More Specials [40th Anniversary Half-Speed Master] Triple LP – The Specials

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Available with Vinyl records London. Anniversary Vinyl Records LP Vinyl The Specials TheSpecialsare one of the defining bands of the late 70searly 80s along with Jerry Dammers iconic label Two Tone Records. Originally formed in 1977, as The Coventry Automatics, TheSpecialscombined Jamaican ska and Rocksteady mixed with the energy of punk and launching a whole Ska Revival and helped fellow likeminded bands Madness, The Beat, The Selecter to release their first singles.Their debut album Specials was released in October 1979, which has endured over the years as one of the classic debut albums. By the time they came to release their second album MoreSpecials in October 1980, the band had already reached number one in the UK charts with their live single Too Much Too Young and had finished a sold out UK tour and trips to Europe, North America, Japan and Australia.This 40thAnniversary Edition ofMoreSpecialshas been mastered and cut at halfspeed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios using the original production tapes. For this edition, the album has been split across 2x 12 vinyl running at 45rpm for optimum audio quality. Included is a bonus 7 single, also cut at halfspeed, which originally came with the initial run of the original album in 1980.CLICK HERE TO VIEW ALL PRODUCTS ON THE 2 TONE STORE

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