The Specials - Live at the BBC December 2012

Hello everyone. Well as you’ll all have heard the sad news of the death of Terry Hall. I’m still trying to take it on board. Here is a repost of a Specials session live at the BBC in 2012.I hope to be back in the new year with a new laptop and lots of new live music and related magazines and fanzines for your reading and listening pleasure. As Terry himself was fond of saying at the end of a gig “Love, Love,Love”. RIP Terry and thanks for everything 

The Specials BBC 2012

Ranking Roger - Radical Departure

this 2nd probably long overdue repost offering today is a 1988 solo album from ex-beat and general public singer ranking roger.consisting of a mix of styles from reggae/ska to an almost punkish track called 'point of view' this should definitely brighten your day and deserves to be in your collection.so play it loud,listen,enjoy and then leave a comment.

Rogers return

Ranking Roger - Inside my Head

 Hello and welcome back to all things Muebles. First up today is the long, longer than a big bag of long things overdue reposting of this Ranking Roger album. Not much else to say really except to apologise for the lateness. It's a cracking album and features a track co written with Neville Staple of the Specials. Anyway without further ado its time to listen, enjoy and leave a comment.

INSIDE MY HEAD

The Selecter - Live in Amsterdam

Another post for your delight and listening pleasure this evening we have a live show from the selecter recorded in amsterdam in 1980.top sound in this one from a broadcast on a dutch radio station which is why this has such brilliant sound quality.i recently got this copy from camden dave but i dont know where he got it.anyway the band are on top form in this show and is a real joy to listen to brilliant versions of classics like 3 minute hero and train to skaville.so listeners its time for you to listen to it for yourselves,enjoy it so much you want to leave a comment.thanks!
The Selecter Live '80

The Specials - Dub Mixes 2014

evening all.this is a repost for you all this evening.originally donated to the blog by Marky Dread way back when, i was digging through a hard drive this evening,found the folder and gave it a listen and immediately thought it deserved another airing.its 2 tracks from the RSD 2014,"Dub" mixes of sock it to em Jb and Rat Race.nothing else to say really except give it a listen,dance around your living rooms and then leave a comment!Cheers
Dub Mixes 2014

The Specials - Countdown 1980

Greetings listeners out there in Interweb land.This is a 5 track show from 1980 which i have been told is from a TV show called Countdown (possibly a European based music show?).anyway each of the 5 tracks sounds brilliant and its a cracking listen.Thanks to my old mate Camden Dave for this.Please listen,enjoy and then leave a comment.Thanks!

The Specials - Countdown 1980

The Specials Live at the 100 Club February 1st 2019

Morning all,i just saw this post on another blog ,Aural Sculptors and felt the need to share it here.Its a recording of the Specials very recent show at London's legendary 100 club.The sound is fantastic, i believe a radio 6 show.Its a mix of old classics and new songs from the brand new album Encore which ive only had time to listen to about half of so far!!.But this show is wonderful,i love it.follow the link below and head to Aural Sculptors blog for the d/l link,you wont regret it.and once you're listening pop back and leave him a word of thanks.you know it makes sense.whilst there check his blog out for a ton of classic shows ,tell him i sent you :)
Aural Sculptors

The 2-tone Story - Book

Moving further along today we have this(re-posted!) wonderful book for you to read on your phones and tablets or computery things etc..it does exactly as it says on the cover and is full of great photos,memorabilia, stories of the 2-tone tours,the bands ,the breakups etc etc.anyway its a great read in super easy to use pdf format,so please read,enjoy and then leave a comment.thanks!

2tone Story PDF

2-Tone Tour Live in Amsterdam 1980

Morning all.During another trawl through the muebles archives last night i found this 16 track compilation recorded apparently on the 2-tone tour in Amsterdam in 1980. Now i have no idea where i got it from or anything about its origins etc but its a great sounding recording featuring songs from The Specials,The Selecter,The Beat and Madness.Not much else to say but listen,dance and then leave a comment.Thanks very much!
2-tone tour 80

The Specials - Live in Colchester

Many many thanks to Deco for this post.nice one fella, a feckin great gig that i know a lot of people have the video of the show but this is an audio rip so you can put it on yer mp3 players,cd's etc etc.i dont really need to say anything else about this gig except thanks again a great job and with covers and everything.please listen,enjoy and leave a comment for Deco.Thanks

Back to School!!

