2/23/2012 Rocket Ship Ska Trip
(2/23 in a nutshell... )
Big 3rd-hour highlight from Lolli-land... we here a the RSST have managed to score the Ernest Ranglin 1964 instrumental backing track to Millie (Small)'s hit My Boy Lollipop... wheee, did we have fun with THAT! Steve Alaimo covered The Blues Busters, Suggs from Madness did "Oranges and Lemons Again" with the Jools Holland Orchestra, Sherwood rediscovered Al Hirt's Maxwell House-inspired "Perky", and as the show aired, Shiina Ringo's band was a week away from becoming history, so a track from their final studio ep "Color Bars" seemed natural. In 16 years, we'll be marking the 4th anniversary of the breakup... The "Ooh" couldn't get enough of that Soweto Stokvel track "Eddie's Ska", near the beginning of a set that included Millie Small, Baba Brooks, Bob Marley and Donatella.
All over the map is just how we like it... travel broadens the mind!
| Tommy McCook with Baba Brooks Band - Rocket Ship album: 45; label: Treasure Isle | |
| Millie (Small) - Oh Henry album: the best of... ...my boy lollipop; label: Spectrum/Universal | |
| Soweto Stokvel Septette - Eddie's Ska album: 78; label: Stokvel | |
| The Rockin' Rebels - Bongo Blue Beat album: 45; label: Stork | |
| Mark Thatcher - Do the Blue Beat album: 45; label: UA | |
| Alton Ellis - The Preacher album: v.a. Rude Boy 3cd box set; label: Trojan | |
| Baba Brooks & his Recording Band - Faberge album: v.a. King Size Ska; label: Trojan | |
| Roy Richards - Jamaican Memories album: v.a. Jamaican Memories; label: Trojan/Blue Cat | |
| Nehemiah Reid - The Fiddler album: v.a. Jamaican Memories; label: Trojan/Blue Cat | |
| Roland Alphonso - Jungle Bit album: v.a. King Size Ska; label: Trojan | |
| (bumper) Mutant Frogs - The Great UFO Crash of '47 album: "It's One Of Ours"; label: Skankworks/IMT | |
| Derrick Harriott - Monkey Ska album: v.a. Monkey Ska; label: Trojan | |
| Bob Marley & the (Wailing) Wailers - Donna album: The Birth of a Legend; label: Epic/Calla | |
| The Skatalites - I Should Have Known Better album: Foundation Ska; label: Heartbeat/Studio 1 | |
| The Skatalites - Ringo's Theme (This Boy) album: Foundation Ska; label: Heartbeat/Studio 1 | |
| Judge Dread - All In The Mind album: Dreadmania; label: Lagoon | |
| The English Beat - Jeanette album: 12"; label: IRS | |
| The Selecter - Street Feeling album: Too Much Pressure; label: Chrysalis/2Tone | |
| (Donatella) Rettore - Donatella album: 45; label: Ariston | |
| Madness - Cardiac Arrest album: s-t; label: Geffen | |
| (bumper) Mutant Frogs - Sherwood's Planet album: Warts 'n' all; label: Skankworks/IMT | |
| Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra - Perfect Future album: Perfect Future; label: Avex | |
| The Specials - Holiday Fortnight album: More Specials; label: Chrysalis/2Tone | |
| Vanda King - Ooh Whatcha Do album: 45; label: Glory | |
| Hank Marr - Brifge to Shangri-La album: 45; label: Federal | |
| Phil Upchurch - Nothing but the Soul album: You Can't Sit Down Part Two; label: Boyd | |
| Tito Puente - Yambeque album: Cuban Carnival; label: RCA | |
| Enoch Light & the Light Brigade - The Mad Russian album: Dancing in the Dark - Disco Greats; label: Project 3 | |
| Shiina Ringo - Mikan no Kawa album: Ringo Expo '08; label: Toshiba/EMI | |
| (bumper) Mutant Frogs - Tea Time with Sherwood (custom bumper-timed edit) album: unrl.; label: Skankworks-IMT | |
| (bumper) Mutant Frogs - It's Always Time Somewhere (custom bumper-timed edit) album: unrl.; label: Skankworks-IMT | |
| Joe Loco - Regalame Esta Noche album: 45; label: Imperial | |
| Dick Barlow & his Orchestra - Swedish Rhapsody album: Music to Make You Feel That Certain Way; label: Mercury | |
| Al Hirt - Perky album: 45; label: RCA | |
| YMCK - Cette Annee La ("Oh What a Night") album: v.a. Clo Clo - Made in Japan; label: Columbia | |
| Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Italiano album: James Monroe H.S. presents Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Goes To Washington; label: Elektra | |
| Smash Mouth - Satellite album: Astro Lounge; label: interscope | |
| Tokyo Jihen - Konya Karasawagi album: Color Bars ep; label: Toshiba/EMI | |
| Shiina Ringo - SG~Superficial Gossip album: Ariamaru Tomi cd single; label: Toshiba/EMI | |
| (bumper) Mutant Frogs - One for Freetime album: Warts 'n' all; label: Skankworks/IMT | |
| Don Drummond - Eastern Standard Time album: 45; label: Island | |
| Roy Richards - Green Collie album: 45; label: Island | |
| Carlos Malcolm & his Afro-Jamaican Rhythms - Bonanza album: Space Flight; label: Up Beat | |
| Mighty Vikings - Running Water album: 45; label: Wincox | |
| (bumper) Ernest Ranglin & his Orchestra - My Boy Lollipop (rhythm track - the 1964 session minus Millie... ) album: the best of millie - my boy lolliopop; label: Spectrum/Universal | |
| Mari Umeki - My Boy Lollipop album: 45; label: Toshiba | |
| The Cap'n & Cozy & the Ernest Ranglin instro track 2 songs ago... - "Lolli" on-air live jam album: (source material) the best of millie - my boy lollipop; label: Spectrum/Universal | |
| The Pepper Pots - I'll Fly with You album: Shake It!; label: Megalith | |
| The Pepper Pots - Duck Soup (ft. ASPO) album: Shake It!; label: Megalith | |
| Steve Alaimo - I Don't Know album: Starring...; label: ABC/Paramount-Henry Stone | |
| The Oldians - Moon River album: Old Secrets; label: Liquidator | |
| Judge Dread - Ska Fever album: Ska'd for Life; label: ? | |
| Jools Holland & his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra - Oranges and Lemons Again album: Small World Big Band; label: Warner | |
| Ego Wrappin' - Mother Ship album: On the Rocks!; label: Toys Factory | |
| Chip Shop Boyz - Guns of Navarone album: s-t; label: Bedtown Soundz | |
| Runa Miyoshida - Arietty's Song album: Ska Flavor Loves Ghibli Songs; label: BM.3 | |
| The Dreamlets - Honey album: v.a. Ska Island (Japanese edition exclusive bonus track); label: Island Japan | |
| (non-Froggie bumper) SKAndalous All Stars - The End album: Age of Insects; label: Shanachie |
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