Thursday, July 21, 2011
WALT JABSCO
A man named David Storey was just one of a team who created the fantastic 2-Tone style. The hands-in-pockets version of “2-Tone Man” (also named Walt Jabsco, after a bowling shirt) was originally drawn by Jerry Dammers, keyboard player of The Specials.
John Teflon” Sims designed many of the most iconic 2-Tone graphics, under Jerry Dammers’ creative direction. Examples include the Walt Jabsco “Nutty Dancer” version and The Specials “Rat Race” single graphics (for which he won a D&AD Award in 1981).
Monday, July 18, 2011
Sunday, July 10, 2011
ILLUSTRATED SONGBOOK
This great collection of spoof 2-Tone illustrations is now going for a higher price on E-bay than most 2-Tone/The Specials vinyl.
THE SPECIALS THEN & NOW JAP PROMO
Then And Now is a Rare 1999 Japanese-only 16-track promotional sample vinyl look CD album featuring 8 tracks recorded by Coventry Automatics aka The Specials in 1978 and 8 tracks recorded by The Specials with Desmond Dekker in 1993. Includes early studio versions of Little Bitch and Nite Klub.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Saturday, July 2, 2011
THE SPECIALS EARLY DEMO'S
A handy little file put together some time back,it includes 3 rare demos that members of The Specials recorded in 1981. One is a muzak inspired version of '96 Tears' with Terry Hall on vocals. The other two tracks are dubbed out versions of 'Why?' featuring Lynval Golding on lead vocals.
1.96 Tears
2.Why?(Dub)
3.Why?(Part 2)
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