Old School Ska

25/08/2024

Morning troops
It's Skanking Sunday on www.buttondownradio.com and what could be better than this:

First trad sesh so far...
08:41Jumping With Mr. Lee - Val Bennett
08:36 Val Bennett - Jumping with Mr. Lee
08:31Michigan & Smiley - Nice Up The Dance
08:27Jimmy Cliff - Vietnam
08:21Laurel Aitken - Stupid Married Man
08:16 Augustus Pablo - East of the River Nile
08:10Lloyd & Devon - Push Push
08:03 Sugar Minott - Oh Mr DC
08:00 Caz Gardiner & The Badasonics - Tic Tac Toe

Rest of the day goes

08:00 - 10:00 we kick it old school with Buttondown Old School Ska ... BOSS!
10:00 - 10:30 Beyond 2Tone
10:30 -11:00 2Tone
11:00 - 11:30 a bit of everything
11:30 - 12:00 Featured This Week with Vieja Skina, The TroubleMakers, Skankt, Newport Secret Six, Monkey, Los Caurolites ft Pedro Psicosis, Intensified, Chinatown Ska and Boss Capone and Keith Rowe
12:00 - 16:00 Ska from all eras
16:00 - 18:00 Ska vs Northern Soul
18:00 - 19:00 BOSS Buttondown Old School Ska
19:00 - 20:00 Ultimate Ska and Northern Soul
20:00 - 21:00 BDR Mix
21:00 - 21:30 Featured This Week
22:00 til Monday morning - our patented Button Down Radio mix

30/07/2024

It may well be on www.buttondownradio.com but it's also James 'Jimmy Cliff' Chambers' birthday.

The celebrated artist has given us songs such as "Many Rivers to Cross", "You Can Get It If You Really Want", "The Harder They Come", "Reggae Night", and "Hakuna Matata", and his covers of Cat Stevens's "Wild World" and Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now" from the film Cool Runnings. He starred in the film The Harder They Come, which helped popularize reggae around the world. Cliff was one of five performers inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010.

16/07/2024

Happy Desmond Dekker day born July 16th 1941

www.buttondownradio.com

30/06/2024

Morning all - kicking off Skanking Sunday with two hours of trad ska, rocksteady, boss reggae, a little lover's rock and some good old skinhead reggae on www.buttondownradio.com

Rest of the day goes:
08:00 - 10:00 we kick it old school with Buttondown Old School Ska ... BOSS!
10:00 - 10:30 Beyond 2Tone
10:30 -11:00 2Tone
11:00 - 11:30 a bit of everything
11:30 - 12:00 The first 'Featured This Week' session of the week with tracks from
Skanimals
Transilvanians
The Accelerators Ska Band
WHAT!
Lost Island Society
The Calamatix
Sound System Seven
The Owls
12:00 - 16:00 Ska from all eras
16:00 - 18:00 Ska vs Northern Soul
18:00 - 19:00 BOSS Buttondown Old School Ska
19:00 - 20:00 Ultimate Ska and Northern Soul
20:00 - 21:00 BDR Mix
21:00 - 21:30 Featured This Week
22:00 til Monday morning - our patented Button Down Radio mix

23/06/2024

16/05/2024

Morning all - on www.buttondownradio.com and despite it only covering 5 or so years in the 60+ years of ska we draw a focus on the original ska and rocksteady sounds of our genre.

We play stuff like this:
Live The Kingstonians - Girls Like Dirt
06:42 Harmoniser - Sweet Things We Do
06:39 The Panic Report - Kingston Comedown
06:36 The Downbeat Detonators - It's A Good Day
06:30 Jah Jazz Orchestra - Manteska
06:28 Roland Alphonso - 100 Tons of Mega
06:24 The Special AKA - What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend (Edit)
06:21 Baba Brooks Band - Guns Fever
06:18 The Love Affair - Everlasting Love
06:16 PorkPie - Hands Go Numb
06:13 Don Drummond (Jamaica) - Corner Stone
06:10 Derrick Morgan - The Conquering Ruler
06:08 Prince Buster - Ghost Dance
06:06 The Paragons - On The Beach
06:03 Slim Smith - What Kind Of Life Is This
05:59 The-Riffs England - Dont Push Me Out
05:56 The Magnetics - Unknown
05:53 Suspect Bill - Cafe Trichter
05:50 Stranger & Patsy - Let's Go To The Party
05:50 The Indecision - Indecision BDR vocal bit
05:48 Esteban Flores - The Smoking Gun
05:45 Slim Smith - On Broadway
05:43 The Silvertones - Don't Run For A Hiding Place
05:40 Prince Buster - Too Hot
05:38 The Cimarons - Funny, Version 2
05:36 Randy's All Stars - Randy's Reggae

