The Specials are back with ten songs on a brand new album. Influential, important and exhilarating live, they are a band embedded in this country's DNA. It is impossible to envisage the musical landscape without them, from the startling, angular Gangsters in 1979 to their swan song, the epoch-making Ghost Town in 1981. They infused ska with punk, homegrown political anxiety with wider issues. The Specials' ascendancy was swift. Two years, seven hit singles including two number ones, two hit albums, sell-out tours – the mass stage-invasions and audience energy only adding to the myth. They were everywhere; on Top of the Pops, Radio One, nightclubs and school discos.

The brand new album 'Encore' is avaliable to order now - https://TheSpecials.lnk.to/EncoreYD

Rico, The Specials - Jungle Music [Official HD Remastered Video]
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Rico, The Specials - Jungle Music [Official HD Remastered Video]
The Specials - Concrete Jungle (Live at Rotters Club, Liverpool 14/10/80)
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The Specials - Concrete Jungle (Live at Rotters Club, Liverpool 14/10/80)
The Specials - Nelson Mandela (Official Music Video) [HD Remaster]
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The Specials - Nelson Mandela (Official Music Video) [HD Remaster]
The Specials - Do Nothing (Live at BBC's Top Of The Pops 1980) [HD Remaster]
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The Specials - Do Nothing (Live at BBC's Top Of The Pops 1980) [HD Remaster]
The Specials - Too Much Too Young (Live) [HD Remaster]
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The Specials - Too Much Too Young (Live) [HD Remaster]
The Specials - Get Up, Stand Up
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The Specials - Get Up, Stand Up
The Specials - Freedom Highway
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The Specials - Freedom Highway
The Specials - Sea Cruise (Featuring Rico, John Peel BBC Radio 1 Session)
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The Specials - Sea Cruise (Featuring Rico, John Peel BBC Radio 1 Session)
The Specials - Friday Night, Saturday Morning (2015 Remaster)
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The Specials - Friday Night, Saturday Morning (2015 Remaster)
The Specials - You're Wondering Now (Kid Jensen BBC Radio 1 Session)
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The Specials - You're Wondering Now (Kid Jensen BBC Radio 1 Session)
The Specials - Ghost Town (Full Version, 2015 Remaster)
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The Specials - Ghost Town (Full Version, 2015 Remaster)
The Specials - Hey, Little Rich Girl (2015 Remaster)
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The Specials - Hey, Little Rich Girl (2015 Remaster)
The Specials - Do Nothing (2015 Remaster)
3:45
The Specials - Do Nothing (2015 Remaster)
The Specials Ft. Rico with the Ice Rink String Sounds - Do Nothing (Single Version, 2015 Remaster)
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The Specials Ft. Rico with the Ice Rink String Sounds - Do Nothing (Single Version, 2015 Remaster)
The Specials - Maggie's Farm (2015 Remaster)
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The Specials - Maggie's Farm (2015 Remaster)
The Specials - Enjoy Yourself It's Later Than You Think (2015 Remaster)
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The Specials - Enjoy Yourself It's Later Than You Think (2015 Remaster)
The Specials - Sock It To 'Em J B (2015 Remaster)
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The Specials - Sock It To 'Em J B (2015 Remaster)
Neville Staples AKA Judge Roughneck - Rude Buoys Outa Jail (version)
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Neville Staples AKA Judge Roughneck - Rude Buoys Outa Jail (version)
The Specials - Why? (Extended Version, 2015 Remaster)
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The Specials - Why? (Extended Version, 2015 Remaster)
The Specials - Stereotype Pts 1 & 2 (John Peel BBC Radio 1 Session)
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The Specials - Stereotype Pts 1 & 2 (John Peel BBC Radio 1 Session)
The Specials - Stereotypes/Stereotype Pt. 2 (2015 Remaster)
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The Specials - Stereotypes/Stereotype Pt. 2 (2015 Remaster)
The Specials - Rat Race (2015 Remaster)
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The Specials - Rat Race (2015 Remaster)
The Specials - Racquel (2015 Remaster)
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The Specials - Racquel (2015 Remaster)
The Specials - Man at C&A (2015 Remaster)
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The Specials - Man at C&A (2015 Remaster)
The Specials - I Can't Stand It (2015 Remaster)
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The Specials - I Can't Stand It (2015 Remaster)
The Specials - Pearl's Cafe (2015 Remaster)
3:11
The Specials - Pearl's Cafe (2015 Remaster)
The Specials - Rude Buoys Outa Jail (2015 Remaster)
2:40
The Specials - Rude Buoys Outa Jail (2015 Remaster)
The Specials - Holiday Fortnight (2015 Remaster)
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The Specials - Holiday Fortnight (2015 Remaster)
The Specials - International Jet Set (Single Version, 2015 Remaster)
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The Specials - International Jet Set (Single Version, 2015 Remaster)