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The Specials Ghost Town - 40th Anniversary Edition - Half Speed Mastered - Sealed UK 12" vinyl single (12 inch record / Maxi-single)
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| Tracklisting / Additional Info: |
TRACK LISTING
Side A
1. Ghost Town (Extended Version)
2. Why? (Extended Version)
Side B
1. Friday Night, Saturday Morning
THE SPECIALS are one of the defining bands of the late 70's/early 80's along with Jerry Dammers iconic label Two Tone Records. They combined Jamaican ska and Rocksteady mixed with the energy of punk and launched a whole Ska Revival which paved the way for fellow likeminded bands Madness, The Beat and The Selecter to release their first singles.
Having had seven top 10 singles and two Gold albums over the course of two years, the band released Jerry Dammers' Ghost Town in June 1981, backed by Lynval Goldings' Why? and the Terry Hall penned Friday Night Saturday Morning. The beginnings of the song were written around the closure of the Larcano dancehall in Coventry, but also reflecting what was happening in other towns and cities with urban decay, unemployment and ongoing racial tensions of the period. Themes which are still relevant today.
The single, which was recently voted the second greatest UK single of all time by Alexis Petridis in the Guardian, reached Number One in the UK singles charts and stayed there for a further 3 weeks, becoming one of the biggest selling singles of 1981 and has remained one of the classic UK singles of all.
This 40th Anniversary Edition has been mastered and cut at half-speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios using the original production tapes for optimum audio quality.
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| Condition : |
Factory sealed from new. This item is unplayed. Click here for more info. |
| Availability: |
In Stock - Buy Now for shipping on Thursday 24th April
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| Year of Release: |
2021 |
| Artist: |
The Specials (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
Ghost Town (click here for more of the same title) |
| Price: |
£ 19.99, US$ 26.59
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| Postage/Shipping: |
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| Format: |
12" vinyl single (12 inch record / Maxi-single) |
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| Record Label: |
2 Tone |
| Catalogue No: |
CHSTTH1217 |
| Country of Origin: |
UK
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| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
| Date of Release: |
04 June 2021
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| EIL.COM Ref No |
SPE12GH770030 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Barcode : |
5060516096787 |
| Genres: |
UK Ska Revival / 2 Tone
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| Related Artists: |
Barnsley Bill, Neville Staple, Rico, Roddy Radiation & The Tearjerkers, Squad, Stan Campbell |
| Complete Stock List: |
The Specials |
| email: |
sales@eil.com to contact our sales team. |
| Alternative Names: |
,SPECIALS,THE SPECIAL AKA |
| To order by phone: |
Call +44 1474 815010 quoting EIL.COM reference number SPE12GH770030 |
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UK/EU limited edition 3-track double 'A' side 12" single, Half
Speed Mastered at Abbey Road Studios and pressed on
180-gram vinyl at 45 RPM. Picture sleeve replicating the
original 'skeleton' artwork,with lyrics on the reverse and
series obi-strip, factory sealed. <B>Limited to just 3000
copies!</B>) )
