
Lord Brynner
|
Teach the Ska (3:57)
|
v.a. Ska Authentic vol. 1
|
Studio 1
|
237
|
|
Dawn Penn
|
Long Day Short Night (3:45)
|
45
|
Prince Buster
|
225
|
|
The Upsetters
|
So Bad (2:26)
|
45
|
Rio
|
146
|
|
The Renegades
|
Mr. Hops (2:40)
|
45
|
Merritone
|
160
|
|
Byron Lee & the Dragonaires
|
Jamaica Ska (2:27)
|
45
|
Kentone
|
147
|
|
(bumper) Mutant Frogs
|
The Cosmic Background Wakes Up
|
unrl.
|
Skankworks/IMT
|
196
|
|
(bumper) Mutant Frogs
|
Sherwood's Planet (3:01)
|
Warts 'n' all
|
Skankworks/IMT
|
181
|
|
Hal Blaine
|
Soulful (September) (2:21)
|
Psychedelic Percussion
|
Dunhill/Harkit
|
141
|
|
Astro Age Steel Orchestra
|
Love in Gas Music (5:27)
|
Happy Living - Gas Music from Earth
|
Sony Japan
|
327
|
|
Tokyo Jihen
|
Konya wa Karasawagi (3:40)
|
Color Bars
|
Toshiba/EMI
|
220
|
|
Teddy Mertens & his Orchestra
|
Marijuana Brass (2:10)
|
v.a. Another Crazy Cocktail Party
|
RCA
|
130
|
|
Andre Popp
|
La Java Martienne (2:57)
|
Delirium in Hi-Fi
|
Basta
|
177
|
|
Emerson Lake & Palmer
|
Tank (5:06)
|
Works
|
Atlantic
|
306
|
|
Teddy Charles
|
Scheherezade Blue (4:44)
|
Russia Goes Jazz
|
UA
|
284
|
|
(bumper) Mutant Frogs
|
Ocean Moon (5:05)
|
Warts 'n' all
|
Skankworks/IMT
|
305
|
|
Fania All Stars
|
I'll See You Again (4:39)
|
Delicate and Jumpy
|
Columbia
|
279
|
|
Xavier Cugat
|
Arrivaderci, Roma (2:31)
|
Waltzes... but by Cugat!
|
Columbia
|
151
|
|
Joe Chambers
|
The Outlaw (7:12)
|
The Outlaw
|
Savant
|
432
|
|
Perez Prado
|
Desconfianza (3:16)
|
Havana, 3 a.m.
|
RCA
|
196
|
|
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
|
Tangerine (2:44)
|
A&M 25th Anniversary Classics volume 1
|
A&M
|
164
|
|
Hugo Montenegro
|
Jo Jo's Torch Thing (2:23)
|
(tv sdtk.) The Man from UNCLE
|
RCA
|
143
|
|
(bumper) Mutant Frogs
|
Use Evolving Door (2:49)
|
Warts 'n' all
|
Skankworks/IMT
|
169
|
|
Mutant Frogs
|
Calamari Galaxy (3:05)
|
Warts 'n' all
|
Skankworks/IMT
|
185
|
|
Steve Turre
|
In a Sentimental Mood (8:26)
|
s-t
|
Verve
|
506
|
|
(bumper) Mutant Frogs
|
One for Freetime (3:08)
|
Warts 'n' all
|
Skankworks/IMT
|
188
|
|
Western Standard Time
|
Guns of Navarone (4:11)
|
Big Band Tribute to The Skatalites
|
?
|
251
|
|
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
|
You'll Never Walk Alone (4:00)
|
Paradise Blue
|
Avex
|
241
|
|
The Drastics
|
Here Comes the Bass/Earl Warren (7:30)
|
12" and online single
|
s-r/myspace/Happy as a Lark
|
450
|
|
The Fenicians
|
Sweet Honey Bee (5:29)
|
demo
|
s-r/myspace
|
329
|
|
SKAndalous All Stars
|
Waiting for the End (2:48)
|
Age of Insects
|
Shanachie
|
168
|
|
(bumper) Mutant Frogs
|
Hang Tight (2:40)
|
Warts 'n' all
|
Skankworks/IMT
|
160
|
|
(Donatella) Rettore
|
Donatella
|
45
|
Ariston
|
193
|
|
Yellow Magic Orchestra
|
Multiplies (2:56)
|
xoo Multiplies
|
A&M
|
176
|
|
Lou & the Hollywood Bananas
|
Jericho (3:13)
|
Best of...
|
Ariola
|
193
|
|
The Planets
|
Follow the Leader (2:35)
|
Spot
|
Rialto
|
155
|
|
Morgan Fisher & friends as "The Burtons"
|
MacArthur Park
|
"v.a." Hybrid Kids
|
Cherry Red
|
182
|
|
The English Beat
|
Jeanette (4:09)
|
The Complete Beat
|
Go Feet/SHOUT Factory
|
249
|
|
ARTS
|
Radio Junk (3:36)
|
Discover the Ska!
|
Geneon
|
216
|
|
Casino Royale
|
Skaravan Petrol (3:54)
|
45
|
Kono
|
234
|
|
(bumper) Mutant Frogs
|
('bout half of) Cassini at Titan (5:00)
|
Warts 'n' all
|
Skankworks/IMT
|
301
|
|
Open Season
|
Elephant Walk (6:08)
|
Hot and Fire
|
Megalith
|
368
|
|
Gichy Dan's Beachwood #9
|
Young Hearts (5:06)
|
s-t
|
RCA
|
306
|
|
Mungo's Hi-Fi
|
Bad Bad Boy (ft. Soom T) (4:12)
|
Forward Ever
|
Scotch Bonnet
|
252
|
|
Delroy Wilson & Slim Smith
|
Look Who's Back Again (2:42)
|
45
|
?
|
162
|
|
Fishbone
|
Unyielding Conditioning (4:43)
|
Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe
|
Columbia
|
283
|
|
SKAndalous All Stars
|
The End (3:03)
|
Age of Insects
|
Shanachie
|
183
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