{"product_id":"specials-more-specials-cd","title":"Specials, The: More Specials (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NVyHEoMii0w?si=cRTuy2Rp0mhud_vg\" height=\"300\" width=\"full\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Specials were formed in Coventry in 1977 as The Coventry Automatics. True innovators of the punk era, the band began the British ska revival craze, combining the highly danceable ska and rocksteadybeat with punk's energy and attitude. The Specials had seven consecutive UK Top 10 singles between 1979 and 1981, including the number 1 hits \"Too Much Too Young\" and \"Ghost Town\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe band's second album \u003cem\u003eMore Specials\u003c\/em\u003e (UK No.5, 1980) was a change in musical direction to their debut. Less frenzied and hard-hitting, it was more musically adventurous and varied, bleaker lyrics reflecting British life at the time. The album features a classic cover of Carl Sigman and Conrad Magidson's 1940s chestnut \"Enjoy Yourself\" and a brooding version of the same song featuring the Go-Go's. Includes: the Northern soul-esque instrumental \"Sock It to 'Em JB\" and the Mexican-flavoured \"Holiday Fortnight\"; the intriguing \"International Jet Set\"; the apocalyptic \"Man at C\u0026amp;A\"; the mournful, spaghetti western feel of \"Stereotypes\"; the emotional despair of \"Do Nothing\" and the bright and breezy \"Hey, Little Rich Girl\" (with fabulous sax solos from Madness' Lee Thompson). The immortal line from \"Pearl's Cafe\" by Terry Hall and Bodysnatchers' Rhoda Dakar, sums up their own, and the country's frustration - 'It's all a load of bollocks, and bollocks to it all'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMan At C \u0026amp; A\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHey, Little Rich Girl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo Nothing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePearl's Cafe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSock It To 'Em J.B.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStereotypes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStereotypes-Pt. 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHoliday Fortnight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Can't Stand It\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternational Jet Set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnjoy Yourself (Reprise)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"2 Tone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47635457278298,"sku":null,"price":8.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1481\/5374\/files\/specials-more-specials_10868e50-c82e-4f8e-b8c5-a5bd012d6f01.jpg?v=1778435822","url":"https:\/\/freebirdrecords.com\/products\/specials-more-specials-cd","provider":"Freebird Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}