The Specials - Ghost Town / Why? Album

Tracklist

1	Ghost Town Written-By – Dammers	3:40
2	Why? Written-By – Golding	2:54

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CHS TT 17	The Specials	Ghost Town ‎(7", Single, Pap)	Two-Tone Records	CHS TT 17	UK	1981
K 8384, K-8384	The Specials	Ghost Town ‎(7", Single)	Two-Tone Records, Chrysalis	K 8384, K-8384	Australia	1981
CHS TT 1217	The Specials	Ghost Town (Extended Version) ‎(12", Single)	Two-Tone Records	CHS TT 1217	UK	Unknown
CHS TT17	The Specials	Ghost Town ‎(7", Single, Sil)	Two-Tone Records	CHS TT17	UK	1981
CHS TT 17	The Specials	Ghost Town = Ciudad Fantasma ‎(7")	Two-Tone Records, Chrysalis	CHS TT 17	Spain	1981

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CHS TT 17	The Specials	Ghost Town ‎(7", Single, Pap)	Two-Tone Records	CHS TT 17	UK	1981
K 8384, K-8384	The Specials	Ghost Town ‎(7", Single)	Two-Tone Records, Chrysalis	K 8384, K-8384	Australia	1981
CHS TT 1217	The Specials	Ghost Town (Extended Version) ‎(12", Single)	Two-Tone Records	CHS TT 1217	UK	Unknown
CHS TT17	The Specials	Ghost Town ‎(7", Single, Sil)	Two-Tone Records	CHS TT17	UK	1981
CHS TT 17	The Specials	Ghost Town = Ciudad Fantasma ‎(7")	Two-Tone Records, Chrysalis	CHS TT 17	Spain	1981

Credits

• Engineer – J. Rivers
• Producer – John Collins

• Engineer – J. Rivers
• Producer – John Collins

Notes

℗ 1981 Chrysalis Records Ltd.
Plangent Visions Music Ltd.

Barcodes

• Rights Society: GEMA
• Label Code (On cover): LC 1626
• Label Code (On labels): LC 6897
• Price Code: - 100
• Matrix / Runout (Side A "stamped"): 103338 A-1 /81 S I
• Matrix / Runout (Side B "stamped"): 103338 B-1 /81 S I

• Rights Society: GEMA
• Label Code (On cover): LC 1626
• Label Code (On labels): LC 6897
• Price Code: - 100
• Matrix / Runout (Side A "stamped"): 103338 A-1 /81 S I
• Matrix / Runout (Side B "stamped"): 103338 B-1 /81 S I

Companies

• Engineered At – Woodbine Studios
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Chrysalis Records Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Plangent Visions Music Ltd.
• Record Company – Ariola Eurodisc GmbH

Video

Album

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Experts speak of the best single on the 2 Tonelabel in Dammers. Charted: 1. As they were recording the song the band was coming apart. Album: The Singles Collection 1981. In its arrangement the song is an unlikely chart topper. The Specials - A Message To You Rudy Official Music Video. Few songs evoke their era like the Specials' classic Ghost Town, a depiction of social breakdown that provided the soundtrack to an explosion of civil unrest. On the b-side are Why written by guitaristvocalist Lynval Golding after he was attacked by racists and Friday Night Saturday Morning singer Terry Hall about the nightlife. Lynval Golding's Why carries on the theme, characterizing racists as sheep inna wolf clothes. The Specials. The state of the town centre has only degraded, as now 'clubs' are just shisha bars full of 14-17 year olds. Ghost Town is a song by the British two-tone band the Specials, released on 12 June 1981. Get the Sheet Music License This Song . The song was influenced by scenes noted during the band's UK tour. Ghost Town is a result of the music experimentation that Dammers kept pushing the band into, but it was also the bands swan song. Their music combines a danceable ska beat with punk's energy, underpinned by an informed political and social stance. Matters did not improve when it became clear during the work on the second album that Jerry Dammers wanted a change in direction while the rest of the band were happy to continue with the rough punk-ska style that they excelled at. Released on 20 June 1981 against a backdrop of rising unemployment, its blend of melancholy, unease and menace took on an entirely new meaning when Britain's streets erupted into rioting almost three weeks later - the day before Ghost Town reached number one in the charts. Internal tensions within the band were also coming to a head when the single was being recorded, resulting in the. This town town is coming like a ghost town All the clubs have been. Problems started surfacing during the bands tour of the US in 1980 as an opening act for the Police. Ghost Town by the Specials is 30 years old. Текст песни: This town Is going like a ghost town All the clubs are being closed down This Town. Jerry Dammers' Ghost Town chronicles the twin calamities of race-related violence and unemployment that exploded in England in 1981. The state of the town centre has only degraded, as now 'clubs' are just shisha bars full of 14-17 year olds. Jerry Dammers' Ghost Town chronicles the twin calamities of race-related violence and unemployment that exploded in England in 1981. Watch the video for Ghost Town from The Specials's Greatest Hits for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. The Specials also known as The Special AKA is an English 2 Tone ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry, England. Lynval Golding's Why carries on the theme, characterizing racists as sheep inna wolf clothes. Released on 20 June 1981 against a backdrop of rising unemployment, its blend of melancholy, unease and menace took on an entirely new meaning when Britain's streets erupted into rioting almost three weeks later - the day before Ghost Town reached number one in the charts. Watch the video for Ghost Town from The Specials's Greatest Hits for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. If it became a ghost town with everybody moving from the violence and lack of jobs, it's now a hideous Frankestein's monster of relics from a bygone age mixed with attempts at rejuvenation masses of new houses. Ghost Town is a song from 1981 by the British ska band The Specials. Few songs evoke their era like the Specials' classic Ghost Town, a depiction of social breakdown that provided the soundtrack to an explosion of civil unrest. by The Specials. Their music combines a danceable ska beat with punk's energy, underpinned by an informed political and social stance. If it became a ghost town with everybody moving from the violence and lack of jobs, it's now a hideous Frankestein's monster of relics from a bygone age mixed with attempts at rejuvenation masses of new houses. Addressing themes of urban decay, deindustrialisation, unemployment and violence in inner cities, the song is remembered for being a hit at the same time as riots were occurring in British cities. The song was influenced by scenes noted during the band's UK tour