welcome back to the Skaject folks! this week we’re looking at the second record from The Selecter, Celebrate the Bullet first track here is (Who Likes) Facing Situations, and it’s p good. Deep Water always takes me a second to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
welcome back to the Skaject folks! this week we’re looking at the second record from Bad Manners, Loonee Tunes. Loonee Tunes kicks off with Echo 4-2, a cover of a theme song for a show i know nothing about. p[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…