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The Toasters 1996 hit "2Tone Army", just released on VINYL for the first time ever!

The Toasters : 2Tone Army

The Specials

A Message to You Rudy (2002 Remaster)

Monkey Man (2002 Remaster)

Too Much Too Young

80's - The Platinum Collection

A Message to You Rudy

The Tears of a Clown

Ranking Full Stop

Willis

Fat Sack

On My Radio

Terry Hall: The Collection

Gangsters

One Step Beyond

One Step Beyond (2009 Remaster)

A Message to You Rudy (2015 Remaster)

The Best of 2 Tone

The Prince

The Very Best of The Selecter

Paul Johnson needs no introduction. You all know the hits "Get Get Down", "Hear The Music", "Doo Doo Wap", "Let Me See Your Butterfly", "She Got Me On", "Feel My MF Bass"... The amount of classics is unbelievable and this summer we had the privilege to release a new one. "Dance WIth Me" has everything we love about our favorite Paul Johnson's productions. An irresistible groove on a chicago house signature beat with PJ's unique vocals. We're thrilled to release this remix from Dance music mainstay Patrick Topping announcing a full remix EP coming out december 2020

https://soundcloud.com/patricktopping
https://soundcloud.com/moveltraxx

https://pauljohnsonchicago.bandcamp.com/album/mtxlt383-dance-with-me-remixes-part-2

PREMIERE: Paul Johnson - Dance With Me (Patrick Topping Remix) [MOVELTRAXX]

What makes a protest song? The Specials should know. First time around, back when the 70s were lurching into the 80s, they sang of racism, war, unemployment and the rough edges of urban life, and never in the same way twice. As the multiracial flagship of the 2 Tone movement, they made a political statement every time they stepped on stage. June 2021 saw the 40th anniversary of their last and greatest protest song, Ghost Town, a record that will retain its eerie power as long as there are concrete jungles, empty dancehalls and desperate spasms of violence.
 
It's fitting, then, that in 2021 the Specials are releasing Protest Songs 1924-2012, an unpredictable collection of unique takes which celebrates the long history and endless versatility of the form, from folk to post-punk, from righteous uplift to biting satire, and from Kingston to Alabama. It’s a potent reminder that there are no fixed rules to templates for a protest song. All that’s required is the combination of something that needs to be said with music that needs to be heard. “People have been using music as a vehicle for protest since time immemorial,” says bass-player Horace Panter. “Injustice is timeless.”
 
“2020 was the year of protest, wasn’t it?” says Horace. “It was in the air. The hardest part of the whole record was deciding what songs to use.” Following the musical liberation of Encore, genre was no obstacle. Each song demands a different arrangement or tone of voice. “We thought, let’s throw out the musical constraints of the Specials. There’s not a tonic suit or Fred Perry in sight. We don’t want to deny our past, because that enables us to do what we do now, but we have our own creative minds to make up.”

A Message to You Rudy (2002 Remaster)

The Specials

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