02/05/2024

Morning trads!

Morning all - it's and we play a little more trad than is normal today on www.buttondownradio.com

Past bit of time went:
06:43 Dave Barker & The Upsetters - Shocks Of Mighty
06:39 The Specials - Do Nothing
06:35 The Caribbean Soul Steppers - Shallow Girl
06:35 Alpheus - Button Down Radio Alpheus Jingle 2
06:32 Laurel Aitken - Moon Rock
06:29 The Melodians - Last Train To Expo '67
06:22 The Fanculos - GOOD LIFE
06:19 King Hammond - Rocking On Ridley Road
06:16 The Bodynatchers - Ruder Than You
06:14 Delano Stewart - Let's Have Some Fun
06:11 Cynthia Richards - Conversation '70
06:09 Rita And The Tiaras - Gone with the Wind Is My Love (7" Mix)
06:05 Counter Intuitive Records - Promises
06:02 Half Past Two, Bite Me Bambi, Catbite, Skatune Network, Mustard Plug - Lost Again (DHC Cover)
05:59 Madness - Madness (Is All In The Mind)
05:56 The Skapones -rolling-years
05:53 Andres Cotter - Racist Friend (ft Ska Beat City & M Delgado)
05:50 The Kingstonians - Fun Galore
05:47 Gaylettes - Silent River (Runs Deep)
05:47 Coolie Ranx - BDR jingle 18 Coolie 2
05:44 Spy Eye - These Boots Were Made For Stomping
05:42 Boomtown United real page - Wayside
05:39 Lloyd Robinson - No More Trouble
05:36 Don Drummond & The Skatalites Band - Garden Of Love

27/04/2024

Good morning!

Morning all Super SKAturday begins on www.buttondownradio.com and we go something like this:

07:00 - 09:00 BOSS - Button Down Old School Ska - Trad ska - classic tunes from Big Shot, Trojan, Treasure Isle etc
09:00 - 9:30 2Tone studio classics
09:30 - 15:00 Ska from All eras
15:00 - 15:30 Featured This Week with Los Barrelshots, The Skatalites Band, Gold Steppers,
The Contenders, The Chains, Nick And The Adversaries, Les SkartOi!-rocksteady orchestra,
Rocky Sullivan, Psy.D., & Skatanauts, Suburbia ska, Los Chickléts Official
15:30 - 16:00 BDR ska mixtape
16:00 - 17:00 BOSS - Button Down Old School Ska
17:00 - 17:30 New Sounds
17:30 - 18:00 Ska Explosion
18:00 - 19:00 Ultimate Ska
19:00 - 00:00 Ska from All eras

MID SHOW EDIT
Live The Jamaicans - My Love For You
08:12 The Skatalites - The Reburial
08:10 Creations - Mix Up Girl
08:07 Roland Alphonso - Nothing For Nothing
08:04 Musical Doctors - Ghost Rider
08:01 Alton Ellis - What Does It Take
07:58 Granville Williams & His Orchestra - Third Man Theme
07:55 Eric Fatter - Since You've Been Gone
07:53 West Indians - Right On Time
07:50 The Rio Grandes - Moses (Alt. Tk.)
07:47 Cosmo & Dennis - Baby Please Don't Go
07:45 Derrick & Naomi - Pain In My Heart
07:42 Derrick Morgan - In My Heart
07:38 T***s & The Maytals (Jamaica) - Monkey Man
07:36 Dennis Alcapone - It Must Come
07:33 Delroy Wilson - I'm the One Who Loves You
07:30 Roland Alphonso - James Bond
07:27 Bobby Ellis & The Crystalites - Bombshell
07:25 Duke Reid's Group - Herring Bone
07:22 Jimmy Cliff - Hurricane Hattie
07:19 Derrick & Patsy - Love Not To Brag
07:17 Carl Dawkins - I'll Make It Up
07:16 Alpheus - Equality jingle Button Down Alpheus
07:14 Harry J Allstars - Spyrone
07:11 Demons - You Belong to My Heart
07:08 The Viceroys - Nosey People
07:06 Rico Rodriguez & Buster's Group - Luke Lane Shuffle

