Thursday 18 April 2024

The Skoidats - The Times, Boots And Suits & Cure For What Ales You


The Skoidats were an American band that played music combining elements of ska, Oi!, jazz and punk rock.
The band formed in the summer of 1995 in Helena, Montana. Soon after their inception, they relocated to Missoula, Montana.
The Skoidats toured the country four times and performed with bands such as The Slackers, MU330, Mephiskapheles, The Scofflaws, Let's Go Bowling and The Skatalites. The band broke up in 2001.


Band members:
Justin Dillavou - lead vocals, guitar
John Chapman, Josh Grenz - saxophone
John Knight - trombone
Chuck Fuller - bass
Gardner Dunn - drums.

"The Times" is the debut studio album by The Skoidats, released in 1997 on Moon Ska and Moon Ska Europe.

Tracklisting:
1. Saturday Skins
2. Granted
3. Whirlwind
4. Alone
5. Last Night
6. Rootsawalkin'
7. Moonstomp '97
8. Still Standing
9. Halfway There
10. Goggles & Blinders
11. Yesterday
12. Josh & Johns' Revenge
13. The Times
14. Beer, Beer, Beer

VBR ~255K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




"Boots And Suits" is a split 7" by The Skoidats and Inspecter 7, released in 1998 on Radical Records.

Tracklisting:
1. Inspecter 7 - Asbury Park
2. Inspecter 7 - Junior Guzzler
3. The Skoidats - Skinhead Hop
4. The Skoidats - Patriot Decay

CBR 320K/s 44100Hz Mono




"A Cure For What Ales You" is the second and final studio album by The Skoidats, released in 2000 on Moon Ska and Moon Ska Europe.

Tracklisting:
1. The Ballad Of Breckenridge
2. Too Long
3. Jeckyll Vs. Hide
4. The Tempest
5. OI (When The Rain Come...)
6. Apathy
7. Free Consultation
8. R'aggro
9. Skinhead Revolt
10. Lines On Ale
11. Night Of The Droogs
12. Patriot Decay
13. Untitled
14. Happy Drunk
15. Back To Work
16. We Will Never Stop
17. Running Riot (Live In Amsterdam)

VBR ~262K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo





Thursday 4 April 2024

Holly And The Italians - The Right To Be Italian & Holly Beth Vincent - Holly & The Italians


Holly And The Italians were an American new wave band that formed Los Angeles, California in 1978.
Unable to garner much attention in Los Angeles, the band flew to London shortly after forming in hopes of securing a record deal and possibly gaining an audience in the new wave and punk scene that was quite popular in Britain at the time. After playing on the pub circuit extensively, the band were signed to Oval Records.

The 1979 release of the single Tell That Girl To Shut Up garnered the band a recording contract with Virgin Records in 1980. The band recorded their only album, The Right To Be Italian. Their next two singles Youth Coup and Miles Away failed to chart and the band disbanded at the end of 1981.


Band members:
Holly Beth Vincent - guitar, vocals
Mark Sidgwick - bass
Mike Osborn - percussion, drums
Steve Young - drums.

"The Right To Be Italian" is the only studio album by Holly And The Italians, released in 1981 on Epic and Virgin. The album was reissued in 2002 on Wounded Bird Records.

Tracks:
1-10 LP The Right To Be Italian
11 7" I Wanna Go Home, released in 1981
12 7" Miles Away, released in 1980
13 7" Youth Coup, released in 1981
14 7" Miles Away, released in 1980.

Tracklisting:
1. I Wanna Go Home
2. Rock Against Romance
3. Youth Coup
4. Just Young
5. Miles Away
6. Tell That Girl To Shut Up
7. Just For Tonight
8. Do You Say Love
9. Baby Gets It All
10. Means To A Den
11. Fanzine
12. It's Only Me
13. Poster Boy
14. Miles Away

VBR ~274K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo






Holly Beth Vincent recorded under her name the album Holly & The Italians in the UK and was then deported to the USA by the British authorities. She went to live in New York City, where she was a member of The Waitresses for a short time and played in other local bands. In 1990, she moved to Los Angeles. Holly Beth Vincent continues to write and record.

"Holly & The Italians" is the first studio album by Holly Beth Vincent, released in 1982 on Virgin. The album was reissued in 2001 on Wounded Bird Records.

Tracks:
1-10 LP Holly & The Italians
11 7" For What It's Worth (What's That Sound), released in 1982
12-13 7" I Got You Babe, released in 1982
14 12" For What It's Worth (Stop Hey What's That Sound), released in 1982
15-16 7" Tell That Girl To Shut Up, released in 1979.

Tracklisting:
1. Honalu
2. For What It's Worth
3. Only Boy
4. Revenge
5. Samurai And Courtesan
6. Cool Love (Is Spreading Around)
7. Uptown
8. We Danced
9. Unoriginal Sin
10. Just Like Me
11. Dangerously
12. One More Dance
13. I Got You Babe
14. For What It's Worth
15. Chapel Of Love
16. Tell That Girl To Shut Up

VBR ~271K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo