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 Blues Busters, The The Wonder And Glory Of The Blues Busters Reggae / Dub / Ska | Sunrise | 180g, 1LP Released 23rd February 2015 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Blues Busters, The The Wonder And Glory Of The Blues Busters £17.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Sunrise SKU: SUNRLP017 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 23rd February 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Ethiopians Engine 54 Reggae / Dub / Ska | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP Released 5th April 2024 £28.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Ethiopians Engine 54 £28.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP2263G Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 5th April 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Hugh Mundell Jah Fire Reggae / Dub / Ska | Greensleeves | 1LP Released 10th August 2018 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hugh Mundell Jah Fire £14.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Greensleeves SKU: 0054645700511 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 10th August 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists Yardie – Original Soundtrack Reggae / Dub / Ska | Virgin Records | 1LP Released 24th August 2018 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists Yardie – Original Soundtrack £16.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Virgin Records SKU: 6764258 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 24th August 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Aswad New Chapter Of Dub Reggae / Dub / Ska | Back To Black | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 16th July 2013 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Aswad New Chapter Of Dub £14.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Back To Black SKU: 5342977 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 16th July 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Operation Ivy Energy Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Epitaph | 1LP Released 12th May 2023 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Operation Ivy Energy £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Epitaph SKU: 868931 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 12th May 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Skints, The FM Reggae / Dub / Ska | Easy Star | 1LP Released 9th March 2015 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Skints, The FM £17.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Easy Star SKU: ES1046V Formats: 1LP Released Date: 9th March 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Winston Edwards & Blackbeard At 10 Downing Street Reggae / Dub / Ska | VP Records | 1LP Released 2nd March 2015 £9.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Winston Edwards & Blackbeard At 10 Downing Street £9.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: VP Records SKU: 0054645522618 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 2nd March 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bob Marley & The Wailers The Complete Island Recordings Reggae / Dub / Ska | Island | 12LP, Box Set Released 23rd September 2015 £172.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bob Marley & The Wailers The Complete Island Recordings £172.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Island SKU: 5360251 Formats: 12LP, Box Set Released Date: 23rd September 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry Life Of The Plants Reggae / Dub / Ska | Stones Throw | 12", EP/Mini Album Released 25th October 2019 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry Life Of The Plants £16.00 Genre: Reggae / Dub / Ska Label: Stones Throw SKU: STH2404V Formats: 12", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 25th October 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Reggae / Dub / Ska Start again
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