Official account for Two Tone Records, established in 1979. Housing The Specials, The Selecter, The Beat & many more.
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29 Mar 2023
The critical response to Dance Craze has been incredible so far. If you’ve seen the film or listened to the soundtrack yet, let us know your thoughts! Grab a copy here: 2tone.lnk.to/DanceCraze
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11 Apr 2025
Happy 70th Birthday to Neville Staple of The Specials!
📷: Gervaise Soeurouge
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10 Apr 2025
After a triumphant concert last year at St Luke’s Church in Islington, the Vox Holloway community choir return to salute The Special AKA and perform a choral version of the "In The Studio" album in full. Visit for tickets and more info -
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10 Apr 2025
Please note Jerry Dammers and The Special AKA will not be performing at this event.
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10 Oct 2024
Pauline Black: A 2-Tone Story. Pauline tells her extraordinary life story alongside archive footage, music and guest contributions. Dir. by Jane Mingay.
London Premiere 12 & 19 Oct & Doc N Roll regional screenings for October and November here: linktr.ee/twotonerecords
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26 Sep 2024
The Special AKA - IN THE STUDIO [Half-Speed Master] 40th Anniversary Edition.
Newly remastered and cut at half speed at Abbey Road
2LP 180gm Black Vinyl
Available 22nd of November 2024
Click this link to grab a copy: TheSpecialAKA.lnk.to/InTheSt…
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13 Sep 2024
In celebration of this year’s #NationalAlbumDay, we’re releasing The Specials - The Specials on clear vinyl! Available as part of National Album Day and everywhere from 19th October 2024 🏁
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12 Jun 2024
On this day in 1981, The Specials' era defining single Ghost Town was released. Click this link to watch, listen and grab a copy for yourself: thespecials.lnk.to/GhostTown…
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11 Jun 2024
“We are devastated to confirm that Selecter frontman Arthur ‘Gaps’ Hendrickson has died after a short illness. The world has lost a 2-Tone original, a talented musician and an absolute gentlemen. We have lost our beloved friend and bandmate. RIP Gaps” - The Selecter
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24 Nov 2023
twotone.tmstor.es Head over to the Two Tone store where everything is 15% off for Black Friday! Some items highly limited.
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8 Sep 2023
We've given a handful of our 7" box set individuals to @RoughTrade. Very limited numbers...
roughtrade.com/gb/search?lab…
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25 Aug 2023
We've located a bunch of individual 7s from 2019's 7" Treasures box set. Limited stock of each title. Grab them over on the store, also individual 7" slipmats a free signed Jerry Dammers insert with the first 80 orders. Other titles also back in stock! twotone.tmstor.es/splash/853…
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12 Jul 2023
Ghost Town on Soul Music @BBCRadio4: a whole host of people tell the story of their connection to the track, including Jerry Dammers and John Collins. What's yours?
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10 Jul 2023
"A celebration of a musical movement that really did help to change the world" - @KermodeMovie
Streaming now on @BFI player all Dance Craze formats available over on Townsend: twotone.tmstor.es/
Mark Kermode introduces Dance Craze, a live concert film from the heyday of British ska.
Stop your messing around and watch it on #BFIPlayer
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1 Jun 2023
Two Tone Records will be issuing the best of 2Tone on clear vinyl for the first time as part of @hmvtweets Vinyl week. June 17th 2023. Limited copies available. Click here for the full listings: hmv.com/Entry/Vinyl-Week-202…
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Two Tone retweeted
21 Apr 2023
Our new album is out today! 🙌 Enjoy x
💿⚫️🔴 lnk.to/HumanAlgebra
"lyrical messaging's as sharp as ever" MOJO ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“The Selecter have lost none of their creative fire or fury” VIVE LE ROCK 9/10
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21 Apr 2023
US fans: The Specials Work In Progress Versions 10-inch Single Vinyl is part of your @recordstoreday tomorrow! Featuring previously unreleased versions of ‘Friday Night, Saturday Morning’ and ‘I Can’t Stand It’. Go out and grab one at your nearest store: recordstoreday.com/Stores
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31 Mar 2023
"Ska, the Two Tone movement, was one of the really crucial times in which music really seemed to be engaging with politics" - @KermodeMovie reviews Dance Craze and explains why you have to go out and see it if you can!
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Two Tone retweeted
30 Mar 2023
Nice photo of the ladies of 2-tone, Pauline Black & Rhoda Dakar, at last week's BFI IMAX Dance Craze shindig. As usual, upholding the sartorially strict dress code for 2-tone functions, but with a soupçon of originality;-)
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30 Mar 2023
Dance Craze - out now! The best of British ska.
Been a great week with so many of you letting us know about what watching this again or for the first time means to you. We want to hear more!
LPs & CDs available now: 2tone.lnk.to/DanceCraze
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