21/04/2024

Good morning people - Skanking Sunday begins on www.buttondownradio.com as ever with two hours of trad from 08:00-10:00

Then....
10:00 - 10:30 Beyond 2Tone
10:30 -11:00 2Tone
11:00 - 11:30 a bit of everything
11:30 - 12:00 The first 'Featured This Week' session of the week featuring
Los Barrelshots
The Skatalites Band
Gold Steppers
The Contenders
The Chains
Nick And The Adversaries
Les SkartOi!-rocksteady orchestra
Rocky Sullivan, Psy.D.
Sir Jay & The Skatanauts
Suburbia ska
Los Chickléts Official
12:00 - 16:00 Ska from all eras
16:00 - 18:00 Ska vs Northern Soul
18:00 - 19:00 BOSS Buttondown Old School Ska
19:00 - 20:00 Ultimate Ska and Northern Soul
20:00 - 21:00 BDR Mix
21:00 - 21:30 Featured This Week
22:00 til Monday morning - our patented Button Down mix

So far:
Live The Sensations - The Last Time
09:36 The Three Tops - Do It Right
09:33 Johnny Clarke - Rock With Me Baby
09:31 George Lee - Jungle Fever
09:28 Desmond Dekker - It Mek
09:28 Coolie Ranx - Button Down Radio Jingle
09:25 Jackie Edwards - Ali Baba
09:22 Owen & Leon Silvera - Words
09:19 Augustus Pablo - Rough Rider Dub
09:16 The Kingstonians - Singer Man
09:13 Stranger & Patsy - Let's Go To The Party
09:09 Johnny Clarke - Love Me Forever
09:03 Tony Tribe and Boy Friday - Red Red Wine (Extended Version)
09:00 Randy's All Stars - Waterfall (Bridge Over Troubled Water)
08:58 Karl "King Cannonball" Bryan - Soul Pipe
08:55 Freddie McKay - Fine Fine Fine (Alt.Tk.)
08:53 Duke Reid's Group - Herring Bone
08:50 George Dekker - You Treating Me Bad
08:48 Ken Boothe - Artibella
08:46 Don Drummond (Jamaica) - Dan De Lion
08:43 The Emotions - Rum Bay
08:41 Roland Alphonso - Peace and Love
08:40 Thirteen Towers - BDR Jingle
08:37 Prince Buster & The Blue Beats - Independence Song
08:35 The Freedom Singers - Election
08:32 The Silvertones - My True Confession
08:28 Joe Higgs - Don't Come To My House No More
08:26 Prince Buster & The Band Of The People - Time Longer Than Rope
08:24 The Melodies & The Skatalites - Vacation
08:21 Roland Alphonso - Nuclear Weapon
08:19 The Ethiopians - Reggae Hit The Town
08:16 The Valentines - All In One
08:13 King Horror - Loch Ness Monster
08:10 The Wailers - Amen
08:08 Tony Scott - Saturday Night
08:05 The Skatalites - Lawless Street (Instrumental Version)

13/04/2024

Morning all - Super SKAturday has begun on www.buttondownradio.com and we approach the final quarter of the first trad sesh of the day which has gone like this:

