Pat Graham / Instrument (Book) Includes Jerry Dammers

Last weekend I photographed a load of Jerry Dammer’s keyboards for my upcoming photo book called Instrument. It was Guy Fawkes fireworks/ halloween weekend. This keyboard summed that up. Special thanks to Ben Norton for assistance and taking some shots as well. And Jerry of course for letting us do this.



By Pat Graham 11/11/09

http://www.patgraham.org/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Instrument-Pat-Graham/dp/0811874745

http://www.roughtrade.com/site/news_detail.lasso?story_id=1546

The Specials "Live" In Wolverhampton 2009 / Sky Arts

The Specials In Concert



Stunning concert filmed at Wolverhampton Civic Hall as part of The Specials' 30th anniversary celebrations. Includes Message To You, Rat Race and the era-defining Ghost Town.

Sky Arts HD
28/10/11
23:00

Sounds Of The 20th Century / BBC Radio 2

Jeremy Vine introduces Radio 2's audio journey through the years from 1951 to 2000, helping listeners to relive the music, news, radio, TV and movies of the times.

1979 - 20/10/11
is the year of Oliver's Army, the Eton Rifles and Blair Peach. Britain experiences its winter of discontent and gets its first million-pound footballer. And there are two new political leaders: Mrs Thatcher and the Ayatollah. The Boomtown Rats don't like Mondays, Pink Floyd don't need no education and Madness are One Step Beyond.

1980 - 27/10/11 ?

1981 - 03/11/11
the year of The Specials' Ghost Town and riots in Brixton and Toxteth. The New Romantics arrive to brighten up the clubs, there's some saucy skirt-ripping at Eurovision and a new political party is shaking up Westminster.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015n402

The Specials / Pearl's Cafe "Live" October 2011

The Specials - Pearl's Cafe (Live 2011) by Skinhead-Reggay-69

The Specials / Alexandra Park Festival 1981

Alexandra Park, Festival 04/07/81

The Specials / Audio Cassette GMI Label

Here is a very nice Specials Cassette I picked up during the week, It doesn't have a title it's simply called The Specials but It's Basically More Specials with 3 extra tracks taken from the Ghost Town E.P.

These Cassettes were never available in Shops (Because they are Pirate Recordings) and were only sold in Markets in some Middle Eastern Country's during the 1980s when Cassettes were very popular and can still be found Today in Car Boot sales and Markets if you look hard enough.

Anyway enough of that back to The Specials The Ghost Town Art Looks great on a Cassette, I'm glad the Tracks are in the same order as the UK LP and the Bonus tracks fit in quite nicely too :)



The Specials
GMI 3647

Side A
Stereotypes
Holiday Fortnight
I Can't Stand It
International Jet Set
Enjoy Yourself (reprise)
Ghost Town (Bonus Track)

Side B
Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)
Man At C&A
Hey Little Rich Girl
Do Nothing
Pearl's Cafe
Sock It To Em J.B.
Why ? (Bonus Track)
Friday Night Saturday Morning (Bonus Track)

Another Pirate Specials Cassette with similar Artwork

http://2-tone.info/2tone.pl?display410

Rico & The Special AKA / Jungle Music

Happy Birthday Rico Rodriguez 76 Today, Let's Have A Party :)

Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrZRFpKRnLo&feature=player_embedded#t=0s

Jerry Dammers / BBC Radio 6 Music 30/10/11

Cerys On 6
Sunday 30 October
10.00am-12.00noon BBC RADIO 6 MUSIC

Songwriter/keyboardist Jerry Dammers founded and designed the logo for 2 Tone Records and formed The Specials, writing Ghost Town and many of their other hits. Dammers has been a working DJ for more than 15 years and formed the Spatial AKA Orchestra in 2008.

He chats to Cerys Matthews ahead of his show, Cosmic Engineering: A Tribute To Sun Ra And Other Mystic Mavericks. Featuring some of the UK's finest jazz musicians and his 18-piece orchestra he pays tribute to the cosmic jazz of Sun Ra and Alice Coltrane by mingling their sounds with those of dub innovator Coxsone Dodd, Exotica pioneer Martin Denny and many more.

Presenter/Cerys Matthews, Producer/Jax Coombes

BBC Radio 6 Music