The Specials
A.K.A The Coventry Automatics

Left to Right

• Drums - john Bradbury
• Guitar/backing vocals - Lynval Golding
• Vocals - Terry Hall
• Organ/Piano - Jerry Dammers
• Vocals Percussion - Neville Staples
• Guitar - Roddy Radiation
• Bass - Horace Panter

Including

• Trombone - Rico Rodriguez
• Flugel horn/cornet - Dick Cuthell

The Specials were the main players in the 1979 - 1981 Ska revival movement of 2 Tone, unsurprising considering they were created and masterminded by Jerry Dammers, the founder of the 2 Tone label and ideology.

A Message To You Rudy
Do The Dog
It's Up To You
Nite Klub
Doesn't Make It Alright
Concrete Jungle
Too Hot
Monkey Man
(Dawning Of A) New Era
Blank Expression
Stupid Marriage
Too Much Too Young
Little Bitch
You're Wondering Now
Enjoy Yourself
Man At C & A
Hey Little Rich Girl
Do Nothing
Pearl's Cafe
Sock It To 'Em Jb
Stereotype/Stereotypes Pt 2
Holiday Fortnight
I Can't Stand It
International Jet Set
Enjoy Yourself (Reprise)
Ghost Town
Why?
Friday Night, Saturday
Morning

The Specials

Wish I had lipstick on my Shirt
Instead of piss stains on my shoes

Terry joined the Specials late in 1977 replacing initial vocalist Tim Strickland and remained the front man until they split in August 1981.

They released only two albums and the Ghost Town EP though the 2 Tone label was responsible for launching the recording careers of many others including Madness, The Selector and the Beat.

In June 1981 they released their final widely acclaimed Ghost Town EP. The EP contained one of the greatest songs ever written and provides a perfect soundtrack and backdrop to social life then and now - Friday Night, Saturday Morning, A Terry Hall masterpiece and work of genius.

Though the band re-emerged as The Special AKA with vocalists Body Snatcher Rhoda Dakar, Stan Campbell, Egidio Newton and Jerry Dammers, and have toured again in recent years Terry has not since fronted them.

A full history of the Specials can be found on their web site. See links page