170K views · 2K reactions | The Specials - Ghost Town ( TOTP ) released 20 June 1981 A. Ghost Town B. Why? | Blue Beat & Ska | Facebook

8K views · 155 reactions | Artist: The Specials Title: Ghost Town  Released: 1⃣9⃣8⃣1⃣ ( Remastered Video ) Oldies but Goodies #Seventies #Eighties #70s #80s | Remember The 70s And 80s | Facebook

On this date in 1979, THE SPECIALS released their debut album, THE SPECIALS (Oct 19, 1979) Emerging from the concrete jungle of Coventry, The Specials channeled the city's malaise into a raucous yet socially conscious record. Produced by Elvis Costello, The Specials fused Jamaican rhythms and punk irreverence into a sound that was wildly new yet comfortingly familiar. The late Terry Hall described the West Midlands metropolis as a stifling, violent, endless gray Hell. "How do I get away from Cov