No Ides of March nonsense here, just the remediation of a massive and long-standing oversight on my part with regard to the albums that no home should be without. Yes, it's another compilation album, but it's one of the greatest multi-act compilation albums ever released, by anyone, at any time. Buying this on cassette, way back when, was such a significant moment in retrospect, introducing me to a slew of new bands by the weight of association with bands I already loved. And tracks that, in the pre-Internet age of my youth, I might never have heard otherwise. How can I have overlooked This Are Two Tone for quite so long? EHSHO masterlist duly updated.
And because it still sounds fantastic, here's The Selecter with their eponymous B-side:
When Terry Hall died I think a lot of us revisited our 2 Tone collection. I'm thinking you were a tad too young for 2 Tone first time around but glad it made such an impression on you.
ReplyDeletePauline Black was a guest on the Antiques Roadshow recently getting her famous hat valued (not that she would be selling it - but then they all say that).
Priceless!
DeleteDance Craze - the documentary film is about to get released on DVD. No more searching out 10 minute grainy excerpts on Youtube.
ReplyDeleteWas 2 Tone really that good an/or important? Absolutely
(although Madness had left the label by the time of that album)
Absolutely is right.
DeleteMusic at its finest and still so relevant today. Had the pleasure to meet Pauline Black a couple of times,she was lovely. We can never forget Madness at Finsbury Park in 92 Mr P!
ReplyDeleteOh yes! I remember going to the The Selecter in Whitstable with your good self, met Pauline and got her autograph on a CD, as I recall. Good times. As for Madstock - a gig for the ages!
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