Blue Plate Specials Live
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Blue Plate Specials is a live album by The Specials
, released in 1999 (see 1999 in music
).
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...
, released in 1999 (see 1999 in music
1999 in music
-Events:*January 7**After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation.**Paul McCartney attends the first of his stepdaughter Heather's first housewares collection in Georgia....
).
Track listing
- "Gangsters" - 2:32
- "Do the Dog" - 2:13
- "Stupid Marriage" - 4:33
- "Nite Klub" - 3:16
- "Too Much Too Young" - 2:02
- "Little Bitch" - 2:44
- "Skinhead Moonstomp" - 2:42
- "Concrete Jungle" - 3:15
- "Rock & Roll Nightmare" - 1:59
- "Look But Don't Touch" - 4:23
- "It's Up to You" - 3:00
- "Jay Walker" - 3:10
- "(Dawning of A) New Era" - 2:41
- "Blank Expression" - 2:07
- "Wake Up" - 1:36
Personnel
- Terry HallTerry HallTerry Hall may refer to:*Terry Hall , English singer with The Specials, Fun Boy Three, The Colourfield*Terry Hall , English ventriloquist who worked with his puppet, Lenny the Lion...
- vocals - Neville Staple - vocals, percussion
- Lynval GoldingLynval GoldingLynval Golding is a British musician. He is best known as a rhythm guitarist and vocalist with the British 2 Tone Records band, The Specials....
- vocals, rhythm guitar - 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...
- lead guitar - Sir Horace Gentleman - bass guitar
- Jerry DammersJerry DammersJeremy David Hounsell "Jerry" Dammers is a British musician who is a founder and keyboard player of the Coventry, England based ska revival band The Specials, The Special A.K.A...
- keyboards - John BradburyJohn Bradbury (drummer)John Bradbury is the drummer with The Specials. They had a #1 UK hit with 'Ghost Town'.He joined The Special AKA when the original Specials split in 1981; they had a Top 10 hit with 'Nelson Mandela'. He and Noel Davies recorded "The Selecter", the 'b'side to "Gangsters", before the latter had...
- drums - Steve Hoffman - mastering
- Jeffrey Mayer - photography