As I happened to come across this on Bandcamp the other day I thought I would put out this short bit about it…sort of a public service announcement I guess, or just a recommendation to check out this classic and noteworthy collection.  

At some point in 2020 I had picked up another edition of this (Volume 4) which, in addition to having a cosmically cool cover, had really given me a nice tour around ska punk at the time.   That set of CD’s had even more songs (165!) than this first volume (134) as hard as that may be to believe.  

Volume 1 has it all in terms of how the ideas and sounds of ska & punk were being interpreted and fused together at the time.  Some favorites of mine; Tangerine Drive (from Backyard Superheroes), Walk Away (Rude King), In My Head (Mad Dog & the 20/20’s), and Here We Go Again (The Taj Motel Trio) – a short list to start with but there are so many good songs on here.  

And yes, there is a Volume 5 not to mention 2 and 3 of course – many props to the people at What Do You Know About Ska Punk who also put out other releases you can listen to and pick up when ready.  

You can check this and more info / music  on their Bandcamp page https://whatdoyouknowaboutskapunk.bandcamp.com/

As always, please go out and support local art and music – community is powerful 🙂 

And please think about purchasing this song after you listen – streaming music does not pay much even times a thousand