From all that I have read of 2 Tone and the ideas behind it, it seems that there was no one band fronting the label. Undoubtedly, Jerry Dammers was the principal creative engine behind the label and everything that was done in its name, but otherwise 2 Tone seemed to be a pretty democratic enterprise. Nevertheless, I will make no excuses for kicking off this thread with a recording by The Specials.
Now I have waxed lyrical about this band over many column inches of this blog so I will spare you the repetition. Only to say that the melding of punk with the uptempo rhythm of Blue Beat was a stroke of genius that created a sound that endures 45 years down the line.
Here are the band back in 1980 entertaining an audience in Tokyo.... did they clap or did they bounce?
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