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songs. Band member

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left two weeks before the sessions,Original Rude Boy: From Borstal to The Specials by Neville Staple with Tony McMahon; Chapter 10: The Third Wave - America Revives Ska and was replaced by former Selecter guitarist

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on rhythm guitar.

Track listing

#"I Can't Hide" ( Ken Parker) - 3:32 #"Blam Blam Fever" (Carl Grant, V. Grant) - 3:25 #"

Jezebel Jezebel ()"Jezebel"
(US) and

" ( Wayne Shanklin) - 2:43 #"El Pussycat Ska" (

Roland Alphonso Roland Alphonso OD or Rolando Alphonso "The Chief Musician" (12 January 1931 – 20 November 1998)Thompson, p. 262 was a Jamaican tenor saxophonist, and one of the founding members of the Skatalites. Biography Born in Havana, Cuba, Alphonso c ...

Clement Dodd Clement Seymour "Coxsone" Dodd (26 January 1932 – 4 May 2004) was a Jamaican record producer who was influential in the development of ska and reggae in the 1950s, 1960s and beyond. He was nicknamed "Coxsone" at school due to his talent a ...

) - 3:40 #"

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" ( Ewart Beckford) - 4:06 #"You Don't Know Like I Know" (

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, David Porter) - 2:36 #"Memphis Underground" (

Herbie Mann Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz Flute, flute player and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played tenor saxophone and clarinet ...

) - 3:56 #"If I Didn't Love You" (

Eric "Monty" Morris Eric "Monty" Morris (born c.1942)Campbell, Howard (2016)Eric 'Monty' Morris to perform at Grace Jerk Festival, ''Jamaica Observer'', 12 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016 is a Jamaican ska singer, known for his work with the Skatalites an ...

) - 3:42 #"Them a Fe Get a Beatin'" (

Peter Tosh Winston Hubert McIntosh (19 October 1944 – 11 September 1987), professionally known as Peter Tosh, was a Jamaican reggae musician. Along with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer, he was one of the core members of the band Bob Marley and the Wa ...

) - 3:28 #"Napoleon Solo" (

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) - 3:09 #"Skinhead Girl" (Monty Neysmith) - 3:31 #"Fire Corner" (

Clancy Eccles Clancy Eccles (9 December 1940 in Dean Pen, St. Mary, Jamaica – 30 June 2005 in Spanish Town, Jamaica)Katz was a Jamaican ska and reggae singer, songwriter, arranger, promoter, record producer and talent scout. Known mostly for his early re ...

) - 3:47 #"Bangerang Crash" (Eccles) - 3:04 #"I Want to Go Home" (

Derrick Morgan Derrick Morgan OD (born 27 March 1940)Walters, Basil (2012)A New Day – Songs heralding JA’s Independence", ''Jamaica Observer'', 3 June 2012, retrieved 3 June 2012 is a Jamaican musical artist who was popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He w ...

) - 2:39 #"Old Man Say" (Eccles) - 2:46

Personnel

Neville Staple Neville Eugenton Staple (born 11 April 1955), sometimes credited as Neville Staples, is a Jamaican-born British singer, known for his work with the 2-tone ska band the Specials, the pop group Fun Boy Three, as well as with his own group, th ...

- vocals * Roddy Byers - vocals, guitar *

Horace Panter Stephen Graham "Horace" Panter, (born 30 August 1953) also known professionally as Sir Horace Gentleman, is the bassist for the British 2 Tone ska band The Specials. Early life Panter was born in Croydon, Surrey and spent most of his formativ ...

- bass guitar *

- rhythm guitar *Justin Dodsworth - keyboards *Steve Holdway - trombone *Paul Daleman - trumpet *Leigh Malin - tenor saxophone *Anthony Harty - percussion, drums *Roger Lomas - producer, mixing, engineer

References

2000 albums The Specials albums 2000s covers albums {{ska-album-stub