welcome to my UK 7" singles page...
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| gonna kick it off with the jewel of my collection...TT1/TT2 The Special AKA vs The Selecter - Gangsters/The Selecter...this is a one off Lyntone pressing...green on the 'A' side and black on the 'B' side...no gripper rings...'A' side run out has: A PORKY PRIME CUT TT 1-4 LYN-7083...'B' side run out has: A PORKY PRIME CUT LYN-7084 TT 2-4... |
| TT1/TT2 The Special AKA vs The Selecter - Gangsters/The Selecter...this is an Orlake pressing with a four prong knock out centre...'A' side run out has: TT+1-3 OR Gangsters...also a 2 and a 5 stamped in the run out...'B' side run out has: TT 2-1 GG... | TT1/TT2 The Special AKA vs The Selecter - Gangsters/The Selecter...this is a Tranco pressing with a four prong knock out centre...'A' side run out has: TT 1-4 (letter B on it's side) A PORKY PRIME CUT...'B' side run out has: TT 2-4 A PORKY PRIME CUT... |
| TT1/TT2 The Special AKA vs The Selecter - Gangsters/The Selecter...this is an Orlake pressing...'A' side run out reads: OR GANGSTERS TT+1-3 (there is also a number 8 and a number 1 lengthways next to each other)...'B' side run out reads: E.G.. TT 2-1...both sides have the "therefore" symbol in the run out... |
| TT1/TT2 The Special AKA vs The Selecter - Gangsters/The Selecter...these two copies are identical...one was in my DJ box the other was in with my collection...this is an Orlake pressings with the fade out...run out details are: 'A' side TT+1-3 OR Gangsters...'B' side TT 2-1 GG... |
| TT3 Madness - The Prince/Madness...first press paper label... | TT3 Madness - The Prince/Madness...silver injection moulded labels with c&p by Chrysalis Records...this was my go to copy when I was DJing... |
| TT3 Madness - The Prince/Madness...silver injection moulded labels with c&p by 2 Tone Records... | TT3 Madness - The Prince/Madness...blue injection moulded labels...no gripper ring... |
| TT4 The Selecter - On My Radio/Too Much Pressure...first press paper label... | TT4 The Selecter - On My Radio/Too Much Pressure...silver injection moulded label...this was my go to copy when I was DJing... |
| TT4 The Selecter - On My Radio/Too Much Pressure...blue injection moulded label...no gripper ring... | TT4 The Selecter - On My Radio/Too Much Pressure...silver injection moulded label pressed in France for the UK market... |
| TT4 The Selecter - On My Radio/Too Much Pressure...silver injection moulded label...pressed in France for the UK market with juke box style centre... |
| TT5 The Specials featuring Rico - A Message To You Rudy/Nite Klub...original paper label... | TT5 The Specials featuring Rico - A Message To You Rudy/Nite Klub...silver injection moulded label... | TT5 The Specials featuring Rico - A Message To You Rudy/Nite Klub...silver injection moulded label with juke box style centre...this was in my DJ box so the original sleeve has long gone... |
| TT6 The Beat - Tears of a Clown/Ranking Full Stop...original paper label... | TT6 The Beat - Tears of a Clown/Ranking Full Stop...silver injection moulded label...this was in my DJ box so the original sleeve has long gone... | TT6 The Beat - Tears of a Clown/Ranking Full Stop...silver injection moulded label with juke box style centre... |
| TT7 Elvis Costello & The Attractions - I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down... |
| CHS 8007 The Specials - Too Much Too Young/Skinhead Moonstomp..this is The Juke Box and Promotional Version...only has one single track on either side... | TT7 The Specials - Too Much Too Young/Guns of Navarone/Skinhead Symphony (three tracks)...original paper label... |
| TT7 The Specials - Too Much Too Young/Guns of Navarone/Skinhead Symphony (three tracks)...silver injection moulded label... | TT7 The Specials - Too Much Too Young/Guns of Navarone/Skinhead Symphony (three tracks)...silver injection moulded label...no country of manufacture on the labels... | TT7 The Specials - Too Much Too Young/Guns of Navarone/Skinhead Symphony (three tracks)...silver injection moulded label...pressed in France for the UK market with juke box style centre... |
| TT8 The Selecter - Three Minute Hero...original paper label... | TT8 The Selecter - Three Minute Hero...silver injection moulded label...this was in my DJ box so the original sleeve has long gone... |
| TT9 The Bodysnatchers - Let's Do Rocksteady...original paper label... | TT9 The Bodysnatchers - Let's Do Rocksteady...silver injection moulded label... | TT9 The Bodysnatchers - Let's Do Rocksteady...silver injection moulded label with juke box style centre... |
| TT10 The Selecter - Missing Words...original paper label... | TT10 The Selecter - Nissing (misspelt) Words...silver injection moulded label...made in France for the UK market... | TT10 The Selecter - Missing Words...silver injection moulded label...this was in my DJ box so the original sleeve has long gone... |
| TT11 The Specials - Rat Race original paper label... | TT11 The Specials - Rat Race...silver injection moulded label...made in France for the UK market... | TT11 The Specials - Rat Race...silver injection moulded label...this was in my DJ box so the original sleeve has long gone... |
| TT12 The Bodysnatchers - Easy Life/Too Experienced...original paper label... | TT12 The Bodysnatchers - Easy Life/Too Experienced...silver injection moulded label... |
