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The Specials

Comprised of:

  1. The Specials Group, Began: 1977 in Coventry

Releases (46)

Official

Album

  1. Specials 19 Oct 1979
  2. More Specials 04 Oct 1980
  3. Today’s Specials 27 Mar 1996
  4. Guilty ’Til Proved Innocent! 24 Mar 1998
  5. Skinhead Girl 18 Sep 2000
  6. Conquering Ruler 22 Jan 2001
  7. Ghost Town: Greatest Hits (re‐recorded versions) 01 Apr 2009
  8. Encore 01 Feb 2019
  9. Protest Songs 1924–2012 10 Oct 2020

Album - Live

  1. Live at the Moonlight Club 1992
  2. Live: Too Much Too Young 1992
  3. Gangsters 1996
  4. BBC Sessions 26 Oct 1998
  5. Blue Plate Specials 23 Feb 1999
  6. 30th Anniversary Tour Live 12 Jul 2009
  7. BBC in Concert (15 December 1979) 04 Dec 2009

Album - Compilation

  1. The Singles Collection 09 Jan 1991
  2. Too Much Too Young 13 May 1996
  3. Best Of 1996
  4. A Special Collection 1999
  5. Stereo-Typical: A's, B's & Rarities 21 Aug 2000
  6. Greatest Hits 01 Jan 2006
  7. The Best of The Specials 31 Mar 2008

Single

  1. Do Nothing 1980
  2. Stereotype 1980
  3. Rat Race / Rude Buoys Outa Jail 1980
  4. Braggin’ & Tryin’ Not to Lie / Rude Boys Outa Jail 1980
  5. Ghost Town 12 Jun 1981
  6. Ghost Town / Why? / Friday Night Saturday Morning 1981
  7. Ghost Town Revisited 1991
  8. Hypocrite 1995
  9. Pressure Drop 1996
  10. A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You 1996
  11. Vote for Me 03 Dec 2018
  12. 10 Commandments / You’re Wondering Now 13 Apr 2019

EP

  1. Too Much Too Young 18 Jan 1980

Broadcast - Live

  1. 2009-06-26: Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, UK 21 Jun 2021

Promotion

Album - Live

  1. Live at the Lyceum 1980

Single

  1. It's You 1998

Bootleg

Album - Live

  1. Live in Manchester 1979
  2. Rude Boys Out of Jail

Recordings (306)

  1. Do the Dog 2:11 (19 Oct 1979)
  2. It’s Up to You 3:24 (19 Oct 1979)
  3. Nite Klub 3:24 (19 Oct 1979)
  4. Doesn’t Make It Alright 3:26 (19 Oct 1979)
  5. Concrete Jungle 3:19 (19 Oct 1979)
  6. Too Hot 3:10 (19 Oct 1979)
  7. Monkey Man 2:45 (19 Oct 1979)
  8. (Dawning of a) New Era 2:26 (19 Oct 1979)
  9. Blank Expression 2:44 (19 Oct 1979)
  10. Stupid Marriage 3:51 (19 Oct 1979)
  11. Too Much Too Young 6:05 (19 Oct 1979)
  12. LITTLE BITCH 2:32 (19 Oct 1979)
  13. You’re Wondering Now 2:37 (19 Oct 1979)
  14. Gangsters 2:38 (1979)
  15. Guns of Navarone ?:?? (1979)
  16. Skinhead Moonstomp ?:?? (1979)
  17. Longshot Kick de Bucket ?:?? (1979)
  18. A Message to You Rudy 2:54 (1979)
  19. Skinhead Symphony: Longshot Kick the Bucket / Liquidator / Skinhead Moonstomp 6:36 (18 Jan 1980)
  20. Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later Than You Think) 3:39 (04 Oct 1980)
  21. Man at C&A 3:38 (04 Oct 1980)
  22. Hey, Little Rich Girl 3:39 (04 Oct 1980)
  23. Do Nothing 3:44 (04 Oct 1980)
  24. Pearl’s Cafe 3:10 (04 Oct 1980)
  25. Sock It to ’Em J.B. 2:59 (04 Oct 1980)
  26. Stereotypes / Stereotypes, Part 2 7:25 (04 Oct 1980)
  27. Holiday Fortnight 2:46 (04 Oct 1980)
  28. I Can’t Stand It 4:03 (04 Oct 1980)
  29. International Jet Set 5:38 (04 Oct 1980)
  30. Enjoy Yourself (reprise) 1:47 (04 Oct 1980)
  31. Rat Race 3:10 (Oct 1980)
  32. Braggin’ & Tryin’ Not to Lie 3:21 (Oct 1980)
  33. Long Shot Kick the Bucket ?:?? (1980)
  34. Madness / Madness ?:?? (1980)
  35. Stereotype 3:49 (1980)
  36. Rude Buoys Outa Jail 2:37 (1980)
  37. Maggie’s Farm ?:?? (1980)
  38. Raquel 1:51 (Feb 1981)
  39. Ghost Town 5:58 (12 Jun 1981) extended version
  40. Why? 3:55 (12 Jun 1981)
  41. Friday Night, Saturday Morning 3:34 (12 Jun 1981)
  42. Nite Club 5:38 (1981)
  43. Concrete Jungle (live) ?:?? (1981)
  44. Friday Night Saturday Morning 3:32 (1981)
  45. Stereotypes, Part 2 7:24 (1988)
  46. Too Much Too Young (live) 2:00 (1989)
  47. Rudi, a Message to You 2:54 (1989)
  48. Rude Boys Outta Jail 2:41 (09 Jan 1991)
  49. War Crimes 4:00 (26 Aug 1991)
  50. Ghost Dub '91 4:19 (1991)
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