Live Lyn Taitt & The Jets - Napoleon Solo
08:19 Harry J All Stars - Je T'Aime '69
08:16 The Ethiopians - Woman Capture Man
08:14 Alton Ellis & Phyllis Dillon - Remember That Sunday
08:11 Greyhound - I Am What I Am
08:09 Monarchs & Drumbago All Stars - All Of Me
08:07 Delroy Wilson - I Want Justice
08:05 Seven Letters - Call Collect
08:02 The Upsetters - Soul Stew
08:00 The Upsetters - Return To Django
07:57 Derrick Morgan - (How) Know Your Friend
07:55 Sound Dimension - Rockfort Rock
07:52 Glen Adams - Rich in Love (Version 2)
07:50 Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Once A Man, Twice A Child
07:47 John Holt (Jamaica) - The Tide Is High
07:44 Alton Ellis - I've Got Love
07:42 The Rhthm Rulers - Mannix
07:38 Dobby Dobson - I'm A Loving Pauper
07:36 The Fugitives - Baby Why
07:33 The Crystalites - Drp Pon
07:30 The Upsetters - Touch of Fire
07:28 Carl Bryan - Way of Life
07:25 Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - No Good Rudie
07:23 Stranger Cole - Thinking of the Future
07:20 Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Stupid Doctor
07:17 Lloyd Charmers & The Hippy Boys - Long About Now
07:15 Laurel Aitken - Skinhead Train
07:12 Laurel Aitken - Skinhead Wreck The Town
07:09 The Pioneers - Long Shot Kick De Bucket
07:07 Ken Parker - True, True, True
07:04 Sweet Confusion - Elizabethan Serenade

Off to Salisbury to catch The JB Conspiracy, Codename Colin, Till I’m Bones, Andy B and The World and Common Sense Kid at The Wi******er Gate in a bit but don't worry, we got you covered with:
Now - 09:00 BOSS - Button Down Old School Ska - Trad ska - classic tunes from Big Shot, Trojan, Treasure Isle etc
09:00 - 9:30 2Tone studio classics
09:30 - 15:00 Ska from All eras
15:00 - 15:30 Featured This Week
15:30 - 16:00 BDR ska mixtape
16:00 - 17:00 BOSS - Button Down Old School Ska
17:00 - 17:30 New Sounds
17:30 - 18:00 Ska Explosion
18:00 - 19:00 Ultimate Ska
19:00 - 00:00 Ska from All eras

22/03/2024

Morning all it's on www.buttondownradio.com and we up the count of the post 2Tone sound today.

However always have an eye on ska history. We wish Ken Boothe the very happiest of birthdays born March 22nd 1948. Ken has recorded more than 20 albums including releases on Studio 1 and Trojan . What set would be complete without Everything I Own?

Have a great day people. Almost the weekend!
Mr P

12/03/2024

Remembering original Skatalite Don Drummond born March 12th 1932. He died just months before I was born in May 1969 but his musical legacy lives on...

on www.buttondownradio.com and bonus 2Tone all day long.

We play stuff like this:
Live Potbelly MacKraken - Deadly Science
06:34 Woodfield Rd Allstars - Flying Crow Feather
06:29 Jumping With Mr. Lee - Val Bennett
06:25 Tommy Tornado - Lively Stroll feat. King Django
06:22 Shirley Ellis - Soul Time (7" Mix)
06:20 Lynn Taitt & The Jets - Dee's Special '68
06:17 Darrell Banks - Angel Baby (Don't You Ever Leave Me)
06:13 Brasília Ska Jazz Club - Skoronavac
06:11 The Wailers - Rock Sweet Rock
06:08 Swinging Cats - Away
06:05 Boss Capone & Patsy - This Feeling of Love
06:01 Rumaska - Skandemia
05:58 Stranger Cole - Always Remember Me
05:54 Intensified - Sea Of Love
05:50 Capone and the Bullets (Official) - Godfather
05:47 Tobi Legend - Time Will Pass You By (7" Mix)
05:43 The Ruffolos - Lost Coast City
05:40 Seven Letters - The Fit
05:34 Intensified - These Feelings
05:32 Bargain Bin Heroes - My Day

25/02/2024

Morning all

Good morning good morning - it's the final Skanking Sunday of February on www.buttondownradio.com and we are halfway through our first trad sesh of the day - here's what you have heard / missed so far:

