Dance Craze - The Best Of British Ska...Live!

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And finally we get to hear the film’s rollicking renditions of “Swan Lake” and “Madness” in crystal clear audio mixes. Uno de ellos un tanto redundante, porque 2 son la banda sonora del documental y el tercero el disco que salió en 1981 con canciones de la banda sonora. Well we all remember it as a lot of fun with a serious message behind it but I have to admit that I was unaware of 'Dance Craze' - a concert film featuring performances from all the greatest 2Tone acts including The Specials, Madness, The Selecter, The Beat and. The legendary concert film recorded at various venues in 1980 at the height of the 2 Tone movement, plus the unreleased 27 track film soundtrack and original 14 track album. VG/EX means that the item's sleeve is in Very Good condition and the disc is in Excellent condition.

Performers popular enough to afford them acquired flashy steel-bodied National guitars that resonated louder than standard models. Newly remastered from the original production masters, includes a 3CD Clamshell Box Set with the original poster. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love. The next big trend to emerge a little later in the decade revolved around blues guitarists, virtually all of them originally hailing from the rural South, their approach closely related to field hollers and work songs. Brilliant versions of all the tracks on it, a personal highlight being the best ever version of Nite Klub by the Specials.I bought the original vynal record when it was first released, and went to the cinema to watch the film. I guess the normal bullshit over contracts and record labels meant they had to be taken off the CD which was released a good 10 years after the sad farewell to 2 Tone.

But the first two decades of recorded blues were a veritable goldmine of acoustic guitar brilliance. Outside of rare screenings of well-preserved prints, most fans have seen it only via VHS bootlegs and hideous blurry YouTube uploads with muffled sound.

This new expanded Deluxe Edition 3 disc box set features the previously unreleased 27 track flm soundtrack, along with the original 14 track vinyl album. CD 3 / LP 3 The Original 1981 Album These recordings were mixed for the original audio release of the soundtrack. All image and audio content is used by permission of the copyright holders or their agents, and/or according to fair dealing as per the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. The audio packages are released on 24 March via Chrysalis and the Blu-ray/DVD edition is released by the BFI on 27 March. While mammoth memory-laners like 'Night Boat To Cairo' do feature here, there are also many lesser-spotted gems, such as Bad Manners' organ-scraping 'Inner London Violence' and 'Ranking Full Stop', a quadruple-time highlight from The English Beat.

Dance Craze is a 1981 concert film recorded at various venues throughout 1980 at the height of the 2Tone movement featuring exclusive live recordings by The Specials, Madness, The Selecter, The Beat, Bad Manners and The Bodysnatchers, this new expanded edition features the previously unreleased 27 track soundtrack, along with the original 14 track vinyl album, remastered from the original production masters. This is an excellent 80's British Ska primer as well as one of the most lively and energetic live albums I've ever heard. Dance Craze is a 1981 concert film recorded at various venues throughout 1980 at the height of the 2Tone movement featuring exclusive live recordings by The Specials, Madness, The Selecter, The Beat, Bad Manners and The Bodysnatchers. They achieved a fluid, crying sound on their acoustic axes, or pounded the hell out of their boxes with forceful chording. Her glamorous approach to the music was solidly based in the vaudeville tradition, the accompaniment dominated by jazzy horns and flowery piano.This new expanded edition features the previously unreleased 27 track soundtrack, along with the original 14 track vinyl album, remastered from the original production masters. The soundtrack now comes back out on these special expanded editions with original poster (or facsimile of it I guess). También hay en la caja un póster reducido (algo más de un A4 en la versión CD) del documental con las fotos de las bandas en el reverso.