CD Giveaway – SKA Madness 2, Another 20 Reggae Classics Which Inspired A Generation.

“Picking up from where volume 1 left off, Ska Madness 2 takes you further into late 70`s and early 80`s Two Tone Ska, Rocksteady and Reggae explosion. It features tracks which influenced the original bands and dominated dancefloors at the time. Time to get ready to do rocksteady, again”.

Comprehensive collection of foot tapping Ska compiled by Rhoda Dakar (The Bodysnatchers & The Special AKA). Tracks that influenced a massive UK revival in the form of Two-Tone, a style of music to calm racial indifference and reinforce inner city bonds. It`s easy to pick the old favorites that crop up on most Ska compilations but the`re titillatingly out weighed by the depth and flow of the numerous underground dancehall classics.

Down to business, we have three copies of this January release to mail out. I don`t care what corner of the planet you reside in, if you have a post/zip code, there`s a chance you could be skankin` it with the best. Simple question – Who directed the British film `This Is England`, a moving story focusing on a group of skinheads in 1983 which included the fabulous `54-46 Was My Number` by Toots & the Maytals. Send me a quick email or post a comment in the box below, either will do – I`ll pick three out and contact you for postal details. Last entries 5th Feb.

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Disregarded Gems, Rocket Science – Eternal Holiday.

The guilty pleasure of exploring secondhand charity shops will always tempt me away from the more important things I really should be doing. Unnaturally dark, smelling of moth balls and always manned by efficient volunteers giving their valuable time to a chosen worthy cause. Records, CD’s or retro clobber are my choice of purchase but I have been seen walking out of these back street establishments with a lava lamp under one arm and a string-less banjo under the other. Every so often I’m going to dedicate a few paragraphs to celebrate an album picked up for the measly cost of a can of coke, a small nod of acknowledgement to an artist`s hard labour – but hey, we do like freakin good music for hardly any cash!

Eternal Holiday was the third album release from Rocket Science, a fantastic mix of organ fuzzed Indie and straight talking Rock`N`Roll – I`m really puzzled how I missed it the first time. The Melbourne, Australia based band ripped it with the finest during the mid 2000`s. Prestigious festival slots at Reading and Leeds, sharing stages with The Libertines, Supergrass, Kings Of Leon and The Vines, i`m sure the sheer number of quality acts doing the rounds during this period had a severe impact on overall record sales and merchandising. Look at Maximo Park, The Hives, The Music and Jet, all playing guitar based Indie mayhem and all pretty much music history right now.


Rocket Science : See The Sun

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