Live The Sensations - Those Guys
08:50 Johnny Clarke - Love Me Forever
08:47 Alton Ellis & The Flames - All My Tears
08:44 Johnny & The Attractions - Coming On The Scene '68
08:42 Tommy Cowan with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Stranger In Town
08:39 Harry J Allstars & Karl Bryan - Soul Special
08:35 Joey & Group4 - Soul Love
08:31 Ken Boothe - Everything I Own
08:28 Roland Alphonso - Sock It To Me
08:24 Laurel Aitken - Woppi King
08:22 Aston "Familyman" Barrett with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Key To The City
08:19 Blue Rivers & The Maroons (Jamaica) - Guns Of Navarone
08:17 Owen Gray - They Got To Move
08:14 Delano Stewart - That's Life
08:11 G.G. All Stars - Champion
08:09 Desmond Dekker - Work Out
08:06 Winston Groovy - Little Girl
08:04 Unknown Vocal Duo - The Conquerer

Rest of the day goes:
Now - 10:00 we kick it old school with Buttondown Old School Ska ... BOSS!
10:00 - 10:30 Beyond 2Tone
10:30-11:00 2Tone
11:00 - 11:30 a bit of everything
11:30 - 12:00 The first 'Featured This Week' session of the week with fresh cuts from The Utopians, The Bandulus, Raye Cole (Original Gravity), The Opalites, Half Past Two,
Shandon, Smoke + Mirrors Soundsystem and Skankan Official
12:00 - 16:00 Ska from all eras
16:00 - 18:00 Ska vs Northern Soul (with a dedicated half hour of Northern at 17:00)
18:00 - 19:00 BOSS Buttondown Old School Ska
19:00 - 20:00 Ultimate Ska and Northern Soul
20:00 - 21:30 BDR Mix
21:30 - 22:00 Featured This Week
22:00 - 23:00 Button Down Sunday DUB Club- classic and modern dubs, versions and riddims
23:00 til Monday morning - our patented Button Down mix

10/02/2024

Morning all - SKAturday begins on www.buttondownradio.com for you early birds with two hours of trad ska, rocksteady, early reggae and skinhead reggae (maybe a smidge of lover's rock in there too) from 07:00-09:00

08:32 the story so far:
Live Granville Williams & His Orchestra - Wailin'
08:28 Glen Brown & Dave Barker - Lucky Boy
08:25 Drumbago's All Stars - Duck Soup
08:22 The Beltones - Mary Mary
08:20 Stranger Cole & Lester Sterling (Jamaica) - Bangarang
08:17 Lloyd Clarke - Love Me Or Leave Me
08:15 The Upsetters - Return Of Django
08:12 Symarip - Skinhead Jamboree
08:09 Laurel Aitken - Mr. Popcorn
08:07 The Ethiopians - Engine 54
08:05 Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - I Want It
08:02 Ken Boothe - Train Is Coming
07:59 Theo Beckford's Group - The Horse
07:57 Heads Or Tails - Winston Wright
07:51 Pama Dice - Reggae Popcorn
07:47 Owen Gray - Natty Bongo
07:45 The Woodpeckers - Zumbelly
07:42 Baba Brooks (Jamaica) - Musical Communion
07:39 The Kingstonians - Sufferer
07:36 Cecil Lloyd & Dee's Group - Dees Special
07:34 Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Here I Stand
07:30 Techniques - You Don't Care (AKA You'll Want Me Back)
07:28 Laurel Aitken - Baby I Need Your Lovin'
07:25 Ernest Wilson - Private Number
07:23 Andy & Joey - You're Wondering Now
07:20 Sir Collins & The Earthquakes - Earthquake '69
07:18 Winston Wright - Top Secret
07:15 The Skatalites - Lawless Street (DJ Version)
07:09 Lloyd Robinson & Glen Brown With Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Oh Little Girl
07:07 Federal Singers - Don't Let Me Down
07:04 The Hippy Boys - Cloudburst

