The Specials • The Specials
Chrysalis Records 509992 43650 17
33-RPM 180 g LP
The Specials were one of the groups that made up the 2 Tone movement in the UK in the late 1970s and early 1980s (2 Tone is a fusion of ska, reggae, rocksteady, new wave, and punk). The album opens with a catchy cover of A Message to You, Rudy—which features Rico Rodriguez on trombone as on the original version by Dandy Livingstone in 1967—and contains one of my favourites of the genre, Gangsters.
The sound quality is only so-so, so buy this one for the music rather than to showcase your system.