2 Tone: The Albums

~ Release by The Specials, The Selecter, Rico Rodriguez & Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: The Specials – Specials
▶ CD 2: The Selecter – Too Much Pressure
▶ CD 3: The Specials – More Specials
▶ CD 4: Various Artists – Dance Craze
▶ CD 5: Rico – That Man Is Forward
▶ CD 6: Rico – Jama Rico
▼ CD 7: Various Artists – This Are Two Tone
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Gangsters
producer:
The Specials (ska band)
recording of:
Gangsters
writer:
John Bradbury (UK drummer for The Specials/General Public), Roderick James Byers, Jerry Dammers, Lynval Golding, Terry Hall, Horace Panter and Neville Staple
arranger:
Jerry Dammers
version of:
Al Capone
The Special AKA42:48
2Madness
cover recording of:
Madness
lyricist and composer:
Cecil Bustamente Campbell (until 1962)
Madness2:23
3On My Radio
producer:
Roger Lomas
recording of:
On My Radio
lyricist and composer:
Neol Davies (British musician and founder of The Selecter)
publisher:
Fairwood Music Ltd.
The Selecter3:14
4Tears of a Clown
producer:
Bob Sargeant
cover recording of:
The Tears of a Clown
lyricist:
Smokey Robinson
composer:
Henry Cosby, Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder
publisher:
Black Bull Music, Inc., Jobete Music Ltd and Jobette Music (UK) Ltd.
The Beat32:42
5A Message to You Rudy
producer:
Elvis Costello
guest trombone:
Rico Rodriguez (Jamaican trombonist)
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 132)
cover recording of:
A Message to You, Rudy
writer:
Dandy Livingstone
The Specials42:54
6Too Much Pressure
recording of:
Too Much Pressure
lyricist and composer:
Neol Davies (British musician and founder of The Selecter)
The Selecter2:48
7Too Experienced
The Bodysnatchers2:34
8Ranking Full Stop
The Beat2:47
9Too Much Too Young
recording of:
Too Much Too Young
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Dammers
The Specials2:03
10The Selecter
The Selecter2:55
11Stereotype
producer:
Jerry Dammers and Dave Jordan (UK producer/remixer)
recording of:
Stereotype
composer:
Jerry Dammers
The Specials3:48
12Mantovani
recording of:
Mantovani
composer:
John Shipley
The Swinging Cats3:07
13Do Nothing
recording of:
Do Nothing
composer:
Lynval Golding
The Specials3:40
14Jungle Music
Rico Rodriguez & The Special AKA4:00
15The Boiler
performer:
Rhoda Dakar (British singer and musician, of The Bodysnatchers)
arranger:
Jerry Dammers
Rhoda Dakar & The Special AKA45:45
16Ghost Town
engineer:
John A. Rivers
trombone:
Rico Rodriguez (Jamaican trombonist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Chrysalis Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company behind the Chrysalis imprint) (in 1981)
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 217)
recording of:
Ghost Town
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Dammers
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited (not for release label use!)
The Specials3.93:42
▶ CD 8: The Special A.K.A. - In The (Studio)

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includes:Dance Craze by Various Artists (add compilations to this artist)
In the Studio by The Special AKA (ska band)
Jama Rico by Rico Rodriguez (Jamaican trombonist)
More Specials by The Specials (ska band)
Specials by The Specials (ska band)
That Man Is Forward by Rico Rodriguez (Jamaican trombonist)
This Are Two Tone by Various Artists (add compilations to this artist)
Too Much Pressure by The Selecter