04/02/2024

Morning everyone

Pah haaaa - AI can't spell....
But they do do fun graffix

Skanking Sunday begins on www.buttondownradio.com

08:00 - 10:00 we kick it old school with Buttondown Old School Ska ... BOSS!
10:00 - 10:30 Beyond 2Tone
10:30-11:00 2Tone
11:00 - 11:30 a bit of everything
11:30 - 12:00 The first 'Featured This Week' session of the week with new choons from The Kittyhawks , Natural Right , Cosmic Shuffling , The Kilograms , Alpheus - Ska & Rocksteady Singer , Call Me Malcolm , Juantxo Skalari & La Rude Band and Bet on Red
12:00 - 16:00 Ska from all eras
16:00 - 18:00 Ska vs Northern Soul
18:00 - 19:00 BOSS Buttondown Old School Ska
19:00 - 20:00 Ultimate Ska and Northern Soul
20:00 - 21:00 BDR Mix
21:00 - 22:00 Featured This Week
22:00 - 23:00 Button Down DUB Radio - classic and modern dub
23:00 til Monday morning - our patented Button Down mix

06/01/2024

Morning all
First SKAturday of 24. Hope the week has been kind to you.
Kicking the weekend off with two hours of trad right now on www.buttondownradio.com

STORY SO FAR:
Live Laurel Aitken - Every Night
07:40 The Charmers - Little Angel
07:38 Baba Brooks - River Bank, Pt. 1
07:35 Carl Dawkins - Baby I Love You
07:32 El P***y Cat Ska - Roland Alphonso
07:28 Earnest Wilson - Sentimental Man
07:26 The Specialized Project - The Big One at Shorefield Country Park
07:26 Eric Morris & Buster's All Stars - Over the Hills
07:23 Roland Alphonso - Federal Special
07:21 Trevor Shield - Please
07:18 Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Wailing (aka Mabrouk)
07:15 Dennis Alcapone - King of the Track
07:12 Earl Bailey - Moon Rock
07:09 Stranger & Patsy - Let's Go To The Party
07:07 Stranger Cole,The Techniques, Baba Brooks (Jamaica) - Run Joe
07:04 Gruvy Beats - Birds And Bees (Young Gifted And Black)
07:02 The Melodians - Everybody Bawling

23/12/2023

It was the day before the night before Christmas and the skins all went shopping because it's SKAturday and they thought they had more time...

Yes it's SKAturday on www.buttondownradio.com and we are well into the first trad sesh of the day and it has gone a bit like this:

Live The Coloured Raisons - No More Heartaches
07:13 Prince Buster & The All Stars - These Are The Times
07:08 Laurel Aitken - Stupid Married Man
07:05 The Skatalites - The Reburial
07:01 Rico - Easter Island

Rest of the day goes:
07:00 - 09:00 BOSS - Button Down Old School Ska - Trad ska - classic tunes from Big Shot, Trojan, Treasure Isle etc
09:00 - 9:30 2Tone studio classics
09:30 - 10:30 Best ska of 2023
10:30 - 15:00 Ska from All eras
15:00 - 15:30 Featured This Week
15:30 - 16:00 BDR ska mixtape
16:00 - 17:00 BOSS - Button Down Old School Ska
17:00 - 17:30 New Sounds
17:30 - 18:00 Ska Explosion
18:00 - 19:00 Ultimate Ska
19:00 - 20:00 Best ska of 2023
20:00 - 00:00 Ska from All eras

17/12/2023

Button Down Radio - Ska and Northern Soul radio broadcasting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Bringing you the very best of the ska genres, from mento to ska core and beyond.

17/12/2023

Evening all.
Skanking Sundays draws thinner and the evening is darker earlier. Perfect winter stout time!

What a cracking week. Madness on Tuesday we're top rate and the listeners best ska album of 2023 poll is going great guns. Well over 1000 votes cast already!
Have your say at https://m.facebook.com/questions.php?question_id=1335885377049922&ref=share

Been such a great year for global and

To you all we raise a glass of Funky Fluid and toast your health and happiness!

Evening goes
Now trad sesh 2
19:00 Ultimate ska and northern Soul
20:00 Best of 2023
21:00 Featured This Week
22:00

14/12/2023

on www.buttondownradio.com and we increase the count of trad and original rocksteady in the mix today.

