{"id":851,"date":"2026-02-16T18:18:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T17:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/33and45rpm.co.uk\/?post_type=product&#038;p=851"},"modified":"2026-04-17T17:13:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T16:13:23","slug":"the-specials-singles","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/33and45rpm.co.uk\/?product=the-specials-singles","title":{"rendered":"The Specials &#8211; Singles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Artist:\u00a0<\/strong>The Specials<\/p>\n<p><strong>Album Title:\u00a0<\/strong>Singles<\/p>\n<p><strong>Format:<\/strong> Single LP<\/p>\n<p><strong>Condition:<\/strong> New<\/p>\n<p><strong>Track Listing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Side 1<\/strong><br \/>\n1. &#8220;Gangsters&#8221; (as The Special A.K.A.)<br \/>\n2. &#8220;Rudy, A Message to You&#8221; (as The Specials (featuring Rico))<br \/>\n3. &#8220;Nite Club&#8221;<br \/>\n4. &#8220;Too Much Too Young (Live)&#8221; (as The Special A.K.A.)<br \/>\n5. &#8220;Guns of Navarone (Live)&#8221; (as The Special A.K.A.)<br \/>\n6. &#8220;Rat Race&#8221;<br \/>\n7. &#8220;Stereotype&#8221;<br \/>\n8. &#8220;International Jet Set&#8221;<br \/>\n9. &#8220;Do Nothing&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Side 2<\/strong><br \/>\n10. &#8220;Ghost Town (Extended version)&#8221; (as The Specials (featuring Rico)<br \/>\n11. &#8220;Why?&#8221;<br \/>\n12. &#8220;Friday Night, Saturday Morning&#8221;<br \/>\n12. &#8220;Racist Friend&#8221; (as The Special A.K.A.)<br \/>\n14. &#8220;Free Nelson Mandela (Extended Version)&#8221; (as The Special A.K.A.)<br \/>\n15. &#8220;(What I Like Most About You Is Your) Girlfriend&#8221; (as The Special A.K.A.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Postage and Packing added at checkout<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Specials&#8217; singles, largely compiled in the 1991 album The Singles, are iconic 2 Tone ska revival tracks from the late 70s and early 80s that mixed high-energy punk with ska and rocksteady. These songs are characterized by sharp social commentary, anti-racist themes, and danceable beats, featuring hits like the No. 1s &#8220;Ghost Town&#8221; and &#8220;Too Much Too Young&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This is a new stock 2017 reissue pressing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":852,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[16,39],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-851","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-newvinyl","7":"product_cat-recommended","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/33and45rpm.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/33and45rpm.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/33and45rpm.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/33and45rpm.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/33and45rpm.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/33and45rpm.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=851"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/33and45rpm.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=851"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/33and45rpm.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}