1978. Coventry. England. It was the end of the punk era, and time for a change. Enter stage left The Specials, with their infectious mixture of ska, reggae and punk rock....
We are proud to announce that 2009 will see the live return of Coventry's finest, The Specials. [GET TICKETS]
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The Specials were announced as the 2008 inductees into the MOJO Hall of Fame at a ceremony in London on June 16th. [link.]
2008 also brought a new relase - The Best of The Specials - which features 20 tracks including all of their classic hits on CD & DVD. [Amazon]
There's a rather nice youtube site to support the album at www.youtube.com/OfficialSpecials
Also, catch a huge feature on the Specials in the May 2008 edition of Mojo Magazine
In Print
Pete Chambers' latest book "2-TONE-2 Dispatches from the 2-Tone city-30 years on" is now available from eBay.
Nearly thirty years on and bands like the Specials and The Selecter, are as still as relevant today as they ever were. This title is brimming with rare and unseen photographs and new sound bites from some of 2-Tone's key players. "There's stuff in this book you won't see anywhere else" says Lynval.
Horace Panter's long awaited book Ska'd For Life: A Personal Journey with The Specials has been
published and is available from Amazon here UK
- US.
Delivered in Horaces inimitable tone, dripping with dry whit and honesty, this is a great read for any Specials Fan!!
Pete Chambers' 2-Tone Trail has been
published and is available from his site here.
This definitive guide maps the roots of Two Tone in Coventry, and is a great read, featuring all new quotes from Specials Jerry, Roddy, Horace and Lynval, and a forward by The Selecter's Neol Davies.
