Various Artists - The Compact 2 Tone Story (1993) 4 CD Box Set
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 1.44 Gb | Scans ~ 120 Mb | Time: 04:03:26
Genre: Ska, Punk, New Wave | Label: Chrysalis | # 7243 8 27721 25
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 1.44 Gb | Scans ~ 120 Mb | Time: 04:03:26
Genre: Ska, Punk, New Wave | Label: Chrysalis | # 7243 8 27721 25
Rare 1993 UK 68-track 4-CD collection including The Specials, Madness, The Selecter, The Beat, The Bodysnatchers, Rico, Elvis Costello and many more. This 4 CD box set collects the A-side and B-side of every single released on the label. Both sides of the Dutch Concrete Jungle single plus both tracks from the free single which accompanied initial copies of More Specials are also included. The Bodysnatchers live version of 007 is the only unreleased track in the set, however it did previously appear in the film Dance Craze but failed to make it on to the films soundtrack album. Jerry Dammers was less than impressed with its release and had this to say about it: "It's real train spotters stuff with every B-side from every free single and I wasn't even consulted about it. In some ways that (The Compact 2 Tone Story) is the worst." (Uncut Magazine interview 1998).