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The Specials Ghost Town (40th Anniversary Half Speed Master) Chrysalis Records 7" | 12"

The Specials In The Studio Chrysalis LP

The Specials More Specials [40th Anniversary Half-Speed Master Edition] Chrysalis Records 7" | LP

The Specials Conquering Ruler 2nd lot of ‘15 Skankin‘ Trojan Classics‘ recorded in 2001, feat. some original members. Mad Butcher LP

The Specials Dubs [RSD20] This is an exclusive release for Record Store Day 2020 - Drop 3. Available online from 6:00pm on Saturday 24th October, strictly one per customer. Exclusive 10" vinyl for RSD. This is a new half-speed master and part of the Two Tone Records 40th Anniversary celebrations.Containing dub mixes of three classic Specials tracks that were recorded at the time but remain unreleased. Two Tone Records 10"

The Specials The Singles Chrysalis Records CD | LP

The Specials More Specials Reissue and remastered version of the legendary 2-tone / ska band The Specials 1980 album More Specials. This album contains the 2014/2015 remastered versions of the tracks. More Specials was a hit in the two-tone movement, a late-1970s revival of Jamaican ska from the 1960s. Along with bands like the Bodysnatchers and Madness, The Specials were leaders in this revival, and later heroes for two further ska-punk revivals on the opposite side of the Atlantic: the late 1980s Southern California scene (NOFX, Operation Ivy) and the mid-1990s "third wave of ska" (Sublime, No Doubt) which popularised the mixture in the US. Chrysalis LP

The Specials Skinhead Girl First ever vinyl release of this covers album recorded by the 2000 line-up of the Specials, feat. some original members. Mad Butcher LP

The Specials Specials [40th Anniversary Half-Speed Master Edition] This 40th Anniversary Edition of their debut album ‘Specials’ has been mastered and cut at half-speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios using the original production tapes. This edition has been split across 2x 12” vinyl at 45rpm for optimum audio quality. The Specials are one of the defining bands of the late 70’s/early 80’s along with Jerry Dammers’ iconic label Two Tone Records. Originally formed in 1977 as The Coventry Automatics, The Specials combined Jamaican ska and Rocksteady mixed with the energy of punk and launched a whole Ska Revival which helped fellow like-minded bands Madness, The Beat and The Selecter to release their first singles. The Specials first single, ‘Gangsters’, was released in May 1979 with 2 independent distribution by Rough Trade and the initial pressing of just 5,000 records sold out. The band and label soon signed with Chrysalis Records who picked up on the release of ‘Gangsters.’ The next single, ‘A Message To You Rudy’, followed in September with their first album released soon after in October. Chrysalis LP

The Specials The Specials Repress of an absolute classic album, the debut from 2-tone/ska legends The Specials. The Specials’ landmark, 14-track-strong debut album ‘The Specials’, produced by Elvis Costello, declared their intentions loud and clear with a rare blend of furious energy and no-nonsense, hard-hitting lyrics. In essence a studio recording of their live set, the album comprises mostly originals with a few covers of ska classics thrown in for good measure, including their fabulous take on Dandy Livingstone's ‘A Message to You Rudy’, an equally stellar version of the Maytals' ‘Monkey Man’, and a sizzling take on Prince Buster's ‘Too Hot’. Features: the vicious ‘Nite Klub’, with its unforgettable line, “All the girls are slags and the beer tastes just like piss”; ‘Blank Expression’, which extended the misery into unwelcoming pubs‘; ‘Concrete Jungle’, capturing the fear and violence that stalked the inner cities; the personal ‘It's Up To You’, a message to those who disliked the group and its stance, and a rallying cry for supporters; ‘Too Much Too Young’, showing the Specials' disdain for teen pregnancy and marriage; ‘It Doesn't Make It Alright’, delivering a heartfelt plea against racism, and the rocksteady-esque yearning of ‘You're Wondering Now’. Chrysalis LP

The Specials / The Coventry Automatics Dawning Of A New Era A compilation album from The Specials, focusing on the early John Peel recordings from the group. Back in 1978, THE COVENTRY AUTOMATICS headed into the studio to record some demos in an effort to secure a record deal. It didn’t happen, but within months the band had renamed themselves THE SPECIALS and set up their own label called 2 TONE and a movement was born and the rest is history! Of the 13 songs which appear on the release only Wake Up, Look But Don't Touch and Jay Walker failed to make it on to any official release and were dropped from the bands live set early in their career. The remainder of the tracks offer embryonic versions of tracks which make up the bulk of the bands first album. Rock and Roll Nightmare would later appear on the bands More Specials under the name Pearls Cafe albeit with slightly different lyrics. The track Raquel appeared on the b-side of the Dutch Concrete Jungle single and later was released in session version as part of the BBC Radio Sessions album. Free Range LP

The Best Of 2 Tone The Specials Great new compilation featuring some of the best tracks from the 2 Tone label’s history! In 1979 Jerry Dammers from ska band The Specials launched the cult music label 2 Tone Records, with the support of major label Chrysalis. 2 Tone was most famous for releasing ska and reggae-influenced music with a punk rock and pop music overtone, spawned from the 2 Tone music and cultural movement of the 1970s. Artwork was central to 2 Tone Records and with the assistance of Horace Panter and graphic designer John "Teflon" Sims, Dammers created the Walt Jabsco logo which portrays a man in a black suit, white shirt, black tie, pork pie hat, white socks and black loafers. The fictional character was based on a photograph of Peter Tosh, a former member of The Wailers and came to be the logo that represented the movement, and the music. 2 Tone Records CD | LP

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