welcome back to the Skaject folks! this week we’re looking at another debut record, this time from The Beat (AKA The English Beat): it’s I Just Can’t Stop It, from 1980. the opening track is Mirror In the Bathroom –[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! this week we’re looking at the debut record from Bad Manners, Ska N’ B! this record’s going to be quite fun, because i have done an incarnation of the Skaject before, and Bad Manners[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! i realized late last week that i got my planning tool mixed up, and that i’ve been doing the 1980 records out of order – even so, we’re gonna go ahead and cover More[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! today we’re taking a look at the next Madness record, Absolutely! aight Baggy Trousers is the opening track here, and while its a tad juvenile, this one’s got some good hooks no lie. the syncopation[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! today we’re taking a look at Desmond Dekker’s 1980 record, Black and Dekker! first up, i gotta mention, three of the tracks here are versions of Dekker’s other hits, ones i’d previously discussed on Intensified[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! today we’re coming back from the long haitus to check out the Selecter’s 1980 debut record, Too Much Pressure. let’s dig in! Three Minute Hero kicks us off here in style – this is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! today we’re taking a look at the 1979 debut record from The Specials, The Specials! A Message To You Rudy, a cover of a Dandy Livingstone track, opens the record in real strong Jamaican[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! today we’re looking our first non-Jamaican Ska record, it’s the 1979 debut record of Madness, One Step Beyond… One Step Beyond, the title track and a cover of a Prince Buster track that i[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! today we’re looking at our last record from the early 70’s, Laurel Aitken’s The Fantastic Laurel Aitken, released in 1972 – Baby Please Don’t Go is the intro track here – got an extremely nice,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! today we’re looking at 1972’s Dance Cleopatra Dance, by Prince Buster – starting this record with Dance Cleopatra – got a nice melody and rhythm to it, but just aight for me, overall. this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…