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
. 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.
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
- "Gangsters" — The Special AKA
- "A Message to You RudyA 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 RicoRico RodriguezRico 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... - "Nite Klub" — The Specials featuring Rico
- "Too Much Too Young" — The Special AKA
- "Guns of Navarone" — The Special AKA
- "Skinhead Symphony" (Medley including: Longshot Kick the Bucket / Liquidator / Skinhead Moonstomp) — The Special AKA
- "Rat Race" — The Specials
- "Rude Boys Outa Jail" — The Specials
- "Stereotype" — The Specials
- "International Jet Set" — The Specials
- "Do Nothing" — The Specials featuring Rico with The Ice Rink Sounds
- "Maggie's FarmMaggie'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 - "Braggin' and Tryin' Not to Lie" — Roddy RadiationRoddy RadiationRoddy 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 - "Rude Boys Outa Jail" — Neville Staples AKA Judge Roughneck
- "Ghost TownGhost 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 - "Why?" — The Specials
- "Friday Night, Saturday Morning" — The Specials
- "Concrete Jungle" (Live) — The Specials
- "Racquel" — The Special AKA
Disc 2
- "The Boiler" — Rhoda with The Special AKA (Featuring Rhoda DakarRhoda DakarRhoda 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 BodysnatchersThe 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.) - "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.)
- "Jungle Music" — Rico & The Special AKA
- "Rasta Call You" — Rico & The Special AKA
- "Easter Island" — Rico & The Special AKA
- "War Crimes (The Crime Remains the Same)" — The Special AKA
- "Version" — The Special AKA
- "Racist Friend" — The Special AKA
- "Bright Lights" — The Special AKA
- "Nelson MandelaFree 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 - "Break Down The Door" — The Special AKA
- "What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend" — The Special AKA
- "Can't Get A Break" — The Special AKA
- "Nelson Mandela '88" (Special 70th Birthday Remake) — The Special AKA featuring Ndonka Khuze and Jonas GwangwaJonas GwangwaJonas 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...
- "Ghost Dub '91" — The Specials
- "Let Us Unite" — The Specials
Disc 3
- "Ghost Town" (Extended Version) — The Specials
- "Why?" — The Specials
- "War Crimes (The Crime Remains the Same)" — The Special AKA
- "Racist Friend" (Instrumental) — The Special AKA
- "Bright Lights" (Instrumental) — The Special AKA
- "Nelson Mandela" — The Special AKA
- "Break Down The Door" — The Special AKA
- "What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend" — The Special AKA
- "Can't Get A Break" — The Special AKA
- "Nelson Mandela '88" (The Whole World Is Watching Dance Mix) — The Special AKA featuring Ndonka Khuze and Jonas Gwangwa
- "Ghost Dub '91/Let Us Unite" — The Specials