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Ghost Town - 40th Anniversary Edition - Half Speed Mastered

THE SPECIALS Ghost Town (2021 UK/EU 40th Anniversary Edition double 'A' side 7" single Half Speed Mastered at Abbey Road Studios. Picture sleeve with lyrics printed on the reverse. Although not sealed, this example remains in a 'near as new; condition in the original hype sticker open shrink. Limited to just 4000 copies)

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Release Date 4th Jun 2021
Release Year 2021 - 3 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format 7" vinyl single (7 inch record / 45)
Record Label 2 Tone
Complete Stock List Go to The Specials
Product Catalogue No CHSTTH17
Music Genre UK Ska Revival / 2 Tone
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
 
Tracklisting & More Information

Side A
1. Ghost Town (Single Version)

Side B
1. Why? (Edit)
2. Friday Night, Saturday Morning


THE SPECIALS are one of the defining bands of the late 70's/early 80's along with Jerry Dammers iconic label Two Tone Records. They combined Jamaican ska and Rocksteady mixed with the energy of punk and launched a whole Ska Revival which paved the way for fellow likeminded bands Madness, The Beat and The Selecter to release their first singles.

Having had seven top 10 singles and two Gold albums over the course of two years, the band released Jerry Dammers' Ghost Town in June 1981, backed by Lynval Goldings' Why? and the Terry Hall penned Friday Night Saturday Morning. The beginnings of the song were written around the closure of the Larcano dancehall in Coventry, but also reflecting what was happening in other towns and cities with urban decay, unemployment and ongoing racial tensions of the period. Themes which are still relevant today.

The single, which was recently voted the second greatest UK single of all time by Alexis Petridis in the Guardian, reached Number One in the UK singles charts and stayed there for a further 3 weeks, becoming one of the biggest selling singles of 1981 and has remained one of the classic UK singles of all.

This 40th Anniversary Edition has been mastered and cut at half-speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios using the original production tapes for optimum audio quality.


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7" RECORD  
Recording Artist The Specials
Product Title Ghost Town - 40th Anniversary Edition - Half Speed Mastered
Product Information The Specials Ghost Town - 40th Anniversary Edition - Half Speed Mastered UK 7" vinyl single (7 inch record / 45).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
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