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		The SKAFLAMES (Ska fever) Genre: Ska Reggae R&B Label: Gaz's Rockin' Records - 1989 CD audio - 12 Tracks- Trojans official page on Last Fm on iTunes Buy a CD Download mobile ringtones
Tracks Listing 1. Tokyo shot 2. Osaka ska 3. Hot sake 4. Lindow man 5. Christine Keiler 6. Ray Himan 7. Ska fever 8. Kurosawa 9. Samurai 10. East river moon 11. Cool smoke 12. Do the mule (Listen to all)		Band line-up: 'Kazu 'Nikka' Nishikawa: Drums, Percussion Kenzi Miyazaki: Guitar, Harmonica Tohru Sigaki: Double Bass Masa Nagai: Piano Riyouichi Ogura: Tenor Sax Takeshi Okawa: Tenor Sax Hiutoshi Tsuruta: Trumpet Koji Watanabe: Trombone Akihito Nakasu: Percussion

The Ska flames: ska fever

Reviewed by Dell (Backdoor Promotions England).

During the late eighties, Japan was experiencing a ska boom, and a host of acts emerged from the nation. With Gaz Mayall often appearing on TV and performing live in Japan, it gave him the time to check out the bands that were emerging underneath the Rising Sun.

One of the best Japanese ska acts are The Ska Flames, whose authentic thunderous ska is quite delightful. Gaz wasted no time, & asked the band to record an album for Gaz's Rockin Records.

Ska Fever was released in 1988, & it became one of the must have ska releases of that particular time. The UK dancehalls & ska discos were all rocking to the Ska Flames that year, and the album was voted as ' Best of 1988 ' in some global fanzines. That does not surprise me. Hot Jamaican ska from Japan !!

Also available from the same artist:
1987 - The Trojans (album - Ala Ska)
1988 - The Trojans (album - Spirit of Adventure)
1990 - The Trojans (album - Save The World)
1992 - The Trojans (album - Skalaltitude)
1993 - The Trojans (album - Wild and Free)
1993 - The Trojans (album - Rebel Blues)
1994 - The Trojans (album - Celtic Ska)
1995 - The Trojans (album - Stack-A-Dub)
1996 - The Trojans (album - Cool Rulers)
1997 - The Trojans (album - Earth First)
1998 - The Trojans (album - Desiderata)
1998 - The Trojans (album - Trojans Warriors The Best of the Trojans)

1990 - Gaz Rockin's Records (album - Ska Stars of the 80s)
1998 - Gaz Rockin's Records (album - Ska Stars of the 90s)
2006 - The Ska Flames (album - Ska Fever)