Specials (40th Anniversary Edition, Half-Speed)

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Annotation

Half-Speed remastered reissue on 2x45rpm 180g vinyl

Annotation last modified on 2020-02-02 20:57 UTC.

Tracklist

▶ 12" Vinyl 1

▼ 12" Vinyl 2
#	Title	Rating	Length
C1	Monkey Man producer: Elvis Costello cover recording of: Monkey Man lyricist and composer: Toots Hibbert	2.5	2:46
C2	(Dawning of a) New Era producer: Elvis Costello recording of: (Dawning of a) New Era lyricist and composer: Jerry Dammers	4	2:27
C3	Blank Expression producer: Elvis Costello recording of: Blank Expression writer: John Bradbury (UK drummer for The Specials/General Public), Jerry Dammers, Lynval Golding, Terry Hall, Horace Panter, Roddy Radiation and Neville Staple publisher: Plangent Visions Music Ltd.	2.35	2:45
C4	Stupid Marriage producer: Elvis Costello recording of: Stupid Marriage writer: Jerry Dammers, Michael Allen Harrison (songwriter and pianist) and Neville Staple	3	3:51
D1	Too Much Too Young producer: Elvis Costello recording of: Too Much Too Young lyricist and composer: Jerry Dammers	3	6:07
D2	Little Bitch producer: Elvis Costello recording of: Little Bitch lyricist and composer: Jerry Dammers	2.5	2:34
D3	You’re Wondering Now producer: Elvis Costello cover recording of: You’re Wondering Now lyricist and composer: Clement “Coxsone” Dodd	3	2:40

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Release

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/14244754 [info]

Release group

included in:	2 Tone: The Albums by The Specials (ska band), The Selecter, Rico Rodriguez (Jamaican trombonist) & Various Artists (add compilations to this artist)

part of:	Uncut: The 100 Greatest Debut Albums (2006) (number: 20) (order: 20) Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the Eighties (published November 16, 1989) (number: 68) (order: 68) The Guardian 100 Best Albums Ever (number: 87) (order: 87)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/8179 [info]
reviews:	https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-specials-the-specials/ [info] https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/vxbd [info]
other databases:	http://www.musik-sammler.de/album/76409 [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-specials/specials-2/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000197002 [info]
Wikidata:	Q1090708 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 5060516094011
Format:: 2×12" Vinyl
Length:: 44:56

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: Gatefold Cover
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Two-Tone Records
CDL TTH 5001

Release events

Europe
2019-10-11

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Last updated on 2020-02-09 21:01 UTC