Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
THE BEAT JUST CAN'T STOP IT
The album was released in 1980 via Go Feet Records in the UK. It was released the same year in the US on Sire under the name "The English Beat".
Saturday, March 19, 2011
DANCE CRAZE RE-EDIT
Edited out middle bit with the irritating old footage, cleaned edges up, normalized the audio, and chapters put in. The audio is excellent with no drop outs, the picture is still dark and grainy but that is Dance Craze from VHS.. It's F*****g Great =)
Friday, March 18, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
THE SPECIALS SKINHEAD SYMPHONY
A bootleg release of the Skinhead Symphony as recorded for the John Peel show and first broadcast 22 October 1980. The flip side has a live recording of Madness and the pressing was said to be limited to 200 copies.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
THE SPECIALS BRAGGIN' AND TRYIN' NOT TO LIE
Released 2 September 1980,a Feeebie given out with the first 100,000 copies of More Specials. Braggin' & trying not to lie appeared as the A side with Rude Boys Outa Jail (Version) by Neville Staples AKA Judge Roughneck on the B side. Both tracks were originally planned to appear on the vinyl version of More Specials but were omitted because "there was no room". However, they were included on the cassette version of the album.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Sunday, March 6, 2011
THE COVENTRY AUTOMATICS
Coventry Automatics AKA The Specials: Dawning of a New Era is a compilation album by The Specials, focusing on the group's John Peel recordings. The songs were recorded in the earlier years of the group hence the title The Coventry Automatics.
THE SPECIALS CONCRETE JUNGLE
Released to promote the Dance Craze soundtrack. This was the only single from the album and is one of the rarest Specials singles in existence. The b-side Raquel was one of the songs the band had brought with them from the days of The Coventry Automatics and had previously remained unreleased.
DANCE CRAZE
Dance Craze is a 1981 British documentary film about the English 2 Tone music genre.
The film was directed by Joe Massot, who originally wanted to do a film only about the band Madness, who he met during their first US tour. Massot later changed his plans to include the whole 2 Tone movement. The film, shot in 1980, comprised performance footage of Madness, The Specials, The Selecter, The Bodysnatchers, The Beat and Bad Manners on tour throughout the United Kingdom.
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