THE SPECIALS More Specials Orig UK LP + 7" & Poster - Punk Mod Ska 2-Tone Rhoda

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	$		39

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THE SPECIALS

More Specials

Original UK LP released on 2-Tone Records in 1980. Front-laminated sleeve with flipbacks on rear.

Includes poster insert & bonus 7":

A: Roddy Radiation & The Specials, Featuring Paul Heskett – Braggin' & Tryin' Not To Lie

B: Neville Staples AKA Judge Roughneck – Rude Boys Outa Jail (Version)

Less frenzied than its predecessor, but more musically adventurous, More Specials was nearly as popular in its day as its predecessor. It kicked off in similar fashion as well, with a classic cover, this time with an exuberant take on Carl Sigman and Conrad Magidson's 1940s chestnut "Enjoy Yourself." A slower, brooding version with the Go-Go's in tow brings the album to a close, taking the place of the set-sealing "You're Wondering Now," which brought the curtain down on their first set.

But there the similarities come to an end. The rest of the album is comprised of originals, including a pair of instrumentals -- the Northern soul-esque "Sock It to 'Em JB" and the Mexican-flavoured "Holiday Fortnight" -- as well as a duo of minimally vocalized pieces, the intriguing "International Jet Set," and the overtly apocalyptic "Man at C&A."

But fans had already been primed for the band's changing musical directions by the release the month before of "Stereotypes," its spaghetti western aura filled with the group's more mournful mood. It's an emotional despair taken to even greater heights on "Do Nothing," as the group futilely searches for a future, but musically stumbles upon a cheery, easygoing rhythm more appropriate to the pop styles of the English Beat than the angrier sounds the Specials had made their own. But to prove it's no fluke, there's the equally bright and breezy "Hey, Little Rich Girl," boasting fabulous sax solos from Madness' Lee Thompson. However, it's an immortal line from "Pearl's Cafe" that Terry Hall and the guesting Bodysnatchers' Rhoda Dakar deliver up in duet that best sums up their own, and the country's pure frustration: "It's all a load of bollocks, and bollocks to it all."

Tracks Are :-

Side One

Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)
Man At C&A
Hey Little Rich Girl
Do Nothing
Pearl's Cafe
Sock It To Em J.B.

Side Two

Stereotypes
Holiday Fortnight
I Cant Stand It
International Jet Set
Enjoy Yourself (reprise)

Released on '2-Tone Records' in 1980

Catalogue No. CHR TT5003

LP is in EX+ condition

7" is in EX+ condition

Sleeve is in EX condition (sticker tear on rear)

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