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 Louisiana,New Orleans January 1980

REPOST:Good evening everyone in interweb land .For your listening pleasure this evening we present this wonderful "missing" show from the Specials recorded at the Warehouse in Louisiana  New Orleans on January 26th 1980.This show was very kindly donated by Lordgeorgejerry who didnt record the gig but who was there and owns the master recording of this show and he has very kindly sent me a d/l link for the show to post on the blog. I also have to thank Deco for doing a great job in splitting the file into individual tracks. As Lordgeorgejerry mentioned in his email to me he was at the show himself and remembers Neville hanging from the rafters singing "Monkey Man".They were opening for the police at this show and played a much better gig than them!!
Anyway its a great sounding show with 19 tracks for your listening pleasure. So id like you to listen enjoy,leave some comments thanking LGJ and Deco for their work.Thanks!
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Lloyd Terrell,The Specials and friends

here is a small specials related post i hope you all enjoy.we have 'birth control' by lloyd terrell and the specials updated version 'too much too young'.then we have the original version of '96 Tears' by ? and the mysterians and a demo version recorded by the specials in 1981.and finally we have the title track from the film 'guns of navarone' followed by the skatalites version and then the live specials version we all know and love.incidentally if anyone has any info on the demo sessions that resulted in the specials version of 96 tears please get in touch via the comments section.so you know that now you have to listen,enjoy and then leave a comment.thanks!

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p.s liam_ska has just informed me that the version of 96 tears is actually an early demo recorded by the fun boy 3 and not the specials.sorry for the mistake folks.i hope you enjoy it though

The Specials - Too much too young (videos)

another little video package for you of too much too young,the specials first no.1 hit.also included is a version from the old grey whistle test and a few scans of magazine and record covers.so play it loud,listen,watch,enjoy,have a cup of tea then leave a comment.thanks!

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