Two Tone

Official account for Two Tone Records, established in 1979. Housing The Specials, The Selecter, The Beat & many more.

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The critical response to Dance Craze has been incredible so far. If you’ve seen the film or listened to the soundtrack yet, let us know your thoughts! Grab a copy here: https://t.co/f4Du0hX2OJ

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Happy 70th Birthday to Neville Staple of The Specials!

📷: Gervaise Soeurouge

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Please note Jerry Dammers and The Special AKA will not be performing at this event.

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After a triumphant concert last year at St Luke’s Church in Islington, the Vox Holloway community choir return to salute The Special AKA and perform a choral version of the "In The Studio" album in full.  Visit for tickets and more info -
 https://t.co/AMICTlMNrW

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Pauline Black: A 2-Tone Story. Pauline tells her extraordinary life story alongside archive footage, music and guest contributions. Dir. by Jane Mingay.

London Premiere 12 & 19 Oct & Doc N Roll regional screenings for October and November here: https://t.co/sYG7YAGZsO

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The Special AKA - IN THE STUDIO [Half-Speed Master] 40th Anniversary Edition.

Newly remastered and cut at half speed at Abbey Road

2LP 180gm Black Vinyl

Available 22nd of November 2024

Click this link to grab a copy: https://t.co/eVCiwvcWUR

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Grab a copy from the official Two Tone store: https://t.co/gYtlxiNaPO

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In celebration of this year’s #NationalAlbumDay, we’re releasing The Specials - The Specials on clear vinyl! Available as part of National Album Day and everywhere from 19th October 2024 🏁

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On this day in 1981, The Specials' era defining single Ghost Town was released. Click this link to watch, listen and grab a copy for yourself: https://t.co/KFgV9RuvYL

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“We are devastated to confirm that Selecter frontman Arthur ‘Gaps’ Hendrickson has died after a short illness. The world has lost a 2-Tone original, a talented musician and an absolute gentlemen. We have lost our beloved friend and bandmate. RIP Gaps” - The Selecter

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https://t.co/PdL7TQ1X7u Head over to the Two Tone store where everything is 15% off for Black Friday! Some items highly limited.

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We've given a handful of our 7" box set individuals to @RoughTrade. Very limited numbers...

https://t.co/F7fcBkdNkm

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We've located a bunch of individual 7s from 2019's 7" Treasures box set. Limited stock of each title. Grab them over on the store, also individual 7" slipmats + a free signed Jerry Dammers insert with the first 80 orders. Other titles also back in stock! https://t.co/gUFJbuz6D7

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Ghost Town on Soul Music @BBCRadio4: a whole host of people tell the story of their connection to the track, including Jerry Dammers and John Collins. What's yours?

https://t.co/UjGsZszaXz

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"A celebration of a musical movement that really did help to change the world" - @KermodeMovie

Streaming now on @BFI player + all Dance Craze formats available over on Townsend: https://t.co/gYtlxiNaPO

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Mark Kermode introduces Dance Craze, a live concert film from the heyday of British ska.

Stop your messing around and watch it on #BFIPlayer

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Two Tone Records will be issuing the best of 2Tone on clear vinyl for the first time as part of @hmvtweets Vinyl week. June 17th 2023. Limited copies available. Click here for the full listings: https://t.co/3UtF5uT4m7

[The Selecter(2-Tone) @TheSelecter]

Our new album is out today! 🙌 Enjoy x
💿⚫️🔴 https://t.co/N75sKobqLE
"lyrical messaging's as sharp as ever" MOJO ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“The Selecter have lost none of their creative fire or fury” VIVE LE ROCK 9/10

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US fans: The Specials Work In Progress Versions 10-inch Single Vinyl is part of your @recordstoreday tomorrow! Featuring previously unreleased versions of ‘Friday Night, Saturday Morning’ and ‘I Can’t Stand It’. Go out and grab one at your nearest store: https://t.co/Y32jyFJyVu

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"Ska, the Two Tone movement, was one of the really crucial times in which music really seemed to be engaging with politics" - @KermodeMovie reviews Dance Craze and explains why you have to go out and see it if you can!

https://t.co/dUjmtWbfQg

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@PRJOE90 correct: Nite Klub, Concrete Jungle, Too Much Too Young and Man at C&A were all filmed at Rotters Club, Liverpool. The second performance of Nite Klub with the stage invasion was filmed at De Montfort Hall, Leicester

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Dance Craze - out now! The best of British ska.
Been a great week with so many of you letting us know about what watching this again or for the first time means to you. We want to hear more!

LPs & CDs available now: https://t.co/f4Du0hX2OJ

[The Selecter(2-Tone) @TheSelecter]

Nice photo of the ladies of 2-tone, Pauline Black & Rhoda Dakar, at last week's BFI IMAX Dance Craze shindig. As usual, upholding the sartorially strict dress code for 2-tone functions, but with a soupçon of originality;-)