Though they ultimately skated far away from the "Two Tone" pigeon-hole that yawned for other bands of their ilk and age, the English Beat were certainly pursuing similar demons as they rose out of hometown Birmingham in 1979, with a ska-punk collision that matched social politics with sociological awareness, then turned the whole thing into a non-stop dance party.
The Searchers are an English beat group, which emerged as part of the 1960s Merseybeat scene along with the Beatles, the Hollies, the Fourmost, the Merseybeats, the Swinging Blue Jeans, and Gerry and the Pacemakers…
The Big Ska Box (1998 UK 54-track 3-CD set, features 3 discs entitled Ska Hits, Covered In Skas and Legends Of Ska, picture sleeves in outer slipcase, over 2½ hours of classic ska tracks!