| TT13 The Specials - Stereotype...original paper label... | TT13 The Specials - Stereotype...silver injection moulded label...this was in my DJ box so the original sleeve has long gone... |
| TT14 The Swinging Cats - Mantovani...original paper label... | TT15 Rico - Sea Cruise...only available on a paper label... |
| TT16 The Specials - Do Nothing...paper label... | TT16 The Specials - Do Nothing...paper label with double dip... |
| TT16 The Specials - Do Nothing...silver injection moulded label... | TT16 The Specials - Do Nothing...silver injection moulded label...made in France for the UK market... |
| TT17 The Specials - Ghost Town/Why?/Friday Night, Saturday Morning...original paper label... | TT17 The Specials - Ghost Town/Why?/Friday Night, Saturday Morning...silver injection moulded label...this was in my DJ box so the picture sleeve has long gone... | TTH17 The Specials - Ghost Town/Why?/Friday Night, Saturday Morning...40th Anniversary repress...still sealed... |
| TT17 The Specials - Ghost Town/Why?/Friday Night, Saturday Morning...blue injection moulded label...no gripper ring... |
| TT18 Rhoda with The Special AKA - The Boiler...original paper label... | TT18 Rhoda with The Special AKA - The Boiler...silver injection moulded label... |
| TT19 Rico and The Special AKA - Jungle Music...original paper label... | TT19 Rico and The Special AKA - Jungle Music...silver injection moulded label... |
| TT20 The Apollinaires - The Feeling's Gone...only available on a paper label... | TT21The Higsons - Tear The Whole Thing Down...only available on a paper label | TT22The Apollinaires - Envy The Love...only available on a paper label... |
| TT23 The Special AKA - War Crimes...Paper label... | TT23 The Special AKA - War Crimes...gold injection moulded label... | TT24 The Higsons - Run Me Down...only available on a paper label... |
| full page advert for The Special AKA - Racist Friend in the New Musical Express dated 27th August 1983... |
| TT25 The Special AKA - Racist friend...paper label... | TT25 The Special AKA - Racist friend...gold injection moulded label... | TT25 The Special AKA - Racist friend...picture disc...the first of only two picture discs to be released on the 2 Tone label... |
| TT26 The Special AKA - Nelson Mandela...paper label... | TT26 The Special AKA - Nelson Mandela...gold injection moulded label with gripper ring...all injection moulded labels have "Mandela" misspelt... | TT26 The Special AKA - Nelson Mandela...gold injection moulded label without gripper ring... |
| TT26 The Special AKA - Nelson Mandela...gold injection moulded label with juke box style centre...no gripper ring... | TT26 The Special AKA - Nelson Mandela...silver injection moulded label...no gripper ring... | TT26 The Special AKA - Nelson Mandela..silver injection moulded label with juke box style centre & gripper ring... |
| full page advert for The Special AKA - What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend in the New Musical Express dated 25th August 1984...not all the music released after TT19 floats my boat but I love this... |
| TT27 The Special AKA - What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend...paper label... | TT27 The Special AKA - What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend...blue injection moulded label... |
| TT27 The Special AKA - What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend...gatefold with free "War Crimes" single...both singles have inner sleeves...the silver pressing of this is probably the hardest to find of the three different pressings of this release!!..to date none have appeared for sale on Discogs... |
| TP27 The Special AKA - What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend picture disc...the second of only two picture discs to be released on the 2 Tone label... |
| TT28 The Friday Club - Window Shopping...only available on an injection moulded label... | TT29 JB's Allstars - The Alphabet Army...only available on an injection moulded label...released in 1985 the original run of 2 Tone records ended here!!.. |
| TT30 The Specials - Ghost Town...six years after the last 2 Tone single was released and ten years after Ghost Town was released Chrysalis Records/EMI released a couple of singles using the original TT catalogue prefix...kicking off with Ghost Town Revisited in 1991 to promote the forthcoming album "The Specials Singles"... | TT31 The Special AKA - Gangsters...Madness - The Prince...the Selecter - On My Radio...The Beat - Tears of a Clown... |
| TT32 The Specials - Sock It To 'Em J.B. (dub)/Rat Race (dub)...Record Store Day release in 2014...really heavy pressing in a printed cardboard sleeve... |
| TT999 Roddy Radiation & The Specials/Neville Staples AKA Judge Roughneck - Braggin' & Tryin' Not To Lie/Rude Boys Outa Jail (Version)...freebie with the "More Specials" album without the free record print... |
| CDL7 5001 The Specials - Gangsters (Version)/A Message To You Rudy (Version)...free with the album "The Specials - Specials" re-mastered & re-released to commemorate 50 years of Rough Trade Records... |
| CHS S1 The Selecter - The Whisper/Train to Skaville...original paper label...not exactly 2 Tone but Train to Skaville is my favourite Ska track from that era... | CHS S1 The Selecter - The Whisper/Train to Skaville...silver injection moulded label... |
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