T W O T O N E RECORDS
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Owner............Jerry Dammers (real name Gerald Dankley , born in India)
- The Specials member
Label licensed by Chrysalis Records . Distributed by Polygram .
Singles discography .
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Note : every catalogue number contains format # (7",10" or 12") before record
number .
* track on 12" version only .
TT 7. 1/2 SELECTER : The Selecter / SPECIAL AKA : Gangsters 06.1979
(paper label)
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TT 7. 3 MADNESS The Prince / Madness 08.1979
(paper label)
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TT 7. 4 SELECTER On My Radio / Too Much Pressure 10.1979
(paper lebel)
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TT 7. 5 SPECIALS A Message To You Rudy / Nite Klub 10.1979
(paper label)
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TT 7. 6 BEAT Tears Of A Clown / Ranking Full Stop 11.1979
(paper label)
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TT 7. 7 ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS : I Can't Stand Up 01.1980
For Falling Down / Girls Talk
(With drawn , paper label , never officially released.
The single that never was ; thought when it finally
became the first F-Beat Rec. release,cat.no. XX 1 ,2/80)
TT 7. 7 SPECIAL AKA The Special AKA EP 01.1980
Too Much Too Young / Guns Of Navarone / Skinhead Symphony
: Longshot Kick The Bucket / Liquidator / Skinhead
Moonstomp
(picture sleeve , paper lebel)
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TT 7. 8 SELECTER Three Minute Hero / James Bond 02.1980
(paper label)
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TT 7. 9 BODYSNATCHERS Let's Do Rock Steady / Ruder Than You 03.1980
(paper label)
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TT 7. 10 SELECTER Missing Words / Carry Go Bring Home 04.1980
(paper label)
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TT 7. 11 SPECIALS Rat Race / Rude Buoys Outa Jail 05.1980
(paper label)
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TT 7. 12 BODYSNATCHERS Easy Life / Too Experienced 07.1980
(paper label)
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TT 7. 13 SPECIALS Stereotype / International Jet Set 09.1980
(paper label)
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TT 7. 14 SWINGING CATS Mantovani / Away 09.1980
(paper label , six-piece band from Coventry )
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TT 7. 15 RICO Sea Cruise / Carolina 10.1980
(paper label)
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TT 7. 16 SPECIALS Do Nothing / Maggie's Farm 12.1980
(picture sleeve , paper label)
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TT 7.12. 17 SPECIALS Ghost Town / Why ? / Friday Night , 06.1981
Saturday Morning
(both forms with paper label and picture sleeve)
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TT 7.12 18 SPECIAL AKA The Boiler-Rhoda With Special AKA / 01.1982
Theme From The Boiler
(both forms with paper label and picture sleeve)
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TT 7.12 19 RICO/SPECIAL AKA : Jungle Music/Rasta Call You / Easter 02.1982
Island *
(both forms with picture sleeve)
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TT 7. 20 APOLLINAIRES The Feeling's Gone / The Feeling's 07.1982
Back
(picture sleeve)
TT 12 20 APOLLINAIRES The Feeling's Gone (dance mix) / The 07.1982
Feeling's Back / The Bongo Medley
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TT 7.12 21 HIGSONS Tear The Whole Thing Down / Ylang Ylang 10.1982
(both forms with picture sleeve , Norwich band . Line up:
Switch - vo.,Colin Williams - bass , Simon Charleton -
drums , Terry Edwards - brass/gt./vo./, Stewart McGeachin
- gt./vo.)
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TT 7.12. 22 APOLLINAIRES Feeling's Gone / Feeling's Back 11.1982
(both forms with picture sleeve)
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TT 7.10. 23 SPECIAL AKA War Crimes (The Crime Still The Shame) / 12.1982
War Crimes (version)
(both forms with picture sleeve)
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TT 7.12. 24 HIGSONS Run Me Down / Put The Punk Back Into 02.1983
Funk / Run Me Down (version) * / Put The
Punk Back Into Funk (version) *
(both forms with picture sleeve)
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TT 7 25 SPECIAL AKA Racist Friend / Bright Lights 08.1983
TT 12 25 SPECIAL AKA Racist Friend (instr.) / Bright Lights
(instr.)
