Calling Retro Runners - Ska and Two Tone Toons...

Hi all,

Well after a little break from compiling playlists, I’m back to request your help on compiling the essential two tone and ska playlist.

So far I’ve got :-

Young Gifted and Black

Night Boat to Cairo

Liquidator

Ghost Town

Selector

All additions welcome and I’ll re-post the final list in early July...

If you want to see the other superb playlists created by all the Retro Tooners on here go to Spotify and either follow me on open.spotify.com/user/janca...

or look for Retro Runners and you’ll find a fair number of lists devoted to our community.

If you want to know how I’m getting on with my running go to Jancanrun.com

[Berksrover Graduate]

Thanks Hidden have already downloaded and listened to part of the Dads Dancing playlist, excellent tunes but the change in beat played havoc with my running! Do songs by Madness qualify for the ska playlist?

[Hidden in reply to Berksrover]

As no greater person than Suggs said he considered they were, then I think for sure yes...

[Berksrover Graduate in reply to Hidden]

In that case....

One step beyond

night boat to Cairo

House of fun

Baggy Trousers

[misswobble Graduate in reply to Berksrover]

One step beyond by Prince Buster is awesome

[Rignold]

Guns of Navarone

It Mek

Police on my back

Carry go bring come

007

54 56 was my number

Skinhead Moonstomp

Israelites

Housewives choice

Rudi got married

The tide is high

Return of Django

[misswobble Graduate in reply to Rignold]

I love It Miek. It reminds me of the fair 😃

Return of the Django. Sigh 😃

Skin ed moonstomp as we called it 🙂 Fabbo Reminds me of my monkey boots days 😃

[Rignold in reply to misswobble]

Probably more Rock Steady than ska per se, but great running tune

[Hidden in reply to Rignold]

They’re in and to be released later this week - sorry a bit behind on social. Blame it on the effing migraines

[Razouski]

Hi Jan , I put a few suggestions in this post last week. They might help.

healthunlocked.com/couchto5...

I can probably type them again for you.

[Razouski]

Here you go:

The Selecter - On My Radio

The Beat – Mirror in the Bathroom

The Specials – Gangsters

The Specials – Too Much Too Young

The Beat – Can’t Get Used to You

The Specials – Ghost Town

The Selecter – Too Much Pressure

Bad Manners – Walking in The Sunshine

Madness – One Step Beyond

Madness – House of Fun

Madness – Baggy Trousres

Desmond Decker – The Israelites

Desmond Decker – 007 (Shanty Town)

Prince Buster – One Step Beyond

The Skatalites – Guns of Navarone

Toots and The Maytals – Monkey Man

Dandy Livingstone –Rudy, A Message to You

Millie Small – My Boy Lollipop

Jimmy Cliff – King of Kings

Tony Tribe – Red Red Wine

Bad Manners – Lip Up Fatty

Laurel Aitken – Rudi Got Married

Selecter – Back to Black

The Piranhas – Tom Hark

The Body Snatchers – Do Rock Steady

The Special AKA – Nelson Mandela

Jam – Start

Jam – Going Underground

Fun Boy Three

[misswobble Graduate in reply to Razouski]

I absolutely love Monkey Man. Amy winehouse version was quite good too

[Hidden in reply to Razouski]

Fan blinking tasctic, you’d done the job for me... Sorry for delay - Mrs Migraine visiting a lot lately. List to be released soon

[misswobble Graduate]

I love Y, G and B. That brings back some happy memories 😃.

I have Liquidator on a single 1969 i think. If memry’ serves, the flipside wasn’t bad either 😃

Prince Buster - Al Capone and One Step Beyond

A Message to you Rudy 👍

I’ve got mirror in the Bathroom on my play list

[Hidden in reply to misswobble]

They’re in too....

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate]

Ohhhhh my fav....how about some of these:-

Monkey man - the specials

Skinhead moonstomp - the specials

Rat race - the specials

Hands off she’s mine - the beat

Uptown top ranking - Anthea & Donna

Lip up fatty - Bad manners

Walking in the sunshine - Bad manners (this one always reminds me of why I wanted & suceeded, to learn to play the sax)

Mirror in the bathroom - The beat

Much too young - The specials

Thin I’d better stop there otherwise there’ll be none left for anyone...I just KNOW I’m going to be taking this playlist out with me often....

Thanks Hidden for the time you take compiling these playlists x

[Hidden in reply to Mummycav]

Hi - yes these are all in too - I’m so happy you chose Althea and Donna as I thought they counted as two tone ish... Playlist to be released soon I promise and then look out August another idea is in fruition...

[Jay66UK Graduate]

I’m in music heaven.

[Jay66UK Graduate]

Sat in bed playing the list through rather than sleeping!