Uploaded March 2019 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
Roland Alphonso 'Tear Up', from "max’s SKAnsas city" - lost recordings from Roland Alphonso, The Terrorists, The Offs on limited milky-clear vinyl for Record Store Day UK 2019, and also now on CD with a 12-page booklet. Mostly unreleased ska & reggae recordings from the NYC club’s label. The Skatalites’ Roland Alphonso with unheard versions of 5 of his most famous tunes, plus NYC band The Terrorists and SF band The Offs at the birth of NYC ska scene. With comprehensive sleeve-notes by ska author & blogger Marc Wasserman
Max's Kansas City was a legendary hive of creativity in the 70’s New York City. First as a hang-out for the Warhol/Factory set, then a second lease of life in the birth of the punk-era.
Previously undocumented is its part in a fledgling NYC ska scene in parallel with the UK’s Two-Tone movement. Max’s pioneering record label, run by booker Peter Crowley, recorded various ska sessions in 1980, including with the celebrated The Skatalites Band founder Roland Alphonso.
But only two 7” singles, by San Francisco’s The Offs and NYC’s The Terrorists, ever got issued. Subsequently the NY ska scene exploded, with many bands achieving great success.
Ten of the 15 tracks are issued for the first time, and it comes with authoritative inner bag sleeve notes by ska writer and player ‘Marco On The Bass’ Marc Wasserman: marcoonthebass.blogspot.com
TRACKS: - Roland Alphonso – Tear Up; The Terrorists – Pressure And Slide; Riis Park; Roland Alphonso – Musical Resurrection; The Terrorists – Justice; The Offs – You Fascinate Me; Roland Alphonso – Four Corners; The Terrorists – Working In A Coalmine; Treat Her Right; Roland Alphonso – Sax Skandal; The Offs – My World; The Terrorists – Fade Away; Roland Alphonso – Bridge View; The Offs – Easier Said Than Done; The Terrorists – Take It Easy (Champs Elysee).
USA direct buy-link: - mvdshop.com/products/maxs-skansas-city-vinyl-album
UK & EU buylink: jungle-records.myshopify.com
Available on CD & LP. Cat.No: FREUDLP122 / CD122
T-shirt coming soon.
Subscribe to JUngle REcords Youtube: http://smarturl.it/ohm7aw
#RolandAlphonso #Skatalites #MaxsKansasCity @junglerecords
Roland Alphonso 'Tear Up', from "max’s SKAnsas city" - lost recordings from Roland Alphonso, The Terrorists, The Offs on limited milky-clear vinyl for Record Store Day UK 2019, and also now on CD with a 12-page booklet. Mostly unreleased ska & reggae recordings from the NYC club’s label. The Skatalites’ Roland Alphonso with unheard versions of 5 of his most famous tunes, plus NYC band The Terrorists and SF band The Offs at the birth of NYC ska scene. With comprehensive sleeve-notes by ska author & blogger Marc Wasserman
Max's Kansas City was a legendary hive of creativity in the 70’s New York City. First as a hang-out for the Warhol/Factory set, then a second lease of life in the birth of the punk-era.
Previously undocumented is its part in a fledgling NYC ska scene in parallel with the UK’s Two-Tone movement. Max’s pioneering record label, run by booker Peter Crowley, recorded various ska sessions in 1980, including with the celebrated The Skatalites Band founder Roland Alphonso.
But only two 7” singles, by San Francisco’s The Offs and NYC’s The Terrorists, ever got issued. Subsequently the NY ska scene exploded, with many bands achieving great success.
Ten of the 15 tracks are issued for the first time, and it comes with authoritative inner bag sleeve notes by ska writer and player ‘Marco On The Bass’ Marc Wasserman: marcoonthebass.blogspot.com
TRACKS: - Roland Alphonso – Tear Up; The Terrorists – Pressure And Slide; Riis Park; Roland Alphonso – Musical Resurrection; The Terrorists – Justice; The Offs – You Fascinate Me; Roland Alphonso – Four Corners; The Terrorists – Working In A Coalmine; Treat Her Right; Roland Alphonso – Sax Skandal; The Offs – My World; The Terrorists – Fade Away; Roland Alphonso – Bridge View; The Offs – Easier Said Than Done; The Terrorists – Take It Easy (Champs Elysee).
USA direct buy-link: - mvdshop.com/products/maxs-skansas-city-vinyl-album
UK & EU buylink: jungle-records.myshopify.com
Available on CD & LP. Cat.No: FREUDLP122 / CD122
T-shirt coming soon.
Subscribe to JUngle REcords Youtube: http://smarturl.it/ohm7aw
#RolandAlphonso #Skatalites #MaxsKansasCity @junglerecords