We also wish Dandy Livingstone a very happy 79th birthday.

Dandy Livingstone (born Robert Livingstone Thompson, 14 December 1943) is a best known for his 1972 hit, "Suzanne Beware of the Devil", and for his song, "Rudy, A Message to You", which was later a cover hit for The Specials. "Suzanne Beware of the Devil", reached number 14 on the UK Singles Chart. In the early 1960s, Livingstone recorded some of the bestselling UK-produced ska singles of the era.

02/12/2023

Morning troops

Morning all. Warm enough for ya? 🥶
Let the sunshine pour outta your speakers with the trad sesh from 07:00-09:00 this morning followed by some 2Tone...

That'll do

27/10/2023

Only support this if you love ska

(and if you can...)

Hi all - we have been supporting original ska artists 24/7 since 20… Martin Pressling needs your support for Support Original Ska Music - BDR fundraiser 2024

19/07/2023

Come join us Thursday

Seeing as tomorrow is we are going to play nothing but trad ska from 06:00 until 21:00 when the session kicks in
Nothing better than a BOSS Old School Ska session on www.buttondownradio.com with tunes from Trojan, Studio 1, Treasure Isle, Doctor Bird, Top Deck and so many more...

18/06/2023

Morning all
Happy father's day
Two hours of trad about to kick off on www.buttondownradio.com

Buttondown
Old
School
Ska
---BOSS---

We never let you know what you are going to get in each session... but this is how yesterday's afternoon sesh:
17:01 A Dandy - Trouble In The Town=Dandy
16:57 Laurel Aitken And The Blue Beats - Lucille
16:54 Desmond Dekker - Lickin' Stick
16:50 Tommy McCook & The Soul Brothers - Bond Street Special
16:48 Delroy Wilson - Put Yourself in My Place
16:45 Al T. Joe - I'm On My Own
16:43 Harry J Allstars - The Dog
16:41 Owen & Leon Silvera - Words
16:38 U Roy - Wet Dream (Version)
16:35 Drumbago All Stars (Jamaica) - Duck Soup
16:33 Laurel Aitken - Apollo 12 (Skinhead Invasion)
16:31 Derrick Morgan & Buster's Group - Marjorie
16:28 The Jay Boys - Easy Sounds
16:25 Roland Alphonso - Nuclear Weapon
16:22 The Live Shocks - Version Of Nobody
16:20 Duke Reid's Group - Woodchoppers Ball (Take 2)
16:17 Laurel Aitken - Rice & Peas
16:15 Dottie & Bunnie Featuring Don Drummond (Jamaica) - Dearest
16:13 Stranger & Ken - Feeling Of Love
16:10 Baba Brooks His Recording Band - King Size
16:07 The Reggae Boys - Dolly House On Fire

10/06/2023

Morning all
Here comes SKAturday and we are set for a scorcher.
Starting the day off on www.buttondownradio.com with two hours of trad ska, rocksteady and boss reggae

Put yer 'at on!

----MID SHOW EDIT ----
Live The Rulers - Too Late
07:57 The Victors - Reggae Buddy
07:55 Laurel Aitken - I'll Never Love Another
07:52 Ska Rarities - Froggy - The Baba Brooks Band
07:50 Monty & Roy With Drumbago's Orchestra - In And Out The Window
07:47 Roland Alphonso - Guantanamera Ska
07:44 The Skatalites - Lawless Street (DJ Version)
07:40 Laurel Aitken - Run Powell Run
07:38 T***s & The Maytals (Jamaica) - John James
07:36 Alton Ellis & The Flames - Cry Tough
07:34 U-Roy & Hopeton Lewis - Drive Her Home (Drive It Home)
07:31 Derrick Morgan & Naomi Phillips - Heart Of Stone
07:29 Lloyd Clarke, Smithiès Sextet - Good Morning
07:27 Laurel Aitken - Don't Be Cruel
07:23 Roland Alphonso - El Torro
07:20 Prince Buster - Al Capone
07:18 Desmond Dekker & The Aces - Israelites
07:16 Winston Right & Rupie Edwards All Stars - Grandfather's Clock
07:13 Ken Boothe - Lady with the Starlight
07:10 Ken Boothe & Stranger Cole - Suzie
07:08 Dandy - (People Get Ready) Let's Do Rocksteady
07:05 Rolan Alphonso - 100 Tons of Mega

03/06/2023

Morning all - half way through our first trad sesh of the day on www.buttondownradio.com and look what we have played you already!

