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    ARTIST:THE SPECIALSTITLE:Ghost Town - 40th Anniversary Edition - Half Speed Mastered - SealedDESCRIPTION:THE SPECIALS Ghost Town (2021 UK/EU 40th Anniversary Edition 3-track double A side 12"" single Half Speed Mastered at Abbey Road Studios pressed on 180-gram vinyl at 45 RPM. Picture sleeve with lyrics on the reverse and series obi-strip factory sealed. Limited to just 3000 copies)

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TRACKLISTING: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 70s/early 80s 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.


FORMAT:12 Inch VinylRECORD LABEL:2 ToneCATALOGUE No:CHSTTH1217COUNTRY:UKYEAR:2021ADDITIONAL INFO:N/ABARCODE:5060516096787ALTERNATIVE ARTIST NAMES: Specials The Special AKAeil outlet [part of Esprit International Limited / EILare the world"s largest retailer for rare, used and hard to find vinyl, CD"s and music collectibles from the 60s, 70s, 80, 90s through to today,
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