The Specials Vinyl

This is a review of the 2009 180 gram vinyl capitol vaults version of the specials eponomous debut.

The specials vinyl.

Now that s out of the way let s get to the music. The specials originally known as the coventry automatics then later named the special aka were the first band of the 2 tone era in the late 70s and early 80s in britain led musically by keyboardist jerry dammers the band also comprised terry hall lead vox neville staple vox percussion lynval golding rhythm gtr vox roddy radiation byers lead gtr sir horace gentleman aka. The specials are one of the defining bands of the late 70 s early 80 s along with jerry dammers iconic label two tone records. The specials the usa re release lp version contains bonus track gangsters b6 a much shorter and faster re recorded version of too much too young and different cover art.

Encore lp by the specials vinyl 21 59. The new 40th anniversary 2lp vinyl edition has been mastered at abbey road studios by miles showell and is a straight half speed vinyl cut from the original master tapes split over two 45rpm 12 vinyl housed in wide spine lp. The specials specials 180 gram vinyl the specials was ranked among the top ten albums of the year for 1979 by nme. Specials will be released on 11 october 2019.

This edition has been split across 2x 12 vinyl at 45rpm for optimum audio quality. Only 12 left in stock order soon. Originally formed in 1977 as the coventry automatics the specials combined jamaican ska and rocksteady mixed with the energy of punk they launched a whole ska revival. More specials 180 gram vinyl by the specials vinyl 20 88.

This 40th anniversary edition of their debut album specials has been mastered and cut at half speed by miles showell at abbey road studios using the original production tapes. Supporting coventry lad terry hall singing nuff said plus the multi talents of roddy radiation neville staples lynval golding horace panter and john bradbury which they used collectively to produce probably the best debut lp ever to enter the world of music. Also exists in a slightly different pressing with 2 and 3 lines of publishing on labels. The az in the matrix runout is an engineer s stylized mark.

The specials had mega talent in abundance they had jerry dammers writing and the manchester utd. I m not going to try and discect every song rate them or even compare them to each other i will however attempt to describe this version of the band. Compare prices and pre order. The best of the specials by the specials vinyl 22 99.