The SelecterToo Much Pressure

Label:

Two-Tone Records – CDLTTX5002

Format:

CD , Album, Reissue, Remastered
CD , Compilation, Remastered
CD , Remastered
Box Set , Deluxe Edition

Country:

Europe

Released:

Genre:

Reggae

Style:

Ska

Tracklist

Too Much Pressure
1-1 Three Minute Hero
Written-ByN. Davies*
3:00
1-2 Everyday
Arranged ByThe Selecter
Written-ByCrooks*
3:10
1-3 They Make Me Mad
Written-ByP. Black*
2:47
1-4 Missing Words
Written-ByN. Davies*
3:22
1-5 Danger
Written-ByP. Black*
2:38
1-6 Street Feeling
Written-ByN. Davies*
3:11
1-7 My Collie (Not A Dog)
Arranged ByThe Selecter
Written-ByR. Spencer*
2:45
1-8 Too Much Pressure
Written-ByN. Davies*
3:48
1-9 Murder
Arranged ByThe Selecter
Written-ByO. Silveras*
2:39
1-10 Out On The Streets
Written-ByN.Davies*
3:28
1-11 Carry Go Bring Come
Arranged ByThe Selecter
Written-ByJ. Hinds*
3:02
1-12 Black And Blue
Written-ByP. Black*
3:17
1-13 James Bond
Arranged ByThe Selecter
Written-ByM. Norman*
2:16
Singles, B-Sides & Rarities
2-1 The Selecter
Written-ByN. Davies*
2:57
2-2 On My Radio
Written-ByN. Davies*
3:17
2-3 Too Much Pressure (B-side Version)
Written-ByN. Davies*
2:50
2-4 Street Feeling (Outtake)
Written-ByN. Davies*
3:52
2-5 They Make Me Mad (John Peel Session 9/10/79)
Written-ByP. Black*
2:32
2-6 Carry Go Bring Come (John Peel Session 9/10/79)
Written-ByJ. Hinds*
3:05
2-7 Danger (John Peel Session 9/10/79)
Written-ByP. Black*
2:15
2-8 Street Feeling (John Peel Session 9/10/79)
Written-ByN. Davies*
3:17
2-9 Three Minute Hero (Alternative Version)*
Written-ByN. Davies*
3:05
2-10 Missing Words (7" Version)
Written-ByN. Davies*
3:22
2-11 Carry Go Bring Come (Live)
Written-ByJ. Hinds*
3:16
2-12 A Live Injection / Mony Mony / Too Much Pressure (Soundcheck)*
Written-ByN. Davies*
5:20
2-13 The Whisper
Written-ByN. Davies*
3:01
2-14 Train To Skaville (7" Version)
Written-ByL. Dillon*
3:08
2-15 Cool Blue Lady (Early Version)*
Written-ByN. Davies*
3:07
2-16 Train To Skaville (Extended Version)
Written-ByL. Dillon*
7:48
2-17 On My Radio (Ready Mix Radio)
Written-ByN. Davies*
3:04
Live In Coventry 29th November 1979
3-1 Soulful I / Murder
Arranged By [Arr]The Selecter
Written-ByO. Silveras*
4:40
3-2 Out On The Streets
Written-ByN. Davies*
4:34
3-3 James Bond
Written-ByM. Norman*
2:02
3-4 Sweet Collie (Not A Dog)
Written-ByR. Spencer*
2:34
3-5 Street Feeling
Written-ByN. Davies*
3:17
3-6 Everyday
Written-ByS. Crooks*
3:03
3-7 The Selecter
Written-ByN. Davies*
4:02
3-8 Danger
Written-ByP. Black*
2:16
3-9 They Make Me Mad
Written-ByP. Black*
2:38
3-10 Carry Go Bring Come
Written-ByJ. Hinds*
3:10
3-11 On My Radio
Written-ByN. Davies*
3:15
3-12 A Live Injection / Too Much Pressure
Written-ByN. Davies*
5:44
Live In Hemel Hempstead 28th February 1980
3-13 Three Minute Hero
Written-ByN. Davies*
3:10
3-14 Black And Blue
Written-ByP. Black*
3:22
3-15 Missing Words
Written-ByN. Davies*
3:38
3-16 Train To Skaville
Written-ByL. Dillon*
3:17

