All of the essential singles from the Specials' three albums are present on this 15-track collection. Not only the perfect starting point for the curious, the inclusion of B-sides and rarities, like an inspired cover of Dylan's "Maggie's Farm," makes this essential for fans.
The weekend doesn't always mean a break from work for me ... I'm self employed and am camped in front of my computer most hours of the day (admittedly I have to make up for hours that I've lost due to mogging, but this seems a small price to pay in exchange for sanity). But I'm heading to a friend's birthday celebration tonight, then I have a show (The Ponys) downtown tomorrow, so it's looking...
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1979, white boy english ska. The comedown from punk, less violent but still pissed off, looking for a job, a place to hang out, looking for a future. The Specials summarized what British youth were going thru, but everyone had a good time listening. While more famous for "Free Nelson Mandela", which is a bit later in their career (after lineup changes) the early Specials records are arguably th...
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...it's been *crazy hot* for the past week and change...which started me thinking about global warming, how it seems to be getting hotter and drier every year a couple of days ago, tens of thousands of LA County area residents were sitting in the dark over the weekend...I was not one of them...I'd forgotten, however, about being back in the south and how that humidity made you want to choke peo...
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This takes me back. It's hard to belive now but back then there were BM and NF marches in my town:(
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| 1 Gangsters |
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| 2 A Message to You Rudy |
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| 3 Nite Klub |
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| 4 Too Much Too Young [Live] |
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| 5 Guns of Navarone [Live] |
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| 6 Rat Race |
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| 7 Rude Boys Outta Jail |
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| 8 Maggie's Farm |
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| 9 Do Nothing |
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| 10 Stereotype |
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| 11 Ghost Town [12" Version] |
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| 12 Why? |
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| 13 Friday Night, Saturday Morning |
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| 14 Racist Friend |
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| 15 Free Nelson Mandela [Version] |
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 "The Singles Collection")
