The SpecialsEncore

Label:

UMC – 00602577211034

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album

Country:

Europe

Released:

Genre:

Funk / Soul

Style:

New Wave

Tracklist

A1 Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys
A2 B.L.M.
A3 Vote For Me
A4 The Lunatics
A5 Breaking Point
B1 Blam Blam Fever
B2 10 Commandments
B3 Embarrassed By You
B4 The Life And Times (Of A Man Called Depression)
B5 We Sell Hope

Companies, etc.

  • Manufactured ForUniversal International Music B.V.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Universal Music Operations Ltd.
  • Copyright ©Universal Music Operations Ltd.
  • Pressed ByOptimal Media GmbH – BI50796
  • Recorded AtEastcote Studios
  • Mixed AtDecoy Studios (2)
  • Mastered AtAbbey Road Studios
  • Published ByEMI Music Publishing Ltd.
  • Published ByWindrush 3 LLP
  • Published ByTorp Larsen Music
  • Published ByBMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
  • Published ByUpstairs Music

Credits

  • BassHorace Panter
  • Cello [String Section]Ian Burdge
  • DrumsKenrick Rowe
  • EngineerGeorge Murphy (5)
  • Engineer [Assistant Engineer]Sophie Ellis
  • GuitarSteve Cradock
  • Keyboards, VocalsNikolaj Torp Larsen*
  • Lacquer Cut ByF.A.*
  • Mastered ByFrank Arkwright
  • Mixed ByCenzo Townshend
  • ProducerTerry Hall
  • Trombone, TubaTim Smart
  • TrumpetPablo Mendelssohn
  • Viola [String Section]Bruce White
  • Violin [String Section]Tom Pigott-Smith
  • VocalsTerry Hall
  • Vocals [Guest Vocalist]Saffiyah Khan (tracks: B2)
  • Vocals, GuitarLynval Golding
  • Written-ByV.E. Grant* (tracks: B1)

Notes

Includes voucher. Comes with a 4 pages 12" foldout including lyrics, photos and credits.
Made in the E.U

Embossed front cover

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 6 02577 21103 4
  • Barcode (Scanned): 602577211034
  • Label Code: LC01846
  • Rights Society: BIEM/SDRM
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): BI50796-01 A1 7721103
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): BI50796-01 B1 F.A. 7721103

Other Versions (5 of 10)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Encore (2×CD, Album) UMC 00602577210907, 7721090 Europe 2019
Encore (CD, Album) Island Records B0029643-02 US 2019
New Submission
Encore (LP, Album, Limited Edition, White, Embossed) UMC 7721104, 00602577211041 Europe 2019
New Submission
Encore (2×CD, Album) Island Records B0029608-02 US 2019
New Submission
Encore (2×LP, Album, Limited Edition, Red, Embossed) UMC 7762588, 00602577625886 Europe 2019

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Reviews

  • robpenny's avatar
    robpenny
    Surprisingly good album with a few flaws but overall it's a good listen
    Pressing sounded clear to my ears.
    • WesHeadley's avatar
      WesHeadley
      This is one excellent sounding pressing-- and it benefits from being cranked up. Smooth and warm sounding. An excellent album by The Specials -- and who was expecting this after a 37 year absence? They're tapped into now, into today, into neo-Thatcherism-- and have kept their punk and ska sensibilities fully intact. Nice! BTW-- the vinyl is clean, flat and near silent. A superb pressing.
      • senorbambu's avatar
        senorbambu
        Edited 5 years ago
        Liking Terry's presence on this collection. 'The Life and Times' is a very special Specials song. Great to find the original spark of creativity and politics returning in new forms 40 years later (even if tbh it does sound too 'manicured' on some cuts). Now, can you all just have a coffee with Jerry?
        • Yomana11's avatar
          Yomana11
          Edited 6 years ago
          40 years or so and the covers blank.
          guess they didn't have time.
          I got it how about a few white vinyl ones perhaps.. Ill them by purchasing just because the cant be spun holding the corners. records used to be more interesting, just observation not review 30 years from now ill what was happening when Encore was pressed.

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