The Specials Vinyl

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The specials vinyl.

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. Only 12 left in stock order soon. This is a review of the 2009 180 gram vinyl capitol vaults version of the specials eponomous debut. Pitchfork media featured the specials at number 42 in their list of the top 100 albums of the 1970s.

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. In june 2000 q placed the specials at number 38 in it s list of the 100 greatest british albums ever. 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 had mega talent in abundance they had jerry dammers writing and the manchester utd.

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 edition has been split across 2x 12 vinyl at 45rpm for optimum audio quality. Specials will be released on 11 october 2019.

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. Also exists in a slightly different pressing with 2 and 3 lines of publishing on labels. 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. The specials specials 180 gram vinyl the specials was ranked among the top ten albums of the year for 1979 by nme.

The az in the matrix runout is an engineer s stylized mark. Now that s out of the way let s get to the music. 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. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1979 vinyl release of specials on discogs.