An oddity this being a magician doing tricks on a record. A bit like a ventriloquist doing a radio show! They seemed to get away with it th...

" The Best from BBC TV and Radio Children's Programmes" it says on the sleeve and includes samples from Listen With Mother, Pl...

Monster Mix 1994 by Michael Leigh on Mixcloud Trying out the Sound Cloud Mix thingy for the first time. An old monster/weird stuff comp...

I've had requests for more Charlie Gillett shows so here's one from December 1988 on Capital Radio featuring Hamid Zagzoule who was ...

What first strikes you about this album on the Jubilee label (1960's) is the incredible weight! I first thought there must be two LP...

I must admit I was intrigued by the blurry sleeve photo of the drummer playing his bongos and hoped the LP on the Ocora label (1984) would b...

A 12" single on the Rokel label from 1977 that I was convinced I had uploaded before but seems to have vanished from the archives. A s...

10" Lp on the London label from the 50's I would guess. I was hoping for some novelty songs sung in French but mostly comedy sketch...

I thought this was another i had featured here before but can't find any sign of it inn the archives - very strange. Anyway, a great Lp...

OK this is the last ska single from the dusty old box for a while you'll probably be glad to know! I've enjoyed going through them ...

More ska on the Dice label from 1966. Wikipedia says - "Born in Cuba of mixed Cuban and Jamaican descent, Aitken and his family settled...

More ska/rock steady on the Rio label from 1967. Bob Andy's official website says - "Bob Andy (born Keith Anderson) emerged as a so...

Another ska single from 1963. Not much known of this particular artist but I did find this small snippet of info - Reggae singer Lloyd Robi...

A rock steady single on the New Beat label from 1971. La La Means I Love You was originally a hit for The Delphonics in 1968. Todd Rungren ...

Excellent instrumental ska track by Roland Alphonso on this single that also features Andy & Joey. Made in 1965. Wikipedia says - "...

More ska on the Blue Beat label from 1962. I couldn't find anything about Lloyd Clarke but Reco's All Stars must be Rico Rodrigues ...

A single on the Ska Beat label from 1965. Not much info on her website but a short biog. says- "It all started for me at Studio One, ...

Another ska single on the Blue Beat laebl from 1961. Bobby Kingdom also known as Bobby Muir but further info. very slim on this artist. I...

A "kiddie record" this time with very gaudy "politically incorrect" cover found in a charity shop a few years back. Pla...

Another very early ska single on Blue Beat from 1961. Greatly influenced by Fats Domino and New Orleans R&B. Wikipedia says - "Beck...