More Specials [40th Anniversary Half-Speed Master Edition] – THE SPECIALS

Brand new 40th Anniversary edition of “More Specials” has been mastered and cut at half-speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios using the original production tapes. For this edition, the album has been split across 2x 12″ vinyl running at 45rpm for optimum audio quality. Also include is a bonus 7″ single, also cut at half-speed, which originally came with the initial run of the album in 1980. Originally formed in 1977, as The Coventry Automatics, The Specials combined Jamaican ska and Rocksteady mixed with the energy of punk and launching a whole Ska Revival and helped fellow likeminded bands Madness, The Beat, The Selecter to release their first singles.