The Specials

The Specials - Protest Songs 1924 – 2012 (2021) Music

Posted by Fizzpop at Sept. 30, 2021

In their early days, The Specials were protest song incarnate. Their very multicultural make-up was a confrontational statement to audiences infested with National Front thugs. Since their self-titled 1979 debut album, tracks tackling racism, war, unemployment and national decay helped make them one of the most vital and socially progressive bands of their age. Their 2019 reunion album ‘Encore’ pulled few punches too: Black Lives Matter, Windrush, racial integration and gang violence all came in for The Specials’ uniquely incisive treatment.

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The Specials - Singles (1991) Music

Posted by v3122 at July 17, 2018

The Specials - Singles (1991)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Two-Tone Records, CCD 5010 | ~ 365 or 140 Mb | Scans(jpg) -> 20 Mb
Rock, Ska, Rocksteady

The Specials, also known as The Special AKA, are an English 2 Tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. Their music combines a "danceable ska and rocksteady beat with punk's energy and attitude". Lyrically, they present a "more focused and informed political and social stance"…

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The Specials - Protest Songs 1924 – 2012 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by pyatak at Sept. 30, 2021

The Specials - Protest Songs 1924 – 2012 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/96]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 56:54 minutes | 1,05 GB
Ska, Rock | Label: Universal-Island Records Ltd., Official Digital Download

Waylaid by writers’ block and Covid, the Specials have been unable to make their planned Jamaican reggae follow-up to 2019’s Encore. So they’ve recorded some covers instead, shapeshifting through blues, folk, country and rock. It’s odd that most of the songs are American, when this band are so good at delineating a particularly British experience. And your definition of a protest song may be very different from theirs.

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The Specials - Specials (1979) {Chrysalis Japan CP28-1027 rel 1988} Music

Posted by ruskaval at June 23, 2020

The Specials - Specials (1979) {Chrysalis Japan CP28-1027 rel 1988}
XLD rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 287 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 108 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 27 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1979, 1988 Chrysalis / Toshiba EMI Japan | CP28-1027
Ska / Rocksteady / Reggae / New Wave / Ska Revival

The Specials are still the heavyweight champions of both waves of ska revivals (in the UK and later in the USA). I saw the Specials just before this album was released in 1979 at a Rock Against Racism concert in London's Hyde Park. I was warned by my two British hosts that the Specials would "blow my mind."… but nothing could have prepared me for the inspired anarchy of this young racially mixed Brits playing music that sounded like reggae on steroids. The two manic singers Terry Hall and Neville Staples bounced around the stage and banged their heads together in time to the music.

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The Specials - Encore (Deluxe Edition) (2019) Music

Posted by pyatak at Jan. 31, 2019

The Specials - Encore (Deluxe Edition) (2019)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) 513 MB | Cover | 80 minutes
Ska, Reggae | Label: UMC

The Specials, one of the most electrifying, influential and important bands of all time, release Encore, their first new music for 37 years. 2019 marks the 40th anniversary of the formation of The Specials and the legendary Two-Tone label in Coventry in 1979, and also marks 10 years since the band reformed to play some of the most vital and joyous live shows in recent memory.

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The Specials - Specials (1979/2015) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz] Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDV at Jan. 17, 2024

The Specials - Specials (1979/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 47:45 minutes | 1,09 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

True innovators of the punk era, the Specials, began the British ska revival craze, combining the highly danceable ska and rocksteady beat with punk's energy and attitude, and taking on a more focused and informed political and social stance than their predecessors and peers. Their agenda of racial harmony and social inclusion was pursued through their music, and came to be described as the Two Tone movement.

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The Specials - More Specials (1980/2015) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz] Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDV at Jan. 17, 2024

The Specials - More Specials (1980/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 42:49 minutes | 1011 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

"More Specials" is the second album by ska band The Specials, released in October 1980. The album expanded the 2 tone sound of their self-titled debut to include lounge music and other influences.

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The Specials - Live in London 1979 Music

Posted by luckburz at April 8, 2009

The Specials - Live in London 1979
1979 | FLAC | no LOG no CUE | HQ Artwork | 293 MB

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The Specials - Specials (1979) [Deluxe Edition 2015] Music

Posted by SERTiL at Dec. 8, 2015

The 2015 Special Editions have been remastered by Tim Debney at fluid. As well as the original albums, they include all the band's EPs, non album singles and b-sides, the 'Too Much Too Young EP', 'Rat Race', 'Ghost Town' (full version), 'Friday Night, Saturday Morning' and 'Why?' (extended version);a rare, previously unreleased on CD, frenetic concert recorded for the BBC at the Paris Theatre in December 1979 plus John Peel BBC radio sessions and instrumentals of six tracks from 'In The Studio' mixed at the time, which perfectly demonstrate the album's groundbreaking experimentation.

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The Specials - Specials (1979) [1989] [Lossless] Music

Posted by mook45 at Sept. 25, 2010

The Specials - Specials (1979) [1989] [Lossless]
EAC | FLAC IMG,CUE+LOG = 307MB | 400 dpi Scans
2 Tone | Label: Chrysalis - CCD 5001 | FSe/FSo/MU/HF

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