(both forms with picture sleeve , some copies exist on
picture disc , prefix TPTT , cat.no 25 )
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TT 7.12. 26 SPECIAL AKA Nelson Mandela / Break Down The Door 03.1984
(both forms with picture sleeve)
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TT 7. 27 SPECIAL AKA What I Like Most About You Is Your 09.1984
Girlfriend / Can't Get A Break
(picture sleeve)
TT 12 27 SPECIAL AKA What I Like Most About You Is Your 09.1984
Girlfriend (extended) / Can't Get A Break (extended)
(picture sleeve with free poster)
TT 7. 27 SPECIAL AKA What I Like Most About You Is Your 09.1984
Girlfriend / Can't Get A Break / War Crimes (The Crime
Is Still The Same) / War Crimes (version)
(special 7" doublepack in gatefold sleeve)
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TT 7.12. 28 FRIDAY CLUB Window Shopping/Window Shopping (instr. 10.1985
version )
(both forms with picture sleeve)
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TT 7.12. 29 JB's ALL STARS The Alphabet Army / The A 1 Army 01.1986
(both forms with picture sleeve)
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TT 7 30 THE SPECIALS/SPECIAL PRODUCTIONS:GHOST TOWN REVISITES 09.1991
THE SPECIALS Ghost Town
SPECIALS PRODUCTIONS : Ghost Dub '91
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TT 7 31 V / A THE 2 TONE EP .1991
THE SPECIAL AKA Gangsters
MADNESS The Prince
SELECTOR
BEAT
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TT 7. 999 NEVILLE STAPLES AKA JUDGE ROUGHNECK : Beggin', Tryin' 09.1980
Not To Lie // RODDY RADIATION AND THE SPECIALS : Rude
Boys Outa Jail
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FNM 1 SPECIAL AKA Free Nelson Mandela (70th Birthday 06.1988
Remake) / Nelson Mandela (orig.ver.)
(picture sleeve)
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CDLTT 5001 THE SPECIALS The Specials 10.1979
A Message To You Rudy / Do The Dog / It's Up To You /
Nite Klub / Doesn't Make It Alright / Concrete Jungle /
Too Hot / Monkey Man / (Dawning Of A) New Era / Blank
Expression / Stupid Mirrage / Too Much Too Young/Little
Bitch / You're Wondering Now
Note : album produced by Elvis Costello , US cat.no. Chrysalis Rec.
CHR 1265 for LP and DIDX 1537 for CD .
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CDLTT 5002 SELECTER Too Much Pressure 02.1980
Three Minute Hero / Time Hard / They Make Me Mad/Missing
Words / Danger / Street Feeling / My Collie (Not A Dog)
/Too Much Pressure / Murder / Out On The Streets / Carry
Go Bring Come / Black And Blue / James Bond
Note : recorded at Horizon Studio in Coventry with Errol Ross in
the producer's seat.
Line up : Noel Davies (gt.) , Pauline Black (vo.) , Desmond Brown
(keyb.) , Crompton Amanor (gt.) , Charley Anderson (bass) ,
Arthur "Gaps" Hendrickson (vo.) , Charles "H" Bembridge
(drums)
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CDLTT 5003 THE SPECIALS More Specials 09.1980
Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) / Man At C+A
/ Hey Little Rich Girl / Do Nothing / Pearl's Cafe /
Sock It To 'Em JB / Stereotypes / Stereotypes (Pt. 2) /
Holiday For Night / I Can't Stand It / International Jet
Set / Enjoy Yourself (Reprise)
Note : initial copies of the album came with a free poster (the LP
cover) and single - outtakes from the recording session in
"Braggin'" & "Tryin' Not To Lie" .
CD...cat. no. 41303 , 1986
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CDLTT 5004 ORIGINAL FILM SOUNDTRACK : DANCE CRAZY 02.1981
THE SPECIALS : Concrete Jungle / THE BEAT : Mirror In
The Bathroom / BAD MANNERS : Lip Up Fatty / THE SELECTER
: Three Minute Hero / THE BODYSNATCHERS : Easy Life /
THE BEAT : Big Shot/MADNESS : One Step Beyond / THE BEAT
: Ranking Full Stop / THE SPECIALS : Man At C & A /
THE SELECTER : Missing Words / BAD MANNERS : Inner London
Violence / MADNESS : Night Boat To Cairo / THE SPECIALS :
Nite Klub / THE SELECTER : Too Much Pressure
Note : LP , with free poster
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CDLTT 5005 RICO That Man Is Forward 03.1981
Easy Snappin / Fiesta / Chang Kai Shek / Stay Out Late /
Red Top / X / Ganja / That Man Is Forward
Note : Rico Rodriguez - member of The Skatalites , recorded at Joe
Gibbs Studio In Jamaica .
