The Best of The Specials

~ Release by The Specials (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

This one is slightly different then http://musicbrainz.org/release/ecf9ce45-16d0-450d-9f4d-958691c0fbd5
The most notable differences are the following:
The FSK logo on the back cover is missing on my version. The remaining logos are arranged in a different way.
The front cover, booklet and CD are the same as far as I can tell from the images.
The FSK logo on the DVD is the newer one, which gets used since December 2008. Therefor the release date has to be sometime after that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freiwillige_Selbstkontrolle_der_Filmwirtschaft
And this version seems to have different track lengths for some tracks. Although some of the DiscIDs attached to http://musicbrainz.org/release/ecf9ce45-16d0-450d-9f4d-958691c0fbd5 seem to match this one.

SubOptimalCredits

"Project co-ordinated by Jo Brooks & Nigel Reeve with a nod to Rob Owen. CD compiled by Nigel Reeve with Jerry Dammers."
"DVD produced by Abbey Road Interactive. Audio for DVD resynching by Andy Walter"
"Marketed and distributed by EMI"

Annotation last modified on 2017-03-30 18:16 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Gangsters
producer:
The Specials AKA (ska band)
recording of:
Gangsters
writer:
John Bradbury (UK drummer for The Specials/General Public), Roderick James Byers, Jerry Dammers, Lynval Golding, Terry Hall, Horace Panter and Neville Staple
arranger:
Jerry Dammers
quotes music from:
Al Capone
4.252:49
2A Message to You Rudy
producer:
Elvis Costello
guest trombone:
Rico Rodriguez (Jamaican trombonist)
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 132)
cover recording of:
A Message to You, Rudy
lyricist and composer:
Dandy Livingstone
recording of:
A Message to You, Rudy
lyricist and composer:
Dandy Livingstone
42:53
3Nite Klub
producer:
Elvis Costello
background vocals:
Chrissie Hynde (rock singer-songwriter and founder of Pretenders)
recording of:
Nite Klub
writer:
John Bradbury (UK drummer for The Specials/General Public), Roderick James Byers, Jerry Dammers, Lynval Golding, Terry Hall, Horace Panter and Neville Staple
33:23
4Concrete Jungle
producer:
Elvis Costello
recording of:
Concrete Jungle
lyricist and composer:
Roderick James Byers
43:19
5Too Much Too Young
recorded at:
Lyceum Theatre in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
live recording of:
Too Much Too Young
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Dammers
3.62:06
6Blank Expression
producer:
Elvis Costello
recording of:
Blank Expression
writer:
John Bradbury (UK drummer for The Specials/General Public), Jerry Dammers, Lynval Golding, Terry Hall, Horace Panter, Roddy Radiation and Neville Staple
publisher:
Plangent Visions Music Ltd.
2.352:43
7Doesn’t Make It Alright
producer:
Elvis Costello
recording of:
Doesn't Make It Alright
writer:
Jerry Dammers and Lynval Golding
43:28
8Rude Boys Outa Jail
producer:
Dave Jordan (UK producer/remixer)
recording of:
Rude Boys Outa Jail
writer:
Lynval Golding, Horace Panter and Neville Staple
3.52:41
9Rat Race
producer:
Dave Jordan (UK producer/remixer)
recording of:
Rat Race
lyricist and composer:
Roderick James Byers
3.253:10
10Man at C&A
producer:
Jerry Dammers and Dave Jordan (UK producer/remixer)
recording of:
Man at C&A
writer:
Jerry Dammers and Terry Hall
2.53:39
11Do Nothing
producer:
Jerry Dammers and Dave Jordan (UK producer/remixer)
recording of:
Do Nothing
lyricist and composer:
Lynval Golding
33:41
12Stereotypes
producer:
Jerry Dammers and Dave Jordan (UK producer/remixer)
recording of:
Stereotype
composer:
Jerry Dammers
47:26
13International Jet Set
producer:
Jerry Dammers and Dave Jordan (UK producer/remixer)
recording of:
International Jet Set
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Dammers
35:40
14Friday Night, Saturday Morning
producer:
John Collins (producer)
recording of:
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
lyricist and composer:
Terry Hall
4.253:34
15Why?
recording of:
Why? (The Specials)
composer:
Lynval Golding
2:57
16Ghost Town
producer:
John Collins (producer)
recording of:
Ghost Town
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Dammers
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited (not for release label use! see annotation)
46:00
17What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend
music videos:
What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend (music video) by The Special A.K.A. (ska band)
recording of:
Girlfriend
recording of:
What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend
writer:
Jerry Dammers
44:52
18Racist Friend
executive engineer:
Dick Cuthell
arranger:
Jerry Dammers
recording of:
Racist Friend
writer:
John Bradbury (UK drummer for The Specials/General Public), Dick Cuthell and Jerry Dammers
4:04
19War Crimes (The Crime Remains the Same)
recording of:
War Crimes
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Dammers
34:03
20Nelson Mandela
producer:
Elvis Costello
bass:
Gary McManus (bassist)
drums (drum set):
John Bradbury (UK drummer for The Specials/General Public)
flute:
David Heath (British composer and flautist)
guitar:
John Shipley
organ:
Jerry Dammers
saxophone:
Andy Aderinto (saxophonist)
tin whistle [penny whistle]:
Paul Speare
trumpet:
Dick Cuthell
background vocals:
Afrodiziak
lead vocals:
Stan Campbell
vocals:
Rhoda Dakar (British singer and musician, of The Bodysnatchers)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Chrysalis Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company behind the Chrysalis imprint) (in 1984)
music videos:
Nelson Mandela (music video) by The Special A.K.A. (ska band)
recording of:
Free Nelson Mandela
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Dammers
publisher:
Plangent Visions Music Ltd. (in 1984)
2.754:10
2▶DVD-Video

Credits

Release

design/illustration:Darren Evans (Graphic Design)
mastering:Jerry Dammers (in 2002-11)
Sean Magee (British mastering engineer) (in 2002-11)
distributed by:EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)
copyrighted (©) by:EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (from 2008 to present)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Chrysalis Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company behind the Chrysalis imprint) (from 2008 to present)
mastered at:Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 2002-11)
ASIN:DE: B00133QSY0 [info]