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Hosted by Brian Tomsic · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 82 episodes
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Train To Skaville originates at WCBN-FM in Ann Arbor, Michigan. DJ Brian Tomsic on air since 1987 bringing musical treasures of Jamaican music of the 60s and 70s. Ska, rocksteady, early reggae, dub, DJ sounds and more from a vast collection of hits and collectible obscurities. The show is now broadcast on over 20 community community radio stations across the US and Canada and we're always looking for new stations worldwide to share our love of these irresistible sounds! We'll be uploading new shows weekly, and an occasional bonus episode form the archives. Check out traintoskaville.org for earlier episodes
Brian Tomsic hosts Train To Skaville, a music show with 82 episodes published.
Subbing on WFMU's Mystic Sounds program, featuring 3 hours of 80s & 90s classics. sammy levi – five pound box of dubs don carlos / papa tullo – pass me the razor blade gregory isaacs – cool ruler come again lone ranger –
| roy shirley | more black love | jackie mittoo | what that | king stitt/joe higgs | dinah | gaylads | boogaloo | dave & ansel collins | i the third | eric donaldson | come a little closer | gg all stars | bonanza | Set
| stranger cole/gladstone anderson | just like a river | stranger cole/gladstone anderson | seeing is knowing | stranger cole | rough & tough | stranger cole | oh how i need you | overtakers | beware | delroy wilson | ri
| rulers | be good | lynn tait/baba brooks band | magnificent ska | dandy | have your fun | dynamites | mister midnight | prince buster | don't you know i love you so | busty brown | just as long as you need me | g.g. al
| roland alphonso | a shot in the dark | melodians | little nut tree | paragons | only a smile | heptones | glory land | ken boothe | give it to me | jackie edwards | i do love you | dandy | music doctor | Set Break: Set
| derrick morgan | i am the ruler | slim smith | facts of life | delroy wilson | run for your life | silvertones | endlessly | delroy wilson | gave you my love | sound dimension | don't fight it version | Set Break: Set
| summertaires | stay | roland alphonso | peace & love | raymond harper | safari | gaylads | what is wrong | tennors | hopeful village | slickers | mother matty | derrick morgan | horse dead, cow fat | val bennett | judg
| lyrics | music like dirt | derrick & patsy | raindrops falling | merlene webber | how nice it is | slim smith | the beatitude | ken boothe | give it to me | little des | somebody's baby | dave & ansel collins | monkey
| prince buster | the baddest | prince buster | cincinnati kid | joe white | rudies all around | desmond dekker | honour your father & mother | derrick & patsy w/drumbago & his orchestra | baby please don't leave me | ll
| delroy wilson | you bend my love | king stitt/maytals | love divine | maytals | thy kingdom come | dandy | puppet on a string | ken boothe | that's the way nature planned it | lloyd charmers | dollars & bonds | johnny
| carlos malcolm & his afro-jamaican rhythms | bonanza ska | carlos malcolm & his afro-jamaican rhythms | run for cover | yvonne harrison | take my hand | alton ellis | feeling inside | heptones | sad songs | philip samu
| winston richards | lo ki | justin hinds & the dominoes | botheration - ska version | paragons | on the beach | pioneers | money day | gaylads | hard to confess | marva moore & the gaysters | great '68 | upsetters | dig
| jackie opel | you're too bad | roland alphonso | do it good | roland alphonso | charade | uniques | out of love | delroy wilson | ungrateful baby | stranger & ken | we are rolling | im & david | black is black | Set Br
| laurel aitken | if you need me | clive & doreen | what more can i do | clancy eccles | sweet jamaica | teddy charmer | all in my life | ken boothe | get close to you | tennors | run come | cedric brooks/sound dimension
| hortense ellis | i'm just a girl | slim smith | a place in the sun | melodians | come ethiopians come | clancy eccles | freedom | henry buckley | beware of rude boys | tommy cowan | house in session | hippy boys | deat
| lester sterling/baba brooks band | so long | little freddie | i'm too young to love | winston & george | keep the pressure on | dandy | east of suez | three tops | do it right | three tops/phyllis dillon | do it right
| hopeton lewis | let me come home | king edwards | russian roulette | gaylads | something is wrong somewhere | versatiles | time has come | winston heywood | i'll never fall in love again | john holt/joya landis | i'll
This is an unedited tape of a show from 1990 | johnny osbourne | for a few dollars more | home t | could it be love | pinchers | my heart is booked | wayne wonder | you me & she | frankie paul | i want to rock with you |
| derrick morgan | do the beng beng | derrick morgan | lover boy | soul brothers | sugar cane | maytals | feel so good | melodians | rock it with me | roy shirley | don't be afraid (of the dark) | treasure isle all stars
| king stitt/ | rock away | derrick morgan | love not to brag | stranger cole/ken boothe | hush | ken boothe/soul vendors | home home home | slim smith/uniques | my conversation | roland alphonso | stream of life | Set B
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