A Message To You Rudy

A Message To You Rudy (2022 Remaster) [feat. Rico]

War Crimes

War Crimes [Version] (2022 Remaster)

War Crimes [Extended] (2022 Remaster)

War Crimes [Edit] (2022 Remaster)

Dance Craze

Too Much Too Young (Film Soundtrack Version)

Nite Klub (Reprise) (Film Soundtrack Version)

Concrete Jungle (Album Version)

Man at C&A (Album Version)

Nite Klub (Film Soundtrack Version)

Nite Klub (Album Version)

Man at C&A (Film Soundtrack Version)

The Specials

Too Much Too Young (2002 Remaster)

Concrete Jungle (2002 Remaster)

A Message to You Rudy (2002 Remaster)

Little Bitch (2002 Remaster)

Monkey Man (2002 Remaster)

Too Much Too Young

Monkey Man

Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)

You're Wondering Now

Do Nothing

Stereo-Typical: A's, B's & Rarities

Do Nothing (feat. The Ice Rink String Sounds)

Rude Boys Outa Jail

Terry Hall: The Collection

Ghost Town (Extended Version)

Friday Night, Saturday Morning

Ghost Town

Rat Race

A Message to You Rudy

Nite Klub (2002 Remaster)

More Specials

Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) (2015 Remaster)

Doesn't Make It Alright (2015 Remaster)

Too Hot (2015 Remaster)

Monkey Man (2015 Remaster)

Do the Dog (2015 Remaster)

Gangsters (2015 Remaster)

Nite Klub (2015 Remaster)

It's up to You (2015 Remaster)

A Message to You Rudy (2015 Remaster)

Too Much Too Young (2015 Remaster)

Ghost Town [2021 Remaster]

Ghost Town (Single Version [2021 Remaster])

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.”

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