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Chrysalis Records Ltd.
  • Copyright ©Chrysalis Records Ltd.
  • Remastered AtAlchemy Mastering
  • Glass Mastered AtGZ Media – H31106
  • Glass Mastered AtGZ Media – H31213
  • Glass Mastered AtGZ Media – H31205
  • Pressed ByGZ Media
  • Recorded AtHorizon Studios, Coventry
  • Recorded AtMaida Vale Studios
  • Recorded AtOlympic Studios
  • Recorded AtTiffany's, Coventry
  • Recorded AtLewisham Odeon
  • Mixed AtPye Studios
  • Mixed AtThe Bridge Studios, London
  • Mastered AtAir Mastering

Credits

  • BassCharley Anderson
  • ChoirHillfields Boys
  • Crew [Road Crew]Rob Forest
  • Design [Reissue]Ryan Art
  • Design [Sleeve]'Teflon' Sims*
  • DrumsCharley 'H' Bembridge*
  • Electric Organ [Hammond Keyboard]Desmond Brown
  • EngineerMike Robinson (tracks: 2-5 to 2-8)
  • Engineer [Assistant]Paul Dee (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12)
  • ManagementJuliet Devie
  • Mastered ByTim Young
  • Mastered By [Reissue Audio Mastering]Alchemy Mastering
  • Mixed ByRichard Whittaker (tracks: 2-12, 3-1 to 3-16)
  • Mixed By [Remixd By]Roger Lomas (tracks: 2-10, 2-17)
  • Other [Under Pressure]Steve Cardboard Eaton
  • Photography ByRick Mann (2)
  • ProducerThe Selecter (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12, 2-12, 3-1 to 3-16)
  • Project Manager [Reissue]Dermot James
  • Recorded ByHoward Kilgour (tracks: 3-1 to 3-16)
  • Research [Reissue], Sleeve NotesDaniel Rachel
  • Rhythm Guitar, Lead GuitarNeol Davies
  • SaxophoneJoe Reynolds
  • TromboneRico Rodriguez
  • TrumpetDick Cuthell
  • VocalsPauline Black

Notes

3CDs in 2 x LP-replica CD-sized gatefold sleeves with 20-page booklet in card box
Album Recorded at Horizon Studios, Coventry, Dec'79 to Jan'80.
40th anniversary edition
Remastered from the original production tapes by Alchemy Mastering
CD2 Track 9,12,15 & CD3 Track 1-12 Previously Unreleased

Writing credits for disc 3 are incorrectly track numbered in the booklet

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 5 060516 096176
  • Barcode (Scanned): 5060516096176
  • Other (CD1 cat# on spine): CDLTTX5002/1
  • Other (CD2/3 cat# on spine): CDLTTX5002/2&3
  • Matrix / Runout (CD1): H31106 CDLTTX5002/CD1
  • Mastering SID Code (CD1): IFPI LD02
  • Mould SID Code (CD1): IFPI 5J83
  • Matrix / Runout (CD2): H31213 CDLTTX5002/CD2
  • Mastering SID Code (CD2): IFPI LD02
  • Mould SID Code (CD2): IFPI 5J83
  • Matrix / Runout (CD3): H31205 CDLTTX5002/CD3
  • Mastering SID Code (CD3): IFPI LD02
  • Mould SID Code (CD3): IFPI 5J35

Other Versions (5 of 63)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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Too Much Pressure (LP, Album) Two-Tone Records CDL TT5002, CDL TT 5002 UK 1980
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Too Much Pressure (LP, Album, Stereo) Chrysalis 511 274, 51.1274 Netherlands 1980
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Too Much Pressure (LP, Album) Chrysalis L 37170 Australia 1980
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Too Much Pressure (Cassette, Album) Two-Tone Records ZCDL T5002 UK 1980
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Too Much Pressure (LP, Album, Stereo) Two-Tone Records 6307 693, CDL 1274 1980

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  • janburnett's avatar
    janburnett
    The 1st CD, Too Much Pressure is originally copyrighted as 2015, which suggests that is when this was remastered, while the other CDs are dated 2021.

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