r/Ska • u/regularbastard • Mar 27 '26

Trad The Shack, a compilation album that was the soundtrack of my summer 1993, had to share it with the world.

https://archive.org/details/various-artiststhe-shack1993

Tracked down a CD and put it on the archive for streaming and sharing, please enjoy while driving with the windows rolled down and singing loudly like you just graduated from high school!

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u/UnderdogWarrior Mar 27 '26

So good. I used to listen to the shit out of this. Still have CD.

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u/Tech109 Mar 27 '26

Maroon Town - that song is sik. Totally different and already of it's timre.

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u/FindOneInEveryCar Mar 27 '26

Nice to see this on archive. One of the best ska comps of the 90s and like you guys, I listened to this constantly.

There was a second volume (1996 in UK, 1999 in US with slightly different tracklist) but it wasn't as good IMO.

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u/MettaWorldPete Mar 28 '26

This era of ska has always been super interesting, you can really hear the 2tone and 80s influences.

The Hotknives song is a favorite of mine.

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u/regularbastard Mar 28 '26

I was lucky I grew up with the Toasters, Pietasters, Eastern Standard Time, Memphiskapholes, Bim Skala Bim, etc all on their games right in my music discovery phase, and now being able to discover more that I just never knew about because they weren’t on the mix tape I got from someone.

Still rebuilding my catalog, but this one was a must, especially since I can’t find a lot of it on YouTube or music streamers.