In The Studio [40th Anniversary Edition] Half-Speed Master Special AKA SKU: CHRTTH5008 Barcode: 0840401703922 28.00 £28.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Chrysalis Released Date: 22nd November 2024 Buying Format: 180g 2LP 45rpm Forthcoming Pre Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info On November 8th, 2Tone Records/Chrysalis Catalogue will release a 40th Anniversary Half-Speed Mastered Edition of The Special AKA ‘In The Studio’ album. This release has been liaised and approved by the band’s founder and main songwriter Jerry Dammers. Formed in Coventry in the mid-1970s, The Specialswas the idea of musician Jerry Dammers, who brought together an eclectic array of individuals to fulfill his vision of a multi-racial band, fusing the energy of punk with the legendary but, at the time, often overlooked, sound of Jamaican ska. The band rose to prominence along with the 2Tone movement, which included two No. 1 singles, Too Much too Young and 1981’s Ghost Town, which theme still resonates today before Terry Hall, Lynval Golding and Neville Staple left to form the Fun Boy Three and Roddy Byers left to tour with his band the Tearjerkers. The remaining members, Dammers, Bradbury and Panter, recruited guitarist John Shipley from The Swinging Cats, ex-Bodysnatcher Rhoda Dakar and lead vocalist Stan Campbell,reverting the original band name of The Special AKA and set to work on a new album. Released in 1984, ‘In the Studio’ was a brave mix of bold and challenging music, with a strong political, social and moral conscience. The album made it into the Top 40, and while it might not have been a huge commercial success, it was, and still is, an astonishingly unique work: a haunting, claustrophobic mix of lounge, soul, reggae, jazz and Arabic rhythms, with uncompromising subject matter. It featured two classic singles: the joyous, yet serious rallying anthem for the then imprisoned South African ANC leader, ‘Free Nelson Mandela’, and ‘What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend’. As time has gone by, the status of ‘In The Studio’has grown, and today it is rightly viewed as a genuine lost classic. Like the previous two Specials 40th Anniversary vinyl editions, this has been newly remastered and cut at half-speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, London. Artist Special AKA Genre Reggae / Dub / Ska Label Chrysalis Buying Options 180g 2LP 45rpm Format 180g , 2LP , 45rpm Condition New Country UK Track Listings Bright Lights (2024 Remaster) The Lonely Crowd (2024 Remaster) What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend (2024 Remaster) Housebound (2024 Remaster) Night On The Tiles (2024 Remaster) Nelson Mandela (2024 Remaster) War Crimes (The Crime Is The Same) (2024 Remaster) Racist Friend (2024 Remaster) Alcohol (2024 Remaster) Break Down The Door (2024 Remaster) Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Reggae / Dub / Ska View Product Quick View Lee Scratch Perry & The Upsetters Super Ape Reggae / Dub / Ska | Get On Down | 1LP Released 27th January 2014 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lee Scratch Perry & The Upsetters Super Ape £21.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Get On Down SKU: GET56021LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 27th January 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Congo Natty Jungle Revolution Reggae / Dub / Ska | Big Dada | 2LP, Includes Download Code Released 25th June 2013 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Congo Natty Jungle Revolution £17.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Big Dada SKU: BD227 Formats: 2LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 25th June 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Paragons, The On The Beach Reggae / Dub / Ska | Trojan | 180g, 1LP Released 25th September 2015 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Paragons, The On The Beach £19.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Trojan SKU: 5414939923593 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 25th September 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists V4 Visions: Of Love & Androids – National Album Day 2023 Jazz Dance / Fusion | Secretly Canadian | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released 14th October 2023 £33.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists V4 Visions: Of Love & Androids – National Album Day 2023 £33.00 Genre: Jazz Dance / Fusion Label: Secretly Canadian SKU: NUM194LP-C3 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 14th October 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Augustus Pablo Rockers At King Tubby’s Reggae / Dub / Ska | Jamaican Recordings | 1LP Released 11th March 2022 £15.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Augustus Pablo Rockers At King Tubby’s £15.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Jamaican Recordings SKU: JRLP053 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 11th March 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Maytals, the Monkey Man Reggae / Dub / Ska | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 5th February 2021 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Maytals, the Monkey Man £22.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP2721 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 5th February 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Gregory Isaacs & Max Romeo Showcase Vol. 1 Reggae / Dub / Ska | Global Beats | 1LP Released 8th April 2022 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Gregory Isaacs & Max Romeo Showcase Vol. 1 £22.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Global Beats SKU: GB4LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 8th April 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Big Youth Dread Locks Dread Reggae / Dub / Ska | UMR | 1LP Released 4th October 2024 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Big Youth Dread Locks Dread £26.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: UMR SKU: 6588127 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 4th October 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bob Marley & The Wailers Catch A Fire Reggae / Dub / Ska | Island | 180g, 1LP Released 25th September 2015 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bob Marley & The Wailers Catch A Fire £20.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Island SKU: 5360068 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 25th September 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists Jump Jamaica Way Reggae / Dub / Ska | Dynamite | 180g, 1LP Released 24th February 2015 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists Jump Jamaica Way £16.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Dynamite SKU: DNM14012 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 24th February 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Reggae / Dub / Ska Start again
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