Stereo-Typical: A's, B's and Rarities
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Stereo-Typical: A's, B's and Rarities is an official 3 disc compilation album of The Specials
The Specials
The Specials are an English 2 Tone ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry, England. Their music combines a "danceable ska and rocksteady beat with punk's energy and attitude", and had a "more focused and informed political and social stance" than other ska groups...

. It contains many A and B sides and some rarities. The tracks are variously credited to The Specials, The Special AKA, and other versions of the band's name.

Disc: 1

  1. "Gangsters" — The Special AKA
  2. "A Message to You Rudy
    A Message to You, Rudy
    "Rudy, A Message to You" is a 1967 rocksteady song by Dandy Livingstone. The song later achieved broader success when in 1979, The Specials cover, titled "A Message to You, Rudy", reached Number 10 in the UK chart....

    " — The Specials featuring Rico
    Rico Rodriguez
    Rico Rodriguez MBE , also known as Reco or El Reco, is a ska and reggae trombonist. He has recorded with many producers, including Karl Pitterson, Prince Buster, and Lloyd 'Matador' Daley...

  3. "Nite Klub" — The Specials featuring Rico
  4. "Too Much Too Young" — The Special AKA
  5. "Guns of Navarone" — The Special AKA
  6. "Skinhead Symphony" (Medley including: Longshot Kick the Bucket / Liquidator / Skinhead Moonstomp) — The Special AKA
  7. "Rat Race" — The Specials
  8. "Rude Boys Outa Jail" — The Specials
  9. "Stereotype" — The Specials
  10. "International Jet Set" — The Specials
  11. "Do Nothing" — The Specials featuring Rico with The Ice Rink Sounds
  12. "Maggie's Farm
    Maggie's Farm
    "Maggie's Farm" is a song written by Bob Dylan, recorded on January 15, 1965, and released on the album Bringing It All Back Home on March 22 of that year...

    " — The Specials featuring Rico with The Ice Rink Sounds
  13. "Braggin' and Tryin' Not to Lie" — Roddy Radiation
    Roddy Radiation
    Roddy Radiation is an English musician who played lead guitar for The Specials, as well as many rockabilly bands such as the Bonediggers and the Tearjerkers...

     & The Specials
  14. "Rude Boys Outa Jail" — Neville Staples AKA Judge Roughneck
  15. "Ghost Town
    Ghost Town
    "Ghost Town" is the title of a 1981 song by the British ska band, The Specials. The song spent three weeks at number one and ten weeks in the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. Addressing themes of urban decay, deindustrialisation, unemployment and violence in inner cities, the song is remembered for...

    " — The Specials
  16. "Why?" — The Specials
  17. "Friday Night, Saturday Morning" — The Specials
  18. "Concrete Jungle" (Live) — The Specials
  19. "Racquel" — The Special AKA

Disc 2

  1. "The Boiler" — Rhoda with The Special AKA (Featuring Rhoda Dakar
    Rhoda Dakar
    Rhoda Dakar is a British singer and musician, best known as the lead singer of The Bodysnatchers, who were signed to the 2 Tone record label.-Career:...

     and Nicky Summers of The Bodysnatchers
    The Bodysnatchers (band)
    The Bodysnatchers were a seven-piece all-female band involved in the British 2 Tone ska revival of the late 1970s and early 1980s.-Career:Formed in London by Nicky Summers in 1979, in the aftermath of the punk rock scene, The Bodysnatchers released two ska/rocksteady singles on 2 Tone Records...

    , with a song originally written by The Bodysnatchers.)
  2. "Theme from the Boiler" — Rhoda with The Special AKA (Featuring Rhoda Dakar and Nicky Summers of The Bodysnatchers, with a song originally written by The Bodysnatchers.)
  3. "Jungle Music" — Rico & The Special AKA
  4. "Rasta Call You" — Rico & The Special AKA
  5. "Easter Island" — Rico & The Special AKA
  6. "War Crimes (The Crime Remains the Same)" — The Special AKA
  7. "Version" — The Special AKA
  8. "Racist Friend" — The Special AKA
  9. "Bright Lights" — The Special AKA
  10. "Nelson Mandela
    Free Nelson Mandela
    "Nelson Mandela" is a song written by Jerry Dammers and performed by his Coventry-based band The Special A.K.A. - with lead vocal by Stan Campbell - released on the single Nelson Mandela / Break Down The Door in 1984 as a protest against the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela...

    " — The Special AKA
  11. "Break Down The Door" — The Special AKA
  12. "What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend" — The Special AKA
  13. "Can't Get A Break" — The Special AKA
  14. "Nelson Mandela '88" (Special 70th Birthday Remake) — The Special AKA featuring Ndonka Khuze and Jonas Gwangwa
    Jonas Gwangwa
    Jonas Mosa Gwangwa has been an important figure in South African jazz for over 40 years. He first gained significance playing trombone with The Jazz Epistles...

  15. "Ghost Dub '91" — The Specials
  16. "Let Us Unite" — The Specials

Disc 3


  1. "Ghost Town" (Extended Version) — The Specials
  2. "Why?" — The Specials
  3. "War Crimes (The Crime Remains the Same)" — The Special AKA
  4. "Racist Friend" (Instrumental) — The Special AKA
  5. "Bright Lights" (Instrumental) — The Special AKA
  6. "Nelson Mandela" — The Special AKA
  7. "Break Down The Door" — The Special AKA
  8. "What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend" — The Special AKA
  9. "Can't Get A Break" — The Special AKA
  10. "Nelson Mandela '88" (The Whole World Is Watching Dance Mix) — The Special AKA featuring Ndonka Khuze and Jonas Gwangwa
  11. "Ghost Dub '91/Let Us Unite" — The Specials
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