The Specials (ska band)

~ Group

Releases

ReleaseArtistFormatTracksCountry/DateLabelCatalog#Barcode
SpecialsThe Specials12" Vinyl14
  • GB1979-10-19
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)CDL TT 5001[none]
Gangsters / The SelecterThe Specials / The Selecter7" Vinyl2
Chrysalis100 879
SpecialsThe Specials12" Vinyl15
Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past)202 685
Gangsters / The SelecterThe Specials / The Selecter7" Vinyl2
Chrysalis6172 682
SpecialsThe Specials12" Vinyl15
Chrysalis, Phonogram6307 687[none]
SpecialsThe Specials12" Vinyl15
Chrysalis6307687[none]
A Message to You RudyThe Specials7" Vinyl2
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)CHS TT5
Live in ManchesterThe Specials12" Vinyl16
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)[none][none]
Gangsters / The SelecterThe Special A.K.A. / The Selecter7" Vinyl2
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)TT1, TT2[none]
Too Much Too YoungThe Specials7" Vinyl3
  • GB1980-01-18
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)CHS TT7
More SpecialsThe Specials12" Vinyl11
  • GB1980-10-04
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)CHR TT 5003
More SpecialsThe Specials12" Vinyl + 7" Vinyl11 + 2
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)CHR TT 5003, TT 999[none]
More SpecialsThe Specials12" Vinyl12
ChrysalisPV 41303
The SpecialsThe Specials12" Vinyl15
ChrysalisCHR 1265075585126513
Rat Race / Rude Buoys Outa JailThe Specials7" Vinyl2
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)CHS TT 11
StereotypeThe Specials7" Vinyl2
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)CHS TT 13
Do NothingThe Specials7" Vinyl2
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)CHS TT 16
Live at the LyceumThe Specials12" Vinyl15
ChrysalisRS 9180[none]
Braggin’ & Tryin’ Not to Lie / Rude Boys Outa JailThe Specials7" Vinyl2
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)TT 999[none]
Ghost Town (Extended Version)The Specials12" Vinyl3
  • GB1981-06-12
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)CHS TT 1217[none]
Ghost TownThe Specials7" Vinyl2
Chrysalis103 338
Concrete JungleThe Specials7" Vinyl2
Chrysalis103.106
Ghost Town / Why? / Friday Night Saturday MorningThe Specials12" Vinyl3
Chrysalis, Two-Tone Records (UK ska)CDS 2525
Ghost TownThe Specials7" Vinyl3
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)CHS TT17
War CrimesThe Special A.K.A.7" Vinyl2
  • GB1982-11-22
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)CHS TT 23
War CrimesThe Special A.K.A.7" Vinyl2
Chrysalis104 978
War CrimesThe Special A.K.A.10" Vinyl2
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)CHS TT 10 23
Jungle MusicRico and The Special AKA12" Vinyl3
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)CHS TT 1219
The BoilerRhoda with The Special A.K.A.7" Vinyl2
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)CHS TT 18
Racist Friend / Bright LightsThe Special AKA12" Vinyl4
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)CHS 12 TT 25, CHS TT 12 25
Racist Friend / Bright LightsThe Special A.K.A.7" Vinyl2
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)CHS TT 25
Nelson MandelaThe Special AKA7" Vinyl2
Chrysalis, Two-Tone Records (UK ska)106 323, 106 323-100[none]
Free Nelson Mandela (The Special Remix)The Special A.K.A.12" Vinyl3
Chrysalis4V9 42793
In the StudioThe Special AKACD10
ChrysalisCCD 5008094632144720
In the StudioThe Special A.K.A.12" Vinyl10
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)CHR TT 5008
Nelson MandelaThe Special A.K.A.12" Vinyl2
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)CHS TT12 26[none]
What I Like Most About You Is Your Girlfriend! (Extended Version)The Special AKA12" Vinyl2
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)CHS TT 12 27
Nelson MandelaThe Special A.K.A.7" Vinyl2
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)CHS TT 26
What I Like Most About You Is Your GirlfriendThe Special A.K.A.7" Vinyl2
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)CHS TT 27
In the StudioThe Special A.K.A.(unknown)10
More SpecialsThe SpecialsCD12
ChrysalisVK 41303044114130321
Free Nelson Mandela (The Whole World Is Watching Dance Mix)The Special AKA12" Vinyl2
SpecialsThe SpecialsCD15
Chrysalis3 25001 2
SpecialsThe SpecialsCD14
ChrysalisCCD 50015013136126525
Specials (opaque blue jewel case)The SpecialsCD14
  • -1989
ChrysalisCCD 5001
SpecialsThe SpecialsCD15
  • DE1990-08-16
Chrysalis1C 538-3 25001 2094632500120
More SpecialsThe SpecialsCD12
ChrysalisF2 21303
The Singles CollectionThe SpecialsCD15
  • US1991-01-09
ChrysalisF2 21823094632182326
SinglesThe SpecialsCD16
  • GB1991-08-26
ChrysalisCCD 5010, CDP 3218232094632182326
SinglesThe Specials12" Vinyl16
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)3218231, CHR RR 5010094632182319
Ghost Town RevisitedThe Specials / Special Productions12" Vinyl4
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)CHS TT 12 30094632380869
Ghost Town RevisitedThe Specials7" Vinyl2
