The Specials "More Specials" (40th Anniversary) 2024-12-20 and Duncan James

and Duncan James

It's been few years and several hundred live shows since the Waste oozed out the much celebrated Slime and Punishment album

across 13 imaginative seasons

The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album at the 48th Grammy Awards in 2006

Considered one of his most successful and most popular albums

The Specials "More Specials" (40th Anniversary) 2024-12-20 and Duncan JamesThe Specials are one of the defining bands of the late 70's early 80's along with Jerry Dammers iconic label Two Tone Records. Originally formed in 1977, as The Coventry Automatics, The Specials combined Jamaican ska and Rocksteady mixed with the energy of punk and launching a whole Ska Revival and helped fellow likeminded bands Madness, The Beat, The Selecter to release their first singles. Their debut album 'Specials' was released in October 1979,