The Specials - Hyde Park 2012

Evening all,long time no see.ive not done any posts on the blog for a long long time.For a lot of reasons i suppose,life getting in the way,work,gobshyte junior growing up.it all adds up and doesn't give me a  lot of free time.but in a quiet moment while she is still away on her holidays i thought id try a post to see if there was any interest in the blog and whether it was worth starting it again.i check in sometimes and see that people come and check things out and still download things so thanks to all of you for keeping the blog alive.ive had to set up a new account to upload this post as its been so long since i used the last account to upload anything i cant remember the correct log in name or password!!
so lets give this a go shall we?this post is the Specials set from the Olympic closing ceremony concert at London's Hyde Park in 2012 which i went to myself.its a top quality recording taken from an FM broadcast.if you download please leave a comment just so i can see if people are enjoying what im posting.also if you have any requests for re-ups (and i can find the original cd's or files) i will do my best to accomodate your requests.thanks for reading and by the way it feels good to be back
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The Specials - Live at the BBC December 2012

As Terry himself was fond of saying at the end of a gig “Love, Love,Love”. RIP Terry and thanks for everything 

The Specials BBC 2012

The Specials - Demos

good morning listeners.a nice collection of demos and a few remixes of the song ghost town and one of message to you rudy for you all today.i compiled this ages ago and posted it before but thought it deserved another airing.anyhoo please listen,enjoy and then leave a comment.thanks!

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The Prodigy - Ghost Town

beginning a new sort of series (after the specials video collection) comes the new flavour : specials cover versions.obviously the specials themselves recorded several covers but quite a few bands have done versions of specials songs.kicking of this little project is the prodigy with their version of ghost town.i believe it was first performed live at the reading festival in 1998 and was intended to be released as a single but ended up on an n.m.e compilation only.its a good version that i actually like and to be honest didnt think i would.it deserves a listen and i hope after listening and enjoying you leave a comment.thanks!

p.s dont worry there wont be any lily allen or amy shitehouse being posted here as i really hate them both.sorry

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The Specials - Ghost Town videos

another combination from the specials.ghost town the video and a top of the pops performance which of course is not strictly a live performance but i think it might be the closest we get(for a while anyway!)so enjoy the video,the performance,make collage posters from the scans,pretend its 1981 again and then leave a comment.thanks!

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