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)CHS TT 30
Ghost TownThe SpecialsCD2
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)CHSTTCD30
Live in Concert Selecter and SpecialsThe Selecter & The SpecialsCD18
  • -1992-01-01
Windsong
The SpecialsThe SpecialsCD15
ChrysalisDIDX 1537, F2 21265094632126528
Live at the Moonlight ClubThe Specials12" Vinyl10
Chrysalis, Two-Tone Records (UK ska)CHRTT 5011
The SpecialsThe SpecialsCD15
ChrysalisF2 21265094632126528
Live: Too Much Too YoungThe SpecialsCD15
Receiver RecordsRRCD 1615014438716124
Live: Too Much Too YoungThe Specials12" Vinyl15
Receiver RecordsRRLP 1615014438716117
BBC Radio 1 Live in ConcertThe Selecter / The SpecialsCD18
Windsong InternationalWIN CD 0305018766003024
King of KingsDesmond Dekker & The SpecialsCD12
Trojan RecordsCDTRL 3245014438132429
Dawning of a New EraThe Coventry Automatics AKA The Specials12" Vinyl12
Receiver RecordsRRLP 1785014438717817
King of KingsDesmond Dekker & The SpecialsCD12
Quattro Records (of Japan)QTCY-20384988001017387
HypocriteThe SpecialsCD7
Kuff RecordsKUFFD3724389319026
Today’s SpecialsThe SpecialsCD12
  • JP1996-03-27
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)VJCP-252084988006715004
Too Much Too YoungThe SpecialsCD16
  • GB1996-05-13
EMI GoldCD GOLD 1022724383833320
Too Much Too YoungThe SpecialsCD16
  • CA1996-05-14
EMI Gold7243 8 38333 2 0724383833320
Today's SpecialsThe SpecialsCD12
  • US1996-05-14
Kuff Records7243 8 41689 2 6724384168926
GangstersThe SpecialsCD12
Hallmark Records (Pickwick UK imprint, unrelated to the US Hallmark greeting card label)3035525030073035529
Two Tone Live. Exciting Live Performances.The Specials, The Selecter, Special BeatCD12
Hallmark Records (Pickwick UK imprint, unrelated to the US Hallmark greeting card label)3036625030073036625
Best OfThe SpecialsCD16
DiskyDC 8707020724348707024
Pressure DropThe SpecialsCD4
Kuff RecordsKUFFD4724389345520
A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit YouThe SpecialsCD3
Kuff Records, Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)V25F-38551724383855124
Guilty 'til Proved Innocent!The SpecialsCD18
  • US1998-03-24
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCAD-11735008811173524
Guilty ’Til Proved Innocent! (expanded edition)The SpecialsDigital Media19
  • US1998-03-24
Geffen Records
BBC SessionsThe SpecialsCD16
  • GB1998-10-26
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)497 7912, 7243 4 97791 2 9724349779129
Guilty ’Til Proved Innocent!The SpecialsCD18
BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions), MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)D 122938, MCAD-11735[none]
It's YouThe SpecialsCD2
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)MCA5P-4084[none]
Concrete JungleThe Specials and Friends2×CD16 + 16
Receiver RecordsRRDCD 008766126700803
Blue Plate SpecialsThe SpecialsCD15
  • US1999-02-23
Big Ear MusicEAZ4018010963401820
A Special CollectionThe SpecialsCD16
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)724352173129724352173129
Ghost Town ‘Live’The SpecialsCD21
Receiver RecordsRRCD 271766126727121
Stereo-Typical: A's, B's & RaritiesThe Specials3×CD19 + 16 + 11
  • GB2000-08-21
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)7243 5 27154 2 8724352715428
Skinhead GirlThe SpecialsCD15
  • GB2000-09-18
Receiver RecordsRRCD 295 Z766126729521
Ghost TownThe Specials and Fun Boy Three feat. Neville StapleCD15
Anagram RecordsCDM GRAM 1345013929213425
The Very Best OfThe Specials and Fun Boy Three feat. Neville StapleCD15
Cleopatra Records (US label, predominantly industrial/goth, and low budget compilations)CLP 0956-2741157095623
King of SkaDesmond Dekker & The SpecialsCD13
Fuel 2000 RecordsFLD-1021030206102123
Conquering RulerThe SpecialsCD15
  • GB2001-01-22
Receiver RecordsRRCD 292 Z766126729224
SpecialsThe SpecialsCD14
  • GB2002-03-25
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)7243 5 37697 0 3724353769703
More SpecialsThe SpecialsCD12
  • GB2002-03-25
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)7243 5 37699 0 1724353769901
SpecialsThe SpecialsEnhanced CD14
  • US2002-05-21
Chrysalis7243 5 37697 0 3724353769703
More SpecialsThe SpecialsCD11
  • US2002-05-21
724353769901
In the StudioThe Special A.K.A.Enhanced CD12
Two-Tone Records (UK ska)7243 5 37695 0 5724353769505
In the StudioThe Special A.K.A.CD10
Chrysalis7243 5 37695 0 5724353769505
Nelson MandelaThe Special A.K.A.Digital Media4
[none]
Greatest HitsThe SpecialsDigital Media12
  • -2006-01-01
Fantastic Price Records
The Very Best OfThe Specials and Fun Boy ThreeDigital Media15
  • XW2006-05-09
Cleopatra Records (US label, predominantly industrial/goth, and low budget compilations)803680173657
The Best of The SpecialsThe SpecialsCD20
  • GB2008-03-31
ChrysalisCHRTV 200825099952039829
The Best of The SpecialsThe SpecialsDigital Media20
  • US2008-03-31
EMI Catalogue[none]
Ghost Town: Greatest Hits (re‐recorded versions)The SpecialsDigital Media13
  • US2009-04-01
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