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
2▼DVD-Video
#TitleRatingLength
1Gangsters
video director:
Keef (designer, photographer, UK - Keith MacMillan)
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
2:54
2A Message to You Rudy
video director:
Martin Baker (video director)
cover recording of:
A Message to You, Rudy
lyricist and composer:
Dandy Livingstone
2:48
3Too Much Too Young (live)
video director:
Martin Baker (video director)
live recording of:
Too Much Too Young
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Dammers
2:04
4Rat Race
video director:
Martin Baker (video director)
recording of:
Rat Race
lyricist and composer:
Roderick James Byers
3:11
5Do Nothing
recording of:
Do Nothing
lyricist and composer:
Lynval Golding
3:30
6Enjoy Yourself (live)
live cover recording of:
Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later Than You Think)
lyricist:
Herb Magidson (in 1949)
composer:
Carl Sigman (in 1949)
3:59
7Ghost Town
video director:
Barney Bubbles (graphic artist)
recording of:
Ghost Town
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Dammers
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited (not for release label use! see annotation)
3:39
8Bright Lights
recording of:
Bright Lights
writer:
John Bradbury (UK drummer for The Specials/General Public), Dick Cuthell, Jerry Dammers and Stan Campbell
3:45
9The Lonely Crowd
recording of:
Lonely Crowd
writer:
Jerry Dammers, John Shipley and Stan Campbell
3:51
10Housebound
recording of:
House Bound
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Dammers
4:14
11Alcohol
recording of:
Alcohol
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Dammers
4:56
12Racist Friend
recording of:
Racist Friend
writer:
John Bradbury (UK drummer for The Specials/General Public), Dick Cuthell and Jerry Dammers
3:29
13War Crimes
recording of:
War Crimes
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Dammers
4:01
14Nelson Mandela
recording of:
Free Nelson Mandela
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Dammers
publisher:
Plangent Visions Music Ltd. (in 1984)
4:06
15Break Down the Door
recording of:
Break Down the Door
lyricist and composer:
John Bradbury (UK drummer for The Specials/General Public), Jerry Dammers and Stan Campbell
2:55
16What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend
recording of:
What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend
writer:
Jerry Dammers
4:30

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]