Ska: The Third Wave, Vol. 1 (1997)

About this title: With ska seeding out of the grassroots and into the mainstream, ever more labels were looking to reap the skanking whirlwind, much to the satisfaction of bands who had previously been left to wither (or flourish) under benign neglect. Ska: The Third Wave was originally released in 1995 by Continuum Records, and the New Jersey label inevitably filled the set with East Coast bands. The Dance Hall Crashers alone representing the Pacific coast, while Grand Rapids' Mustard Plug and St. Louis' MU330 hold down the heartland. Needless to say, style in no way equates with geography, and this ... read more

Tracks:

1. Doomsday [Tween/Worrell]
2. Too Stoopid [Mustard Plug]
3. Othello [Dance Hall Crashers]
4. Shotgun Jimmy [Insteps]
5. Saba [Tween]
6. After the Lights Go Down Low [White/Belmonte/Love]
7. Factory Concerto [Linarcs]
8. Hi-Ball [Cho/Skavoovie & the]
9. Night Before [Goodin/Jackson]
10. William Shatner [OSullivan]
11. Dub 56 [Hingley]
12. Stuff [Mu Three Thirty]
13. Swallow Blood [Schneck]
14. Little Hidden Secrets [Hingley]
15. Don Quixote [Perry]
16. Miami Skaline [Fields/Foot]
17. My Girl Became a Dude (The Transexual Song) [Smith]
18. I Gotta Do It (Someday) [OSullivan]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.