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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