The Specials - Live Louisiana,New Orleans January 1980

REPOST:Good evening everyone in interweb land .For your listening pleasure this evening we present this wonderful "missing" show from the Specials recorded at the Warehouse in Louisiana  New Orleans on January 26th 1980.This show was very kindly donated by Lordgeorgejerry who didnt record the gig but who was there and owns the master recording of this show and he has very kindly sent me a d/l link for the show to post on the blog. I also have to thank Deco for doing a great job in splitting the file into individual tracks. As Lordgeorgejerry mentioned in his email to me he was at the show himself and remembers Neville hanging from the rafters singing "Monkey Man".They were opening for the police at this show and played a much better gig than them!!
Anyway its a great sounding show with 19 tracks for your listening pleasure. So id like you to listen enjoy,leave some comments thanking LGJ and Deco for their work.Thanks!
Specials 1980

The Specials - Hyde Park 2012

Evening all,long time no see.ive not done any posts on the blog for a long long time.For a lot of reasons i suppose,life getting in the way,work,gobshyte junior growing up.it all adds up and doesn't give me a  lot of free time.but in a quiet moment while she is still away on her holidays i thought id try a post to see if there was any interest in the blog and whether it was worth starting it again.i check in sometimes and see that people come and check things out and still download things so thanks to all of you for keeping the blog alive.ive had to set up a new account to upload this post as its been so long since i used the last account to upload anything i cant remember the correct log in name or password!!
so lets give this a go shall we?this post is the Specials set from the Olympic closing ceremony concert at London's Hyde Park in 2012 which i went to myself.its a top quality recording taken from an FM broadcast.if you download please leave a comment just so i can see if people are enjoying what im posting.also if you have any requests for re-ups (and i can find the original cd's or files) i will do my best to accomodate your requests.thanks for reading and by the way it feels good to be back
specials 2012

General Public - Rub it Better

next up today we have this album from general public originally released in 1995.featuring another mix of styles a lot of this album reminds me of big audio dynamite,tracks like punk and handgun particularly.anyway its a good album and worth checking out if youve not heard it before.so after listening and enjoying,come back and leave a comment.thanks!

General Public

The Specials - 3 Demos

this is a post i got sent a while back and once again cant remember who sent it,so if its you please say hello so i can say thanks!its as its title suggests its 3 demos recorded i believe in 1981.ive been told before that one track is actually fun boy 3 but i was also told by another source that it was recorded in the same session as the other two tracks by the specials.im a bit confused now so ill leave it up to you to decide.i really like all the tracks and i think you will too.so now all you have to do is listen,enjoy and then leave a comment.thanks!

Specilas 3 Demos

The Selecter - Peel Session

ill get on with the reposts for a bit if thats allright? been meaning to do these for ages so apologies to those who asked for them .this is another from the muebles peel show archives and its from the selecter recorded in 1979.please listen,enjoy and then leave a comment.thanks!

The Selecter peel session

The Specials - Al Capone - live in Hamburg 80

another great live specials posting recorded in 1980 in Hamburg.nice sound with a great atmosphere throughout.listen,dance in your kitchen,enjoy and leave a comment.thanks!

Al Capone '80

The Specials - 100 Club Repost

 Had a request to repost this,but cant remember who from,so if it was you say hello.anyway this is a crackin gig would love to have gone but i couldnt,this is a great listen so please enjoy and leave a comment.thanks!
100 Club here

The Coventry Automatics - dawning of a new era REPOST

an early incarnation of the specials with some nice versions of what would become classic specials tracks.listen,dance enjoy and leave a comment.thanks!

click here for the Automatics

General Public - Live '86

todays repost is an absoute cracker.its a live show from general public recorded in philadelphia in 1986.im reading horace panters book 'skad for life' at the moment and in it he talks about his time with general public and what great shows they were to do.anyway it reminded me i had a show of theirs somewhere and after some frantic searching through boxes of stuff found it in a shoebox of cd's inside a suitcase which was under the bed!its a great quality sound recording and they cover a couple of beat songs as well.theres also a nice little speech from saxa on cd2 which is a nice listen.so over to you guys now to listen,dance enjoy and then leave a comment.thanks!
descargar aqui amigos!
p.s i highly recommend horace panters book if you havent read it.he comes accross as a really nice guy who loves the music and it also has some real laugh out loud moments.i got mine in a shop called 'fopp' in covent garden in london for only £3.!!

The Specials - BBC sessions repost

This is a compilation of the specials/special a.k.a peel sessions recorded for the legendary john peel at the bbc studios.great sound throughout which fully captures the energy of the specials live in concert which is where they are best.listen,dance,enjoy and leave a comment.thanks!
ok here is the complete compilation.sorry about the foul up
click here for the specials!