The Toasters - Dub 56 (Ultimate Edition) I.
Dub 56, the Toasters 5th studio album. Some hail it as their best effort to date, but maybe just because it was released during the great rise in popularity ska music was getting in the United States, the year was 1994. The Toasters were touring with the power house line up, at least 3 horn players, keyboards and the return of Coolie Ranx to the microphone. (He had actually joined the band back in '88/'89 but the left after only a couple years). Plus Bucket had helped organize the Skavoovie tour which took the Toasters out on the road with the Special Beat, The Selecter and even the Skatalites on shows across the US. This was an important tour cause it was basically bringing together the 3 major movements of ska, the originators, the English resurgence and the US effort. Also Moon Ska Records was getting wider distribution including releases in Brasil Australia and Japan, so more people were getting their hands on Toasters cds than ever before. So, what do you get with this new and final version of Dub 56? I think there are enough goody goodies here to entice every Toasters fan to buy this release, even if you have 5 other versions of it already!! First you get the entire original studio tracks, plus the 7inch remix, the Japanese only remix and two previously NEVER heard by anyone other than the guy who remixed it, Bucket and probably Matt Malles and maybe one or two other band members, plus me, remixes. That's just on the first disc...the second disc host 9 tracks from the 'Live In LA' including the unreleased live Coolie tracks, plus an entire live set from San Diego recorded on the same run of Skavoovie shows, again never heard by anyone in the general public! I think this is quite a nice package for all Toasters fan and ska fans alike. C&P.

Direction
Freedom
Mona
Dancin'
Dub 56
Sweet Cherie
Tunisia
Little Hidden Secrets
Marlboro Man
Ain't Nuthin'
Razor Cut
Legal Shot
Midnight Hour
Goody Goody
Dub 56 (Chat Mix)
Legal Shot (Dance Mix)
Legal Shot (Gangster Mix)
Ain't Nuthin' (Chorus Mix)