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CDLTT 5006 RICO Jama 05.1982
Destroy Them / We Wont Love / Jam Rock / Some Day /
Distant Drums / Love And Justice / Java / Do The Reload
/ Easter Island
Note : Rico's album featured production with Dick Cuthell and
Jerry Dammers
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CDLTT 5007 various artist THIS ARE TWO TONE 11.1983
THE SPECIAL AKA : Gangsters / MADNESS : Madness /
THE SELECTER : On My Radio / THE BEAT : Tears Of A Clown
/ THE SPECIALS : Rudi A Message To You / THE SELECTER :
Too Much Pressure / THE BODYSNATCHERS : Too Experienced /
THE BEAT : Rankin Full Stop / THE SPECIALS : Too Much Too
Young / THE SELECTER : The Selecter / THE SPECIALS :
Stereotype / THE SWINGING CATS : Mantovani / THE SPECIALS
: Do Nothing Rico-Jungle Music / RHODA DAKAR : The Boiler
/ THE SPECIALS : Ghost Town
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CHRTT 5008 SPECIAL AKA In The Studio 06.1984
Bright Light / The Lonely Crowd / Housebound / What I
Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend / Night On The
Tiles / Nelson Mandela / War Crimes / Racist Friend /
Alcohol / Break Down The Door
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CHRTT 5009 various artist TWO TONE STORY 2LP 07.1989
CDD 5009 various artist TWO TONE STORY CD 07.1989
The Selecter : The Selecter / The Special AKA : Gangsters
/ Madness : The Prince / The Selecter : On My radio /
The Specials feat.Rico : Rudi , A Message To You / Beat :
Ranking Full Stop / The Bodysnatchers : Ruder Than You /
Rico : That Man Is Forward / The Specials : Blank Expression
/ The Specials : Do Nothing / The Specials : International
Jet Set / The Specials : Why / The Specials : Ghost Town /
Rico : Easter Island / The Selecter : Too Much Pressure /
Bad Manners : Lip Up Fatty (live) / The Specials : Stereotype
(live) / The Beat : Mirror In The Bathroom (live) /
The Selecter : Three Minute Hero (live) / The Specials : Too
Much Too Young (live) / Madness : One Step Beyond (live) /
Rhoda And Special AKA : The Boiler / The Special AKA : Racist
Friend / The Special AKA : War Crimes / The Special AKA :
Nelson Mandela / Rico : Destroy Them
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CHRTT 5010 THE SPECIALS THE SPECIALS SINGLES LP.CD 09.1991
Message To You Rudy / Nite Club / Too Much Too Young
/ Guns Of Navarone / Rat Race / Rude Boys Outta Jail
/ Stereotype / Inernation Jet Set / Do Nothing / Ghost
Town / Why / Friday Night / Saturday Morning / Racist
Friend / Free Nelson Mandela / What I Like Most About
You Is Your Girlfriend
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CHRTT 5011 THE SPECIALS LIVE AT THE MOONLIGHT CLUB 1979 LP.CD 05.1992
It's Up To You / Do The Dog / Monkey Man / Blank
Expression / Nite Klub / Concrete Jungle / Too Hot
/ Too Much Too Young / Little Bitch / Long Shot
(Kick De Bucket)
(Note : 696 301 2)
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CHRTT 5012 V / A THE BEST OF 2 TONE CD 11.1993
THE SPECIALS Ghost Town
SELECTER On My Radio
SPECIAL A.K.A. Too Much Too Young
THE SPECIALS Do Nothing
BODYSNATCHERS People Do Rcok Steady
THE SPECIALS Stereotype
MADNESS Prince
THE SPECIALS Rat Race
RHODA & SPECIAL A.K.A. : Boiler
ELVIS COSTELLO I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down
SPECIAL A.K.A. Nelson Mandela
SELECTER Missing Words
THE SPECIALS Message To You Rudy
SELECTER Selecter
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CHRTT 5013 V / A THE COMPACT 2 TONE STORY CD
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