Live The Rulers - Be Mine
07:50 Joe White - Rudies All Round
07:47 Lee Perry & The Sensations - Set Them Free
07:45 Desmond Dekker - Get Up Edina
07:42 Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Come Bail Me
07:40 Desmond Dekker - 007 (Shanty town)
07:36 Don Drummond - Green Island
07:34 Eric Morris - Terrible Mistake
07:31 Laurel Aitken - Only You
07:28 Laurel Aitken & Girlie - Suffering Still
07:25 The Eternals - Queen Of The Minstrels
07:23 Nora Dean - Me Want Man
07:20 The Maytals - One Look
07:18 The Untouchables - Tighten Up
07:15 Desmond Dekker - Israelites
07:12 Johnny Moore - Yogi Man (Take 3)
07:09 Duke Reid's All Stars - Chant
07:06 The Upsetters - Soulful I

That'll do...

01/06/2023

Morning all, it's on www.buttondownradio.com and we raise the profile of the trad stuff in the mix today.

Past bit of time went:
07:59 Kato Ska (Feat. From The Specials - Neville Staple & Sugary Staple) - Blah Blah
07:55 The Panic Report - Serves You Right
07:50 Hepcat - Live On
07:46 Laurel Aitken and The Loafers - Sally Brown (Live)
07:44 too many crooks - Mafia
07:40 Some Ska Band - It's Going Down
07:37 The Panic Report - F.B.I. Shades
07:33 The Allstonians - Jr. G-Man
07:30 The Toasters NYC SKA - Recriminations
07:27 Andy B and The World - Times
07:23 The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - You Had to be There
07:18 The Makeways - Joe
07:16 Johnny Osbourne - Sing Jah Stylee
07:13 The SilverStars - Let Him Pray
07:11 King Hammond - March Of The Skinheads
07:08 Derrick Morgan - You're a Pest
07:07 Joe White - Rudies All Round
07:04 Laurel Aitken - Bendwood Dick
07:01 Derrick Morgan - Court Dismiss
06:56 The Inverters - Kevin
06:53 Owen Gray - My Darling Patricia
06:50 Sugar Ants - Riding High
06:48 Baba Brooks (Jamaica) - The Clock

27/05/2023

Good morning ska nation.
It's a beautiful sunny morning on the South coast of England and we are well into our first trad sesh of the day on www.buttondownradio.com

Those off to Stone Valley Festival South - have an awesome time and don't forget the sunblock!

Trad sesh so far:
Live Val Bennett - Jumping with Mr. Lee
07:31 Ken Boothe - Satta Massagana
07:28 The Kingstonians - More Wine
07:25 Desmond Dekker - It Mek
07:23 King Sporty & Roland Alphonso - El Cid (Dahil Sayo) Take 4)
07:20 Roland Alphonso - Because Of You (Dahil Sayo) (Take 1)
07:17 Greyhound - Moon River
07:15 Delano Stewart - Rocking Sensation
07:12 Jimmy James - Bewildered And Blue
07:10 Winston Groovy - I Can't Stand It
07:07 Baba Brooks Orchestra - Watermelon Man
07:04 Prince Buster - Bye Bye Baby
07:01 Winston Groovy - Funny, Version 1
06:58 Tommy McCook - The Saint (The Saints Go Marching In)

25/05/2023

Remembering Desmond Dekker who left us May 25th 2006

on www.buttondownradio.com where we celebrate the original ska music pushing it a little higher in the mix today.

24/05/2023

Happy Prince Buster day

Many happy returns to the legendary Prince Buster born May 24th 1938

There is not a single day that passes that we don't play a Prince Buster tune on www.buttondownradio.com