New GERMAN imports: EL BOSSO & DIE PING PONGS Tag Vor LP NERD ACADEMY Nerdicity CD/LP

April 25, 2012

Two great new releases from German bands!

The legendary EL BOSSO & DIE PING PONGS are back with a brand new album! The band originated during the European revival of the mid-80s and was a dominant band in Germany (along with No Sports, The Busters, The  Braces) through 1992 when the band parted ways. At that point member “Richie The Professor” launched a successful solo career under the new moniker DR RING DING – and the rest is history! EL BOSSO reformed in 2003 due to popular demand, and this is their second album since that reunion! Always playing fun revival third wave ska, always singing in German – the band once again includes   founding members DR RING DING, EL BOSSO, and SKACUS! Vinyl released on GROVER’s VOR imprint! Do not miss. Read the rest of this entry »

New GROVER / VOR release: THE UPSESSIONS “New Heavyweight Champion” LP vinyl (finally!)

April 11, 2012

The debut album from this Dutch early reggae band finally released on vinyl from VOR / Grover Records.

The CD was originally released by MOON SKA WORLD in 2007, 14 fantastic tracks that put the band on the worldwide map alongside THE AGGROLITES and  MOON INVADERS.

01. Why you done me wrong  02. Rudie cool it down  03. Early Getoff  04. The Chambermaid  05. Right way of loving  06. Baby baby baby  07. Hooligan ’69  08. Cool ska time  09. Little talks & rumours  10. Reggae fever
11. Pharaohs last wish  12. Another lovecall  13. Brian the big black butcher’s last card trick 14. Jackie Miller down

New GROVER / VOR release: CAROLOREGIANS “Fat Is Back” LP vinyl! CD on DO THE DOG

LP VINYL finally available from GROVER / VOR Records!!!  CD on DOG THE DOG still in stock!

Fans of JUMP UP are no strangers to the funky skinhead reggae sounds of THE CAROLOREGIANS. They are back with a brand new album entitled “FAT IS BACK”. You got a taste of this new album on our limited edition SOUL OF PUM PUM LP edition, so thrill to these 14 tracks that have soul/funk swagger and hot Jamaican organ licks. It just does not get better than this!

Tracklisting: 1. Fat Is Back 2. Forward 3. Donna Donna 4. Back In the Day 5. City Life 6. From The Congo Square 7. Bedtime Stories 8. Noonish 9. Undercover Agent  10 .Mokka 36 See All 2 11. Iris Skank 12. You Got to Be a Man 13. Biscuit Serenade 14. Quagga Read the rest of this entry »

THE INCITERS “Soul Clap” CD / LP (limited edition clear wax) (JUMP105) – CD ships WORLDWIDE for FREE!

March 16, 2012

We are very proud to welcome back to JUMP UP America’s finest Northern Soul band – THE INCITERS from San Francisco!  An overpowering 11-piece dance floor soul band that has brought the house down from LA to Chicago and all across Europe, releasing 3 albums to date on Grover/Elmo Records in Germany and “ DOING FINE” which was recorded in Chicago and released by JUMP UP in 2000.

THE INCITERS play Northern Soul music, a genre that originated in the north of England in the 1960s, taking inspiration from America’s Motown greats like the Temptations, Stevie Wonder and the Supremes. Coined by the British press to describe the club scene in the North, where DJs played rare soul records from obscure independent labels all night long at venues like the Wigan Casino, Golden Torch, and Blackpool Mecca. Read the rest of this entry »

THE HYPOCONDRIACS “60′s ROCKSTEADY & REGGAE” CD / LP (limited colored wax) (JUMP106)

March 15, 2012

THE HYPOCONDRIACS are rumored to have been the first reggae/rocksteady band from Madrid, who recorded in the late 60′s and released one privately pressed LP that went virtually unnoticed by the press and music fans…not for musical reasons! Dave Barker and Roy Ellis are rumored to contribute backing vocals on this scarce album…if you listen closely you can hear that it could be true.  The reason why people did not buy the LP from the band back in the day? Fear and superstition!

From what we know this four piece had contracted a very rare and highly contagious disease that nobody could diagnose.  Because of this, fans were afraid to just touch a copy of the LP – you can imagine what that did for sales!  The band had given up on live shows altogether.  Copies of the LP that survived seemed to have been scrubbed clean by the owners, and also included a “farewell note” from the band, which we have put into Google translate for non-Spanish speakers:
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New LIQUIDATOR LP VINYL! RUEBEN LOPEZ & THE DIATONES – THE OLDIANS – DANIEL FLORES & THE RUMBA BOX

February 29, 2012

The SPANISH releases just keep coming! Three new LP VINYL only releases have arrived from the excellent LIQUIDATOR label from SPAIN! Buy all THREE LPs and we’ll automatically send you a LIQUIDATOR slip mat for FREE!

Rubén López & The Diatones are the new and old blood of the European Jamaican scene. Formed from well known bands including  The Kinky Coo Coo’s, The Oldians, Flight 404, singer Ruben Lopez (Malarians, Peeping Toms, etc.) delivers on this debut full of sundry sounds and catchy melodies. Thirteen tracks of sweet and original reggae with soul. Read the rest of this entry »

New Spanish Ska & Surf-Steady? UPSTTEMIANS CD – SALLY BROWN CD – EL GRAN MIERCOLES LP

Another fantastic shipment has arrived from SPAIN! Oh where to begin….

SORRY TEMP SOLD OUT ON THIS:

EL GRAN MIERCOLES “THIS IS SURF-STEADY” LP vinyl is totally unique! The band is made up of members from the MALARIANS, SHAKE IT UPS, DR JAU & THE PEANUT VENDORS, MR T BONE’s European band…and all of these cats have backed up and recorded with the great LAUREL AITKEN. In short, this album takes surf classics and turn them into Jamaican rock-steady and ska, and ska classics and turn them into surf….plus originals that are true “SURF STEADY”. THE SKATALITES, AUGUSTUS PABLO, and THE VENTURES are all represented here. Vinyl LP only limited edition of 500 copies from EL GRAN MIERCOLES. Read the rest of this entry »

RODDY RADIATION & SKABILLY REBELS “Blues Attack” LP (JUMP095LP) Fans of The Specials and Stray Cats rejoice!

February 8, 2012

Far too often when a band claims to combine two dissimilar styles of music into an all powerful “new” hybrid, fans get a wee bit skeptical. After all, in most cases these creative endeavors fail miserably – and quite often it involves ska music. Simply put, this stereotype does not apply to the SKABILLY REBELS.

RODDY RADIATION’s band successfully takes the best parts of rockabilly, minus the cheesiness that all too often is associated with the genre, and then puts it to a laid back traditional ska beat. Should we expect anything less? Of course you already know him as the legendary guitarist of The Specials (who also wrote their classics ‘Rat Race’, ‘Concrete Jungle’ & ‘Hey Little Rich Girl’), who also later formed blues influenced acts The Bonediggers and The Tearjerkers. He’s a veteran and true innovator of both the 2-TONE ska movement and the English rockabilly revival scene. Read the rest of this entry »