The Specials ?– Specials 12" Vinyl LP. 1979 2Tone Records. Ska. 1st pressing
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Feb 19, 2021 Sold Date
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The Specials 'Specials' Vinyl LP 

Two-Tone Records CDL TT 5001

UK 19 Oct 1979 The 1st press of The Specials debut LP produced by Elvis Costello Good, intact front laminated cover with fully readable spine.Back cover not laminated so showing wear. Original sleeve. Vinyl has marks/scuffs. This record is not perfect but wow is it brilliant. Plays with background crackle in quieter sections but when the band launch into A lesson to you Rudy and done too much you don't even notice the crackle. Labels clean with no writing or stickers.

The technical stuff - 
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 Side 1 stamped / etched): CDL5001 A // 1 ? E C 1 1TY-CBS
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 Side 2 stamped / etched): CDL5001 B // 5 ? E C 1 2 2 TY-CBS

Notes

Issued in a front-laminated sleeve with "2 Tone Records" logo in bottom right corner.

? & © 1979 Chrysalis Records Ltd. Side one
  1. "A Message to You Rudy" (Dandy Livingstone) – 2:53
  2. "Do the Dog" (Rufus Thomas, arr. by Jerry Dammers) – 2:09
  3. "It's Up to You" (Dammers, The Specials) – 3:25
  4. "Nite Klub" (Dammers, The Specials) – 3:22
  5. "Doesn't Make It Alright" (Dammers, Dave Goldberg) – 3:26
  6. "Concrete Jungle" (Roddy Byers) – 3:18
  7. "Too Hot" (Cecil Campbell) – 3:09
Side two
  1. "Monkey Man" (Toots Hibbert) – 2:45
  2. "(Dawning of A) New Era" (Dammers) – 2:24
  3. "Blank Expression" (Dammers, The Specials) – 2:43
  4. "Stupid Marriage" (Dammers, Mark Harrison, Neville Staple, Cecil Campbell) – 3:49
  5. "Too Much Too Young" (Dammers, acknowledgment to Lloyd Charmers) – 6:06*
  6. "Little Bitch" (Dammers)† – 2:31
  7. "You're Wondering Now" (Clement Seymour) – 2:36

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